Distinguished Lecturer Series
(The Distinguished Lecturer Series meets on Mondays at 3:30 pm in Geology Room 105 unless otherwise indicated*.  Refreshments will be served.  Questions should be emailed to
  Tammy Rittenour  (tammy.rittenour@usu.edu)

SPRING 2012

Jan 9:

Departmental meet & greet

Jan 16:  

MLK Day (no seminar)

Jan 23:

Steve Thornock (USU) 'Use of a Toughbook PC for geologic field mapping in the Salton Basin, CA: Benefits and Pitfalls'

Jan 30:     

Edward Evenson (Lehigh University) 'Glaciohydraulic supercooling, basal freeze-on, debris entrainment and deposition at modern glacier margins: Is the present the key to the past?' Cianna Wyshnytzky Host

Feb 6:

Steve Holbrook (University of Wyoming) 'Arcs, Continents, and the Andesite Paradox' - GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lectureship Program Katie Potter Host

Feb 13:

Thesis Progress Reports: James Kessler, Robin Nagy

Feb 20:

Presidents Day (no seminar)

Feb 21: (tues):

Tom Lachmar (USU) 'Mexican Volcanoes and Swiss Alps: Recent Adventures of a Climbing Geologist

Feb 27:

Bridget Smith-Konter (University of Texas, El Paso) 'Locked, Loaded, and Looming? Exploring Earthquake Cycle Stress History of Seismically-active Faults of the San Andreas Fault System' - EarthScope Lecture Series Mitch Prante Host

March 5:

Clive Neal (University of Notre Dame) 'How LIPs Talk to US: Origins, Evolution, and Environmental Impact of Large Igneous Provinces' - Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecture Natalie Bursztyn Host

Mar 12-16: 

Spring Break (no seminar)

Mar 19:

No Seminar - ExxonMobil visit

Mar 23: (Fri)

Thesis Progress Reports: Ryan Jensen

Mar 26:

Jerry Fairley (University of Idaho) 'Assessing fractured basalts as a reservoir for sequestering waste carbon dioxide' James Kessler Host

April 2:

Lisa Stright (University of Utah) 'Outcrop and subsurface modeling of deep-water channel deposits' Dave Richey Host

April 9:

Todd Campbell (USU School of Education and Leadership) 'Reification of Five Types of Modeling Pedagogies with Model-Based Inquiry (MBI) Modules for Science Classrooms' Co-sponsored by the Provost's Office - Library rm 154

April 13: (Fri):

Charles Mueller (USGS) 'Overview of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps'

April 16:

Scott Burns (Portland State University) 'The Mystery of Terroir – the Relationship of Geology, Soils, and Climate to Wine' - Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecture in Engineering Geology Liz Petrie Host

April 23:

Department Award Ceremony

 All lectures are held at 3:30 on Mondays in Geology rm 105 unless stated otherwise
Refreshments will be provided

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