Department of Geology, University of Maryland
Spring 2008 Geochemistry Seminar Series
Tuesdays 10:30am - 11:30am
Geochemistry Conference Room 0215 Chemistry Building
Tuesday February 5
Dr. George Helz, University of Maryland
"Arsenic geochemistry in sulfidic waters; astonishing confusion and recent progress"
Tuesday February 12
James Brennan, University of Toronto
"Highly Siderophile Element Fractionation in Igneous Systems: Insights from Experiments"
Dr. Kostya Podlesskiy, Russian Academy of Sciences
"Sapphirine-bearing assemblages as indicators of metamorphic conditions"
Tuesday February 26
Marvoneen Dolor and Kate Scheiderich, University of Maryland
"Sediment Profiles of Less Commonly Determined Elements Obtained Rapidly by LA-ICP-MS"
Dr. Tetsuya Yokoyama, University of Maryland
"Osmium isotope anomalies in chondrites and their acid-resistant residues"
NO SEMINAR
Lunar Planetary Science Conference
NO SEMINAR
Spring Break
Dr. Brian O.Driscoll, University College Dublin
"Cr-Spinel Seam Petrogenesis in the Rum Layered Suite, NW Scotland: Cumulate assimilation and insitu crystallization"
Dr. Noah Petro, NASA Goddard
"The South Pole Aitken Basin: Largest, oldest, and deepest on the Moon"
Nick Woodward, Department of Energy
"The Role of Science In Science"
Dr. Jessica Warren, Dept. Terrestrial Magnetism
"Geochemical Constraints on the Dynamics of the Upper Mantle from Abyssal Peridotite Compositions"
Dr. David Walker, Lamont Dohery Earth Observatory
"There is a warp in the force"
Dr. Fawna Korhonen, University of Maryland
"Polymetamorphic history of the Fosdick migmatite dome, West Antarctica: insights into the evolution of Gondwana"
Dr. Satoshi Saito
"Multiple generation of granites in the Fosdick Mountains, West Antarctica: implications for crustal differentiation in a continental margin setting"
Dr. Aubrey Zerkle, University of Maryland
"Multiple S isotope constraints on phototrophic sulfur oxidation in modern and ancient biogeochemical systems"
Dr. Mariek Schmidt, Smithsonian Institution
"The Extensional, Glacial, and Deep Crustal History of North Sister Volcano, Oregon High Cascade RangeTBA"