Binghamton University - Academics: Harpur College of Arts and Sciences: Department Programs: Geological Sciences: Seminars

Spring Seminar Series 2007

January 26	Jim Mungall, University of Toronto Roasting the Mantle: Redox Controls on the Transfer of Cu, Au and the PGE from Mantle to Crust.
February 9	CANCELLED Dorothy Peteet, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Hudson Valley Paleoecology from River Marshes - Regional Droughts and Human Impact in the Estuary.
February 16	Bill Ghiorse, Cornell University Microbes, Manganese, and Microbial Biogeochemistry.
February 23	Barry Jones, Binghamton University Tandem Mass Spectrometry at Binghamton University.
March 2	POSTPONED... date to be announced. Reide Corbett, East Carolina University The Impact of Storms on Coastal Sediment Dynamics: The Good, the Bad, and the Muddy. Guest Speaker: James Pitarresi, Binghamton University, Department of Mechanical Engineering The Versatility of Tablet PCs As A Teaching Tool
March 16	Ann Pearson, Harvard University Building the Biomarker Tree of Life.
March 23	Kyle Nichols, Skidmore College Cosmogenic Nuclides - What Good are They? Recent Applications and Insights.
March 30	Rick Allmendinger, Cornell University Instantaneous Deformation of Continental Plateaus.
April 13	Dave Winslow, GZA GeoEnvironmental of New York, NYC All you wanted to know about environmental consulting but were afraid to ask.
April 20	Joel Johnson, University of New Hampshire The Extent and Recurrence of Holocene Turbidity Currents in Monterey Canyon and Fan Channel, Offshore California.
April 27	Laurel J. Standley, Silent Spring Institute Everyday Exposures to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals.
May 4	Mark Brandon, Yale University The Relationship between Slab Rollback and Synconvergent Extension in Northern Italy.
May 11	Darby Dyar, Amherst College Why is Mars Red? Spectroscopy, Mineralogy, and Geology on a Distant Planet.

Fall Seminar Series 2007

September 7	Joe Graney, Binghamton University (Joint with Biology Department) High Resolution-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Inorganic Methods Development, Performance and Applications.
October 5	Special Event: 2007 Geology Alumni Symposium List of seminar speakers
October 19	Bruce Wilkinson, University of Michigan Geologic Maps as Tectonic Speedometers.
October 26	Adrien Finzi, Boston University (Joint with Biology Department) Forest Productivity and the Prospect of an Enhanced Terrestrial Carbon Sink Under Rising Concentrations of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.
November 2	GSA Meeting, Denver, CO No seminar
November 9	Bill Stein, Binghamton University New Fossil Trees from Gilboa, NY.
November 30	Tania Vislova, SUNY Oneonta Layered Intrusions: Static or Dynamic Magma Chambers?