Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and The University at Albany

Spring 1996

Earth Sciences Joint Colloquium Series

Fridays -- 4:00 to 5:00pm

February 9
RPI Dr. Martin Stute
 
Columbia University

Noble gases in groundwater -- implications for flow dynamics and paleoclimate

February 16
Albany
Dr. David Rowley
University of Chicago
Exhumation of ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks: Observations from the Dabie Shan
February 23 Albany
Dr. Art Goldstein
Colgate University
Strain and geochemical constraints on volume loss in Taconic slates
March 1
RPI

Dr. Jeff Park
Yale University
Looking for love in all the wrong places
March 6 RPI
Dr. Arnaud Pecher
Universite Joseph Fourier, Grenoble
The Himalayan/Karakorum boundary in northern Pakistan
March 22
RPI
Dr. Donna Rizzo
University of Vermont
Site characterization and parameter estimation using artificial neural networks
March 29 Albany
Dr. Roger Buck
Columbia University
Mechanical effects of magmatism on rifting
April 3 RPI
Dr. Tucker Barrie
Geological Survey of Canada
The role of komatiite and high silica rhyolite footwall rocks in the genesis of the giant Kidd Creek volcano-associated massive sulfide deposit, Timmins, Ontario:geochemistry, geothermometry, and heat and fluid flow modelling
April 12 Albany
Dr. Paul Bierman
University of Vermont
Cosmic rays and alluvial fans -- tectonic and landscape implications for California and Vermont
April 19 RPI
Dr. Roberta Rudnick
Harvard University
The composition of the continental crust: the view from downunder
April 26 Albany
Dr. Jane Gilotti
NYS Geological Survey
Eclogites and related rocks in the North-East Greenland Caledonides

Rensselaer: West Hall Room 115 | Albany: Earth Science Bldg. Room 232

Refreshments served immediately following each lecture.

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