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October 2016
Monday, October 3rd, 2016
8:00am
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12:30pm
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Keck Institute for Space Studies - Short Course
What is Exploration Telepresence and How Can it Help Us Explore Planetary Surfaces of the Solar System?
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Delayed CO2 emissions from mid-ocean ridge volcanism as a possible cause of late-Pleistocene glacial cycles
Peter Huybers,
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences and of Environmental Sciences and Engineering,
Harvard University,
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Global climate impacts of fixing large long-standing shortwave radiation biases in the Community Earth System Model
Jennifer E. Kay,
Assistant Professor,
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences,
University of Colorado at Boulder,
5:00pm
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6:00pm
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Monday, October 10th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Water in Motion: Mysteries from Northern California
Inez Fung,
Professor of Atmospheric Science,
Department of Earth and Planetary Science,
University of California, Berkeley,
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Catalysis and Chemical Mechanisms of Calcite Dissolution in Seawater
Adam Subhas,
Graduate Student,
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
Monday, October 17th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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The Thomas J. and Earleen Ahrens Lecture in Geological and Planetary Sciences
Origin of plate tectonics: From global to grain scales (and back again)
David Bercovici,
Frederick William Beinecke Prof of Geophysics,
Department of Geology and Geophysics,
Yale University,
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
"Hotter Droughts" and the fate of Tropical Forests
Sassan Saatchi,
Senior Scientist,
Carbon Cycle Science Group,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Monday, October 24th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Reducing the Earth to Simple Physical Models: From Antarctica to the Core
Victor C. Tsai,
Assistant Professor of Geophysics,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Tropical energetic and precipitation responses to sea surface temperature perturbations: Zonal mean and the African Sahel
Spencer Hill,
NSF Postdoctoral Scholar,
Department of Environmental Science and Engineering,
Caltech,
8:00pm
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9:30pm
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Thursday, October 27th, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geology Club Seminar
Linking Interseismic Crustal Deformation to Long-Term Rock Denudation and Surface Processing in Taiwan
Mong-Han Huang,
NASA Postdoctoral Fellow,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Monday, October 31st, 2016
4:00pm
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5:00pm
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Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar
Volatile Cycling and Environmental Change on Early Mars
Bethany L. Ehlmann,
Assistant Professor of Planetary Science; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist,
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences,
California Institute of Technology,