Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University at Albany
Earth Sciences Joint Colloquia Series
Wednesdays, 4:00 p.m. RPI, 5:00 p.m. Albany
(Unless otherwise noted)
Albany: Earth Science Bldg., Room 232
Rensselaer: Jonsson-Rowland Science Center, Room 1W01
Spring 2008
| Wednesday, February 20, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01 Speaker: Kathy Benison (Central Michigan University) "Going to Western Australia?.....or Mars? Don't Drink the Water! Modern and Ancient Acid Saline Lakes"
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:00 p.m., New York State Museum, Museum Theater (Albany, NY)
Speaker: Kirk Johnson (Denver Museum of Nature and Science. AAPG Distinguished Lecturer) "Crocodiles in Greenland and Hippos in London: A Fossil-Fueled Tour of Past and Future Climates"
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Friday, February 22, 2008 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Adam Wallace (Virginia Tech) "New insights into silica biomineralization and demineralization processes from experimental and theoretical model systems"
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| Wednesday, February 27, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01 Speaker: Jaime Barnes (University of New Mexico) "Chlorine Isotope Distribution on Earth"
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Thursday, February 28, 2008 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m., Science Center 3W13
Speaker: Dan Breecker (University of New Mexico) "Extreme conditions of pedogenic carbonate formation: implications for reconstructing paleoenvironments"
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Wednesday, March 5, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Tracy Quan (Rutgers University) "Utilizing nitrogen isotopes as a paleoredox proxy"
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| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01 CANCELED
Speaker: Catherine Riihimaki (Bryn Mawr College PA) "Climate, Tectonics, and the Rise of the Rocky Mountains"
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., DCC 324
Speaker: Sean P.S. Gulick (University of Texas at Austin, JOI/USSSP Distinguished Lecturer) "One Rock to Change the World: The Story of the Chicxulub Impact Crater"
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| Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Christa Plazcek (Purdue University) “Climate in the dry central Andes over geologic, millennial, and interannual timescales”
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Patricia Medeiros (Rutgers University) "Molecular Biomarkers as Tracers of Environmental Processes"
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| Wednesday, April 2, 2008 4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m., University at Albany (Earth Science Bldg., Room 232)
Speaker: Jon Kim (Vermont Geological Survey) "Application of Tectonics to Groundwater Problems in Vermont"
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| Thursday, April 3, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Kevin Furlong (Penn State University) "Bringing Plate Tectonics Into the 21st Century: Lessons from New Zealand"
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Wednesday, April 9, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Linda Warren (University of Arizona)
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., Science Center 1W01
Speaker: Nick Christie-Blick (Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) "Confronting the low-angle normal fault paradox"
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