All lectures will be on Friday, 3:30 - 4:30pm in B&G 0153, unless noted otherwise. Please also note the weekly Planetary Science Colloquium. Twin Colloquium: Thermal Age of Earth: The end of the Kelvin Paradox (3:30) AND Indications of an Underground Flow System beneath the Amazon River: Inferences from Results of Geothermal Studies (4:00) Undergrad students will speak on their summer work experiences Major Drilling - An OverviewColloquium Series Schedule: 2011/12
Date
Name
Title
January 13, 2012
Guy Narbonne, Queen's University
When Life Got Big: The Mistaken Point Biota
Jan. 20
4490E Student Presentations
Jan. 27
Dr. Valiya M. Hamza, National Observatory, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Feb. 3
David Shoesmith, Dept. Chemistry
The Characterization and Performance of a Deep Geologic Repository for High-level Nuclear (Fuel) Wastes.
Feb. 10
Matt Hall (Agile Geoscience)
Open software, open data, open workflows, and open minds in applied geoscience – Hosted by the Outcrop Club
Feb. 17
TBA
TBA
Feb. 24
Reading Week, No Colloquium
Mar. 2
Osvaldo Arce (President, Bolivian Geological Society)
The Geology of Bolivia
Mar. 9
Marcelo Carvalho (Yamana Gold)
Greenstone-Hosted Gold Deposits in Brazil
Mar. 16
Hendrik Poinar (McMaster Univ.)
Mammoths
Mar. 23
Grant Young, Earth Sciences, UWO
Hutton's Unconformity
Mar. 30
4490E Student Presentations
Apr. 6
Good Friday, No Colloquium
Date
Name
Title
Sept. 9, 2011
Poul Emsbo, USGS
The Genesis of Carlin-type Gold Deposits: An Unconventional View
Sept. 16
Greg Slater, McMaster University
Signatures of
Life? Probing modern systems to understand signatures of biological and
abiological processes over Earth’s geologic history, in meteorites and
beyond.
Sept. 23
Doreen Ames, Geological Survey of Canada
Minor element and
mineral chemical composition of Ni-Cu-PGE ores in diverse settings,
Sudbury: Implications for source contributions, genesis and exploration
Sept. 30
Dave Good, Stillwater
An Exploration Strategy for Cu and PGE in the Coldwell Complex: Finding Magma Conduits in a Rift-Related Ring Dike Complex
Oct. 7
Lee Hunt, CSEG Distinguished Lecturer
Quantitative Interpretation, New Methods, and Economic Value
Oct. 14
Hon. Mohammed Hussain Gabbow, Assistant Minister for Special Programs, Government of Kenya, & Sadia Gassim, Founder of Worldwide Opportunites for Women
Drought and Famine: The Effects of Water Accessibility on Human Lives in Northeast Kenya
Oct. 21
Jim Franklin
Hot Water, Hot Minerals and Hot Life Forms on the Ocean Floor ─ What “Black Smokers” Tell Us About Earth Systems
Oct. 28
Departmental Retreat - No Colloquium
Nov. 4
Dr. Avner Ayalon
Climate variations and cultural changes: the story from Soreq Cave, Israel
Nov. 11
Undergraduate Summer Internship Speakers
Nov. 18
Bob Morgan & Robin Sauve
Nov. 25
Lyle Whyte, McGill University
Coming in from the cold - the search for little green bugs in the Canadian high Arctic and other cold worlds
Dec. 2
Tim Fisher
Lake Agassiz
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