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October 2013
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Meandering Through Bedrock River Valleys (Ajay Limaye); Beer's Law with a Pathlength of 10^16 m (Brett McGuire)
Ajay Lamaye,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Brett McGuire,
Graduate Student,
Chemistry,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Heterogeneous Photochemistry and Interfacial Redox Processes of Environmental Significance
Wonyong Choi,
Visiting Associate,
Engineering and Applied Science,
Caltech,
Friday, October 4th, 2013
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Dix Seismo Lab Seminar
Slip instability and earthquake nucleation on faults with slip-rate and state-dependent friction
Robert Viesca,
Tufts University,
Monday, October 7th, 2013
7:50am
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Origin and paleoenvironmental significance of manganese deposits preceding and postdating the Great Oxidation Event at 2,35 Ga.
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Nicholas J. Beukes,
Professor, Department of Geology,
University of Johannesburg,
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
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Tectonics Observatory Brown Bag Seminar
Kinematics and active tectonics of Western Greece
Eugenie Perouse,
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Piecing the puzzle of gas exchange and inorganic carbon transport in the polar sea ice zone
Brice Loose,
Assistant Professor,
Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island,
Thursday, October 10th, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
Seismic Exploration of the Los Angeles Basin: Past, Present, and Future
Mitchell Barklage,
NodalSeismic,
Friday, October 11th, 2013
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Monday, October 14th, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
Seismic Cycle Elements along the Peru-Ecuador Subduction Zone
Mohammed Chlieh,
Institut de Recherche pour le Développement,
4:00pm
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Implications of Strong-Rate-Weakening Friction for the Length-Scale Dependence of the Strength of the Crust; Why Earthquakes Are so Gentle
Thomas H. Heaton,
Professor of Engineering Seismology,
Geological and Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Magma Oceans and Atmospheric Loss During Earth's Accretion
Sarah Stewart,
Professsor,
Earth and Planetary Sciences,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
What controls sulfur isotope fractionation during microbial sulfate reduction?
Min Sub Sim,
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Geological & Planetary Sciences,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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Thursday, October 17th, 2013
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Geology Club Seminar
Deep sea corals as a new archive of d15N records for studies of the N cycle through time
Maria Propenko,
USC,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Fortuitous Assemblages - Cratered Terrains Before and After Equilibrium (Meg Rosenburg); What controls the horizontal scale of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? (Da Yang)
Meg Rosenburg,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Da Yang,
Graduate Student,
Environmental and Engineering, GPS,
Caltech,
4:00pm
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Kleigel Lectures in Planetary Science
Fortuitous Assemblages - Cratered Terrains Before and After Equilibrium (Meg Rosenburg); What controls the horizontal scale of the Madden-Julian Oscillation? (Da Yang)
Meg Rosenburg,
Graduate Student,
Planetary Science, GPS,
Caltech,
Da Yang,
Graduate Student,
Environmental and Engineering, GPS,
Caltech,
Friday, October 18th, 2013
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Monday, October 21st, 2013
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The mantle of Mars as seen through Martian meteorites: Anomalous or Universal?
Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Christopher D. Herd,
Associate Professor,
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
University of Alberta,
Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013
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Tectonics Observatory Brown Bag Seminar
Southern California and Northwestern Mexico: Tectonic evolution after subduction ended
Joann Stock,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The role of oceans in setting climate sensitivity and radiative feedbacks
Brian Rose,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences,
University at Albany, SUNY,
Thursday, October 24th, 2013
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Friday, October 25th, 2013
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Monday, October 28th, 2013
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Returning from the deep: Archean atmospheric fingerprints in modern hotspot lavas
Matthew G. Jackson,
Associate Professor ,
Department of Earth Sciences,
University of California, Santa Barbara ,
Tuesday, October 29th, 2013
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Tectonics Observatory Brown Bag Seminar
Aseismic slip and earthquake triggering from joint analysis of geodetic and aftershock data
Asaf Inbal,
Caltech,
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Smart Grid & Climate Change: Socio-political Influence on Energy System Change
Jennie Stephens,
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Policy,
Clark University,
Thursday, October 31st, 2013
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