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April 2012
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
How meltwater drives ice sheet dynamics
Christian Schoof,
Assistant Professor glaciology, fluid dynamics, applied mathematics,
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences,
University of British Columbia,
Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
4:00pm
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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Thursday, April 5th, 2012
4:00pm
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Monday, April 9th, 2012
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Revisiting the history of the global carbon cycle
Daniel Schrag,
Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment,
Harvard University,
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Young Fluvial Valleys on Mars: Constraining the Water Source Using Quantitative Geomorphology
Reid Parsons,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Univ. of California, Santa Cruz,
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
1:30pm
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2:30pm
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Landing a Rover on Mars (do not try this at home)
Landing a Rover on Mars (do not try this at home)
Rob Manning,
Chief Engineer, Mars Science Laboratory,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Oil-Water Separations Research and Application to Oil Spill Cleanup in the Gulf of Mexico
Eric Hoek,
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
University of California, Los Angeles,
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
Plastic Island: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Lindsay Yee,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Friday, April 13th, 2012
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Monday, April 16th, 2012
4:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The Tibet-Himalaya Accommodation Zone: New Perspectives on Quaternary Tectonics
Kip Hodges,
Foundation Professor of Geological Sciences,
Director, School of Earth and Space Exploration,
Arizona State University,
Tuesday, April 17th, 2012
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
Sasha Hinkley,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Astronomy,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Bradley Tebo,
Professor and Division Head,
Division of Environmental and Biomolecular Systems,
Oregon Health and Science University,
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Review of Particulate Matter Toxicity & Implications for Management
Alex Teng,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Erosion history of Grand Canyon: Clues from Tertiary conglomerates in the Los Angeles area
Brian Wernicke,
Chandler Family Professor of Geology,
Caltech,
Friday, April 20th, 2012
4:00pm
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Monday, April 23rd, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Atoms in motion: Access to Earth's interior
Jennifer Jackson,
Assistant Professor of Mineral Physics,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
4:00pm
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Kliegel Lectures in Planetary Sciences
From protoplanetary disks to exoplanetary atmospheres: New views from Hubble
Kevin France,
CASA & Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences,
Univ. of Colorado,
Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Seeing the forest AND the trees: Modeling ecosystem-climate interactions
Naomi Marcil Levine,
NOAA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology,
Harvard University,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
12:00pm
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1:00pm
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
A Review of the Environmental Impact and Politics Associated with the Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Rebecca Schwantes,
Graduate Student,
Environmental Science & Engineering,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Noble gas geochemistry and geochrolology of banded iron-formations: a case study of the Neoproterozoic Urucum deposit
Thiago Piacentini,
University of Queensland,
Friday, April 27th, 2012
4:00pm
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Monday, April 30th, 2012
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
The energy balance of the EarthÂ’s climate system
Graeme Stephens,
Director of the Center for Climate Sciences,
JPL,
JPL,