Department of Geology & Geophysics

FRIDAY SEMINARS

3:30 P.M., 201 Reichardt Building

 01/18/13 

NO SEMINAR
 

 01/25/13Catherine Hanks, Associate Professor , Department of Geology & Geophysics and the Geophysical Institute, UAF
Title:   Energy options for Interior Alaska--the intersection of science, engineering,and economics and politics
 02/01/13

Matthias Hort, Professor, Director of the Institute of Geophysics, University of Hamburg, Germany
Title:  Looking into the throat of a volcano with radar

 02/08/13CHAPMAN SERIES
Carmen Gaina, Researcher, Physics of Geological Process, Department of Geosciences, University of Olso, Norway
Title:
  The Arctic Connection:  An Insight Into Plate Tectonics And Mantle Dynamics That Shaped Present Day Arctic Region
 02/15/13CHAPMAN SERIES
Debbie Hutchinson, Geologist, Woods Hole, Oceanographyic Institute, U.S. Geological Survey
Title:  Evidence for Two Episodes of Magmatism And Deformation in the Canada Basin
 02/22/13CHAPMAN SERIES
Liz Miller, Professor, Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, University of Stanford
Title:  Triassic Paleogeography and River Systems of Northern Pangea:  Putting the Arctic Back Together Again
 03/01/13CHAPMAN SERIES
Ruth Jackson, Marine Geophysicist, Geological Survey of Canada, Nova Scotia
Title:   Implications of New Seismic Reflection and Velocity Observations on the Origin of Canada Basin
 03/08/13Nathan Bangs, Senior Research Scientist, Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
Title: Seeing what’s at fault in subduction zones: Examining great earthquake megathrusts 
 03/15/13NO SEMINAR  --  Spring Break

  03/22/13Rich Koehler, Geologist IV, State of Alaska, Division of Geology & Geophysics
Title: Paleoseismology of the Castle Mountain, Denali and Pass Creek Faults
  03/29/13AAPG Student Chapter, Department of Geology & Geophysics and the Geophysical Institute, UAF
Title:  Screening of the documentary "Switch!" --  A Non-Partisan Examination of Energy Alternatives to Fossil Enery
  04/05/13Tyrone Rooney, GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences, Michigan State University
Title:  From Initiation to Termination - The Critical Role of Magma in Rift Evolution
  04/12/13

Kristine Larson, Earthscope Speaker Series, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder
Title:  Using EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory to Study the Earth's Water Cycle

  04/19/13Jochen Mezger, Term Instructor of Geology/Field Camp Director, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Title: Half a Billion Years of Crustal Evolution in the Pyrenees: from Gondwana to the Tour de France
 04/26/13
Whitey Hagadorn, Geology Curaor, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Title:  Death of a Megapredator
 
TIME AND LOCATION CHANGE:  Noon in Espe Auditorium, UA Museum of the North
 05/03/13Sarah Fowell, Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Geophyiscs, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Title:  AWARDS CEREMONY