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Spring 2004 Seminars

DATE	SPEAKER/TOPIC	SPONSOR
Jan 22	No EES/Bureau seminar	EB
Jan 23 1 pm MSEC 202	Jeff McDonnell - Oregon State Univ: The Old Water Paradox: A Grand Challenge for Catchment Hydrology. CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Jan 29 4 pm MSEC 101	Barbara Bekins - USGS (2004 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer): Hydrogeology and the weak nature of plate boundary faults. Abstract. Host: Phillips	EB/H
Feb 2 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Scott C. James - Sandia National Laboratories: Modeling colloid and contaminant co-transport in fractured media. Abstract. Host: Wilson	H
Feb 5 4 pm MSEC 101	Kris Pankow - Univ of Utah: Triggered Seismicity in Utah from the November 3, 2002 Denali Fault Earthquake. Host: Bilek	EB
Feb 9 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Craig D. Allen - USGS: Ecohydrology and landscape change in northern New Mexico. Host: Phillips	H
Feb 12 4 pm MSEC 101	Nelia Dunbar - NM Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources: Quaternary Volcanism in New Mexico. Host: Tobin	EB
Feb 19 4 pm MSEC 101	Mike Underwood - Univ of Missouri: Inputs to the Seismogenic Zone: A Comparison Between Nankai Trough and Costa Rica. Host: Spinelli	EB
Feb 23 3:15 pm MSEC 103	John Wilson - New Mexico Tech: CUAHSI and other NSF new hydrologic research initiatives (TBD). Host: Phillips	H
Feb 26 4 pm MSEC 101	Rusty Riese - BP-Houston: Coalbed Methane Systems. Host: Brister	EB
Feb 27 1 pm MSEC 202	Dave Tuck - NapLogic, Inc.: Rescheduled for March 26th. CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Mar 4 4 pm MSEC 101	Aaron Velasco - UTEP: Insights into the formation of the Bhutan Himalayas using data from a temporary seismic network. Host: Bilek	EB
Mar 5 1 pm MSEC 202	David Tarboton - Utah State Univ: Terrain Analysis and Hydrologic Modeling Using Digital Elevation Models and GIS. CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Mar 11 10 am outside 4 pm MSEC 101	Jim Holmlund - Western Mapping Company, Tucson, AZ: New Laser Scanning Technology in Geotechnical and Archaeological Environments. Details.	EB
Mar 18	NO SEMINAR - SPRING BREAK	EB
Mar 19 1 pm MSEC 202	Dave Goodrich - ARS: Integrated Science and Decision Making: Cutting Edge Science to Address Real-World Watershed Issues. CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Mar 22 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Armand Groffman - Los Alamos National Laboratory: Physical and Hydrochemical Behavior of a Bromide Tracer in Shallow Ground Water Adjacent to an Ephemeral Channel: Influence of Seasonality and Pulse Recharge in the Semi-Arid Southwest. Abstract. Host: Bowman	H
Mar 25 4 pm MSEC 101	No seminar today.	EB
Mar 26 1 pm MSEC 202	Dave Tuck - NapLogic, Inc.: Time for a New Dimension in Capillary Pressure-Saturation Space. CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Mar 29 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Marilyn O'Leary - UNM School of Law: Water Planning Paradoxes; and the Need for Technology in Water Planning. Host: Spinelli	H
Apr 1 4 pm MSEC 101	Sam Earman - NMT Hydrology PhD Candidate: Tectonic Influences on Groundwater Quality: San Bernardino Valley, Arizona and Sonora.	EB/H
Apr 5 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Sean A McKenna - Sandia National Labs: Stochastic Inverse Modeling of Hydraulic Property Fields. Host: Wilson	H
Apr 8 4 pm MSEC 101	Jose Hurtado - UTEP: Insights Into the Tectonics of the Himalaya and Tibet From Topographic Data. Host: Vivoni	EB
Apr 9 1 pm MSEC 202	Matt Moore - National Sedimentation Laboratory: What Role Do Ecologic and Hydrologic Research Play in the TMDL process? CUAHSI Cyberseminar	H
Apr 12 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Christopher Brown - NM State Univ: A GIS Analysis of Water Resource Vulnerabilities in the Paso del Norte region. Host: Vivoni	H
Apr 15 4 pm MSEC 101	Vance Holliday - Univ of Arizona: Late Quaternary History of Small Playa Basins in Western Texas and Central New Mexico.	EB
Apr 19 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Velimir Vesselinov - Los Alamos National Laboratory: Groundwater modeling studies in the Espanola basin: predictions and their uncertainties. Host: Bowman	H
Apr 22 4 pm MSEC 101	John Stone - Univ of Washington: Topic TBA. Host: Dunbar **CANCELED**	EB
Apr 29 4 pm MSEC 101	Paul Renne - Berkeley Geochronology Center: Lunar surface processes: Inferences from argon isotopes in impact melt droplets. Host: McIntosh	EB
May 3 3:15 pm MSEC 103	Everett P. Springer - Los Alamos National Laboratory: Hydrologic analyses of a small watershed following the Cerro Grande Fire. Abstract. Host: Wilson	H
May 5 4 pm MSEC 101	Clive Oppenheimer - Cambridge University: Volcanic Eruptions that Shook the World.	EB/Grad Seminar 592
May 6 4 pm MSEC 101	Gary Axen - UCLA: Low-angle normal faults: Constraints on fault mechanics and implications for crustal strength models.	EB

SPONSOR LEGEND
EB	Department of Earth & Environmental Science and New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
H	Hydrology Program, EES Department
G	Geophysics Program, EES Department
EB/H/G	Multiple Sponsors

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