Spring 2012 Seminar Schedule
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES
University of Minnesota Duluth
Life Science 175 3:30 pm (unless otherwise indicated)
Refreshments served at 3:00 pm prior to seminar
Thursday, 01/19/12 |
NO SEMINAR |
Thursday, 01/26/12 |
Dr. Karen Gran, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Science, University of Minnesota Duluth, "Valley Evolution In South-Central Minnesota: The Role of Geomorphic History on Modern Sediment Loading" |
Thursday, 02/02/12 |
Sheryl Filby Williams, PG, Senior Hydrogeologist, Barr Engineering Company," Exploring Careers in Geology, Hydrogeology, and Environmental Science: An Overview Of Environmental Consulting At Barr Engineering Company" |
Friday, 02/10/12 |
Dr. Shuhai Xiao, Professor, Department of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Animal Evolution In The Wake Of a Snowball Earth and On The Eve Of The Cambrian Explosion” |
Thursday, 02/16/12 | Dr. Rebecca Teasley, Assistant Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth, "Water Management Challenges and Tools In Transboundary River Basins" |
Thursday, 02/23/12 |
Dr. Keith Bruegger, Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of Minnesota Morris, "The Behavior Of Rabots Glaciar, Swedish Arctic 1910-2011: Theory and Observations Of Long Term Resonse To Climate Change" |
Thursday, 03/01/12 |
NO SEMINAR
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Thursday, 03/08/12 |
Dr. Luke Van Roekel, Assistant Professor of Atmospher Science, Department of Environmental Sceinces, Northland College, Ashland, WI, "Why Ocean Modelers Should Sweat the Small Stuff: The Influence of Langmuir Cells and Submesoscale Eddies on the Climate System" |
Thursday, 03/15/12 |
SPRING BREAK |
Thursday, 03/22/12 | Dr. Gregory Ojakangas, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Drury University, Springfield, MO, "Modeling and Measuring The Morphology Of Fossil Algal Structures: Do The Mesabi Range Stromatolites Hold Clues To Continent Orientation and The Dynamics Of The Ancient Earth-Moon System" |
Thursday, 03/29/12 |
Dr. Scott Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, "Plate Tectonics: When a Well-Known Theory Isn't So Well Known" |
Thursday, 04/05/12 |
Dr. Nikki Strong, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Wisconsin Eau-Claire, "What can Travertine Deposits Tell Us About Past Climate?" |
Thursday, 04/12/2012 |
NO SEMINAR |
Thursday, 04/19/12
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Dr. RIchard Axler, Senior Research Associate, Natural Resources Research Institute, University of Minnesota Duluth, "TBA"
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Thursday, 04/26/12 |
Dr. Rebecca (Schmeisser) McKean, Assistant Professor of Geology, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, "Life and Death In The Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway" |
| Thursday, 05/03/12
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NO SEMINAR
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