Seminar Schedule
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fall 2019 Rast-Holbrook Seminar Schedule
All seminars will be held on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. in 303 Slone Research Building, preceded by refreshments at 3:30, unless otherwise noted.
Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
Aug. 29 |
No Seminar |
|
Opening of Term |
Sept. 5 |
Philip Prince |
Virginia Division of Geology and Mineral Resources |
Stream piracy, river jacks, and geology's cheapest Ph.D.: Real stories of Appalachian geomorphology from southwest Virginia |
Sept. 12 |
Dr. Alastair Ruffell |
Queen’s University - Belfast |
The Carnian (late Triassic) Pluvial Episode: how the modern world began |
Sept. 26 |
No Seminar |
|
GSA Annual Meeting Phoenix |
Oct. 3 |
Faculty and Students |
UK EES |
Geology Alumni Research Symposium 1:30-3:30 p.m. |
|
Rachel Wood |
University of Edinburgh |
What triggered the Cambrian Explosion? |
Oct. 10 |
Brad Thomson |
University of Tennessee |
Lunar ice deposits |
Oct. 17 |
Geoff Plumlee |
USGS (Reston) |
Adventures from a science career at the convergence of geology, environment, disasters, health, and public service |
Oct. 24 |
No Seminar |
|
Fall Break Week (Oct. 21-22) |
Oct. 31 |
Christopher Atchison |
University of Cincinnati, International Association for Geoscience Diversity |
“Moving beyond tradition: Rethinking field-based teaching and learning in the geosciences” |
Nov. 7 |
Sean Trim |
Univ. Saskatchewan |
The impact of mantle compositional properties on lithospheric mobility in the early Earth |
Nov. 14 |
Zhenming Wang |
Kentucky Geological Survey |
Iben Browning’s New Madrid earthquake prediction and its impact |
Nov. 21 |
Amy Wolfe |
Kentucky Geological Survey |
Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: A Case Study in the Raton Basin, CO |
Nov. 28 |
No Seminar |
|
Thanksgiving Holiday |
Dec. 5 |
EES Graduate Students |
Brandon Spencer Jonathan Wilson |
TBA |