Fall 2009 Seminar Series
All seminars are at 12:00 PM (Noon) on Fridays in Room 224 Science & Engineering Labs building unless otherwise noted. Room change for October 30th seminar - see below.
September 18, 2009 - Dr. Nicole Gasparini, Assistant Professor, Tulane University, presents, " Exploring the size of mountain belts through a power-law scaling relationship for fluvial bedrock incision."
September 25, 2009 - Dr. Brendan Yuill, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Orleans, presents, "Observations of sediment transport in channels very unlike the Mississippi River: Notable similarities, differences, and what it can teach us about coastal restoration BMP's in Louisiana."
October 2, 2009 - Dr. Zhixiong Shen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Tulane University, presents, "Optically-stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating and its application to the Lower Mississippi Valley and the Mississippi Delta ."
October 9, 2009 - Graduate student GSA presentations.
October 16, 2009 - No seminar.
October 23, 2009 - Dr. Joel Johnson, Assistant Professor, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, presents, "Linking gully erosion and hydrological forcing: insights from environmental monitoring along a discontinuous arroyo network, southeast Arizona."
October 30, 2009 - Dr. Tyler Smith, Research Assistant Professor, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, University of the Virgin Islands, presents, "Ark or Alamo? The importance and future of Caribbean Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems in a world of shallow water coral decline." See abstract. Location: Qatar Ballroom, Room 212, Lavin-Bernick Center.
November 6, 2009 - Dr. Rudy Slingerland, Professor of Geology, MARGINS program, Deptartment of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University, presents, "Building a continental shelf one grain at a time."
November 13, 2009 - Dr. Jonathan D. Stock, Western Geology and Geophysics Team, U.S. Geological Survey, presents, "Linking the Ridge to the Reef: Adventures in Hawaiian Geomorphology." For abstract, click here.
November 20, 2009 - Dr. Elizabeth A. Hajek, Postdoctoral Associate, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, presents, "Interpreting processes and boundary conditions from avulsion clusters in alluvial basins."
November 27, 2009 - No seminar.
December 4, 2009 - Dr. Anne Case Hanks, Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences, University of Louisiana at Monroe, presents, "Sulfuric Acid as a Photochemical Tracer."
December 11, 2009 - Graduate student AGU presentations.
December 18, 2009 - No seminar.
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