Saswata Hier-Majumder

Assistant Professor

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Contiguity.

Magma nanotube.

News

Online lectures
January, 2012
The University of Maryland has launched a new Blended Learning initiative to develop innovative learning opportunities for students. I am teaching one of the first ten Blended Learning courses in Spring 2012. Download or stream the online lecture contents here.

Congratulations Graduates
December, 2011
Jodi Gaeman and Jesse wimert defended their Master's theses. Jodi's thesis demonstrates that an ocean might exist beneath the icy shell of Neptune's moon Triton. Jesse's new model of melt microstructure show that the UltraLow Velocity Zones in the Earth's core-mantle boundary likely consists of a modest amount of melting.

The August 23 Earthquake
August, 2011
On August 23, an M5.9 earthquake rocked the greater Washington DC metropolitan area. This earthquake was caused by thrusting motion on a nearly N-S trending fault in the Central Virgina Seismic Zone. Check out the USGS website for more information on this earthquake. Also you can download some geological information on this earthquake here.

Links to old news from our group.

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These lectures are from my new Blended Learning course in Environmental Geology. If you are a student enrolled in the course, you are welcome to download the contents at any time convenient for you. Please consult your lecture schedule on the course webpage to find the suggested sequence of the online lectures. The lectures are available for windows media (.mp4), iphone (.m4v), and shockwave flash player formats. click on the relevant icon for your preferred format. You can also click on the movie icon to play it on Vimeo.