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January 2013
Monday, January 7th, 2013
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
A geobiological perspective on commensal and parasitic anaerobic eukaryotes
Scott Dawson,
Associate Professor ,
College of Biological Sciences,
University of California, Davis,
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Understanding the Formation and Composition of Planetary Atmospheric Hazes
Sarah M. Hörst,
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow,
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences,
University of Colorado,
Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, January 10th, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
The surprising effects of Ferric iron on MgSiO3 perovskite in earth's lower mantle
Daniel Hummer,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
UCLA,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Friday, January 11th, 2013
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
New views of the deep sea: surprises from genomes and insights for geochemistry
Gregory Dick,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ,
University of Michigan,
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Three 2012 Transits of Venus: From Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn (Jay Pasachoff); Atmospheric Characterization of Extrasolar Planets in the Era of Kepler (Jean-Michel Désert)
Jay Pasachoff,
Field Memorial Professor of Astronomy,
Astronomy ,
Williams College, Massachusetts,
Jean-Michel Désert,
Sagan Fellow Astronomer,
Planetary Science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, January 16th, 2013
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Contrasting Biophysical Responses to Central and Eastern Pacific El Niño
Michelle Gierach,
Scientist,
Oceans and Ice Group and PO.DAAC,
JPL,
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
4:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Ryan McKeon,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Divisino of Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Friday, January 18th, 2013
4:00pm
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Wavespeed and Attenuation Structure of the European Upper Mantle Based on Adjoint Tomography
Hejun Zhu,
Princeton,
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
A Theory of the Meridional Overturning Circulation and Associated Stratification of the Ocean
Maxim Nikurashin,
Physical Oceanographer,
Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies,
University of Tasmania,
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
[Cancelled] Planetary-Scale Batteries: The Electrochemical Series at High Pressures and Temperatures
Abby Kavner,
Associate Professor,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
University of California Los Angeles,
Thursday, January 24th, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
Sean Loyd,
Agouron Institute Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
UCLA,
Friday, January 25th, 2013
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Monday, January 28th, 2013
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Extraordinarily ancient landscapes in the Brazilian jungle: evidence from new techniques in geochronology and surface exposure dating
Kenneth A. Farley,
W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry; Chair,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
The Enceladus Plume as Seen by the Cassini Magnetometer and MHD Modeling
Yingdong Jia,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
University of California Los Angeles,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
Wednesday, January 30th, 2013
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Deglacial CO2 release from the North Pacific constrained by boron isotopes, radiocarbon and earth system modeling
James Rae,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Geochemistry,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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10:00pm
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Earnest C. Watson Lecture
For Love or Money: Marriage and Economic Development in the Past
Tracy K. Dennison,
Professor of Social Science History,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:00pm
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Thursday, January 31st, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
Daniel Hummer,
Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Earth and Space Sciences,
UCLA,