The 2008 winter/spring GG DLS talks will be held at 4PM on most Thursdays of the winter/spring time period. The lectures will be given in the basement lecture hall of the INSCC Building, University of Utah. Refreshments will be distributed at 3:45 PM on the day of the talk. Speakers should arrive with their PPTs at 3:30 PM and meet with Jerry Schuster (581-4373) at 460 INSCC. Parking is just east of the INSCC building in the Browning Bldg. parking lot.
The recommended hotel for all out-of-state speakers is the University Guest House (801-587-1000) located on campus, where the rates are very reasonable at $70./night and cross-country ski trails are behind the hotel (info@guesthouse.utah.edu). An alternative is the University Park Hotel (801-581-1000) which is located about 1 mile from campus.
DLS Schedule
INSCC Auditorium, U of Utah
DATE
TITLE
SPEAKER
Jan. 17 (4 PM)
A Hot New Explanation for the Elevation of Continents
Prof. Dave Chapman and Derek Hasterok (UU GG)
Jan. 24 (4 PM)
Patterns of Uplift and Erosion of the Colorado Plateau, and other Applications of the New USU Luminescence Laboratory
Prof. Joel Pederson (Utah State Univ.)
Jan. 31 (4 PM)
Acoustic Approach to Convert Heat to Electricity
Prof. Orest Symko (UU Physics)
Feb. 7 (4 PM)
No Seminar
No Seminar
Feb. 14 (4 PM)
Current Status of Quaternary Fault Studies in Southwestern Utah: the Hurricane, Sevier, Paragonah, and Washington Faults.
Dr. Bill Lund (UGS)
Feb. 21 (4 PM)
Macromolecules encased in 250 Ma Permian Halite: a Target in the
Search for Life on Other Planets
Prof. Bonnie Baxter (Westminster College and Director of Great Salt Institute)
Feb. 28 (4 PM)
Exploring an Alternative Explanation for the Laramide Orogeny
Prof. Craig Jones (University of Colorado, CIRES)
March 6 (4 PM)
Blue Nile incision, Ethiopian Plateau Uplift, and Hominin Evolution
Dr. Royhan Gani and Dr. Nahid Gani (EGI)
March 13 (4 PM)
Tertiary Exhumation and Basin Development in the Southern Central Andes of NW Argentina
Prof. Barbara Carrapa (Univ. of Wyoming)
March 20 (4 PM)
Spring Break
Spring Break
March 27 (4 PM)
Challenges and Solutions in Applying Geophysics to Gold Exploration
Dr. Perry Eaton (Chief Geophysicist of Newmont Mining)
April 3 (4 PM)
Earthquake Cycles: A Geologist's View from the Trenches
Dr. David Schwartz (Head of USGS Bay Area Earthquake Hazards Project)
April 10 (4 PM)
Finding Trapped Miners with Time Reversal Mirrors
Prof. Sherif Hanafy (Cairo University and Fullbright Fellow) and Weiping Cao (UU)
April 17 (4 PM)
Deciphering Earth's Dynamic Interior using Seismology
Prof. Edward Garnero (Arizona State Univ.)
April 24 (4 PM)
Earthscope Imaging of Cascadia Megathrust Slow-Slip Events
Prof. Tim Melbourne (Central Washington University and Distinguished Earthscope Lecturer)