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January 2012
Monday, January 9th, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The many flavors of oxygen-minimum zones present and past
Donald Canfield,
Professor of Ecology,
Institute of Biology,
Professor of Ecology, Institute of Biology,
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
12:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Heather Knutson,
Assistant Professor,
Div. Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Snowpack, climate change and water balance in a Sierra Nevada forest
Roger Bales,
Professor,
Engineering,
University of California, Merced,
Thursday, January 12th, 2012
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Scaling laws for aggradation and progradation of the sedimentary stratigraphic record
Pete Sadler,
UC Riverside,
Friday, January 13th, 2012
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Upper mantle P-velocity structure beneath the Midwestern United States: surprises and mysteries
Risheng Chu,
Monday, January 16th, 2012
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Wednesday, January 18th, 2012
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Transilience of Mass and Momentum by Convective Clouds
David Romps,
Assistant Professor,
Earth and Planetary Science,
University of California, Berkley,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
12:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Seismic Hazards in Japan: Role of Seismology in a Modern Living Environment
Hiroo Kanamori,
John E. and Hazel S. Smits Professor of Geophysics,
Emeritus,
California Institute of Technology,
4:00pm
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Chemical Heterogeneity in the Earth's Deep Mantle
To be Determined,
Thomas S. Duffy,
Professor of Geosciences. Associate Chair, Department of Geosciences.,
Princeton University,
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Greg Laughlin,
Professor,
Dept. of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz,
4:00pm
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Biological productivity in the Southern Ocean, and variability in the atmospheric CO2 concentration over long timescales
Michael Bender,
Professor of Geosciences,
Earth History and Geochemistry,
Princeton University,
Thursday, January 26th, 2012
12:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Topic to be Announced
Riley Duren,
Chief Systems Engineer,
Earth Science & Technology Directorate,
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Why do gravel bed rivers meander? Insights from flume experiments
Christian Braudrick,
UC Berkeley,
Friday, January 27th, 2012
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Sedimentation in lakes versus the ocean: is salinity a necessary condition for the subaqueous formation of continental shelves?
Gary Parker,
W. H. Johnson Professor of Geology,
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of Illinois,
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
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Tectonics Observatory Brown Bag Seminar
Subduction initiation in the Neotethys, Iran
Jamshid Hassanzadeh,
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Dynamics of the Outer Solar System
Ruth Murray-Clay,
Astrophysicist and Lecturer,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,