Updated: February 12, 2008

Department of Geology, University of Maryland

Spring 2008 Seminar Series

11:00am - 12:00pm
1140 Plant Sciences Building

Coffee and tea are served in the Geology Building at 10:30am prior to the seminar.


Friday February 8

Dr. Terry A. Hurford, Goddard Space Flight Center

"Tidal stress and geology on Saturn's moon, Enceladus"


Friday February 15

Dr. Maureen D. Long, Carnegie Institution of Washington

“Mantle flow in subduction zones from seismic anisotropy”


Friday February 22

Dr. Derek L. Schutt, National Science Foundation

"The Yellowstone Hotspot and How it Got That Way"


Friday February 29

Dr. Scott D. King, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

“Mantle convection and phase changes”


Friday March 7

Dr. Matthew J. Fouch, Arizona State University

"Seismic structure beneath the western United States: Unleashing the power of EarthScope"


Friday March 14

NO SEMINAR


Friday March 21

NO SEMINAR


Friday March 28

Dr. Daniel P. Glavin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

"Stardust: A search for organics in samples returned from comet Wild 2"


Friday April 4

Dr. Clint P. Conrad, Johns Hopkins University

"Deep Earth controls on long term sea level change"


The coordinator for the Colloquium Series is Dr. Aaron Martin. You can contact him at martinaj@geol.umd.edu

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