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Spring 2008 Seminar Schedule
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
University of Minnesota, Duluth
Thursdays, 3:30 pm, Life Sci 185
(unless otherwise indicated)
Refreshments following seminar
| Thurs. Jan. 31 | Matt Kuchta, Instructor, University of Minnesota Duluth, Geological Sciences Digital Photography and Photoshop; tips and techniques for geologists |
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| Thurs. Feb. 7 | No seminar | |
| Fri. Feb. 15 Chem 200 |
Dr. Gifford H. Miller, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder Footprints of colonization: Identifying the impacts of human colonization on plants, animals and climate of Pleistocene Australia |
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| Mon. Feb. 18 Chem 200 |
Dr. Kirk Johnson, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, Colorado Crocodiles in Greenland and Hippos in London. A Fossil Fueled Tour of Past & Future Climates |
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| Thurs. Feb. 28 | Dr. Jim Miller, Associate Professor, Geological Sciences, University of MN Duluth The Inaugural Season of the Precambrian Field Camp - Successes, Challenges, and Successes |
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| Thurs. Mar. 6 | Laurel G. Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey, Minnesota Water Science Center, Mounds View, MN Impact of forest fire on mercury in forest soils in northern Minnesota: short- and long-term effects |
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| Thurs. Mar. 13 |
Dr. Geoff Pignotta, Assistant Professor, Geology, University of WI, Eau Claire Magna chamber construction and evolution in the Sierra Nevada batholith: Constraints from the Jackass Lakes pluton |
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| Thurs. Mar. 20 | No seminar – Spring Break | |
| Thurs. Mar. 27 | Mark Jirsa, Minnesota Geological Survey, St. Paul, MN Geological Mapping in the Cavity Lake and Ham Lake burns, Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area |
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| Thurs. Apr. 3 | Dr. Dean Peterson, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth Antarctic Magmatic Mush: pictures, stories, and insight on magmatic systems exposed in the Dry Valleys of Antarctica |
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| Thurs. Apr. 10 | Dr. Phil Larson, Geologist, Cleveland-Cliffs, United Taconite - Eveleth, MN Diamond exploration in the Lac de Gras kimberlite field, Northern Territories, Canada |
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| Thurs. Apr. 17 | Dr. Stephen T. Allard, Geosciences, Winona State University, Winona, MN Fold-shear coupled deformation in the Black Hills, local structure or regional-scale event |
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| Thurs. Apr 24 | Dr. Patrick Belmont, Postdoctoral Associate, National Center for Earch-surface Dynamics, University of Minnesota, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory Tracking sediment through drainage networks in theory and practice: applications in southern Minnesota and the Olympic Mountains, western Washington State |
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| Thurs. May 1 | Dr. Slawek Tulaczyk, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California–Santa Cruz
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