Geosciences Seminar Series
The Geosciences Department holds weekly Seminars on fridays from 3:30-4:30 PM in room 234. Refreshments are served 15 minutes before the scheulded presentation.
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006
2005 | 2004
2010
SPRING
12 February. Dr. Sandy Dasgupta TBA
2009
FALL
28 August A short geological history of the Picos De Europa National Park, Northern Spain by Silvia Blanco-Ferrera, University of Oviedo, Asurias, Spain.
4 September Dr. George Asquith, Texas Tech Unversity.
6 November A study of seismic source functions by Dr. Hua-wei Zhou, Pevehouse Chair and Professor, Texas Tech University.
SPRING
9 January Ca. 1635 Ma. bimodal rapakivi volcanism associated with the locus classical rapakivi granites: The island of Suursaari, Gulf of Finland, Russia by Professor Tapani Rämö, Department of Geology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
20 February Rheology of the lithosphere by Dr. Greg Hirth, Brown University.
27 February Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy: A New Paradigm in Geochemical Analysis by Dr. Nancy McMillan, Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University.
2008
Thematic Symposia: The Geology & Tectonics of Texas and Surrounding Environs
29 August
5 September A Texas-sized Overview of the Tectonics of Texas & Surrounding Environs by Dr. Aaron Yoshinobu, TTU Geosciences.
12 September
***NOTE: West TX. Geol. Soc. Mtg. 10-12 Sept.
19 September
26 September
3 October Geology of the Permian Reef Complex, Guadalupe Mountains by Dr. Pete Holterhoff, TTU Geosciences.
***NOTE: GSA Annual Mtg. in Houston 5-9 Oct.
10 October Mississippian, Permian, and Cretaceous Ooid Grainstones in Texas by Dr. G.B. Asquith, TTU Geosciences
17 October Proterozoic Basement Rocks of Texas and New Mexico by Dr. Melanie Barnes, TTU Geosciences.
24 October Title TBA, by Dr. Steve Grand, U.T. Austin
31 October Volcanoes & Seismology of the Southern Rio Grande Rift by Dr. Cal Barnes, TTU Geosciences.
7 November Heat Flow and Geologic Setting of the Continental Shelf and Slope off shore Texas by Dr. Seiichi Nagihara, TTU Geosciences.
14 November Environmental Isotope Forensics of Perchlorate Contamination in west Texas by Dr. Moira Ridley, TTU Geosciences.
21 November Title TBA, by Dr. Thomas Lehman, TTU Geosciences
2007
2006
2005