| Fall 2009 Schedule |
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September
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11
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All-department meeting
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No lecture |
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18
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Paul Asimow, Caltech
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Shock Wave Experiments on Silicate Liquids at Lower Mantle Pressure |
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25
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Rajdeep Dasgupta, Rice University
|
Major Element and Volatile Heterogeneity in the Earth's Mantle |
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October
|
2
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Frederik Simons, Princeton University
|
Estimating the Changing Distribution of Earth's Mass using GRACE (while unlocking the secrets of the universe) |
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Case Lecture
|
6
|
Warren Allmon, Cornell University
|
Back to the Future, Forward to the Past: The Role(s) of Natural History Museums in the Modern World
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9
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Peter Huybers, Harvard University
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Feedback Between Deglaciation, Volcanism, and Atmospheric CO2
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16
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Phil Gingerich, University of Michigan
|
Origin and Early Evolution of Whales
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30
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Jim Zachos, University of California at Santa Cruz
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Rapid Global Warming and Ocean Acidification 55 Million Years Ago: Lessons for the Future |
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November
|
6
|
Brandy Toner, University of Minnesota
|
Tracking Redox Sensitive Elements in Mid-ocean Ridge Hydrothermal Plumes |
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13
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Rod Ewing, University of Michigan
|
Pyrochlore & Plutonium: The Elegant Response of a Simple Structure to Extreme Conditions |
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20
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Yan Liang, Brown University
|
Melting and Melt Migration in a Heterogeneous Mantle
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27
|
Thanksgiving Break
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No lecture
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December
|
4
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Stephen Johnston, University of Victoria, BC
|
Bent Mountain Belts: A Paleogeographic, Plate Tectonic and Paleomagnetic Dilemma |
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11
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Russell Hemley, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
|
How Elements Behave Inside Planets |
