University of Minnesota Duluth, Department of Geological Sciences

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Thurs. May 1 Dr. Slawek Tulaczyk, Associate Professor of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California–Santa Cruz
Was Christie Bay of Great Slave Lake a large subglacial lake during glaciations?

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