Seminar Archives


EPS Seminars - Spring 2008


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Thu, Jan 24, 2008
4 p.m., 4 LeConte Hall
Margaret Kivelson
UCLA

Auroras and related phenomena at moons and planets (Joint with Astro and CIPS)

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Thu, Jan 31, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Steve Shackley
Dept. of Anthropology, UC-Berkeley

Archaeological Petrology, X-Ray Fluorescence and Obsidian Provenance Studies in a 21st Century Geoarchaeology

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Thu, Feb 7, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Paul Renne
Berkeley Geochronology Center

Flood basalts and mass extinctions (Distinguished Department Speaker)

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Thu, Feb 14, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Leslie Hayden
UCLA

Rutile & Sphene: Using accessory minerals to tell the story

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Thu, Feb 21, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Bill Bottke
Southwest Research Inst., Boulder, CO

An Asteroid Breakup 160 My Ago as the Probable Source of the K-T Impactor (Joint with Astro and CIPS)

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Thu, Feb 28, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Rhea Workman
University of Hawaii, Manoa

Composition of the Earth's Upper Mantle (with and Emphasis on Water Content)

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Thu, Mar 6, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
John Burrows
University of Bremen, Germany

Exploring the Atmospheric Chemistry from Space: The Challenge and the Potential

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Thu, Mar 13, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Steve Parman
Durham University, UK

Crustal growth, catastrophic mantle melting events and the evolution of the atmosphere-biosphere system

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Thu, Mar 20, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Jaime Barnes
University of New Mexico

Tracing fluids in subduction zones using chlorine stable isotopes

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Thu, Mar 27, 2008 Spring Break

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Thu, Apr 3, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Mike Lamb
EPS Dept., UC-Berkeley

Formation of amphitheater-headed canyons in bedrock (Exit Seminar)

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Thu, Apr 10, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Brent Grocholski
EPS Dept., UC-Berkeley

Viscosity of Planetary Fluids

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Thu, Apr 17, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Paul Henshaw
Geology discipline manager, PetroSkills

Petroleum exploration and production through the eyes of a geochemist

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Thu, Apr 24, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Chen Zhu
Indiana University

Groundwater System Responses to Paleoclimatic Changes During Late Pleistocene and Holocene, Black Mesa Basin, Arizona

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Thu, May 1, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
George Cody
Carnegie Institution of Washington

Meteorites, Comets, and the organic history of the early solar system

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Thu, May 8, 2008
4 p.m., 141 McCone Hall
Mary Lou Zoback
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, CA

Earthquake Risk and Resilience in the U.S.

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The Spring 2008 Speakers Program organization team:

Jim Watkins, Chris Huber, Arianna Gleason, Kathryn Fletcher, Yder Masson



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