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Seminars


All seminars are at 12:00 PM (Noon) on Fridays in Room 219 Science and Engineering Labs unless otherwise noted.

  Spring 2012

January 20

The Carbon Oxidative Ratio of the Earty System: an Introduction to the Tracer

Dr. Caroline Masielloassistant professor, department of earth sciences, rice university, houston, tx     http://www.glacier.rice.edu/faculty/masiello/ 

February 3

Flux tectonics:  material fluxes and the evolution of mountain belts

Dr. Jeff RahlAssistant Professor, department of geology, washington and lee university, lexington, va     http://geology.wlu.edu/rahl/

February 10

Holocene sea level change along passive and active margins in North America

Dr. Simon EngelhartDepartment of EArth and Environmental Sciences, university of pennsylvania, philadelphia, pa    http://www.sas.upenn.edu/earth/simoneng.htm

February 17

From Compaction to Subsidence and Fault Reactivation – How the Mechanical Earth Deforms Under Stress

Dr. Alvin Chanshell exploration and production, new orleans, la

February 24

New Perspectives on the Development, Deterioration and Restoration of North America's Largest Delta.

Dr. Alex Kolkeradjunct Research professor, department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.

March 2

Monsoon evolution and tectonic-climate linkage in Cenozoic Asia

Dr. Peter CliftDepartment of Geology and geosciences, louisiana state university, baton rouge, la    http://www.geol.lsu.edu/pclift/Home.html

March 9

Monitoring Landscape Change in the Southwest

Dr. Steve DelongAssistant research professor, institute of the environment, university of arizona biosphere, tucson, az  http://www.environment.arizona.edu/stephen-delong 

March 16

No Seminar - Spring Break

March 30

Urban Dead Seas:  The Influence of Road Salt Deicers on Urban Kettle Lakes

Dr. Carla KoretskyAssociate Professor, department of geosciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI   http://www.geology.wmich.edu/koretsky.htm

April 6

No Seminar - Easter Break

April 13

Insights into icehouses from modern and ancient aeolian sedimentary records

Dr. Ryan EwingAssistant Professor, department of geological sciences, University of alabama, tuscaloosa, al    http://www.as.ua.edu/geo/faculty-staff/ryan-c-ewing/

April 20

The Evolution of Organic C from Uplands to the Ocean:  A Grand Unified Model

Dr. Neal BlairProfessor, earth and planetary sciences, northwestern university, evanston, il     http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/current/people/faculty/blair/

April 27

The Role of Intracanyon Lava Flows and Landslides in the Quaternary Evolution of the Owyhee River Canyon, OR

Kyle HouseUSGS Geologist   http://www.linkedin.com/pub/p-kyle-house/10/8a3/b08

May 4

Open

May 11

Open

School of Science and Engineering, 201 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5764 sse@tulane.edu