Fall 2012
Tuesday Afternoons at 4:00 PM
Thimann Lecture Hall 001
October 2, 2012
John Hunter, Ohio State Univeristy
Life after Chicxulub: end-Cretaceous Extinction and Paleocene Recovery of Mammals
Hosts: M. Clapham
October 9, 2012
Jeff Kiehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder
How Clouds May Help Explain a Warm Eocene Climate
Hosts: L. Sloan/B. Daniels
October 16, 2012
Christy Till, USGS
A New Thermo-barometer for Anhydrous Basalts & Implications for Basalt Genesis in Southern Oregon and Northern California
Hosts: J. Hourigan/A. Steely
October 23, 2012
Ross Stein, USGS
What Triggers Aftershocks? For Most Mainshocks,the Answer Lies in the Shadows
Hosts: T. Lay/E. Todd
October 30, 2012
Judith Fierstein, USGS
The Great Novarupta-Katmai Eruption of 1912 - A Century of Research Tracks Progress in Volcano Science
Host: J. Gill
November 6, 2012
Mario Rebolledo-Vieyra, Centro de Investigacion Cientifica de Yucatan Invastigation of the Chicxulub Impact Crater: Past, Present and Future and Some Controversy
Hosts: A. Paytan/N. Quintana Krupinski
November 13, 2012
Eric King, University of California, Berkeley
Core (M)HD: The Surprisingly Weak Influence of Magnetic Fields in Geodynamo Simulations
Hosts: F. Nimmo/T. Wassem
November 20, 2012
Patrick Fulton, University of California, Santa Cruz
Highlights from the Japan Trench Fast Drilling Project (JFAST): Investigating the Source of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
Host: M. Clapham
November 27, 2012
Noah DIffenbaugh, Stanford University
Dynamics and Impacts of Fine-Scale Climate Change: greenhouse forcing, heat-waves, and corn price volatility in the United States
Hosts: A. Ravelo & P. Koch/K. Gilbert