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Fall 2009 Klepser Seminar Series

Thursday, 3:40 p.m., Room 302, EPS Building

Date Speaker Title
Aug 20 Josh Emery
University of Tennessee
Trojan asteroids and the evolution of the Solar System
Aug 27 Jim Zimbelman
Smithsonian Institution
Mars aeolian geomorphology
Sept 3 Colin Sumrall
University of Tennessee
Universal elemental homology—the key to recovering the echinoderm tree of Life
Sept 10 Randy Keller
Oklahoma University
Continental rifts: Integrated geophysical studies and tectonic implications
Sept 17 Bill Goodway
2009 North American Shell Lecturer
The magic of Lemé
Sept 24 John Hanchar
Memorial University, Newfoundland
Understanding crustal processes using hafnium isotopes in zircon: An example of the Adamello Intrusive Suite, Northern Italy
Oct 1 Seth Young
Indiana University
The Late Ordovician greenhouse—Ice Age transition: Links to volcanism and climate
Oct 8 Kurt Frankel
Georgia Tech
Rates of deformation and the distribution of strain along an evolving segment of the Pacific–North America plate boundary
Oct 15 No Seminar—Fall Break
Oct 22 No Seminar—GSA Meeting
Oct 29 Johny Waters
Appalachian State University
Origination, Extinction, and Migration in the Blastoids in Relation to Paleozoic Paleoclimates
Nov 5 Tom Prettyman
Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ
“Planet 5”: Dawn Mission to the Asteroid Belt
Nov 12 William Anderson
Appalachian State University
Role of random processes and interannual climate oscillations on groundwater conditions in North Carolina
Nov 19 Bob Bodnar
Virginia Tech
Unraveling magma chamber evolution and volcanic processes using melt inclusions
Nov 26 No Seminar—Thanksgiving