Miami University

Departmental Seminar Series: Unless otherwise stated, seminars are held at 4:00 pm in room 10 Shideler. Refreshments are served prior to each lecture, beginning at 3:30 pm in room 10 Shideler. Contact Cathy Edwards at 513-529-3216 if you have any questions.

Friday, February 3, 2012
Mike Angle (Ohio Geological Survey)
"A day at the Ohio Geological Survey: current projects and trends"

Friday, February 10, 2012
Joel Barker (The Ohio State University)
"The Mummy Returns: Evidence of a Boreal Forest Ecosystem at 81 Degrees North"

Friday, February 17, 2012
Calvin Miller (Vanderbilt University)
"Reviving moribund intrusive complexes: Mafic thermal input, the accessory mineral record, and the volcano-pluton connection"

Friday, February 24, 2012
Kurt Panter (Bowling Green University)
"Small-scale mantle convection and melting deduced from volcanism, Ross Sea, Antarctica"

Friday, March 16, 2012
Aaron Diefendorf (University of Cincinnati)
"Molecular and fossil perspectives on carbon isotope excursions during hothouse climates"

Friday, March 23, 2012
David Emerson (Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences)
"New insights into an ancient process: microbial Fe oxidation at circumneutral pH"

Friday, March 30, 2012
Jim Walker (Northern Illinois University)
"Focusing on the Central American Subduction Zone"

Friday, April 6, 2012
Michael Taylor (University of Kansas)
"The Neotectonic Development of the Northern Colombian Andes"

Friday, April 13, 2012
Sue Kidwell (University of Chicago)
"Quantifying the quality of the ordinary fossil record"

Friday, April 20, 2012
Scott Allen (George Mason University)
"Detecting and Discriminating Petroleum and Petroleum Products from Water on Terrestrial Backgrounds with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing"

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