Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

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Monday, January 7, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

A geobiological perspective on commensal and parasitic anaerobic eukaryotes
Scott Dawson, Associate Professor , College of Biological Sciences, University of California, Davis
Monday, January 14, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

New views of the deep sea: surprises from genomes and insights for geochemistry
Gregory Dick, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology , University of Michigan
Monday, January 28, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Extraordinarily ancient landscapes in the Brazilian jungle: evidence from new techniques in geochronology and surface exposure dating
Kenneth A. Farley, W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geochemistry; Chair, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
Monday, February 4, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Studies of extinct Pu-244, I-129 and Cl-36 based on the analysis of xenon and argon isotopes
Grenville Turner, Professor of Isotope Geochemistry, School of Earth, Atmospheric & Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester
Monday, February 11, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

First direct measurements of heat and carbon transport across the Antarctic Circumpolar Current
Raffaele Ferrari, Breene M. Kerr Professor of Oceanography, Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monday, March 4, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Characterizing the Atmospheres of Low-Mass Low-Density Exoplanets
Jonathan J. Fortney, Associate Professor , Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz
Monday, March 11, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Tropical Convection, Waves, and Climate
Zhiming Kuang, Gordon McKay Professor of Atmospheric and Environmental Science, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences , Harvard University
Monday, April 1, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

A WISE search for large extraterrestrial civilizations: a complementary approach to traditional SETI
Jason T. Wright, Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Penn State University
Monday, April 8, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

When the Monsoon rocks the Himalaya
Jean-Philippe Avouac, Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology; Director, Tectonics Observatory, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech
Monday, April 15, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

The lunar core dynamo
Benjamin P. Weiss, Associate Professor of Planetary Sciences, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences , MIT
Monday, April 22, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Energetics and the origin of life
Nick Lane, Senior Lecturer, Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment, University College London
Monday, April 29, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

The role of ocean chemistry in regulating Earth surface oxygen levels
Matthew Hurtgen, Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences , Northwestern Univeristy
Monday, May 6, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Closure of the global overturning circulation through the Indian, Pacific, and Southern Oceans
Lynne D. Talley, Distinguished Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
Monday, May 20, 2013
4:00 pm
155 Arms, Robert P. Sharp Lecture Hall

Geological and Planetary Sciences Seminar

Falling to Pieces: Fractures, Blockfalls and Avalanches at the North Pole of Mars
Shane Byrne, Assistant Professor, Department of Planetary Sciences, University of Arizona