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Spring 2009 Seminars
| DATE | SPEAKER/TOPIC | SPONSOR |
| Jan 26 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Chunmiao Zheng (University of Alabama, 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer GSA) presents "Understanding Solute Transport in Extremely Heterogeneous Porous Media: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Research at the MADE Site." Host: John Wilson |
H |
| Jan 29 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Jonathan Lees (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) presents "The Kamchatka-Aleutian Collision Zone: Mother of All Cusps." Host: J. Johnson) | EB |
| Feb 2 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
****CANCELLED**** |
H/EB |
| Feb 5 4 pm MSEC 101 |
****CANCELLED**** | EB |
| Feb 9 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Mark Person (New Mexico Tech) presents "Hydrologic models of modern and fossil geothermal systems in the Great Basin." Host: Fred Phillips |
H/EB |
| Feb 12 4 pm Workman 101 |
Jonathan Wolfe (Fractal Foundation) presents "Fractal Patterns in Nature." | EB/ Physics/ Biology |
Feb 16
|
Mary Anderson (University of Wisconsin, AGU 2007 Langbein Lecturer) presents "Benchmark in Hydrogeology in the 20th Century - Unexpected Payoffs." (Recorded Webinar from the 2007 AGU Fall Meeting.) | H |
| Feb 19 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Matt Pritchard (Cornell University) presents "The Magnitude and Duration of Uplift at the Socorro Magma Body and Other Volcanic Areas: Evidence from Geomorphology and Geodesy." | EB |
| Feb 23 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Patricia Bobeck (Geotechnical Translations, Austin, TX) presents "On Henry Darcy." Host: John Wilson | H |
| Feb 26 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Jeff Johnson (New Mexico Tech) presents "Listening to Volcanic Eruptions, Thunder, and Explosions with Infrasound: Seismology in the Atmosphere." |
EB |
| Mar 2 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Marcy Litvak (University of New Mexico) presents "Measurements of ecosystem function along an elevation gradient: which NM biomes are the most sensitive to climate change?" Host: John Wilson |
H |
| Mar 5 4 pm MSEC 101 |
****CANCELLED**** Robert Detrick (Dir., Div. of Earth Sciences, National Science Foundation) presents "Advances in Vehicle Technology for Exploring and Observing the Global Ocean and Deep Seafloor." |
EB |
| Mar 9-13 | Spring Break - No seminars | |
| Mar 19 5 pm MSEC 101 |
****NOTE: Special Time**** Richard Allen (University of California at Berkeley) presents "First Jolt: Building an Earthquake Warning System for the Benefit of Society and the Geophysical Community." |
EB |
Mar 20
|
Doug MacAyeal (University of Chicago) presents "Rogue Ice Streams: The awkward truth about glacial earthquakes, stick-slip kinematics and subglacial lakes in a world of viscous ice flow." Abstract Video. | G |
| Mar 23 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Nate McDowell (Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM) presents "Hydraulic mechanisms and potential impacts of climate change on vegetation
survival and mortality." |
H |
| Mar 26 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Jackie Burton (Sundance Environmental and Energy Specialists) presents "Potential for Contamination of Groundwater Drinking Supplies at Arizona Gila River Indian Community." Host: Newton. Abstract. | EB/H |
| Mar 27 1 pm MSEC 202 |
**CUAHSI Cyberseminar** Peter Troch (University of Arizona) presents "The Hills Are Alive: Interdisciplinary Earth Science at Biosphere 2." |
H |
Mar 27
|
Edmund Medley, 2009 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology, sponsored by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists (AEG), presents "Forensic Investigation of the Sea Cliff Incident, an Urban Catastrophe." Abstract. Video. | EB/H |
| Mar 30 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
***Postponed until Fall 2009*** |
H/EB |
Apr 2
|
Aaron Velasco (University of Texas at El Paso, IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecturer) presents "Can a Large Earthquake in Another Country Cause One in Your Backyard?" Host: Aster Video | EB |
| Apr 6 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
Beth Nichols (University of New Mexico) presents "2D and 3D representations of outcrop heterogeneity, from lidar imagery, for groundwater modeling." |
H |
| Apr 9 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Penny King (University of New Mexico) presents "Using Amphiboles to Understand Volcanic Processes on Earth and Mars." Host: Dunbar | EB |
| Apr 10 1 pm View on your own. (NMT closed for holiday) |
**CUAHSI Cyberseminar** Thanos Papanicolaou (University of Iowa) presents "The Effects of Agriculture Management Practices on Hydrologic Forcing at the Watershed Scale Under Various Hydrologic Conditions." |
H |
| Apr 13 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
****Rescheduled to April 27**** |
H |
Apr 16 |
Mark Boslough (Sandia National Laboratories) presents "The Nature of Airbursts and their Contribution to the Impact Threat." Abstract. Video. | EB/Physics |
| Apr 17 1 pm MSEC 202 |
**CUAHSI Cyberseminar** Harmut Holldnder (Brandenburgische Technische Universitdt Cottbus) presents "Hydrological aspects of the artificial catchment Chicken Creek." |
H |
| Apr 20 | No Hydrology seminar scheduled | H |
| Apr 23 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Jim Fassett (US Geological Survey, Emeritus) presents "The Case For Paleocene Dinosaurs in the San Juan Basin." Host: Dunbar | EB |
| Apr 27 3:30 pm MSEC 103 |
***Postponed until Fall 2009*** |
H |
| Apr 30 4 pm MSEC 101 |
Kristine Larson (University of Colorado) presents "Use of GPS Receivers as a Soil Moisture Network for Water Cycle Studies." Host: Murray | EB/H |
| May 4 | No Hydrology seminar scheduled | H |
May 7
|
Stephen C. Ruppel (University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Distinguished Lecturer) presents "Understanding Black Shale Successions: Lessons and Questions from the Barnett and other Paleozoic Mudrocks." Abstract. Video. | EB |
| May 15 1 pm MSEC 202 |
**CUAHSI Cyberseminar** David R. Maidment, Director, Center for Research in Water Resources, University of Texas at Austin, and David Tarboton, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Utah State University, present "State and Regional Hydrologic Information Systems." Abstract. |
H |
| SPONSOR LEGEND | |
| EB | Department of Earth & Environmental Science and New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |
| H | Hydrology Program |
| G | Geophysics Program |
| EB/H/G | Multiple Sponsors |
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