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Fall 2009 Seminars

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DATE	SPEAKER/TOPIC	SPONSOR
Aug 27 4 pm MSEC 101	Rick Aster and EES Staff (New Mexico Tech) present "Welcome to the Department." Student pictures taken afterwards.	EB
Sep 3 4 pm MSEC 101	Stephen Arrowsmith (Los Alamos National Laboratory) presents "Low frequency sound from earthquakes: What we can uniquely learn from seismo-acoustics." Hosts: K. Jones and J. Johnson	EB
Sep 10 4 pm MSEC 101	Maria Beatrice Magnani (University of Memphis) presents "Seismology a la Mark Twain: understanding intraplate seismicity in the central U.S." Hosts: A. Maraj and C. Snelson	EB
Sep 17 4 pm MSEC 101	James Ni (New Mexico State University) presents "Slab geometry and mantle flow in the Rivera-Cocos subduction zone." Hosts: J. MacCarthy and R. Aster	EB
Sep 21 3:30 pm MSEC 103 video available on request from speaker	Jason Heath (PhD Candidate Hydrology, New Mexico Tech) presents "Caprock seal integrity of geologic CO2 storage sites: A case study of the Kirtland Formation, San Juan Basin, USA." Host: John Wilson	H
Sep 24 4 pm MSEC 101	Paul Knauth (Arizona State University) presents "Environmental conditions associated with the Cambrian explosion of life." Hosts: W. Payne and K.Condie	EB
Sep 28 3:30 pm MSEC 103 video available on request from speaker	Marty Frisbee (PhD Candidate Hydrology, New Mexico Tech) presents "The role of deep, basin-scale groundwater on streamflow generation processes and structured trends in stream chemistry in a large, alpine watershed in the southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado, USA." Host: Fred Phillips	H
Oct 1 4 pm MSEC 101	Gregory Waite (Michigan Technological University) presents "Insight into shallow conduit processes at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala from multi-instrumental observations of explosive and low-frequency seismic activity." Hosts: R. Sanderson and J. Johnson	EB
Oct 5 3:30 pm MSEC 103	Chris Eastoe (University of Arizona) presents "Some Useful Lessons from Groundwater Isotope Studies in Southwest North America." Host: Fred Phillips	EB/H
Oct 8 4 pm MSEC 101	Mark Person (New Mexico Tech) presents "Assessment of Basin-Scale Hydrologic Impacts of CO2 Sequestration, Illinois Basin." Host: T. Howald	EB
Oct 15 4 pm MSEC 101	Michelle Creech-Eakman (New Mexico Tech) presents "NESSI and the Path to Discover the True Nature of Extrasolar Planets." Host: K. Eack	EB
Oct 22 4 pm MSEC 101	Robert Detrick (National Science Foundation) presents "New NSF Initiatives in Climate and Dynamic Earth." Hosts: H. Knox and R. Aster	EB
Oct 26 3:30 pm MSEC 103	Robert Dello-Russo (NM Office of Archaeological Studies, Santa Fe) presents "Got Water? Modeling the Early Use of Maize in Regions of the Southwest."	H
Oct 29 4 pm MSEC 101	John Bailey (University of Alaska - Fairbanks) presents "An Earth scientist's guide to Google Earth." Hosts: O. Marcillo and J. Johnson	EB
Nov 2 3:30 pm MSEC 103 video available on request from speaker	Hugo Gutierrez (PhD Candidate Hydrology, New Mexico Tech) presents "Can topographic analyses with high resolution data reveal ecohydrologic and hydrogeomorphic processes and feedbacks?"	H
Nov 5 4 pm MSEC 101	Nick Varley (University of Colima) presents "Studying the transition between multiple styles of activity at Volcán de Colima, Mexico." Hosts: C. Forbes and J. Johnson	EB
Nov 9 3:30 pm MSEC 103	Cindy Ardito, Rob Sengebush (Intera, Albuquerque), Mike Fort (PASSCAL), and Guy Bralley (Water Resources Administrator, Sandoval County) present "Brackish Water--New Mexico's Future: A Case Study." Host: J. Wilson	H
Nov 12 4 pm MSEC 101	Tobias Fischer (University of New Mexico) presents "Latiles from volcanoes: Probing the mantle below rifts, hotspots and arcs." Hosts: ?? and J. Johnson	EB
Nov 16 3:30 pm MSEC 103	Jennifer McIntosh (University of Arizona) presents "Impacts of past climate change on water and energy resources." Host: M. Person	H
Nov 19 4 pm MSEC 101	Kathleen Hodgkinson (UNAVCO) presents "Bridging the gap between seismology and GPS PBO Borehole Strainmeters." Host: M. Murray	EB
Nov 26	No seminar - Thanksgiving	EB
Dec 3 4 pm MSEC 101	Bill Goodway (EnCana Corp., Canada) presents "The magic of Lamé." Hosts: B. Christensen and C. Snelson	EB
Dec 10 4 pm MSEC 101	Susan Hubbard (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, GSA Birdsall-Dreiss 2010 Distinguished Lecturer) presents "Toward x-ray vision: Geophysical signatures of complex subsurface processes."	EB/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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