Seminar Schedule
Earth and Environmental Sciences Spring 2018 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.
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Date |
Speaker |
Affiliation |
Title |
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Jan.11 |
Dr. Maggie Sanders |
University of Kentucky |
"Applying oxidative hydrothermal dissolution to organic-rich shales" |
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Jan. 18 |
Dr. Wei Ren |
University of Kentucky |
"Global crop productivity responses to multiple environmental drivers under climate change" |
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Jan. 25 |
Dr. Jen O'Keefe |
Morehead State University |
"Filling in the Gaps: Palynology at Birthplace of North American Vertebrate Paleontology" |
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Feb. 1 |
Dr. Jordon Munizzi |
University of Kentucky, EES |
"Reconstructing the Holocene Ecology of Caribou and Muskoxen on Banks Island, NWT, Canada: A Stable Isotope Approach" |
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Feb. 8 |
Dr. Rebecca McCulley |
University of Kentucky |
"Decomposition in Drylands: Effects of soil-litter mixing and UV-B on microbial communities and mass loss" |
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Feb. 15 |
Dr. Nancye Dawers |
Tulane University |
"Improving Our Understanding of Fault Behavior in Deltas and Implications for Coastal Sustainability" |
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Feb. 22 |
Dr. Carlton Brett |
University of Cincinnati |
"Mid-Paleozoic Environmental Stasis and volatility: Linking patterns of physical process and biotic macroevolution" |
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Mar. 1 |
Dr. Sean Trim |
University of Saskatchewan |
"Improving the Accuracy of Thermochemical Convection Models: Mass Conservation in the Tracer Ratio Method" |
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Mar. 8 |
Dr. Guleed Ali |
Lamont Doherty |
"Fluctuations of Mono Lake, California during and since the last ice age" |
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Mar. 15 |
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No Seminar, Spring Break |
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Mar. 22 |
Dr. David Willis |
University of Kentucky |
"The influence of congested subduction on New Zealand's tectonic evolution” |
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Mar. 29 |
Dr. Liz Griffith |
Ohio State University |
"Stable metal isotopes in barite - applications in marine and continental settings" |
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Apr. 5 |
Callan Bentley |
Northern Virginia Community College |
"Visualization in Geology: a brief history, best practices, & dispatches from the future " |
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Apr. 12 |
Dr. Eric Ferre |
Southern Illinois University |
"Crustal accretion processes recorded at the thermal boundary layer of fast spreading oceanic lithosphere: IODP Hole U1256D and ophiolites" |
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Apr. 19 |
Dr. Dave Wunsch |
Delaware Geological Survey |
"Water Supply Issues in the Delaware River System: A tale of Tunnels, Transfers, Tumult, and Trout Fishing" |
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Apr. 26 |
Dr. Todd Halihan |
Oklahoma State University |
"Electrical Hydrogeology: A Picture is Worth 1000 Wells"
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