Seminars - Spring 2013
All seminars are at 12:00 PM (Noon) on Fridays in Room 240 Lindy Boggs building. Exception: Ron Oremland will present on Wednesday, February 20th.
Neogene through Holocene History of the Antarctic Ice Sheet: A View from the Continental Shelf.
Dr. Julia Smith Wellnerresearch assistant professor and co-director, geoscience learning center, department of earth and atmospheric sciences, university of houston.
http://www.geosc.uh.edu/people/faculty/julia-wellner/index.php
Constraining Normal Fault Strength Using Rider Blocks
Dr. Eunseo Choiassistant professor, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, university of memphis.
Geomorphic and sedimentary proxies for historical and contemporary disturbances: Northern Gulf Coastal Plain
Dr. Frank Heitmullerassistant professor of geology, the university of southern mississippi. http://www.usm.edu/geography-geology/faculty/frank-heitmuller
Determining the Mid Jurassic Sedimentation Patterns and Basement Architecture of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico
Dr. Dolores Robinsonassociate professor, department of geological sciences, university of alabama.
The rest of the "snowball" Earth story
Dr. Huiming Baoassociate professor,department of geology and geophysics, louisiana state univeristy.
Arsenic and the Meaning of Life
Dr. Ron Oremlandsenior scientist, u.s. geological survey. http://www.gulfbase.org/person/view.php?uid=roremland
The fractionation of copper isotopes: From continental-scale weathering to cellular processin
Dr. David Borrockprofessor and director, school of geosciences, university of louisiana-lafayette. http://geos.louisiana.edu/index.php?id=4&name=borrok
Integrated Hydrologic Investigations: Case Studies from Africa
Dr. Mohamed Sultanprofessor and director, earth sciences remote sensing lab, western michigan university. http://www.esrs.wmich.edu/htm/sultan.htm
Paleoceanography on Human Time Scales: Case studies from Antarctica and the Tropical Atlantic
Dr. Brad RosenheimAssistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University
Stream Geochemistry and Weathering Processes in a Polar Desert Environment
Dr. W. Berry LyonsIngerson Lecturer 2013 and director, school of earth sciences, the ohio state university. http://bprc.osu.edu/EnvironmentalGeochemistry/berrylyons.php
No Seminar - Spring Break
The nature of the stratigraphic record, part III: Process controls on stratigraphic completeness and basin filling sedimentation patterns
Dr. Kyle StraubAssistant Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - Room 219
Cosmic geologic catastrophes and the pursuit of the paradigm-shifting paper: A journey from Tulane to Nature Geoscience by way of an end-Cretaceous barbecue
Dr. Tamara Goldinassociate editor, nature geoscience
Trace Elements in Dead Zones: Some Geochemical Puzzles
Dr. George Helzprofessor emeritus,department of chemistry and biochemistry, university of maryland. http://www.chem.umd.edu/research/facultyprofiles/georgehelz
The clumped isotope thermometer in mollusks: The latest on calibration and diagenesis, and results from Cretaceous high-latitude belemnites
Dr. Benjamin Passeyassistant professor, department of earth and planetary sceinces, johns hopkins university http://eps.jhu.edu/bios/benjamin-passey/index.html
The Fluvial Response to the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum
Dr. Brady Foremanpostdoctoral researcher, st. anthony falls laboratory, university of minnesota
Seminars - Fall 2012
The Role of the Mississippi River in Louisiana Coastal Restoration
Dr. Mead Allisonassociate director,institute for geophysics,ut austin.
http://www.ig.utexas.edu/people/staff/mallison/
Recent Discoveries in the Talladega Belt
Dr. David AllisonAssociate profess0r,department of EArth Sciences, university of south alabama. http://www.usouthal.edu/geography/allison/index.htm
Evolution of Louisiana's Mississippi Delta and Chenier Plain
Dr. Marc HijmaPost-doctoral Fellow, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University.,br/> http://tulane.edu/sse/eens/faculty-and-staff/hijma.cfm
Geochemical guidelines for play areas: The need for safe soil policies to protect children
Dr. Howard MielkeResearch Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane School of Medicine
No Seminar - Fall Break
Fate and Transport of Zinc Smelter Particulates near Spelter, West Virginia
Dr. George FlowersAssociate Professor,department of earth and environmental sciences, tulane univeristy. http://tulane.edu/sse/eens/faculty-and-staff/flowers.cfm
Graduate Student Presentations
Graduate students present oral and poster presentationsDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Saltwater Intrusion in the Baton Rouge Aquifer System
Dr. Frank TsaiAssociate Professor,department of civil and environmental engineering, louisiana state univeristy, baton rOUGE http://www.cee.lsu.edu/people/Bios/Frank_Tsai.aspx
Where and Why Uranium is Concentrated in Natural Settings and Rocks: Is it Time for a Paradigm Shift?
Dr. Troy RasburyAssociate Professor,department of geosciences, stony brook university. http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/geosciences/people/faculty/rasbury.html
No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
Title to be announced
Dr. Janok Bhattacharyaprofessor of geology, university of houston. http://www.geosc.uh.edu/people/faculty/janok-bhattacharya/index.php
The World's Largest Environmental Cleanup Project
Ken NilesNuclear Safety Division Administrator, Oregon Department of Energy
4:30 pmLindy Boggs
School of Science and Engineering, 201 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, LA 70118 504-865-5764 sse@tulane.edu