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Fall 2008 Weekly Seminar Series

Talks are on Wednesdays, 4:00 to 5:20 pm in 110 Willamette Hall.
Tea and cookies are served in Cascade 200 beginning at 3:30 p.m.


October 1 - Departmental Introductions, followed by post-seminar reception at the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History

October 8 - Kate Huntington (University of Washington)
The influence of climate change and uplift on Colorado Plateau paleotemperatures from 'clumped isotope' carbonate thermometry

Special Monday seminar, noon, 200 Cascade Hall
October 13 - Diana Roman (University of South Florida)
Patterns of VT seismicity and stress during the ongoing eruption of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat

October 15 - Manny Gabet (San Jose State University)
Climate vs. Tectonics: The Brawl in Nepal

Special Thursday seminar, 1pm, 200 Cascade Hall
October 16 - Matt Fouch (Arizona State University)
Plate Tectonics and the Mantle Flow beneath Western North America

October 22 - Dan Gavin (University of Oregon, Dept. of Geography)
Abrupt climate change during the early Holocene in British Columbia

Special Friday Seminar, Noon, 200 Cascade Hall
October 24 - Hoonyol Lee (Kangwon National University, Korea)
Spaceborne vs Ground-based Synthetic Aperture Radar for Surface Deformation Monitoring

October 29 - Ray Wells (USGS, Menlo Park)
Origin and evolution of the Siletz terrane, Oregon Coast Range

November 5 - Taylor Perron (Harvard)
Unraveling the structure of river networks

November 12 - Laura Crossey (University of New Mexico)
CO2-rich mound springs and travertines: ‘Continental Smokers’ linking mantle tectonism to geomicrobiology and water quality

November 19 - Andrew Meigs (Oregon State University)
Seismotectonics of western Argentina

November 26 - THANKSGIVING WEEK (no speaker)

December 3 - Liz Safran (Lewis and Clark College)
Impact of Extra-fluvial Events on River Valley Evolution


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