The University of British Columbia

(All seminars are open to the public. For more information see the seminar overview page.
Also see the other seminars page.)

Mon Feb 13 3:30 PM FSC 1005

Etienne Yergeau of NRC
Soil Microbes in Polar Environments under Climate Change
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Tue Feb 14 3:30 PM WES 238

Etienne Yergeau of NRC
Outline of proposed research program
(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Thu Feb 16 12:30 PM Special Seminar EOS-Main 330A

Hein deBaar of Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Insights from the large scale distribution of trace elements and isotopes in the world ocean: first results from the international GEOTRACES program.
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Roger Francois, Maite Maldonado )

Thu Feb 16 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Larry Cathles of Cornell University
The Marcellus Shale Gas Controversy
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Ken Hickey )

Fri Feb 17 3:00 PM EOS/ATSC Seminar EOS-Main 330A

Prof. David Neelin of UCLA, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Rainfall Challenges in Climate Modeling
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: )

Mon Feb 20 3:30 PM FSC 1005

Sean Crowe of University of Southern Denmark

(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Tue Feb 21 3:30 PM WES 238

Sean Crowe of University of Southern Denmark

(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Mon Feb 27 3:30 PM FSC 1005

(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Tue Feb 28 3:30 PM WES 325

(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Tue Feb 28 4:00 PM CANCELLED - H.S. Robinson lecture tour EOS-Main 330A

Sarah Gleeson of University of Alberta
Chlorine isotopes in hydrothermal systems
(Departmental Host: Ken Kickey )

Thu Mar 01 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Steve Shirey of Carnegie Institution of Washington
TBA
(Departmental Host: Weis )

Tue Mar 06 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Susan Bilek of New Mexico Institute of Technology
Using earthquakes at many scales to explore fault heterogeneity in subduction zones
(Departmental Host: Michael Bostock )

Thu Mar 08 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Ian Joughin of University of Washington, Polar Science Center

(Departmental Host: Garry Clarke )

Thu Mar 15 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Joe Dufek of Georgia Tech
TBA
(Departmental Host: Russell )

Thu Mar 29 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Mark Richards of UC Berkeley
TBA
(Departmental Host: Jellinek )

Thu Apr 05 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Ian Eisenman of Caltech / UWashington
TBA
(Departmental Host: Christian Schoof )

Thu Apr 12 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Pete Reiners of U. Arizona
TBA
(Departmental Host: Jellinek )

Thu Apr 19 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Linda Elkins-Tanton of Carnegie Institution of Washington

(Departmental Host: Catherine Johnson )

Mon Apr 23 4:00 PM 2012 Darcy Lecture Series EOS-Main 330A

S. Majid Hassanizadeh of Utrecht University
To be announced
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Roger Beckie )

Thu Apr 26 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Paul Segall of Stanford
TBA
(Departmental Host: Kathi Unglert )

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PAST TALKS

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Thu Nov 03 3:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Douw Steyn & James Ferguson
Our teaching (and other) experiences in an institute that AIMS to raise an entire continent.
(Departmental Host: Douw Steyn )

Mon Nov 07 1:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Christian Reuten of RWDIAIR Inc.
Differentiatin Transboundary Transport from Local Emissions: First Results from a New Background Air Quality Monitoring Station at Amphitrite Point on Vancouver Island
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Douw Steyn )

Wed Nov 09 2:00 PM See unusual day and time! EOS-Main 330A

Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink of WHOI
Geochemistry of river waters
(Departmental Host: Weis, Francois )

Wed Nov 09 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink of WHOI
Geochemistry of the Fraser River
(Departmental Host: Weis, Francois )

Thu Nov 10 4:00 PM CNC-SCOR fall speaker tour EOS-Main 330A

Charles Gobeil of INRS-Eau
Biogeochemical Coupling of Element Cycles in the Arctic Ocean
(Departmental Host: Susan Allen )

Mon Nov 14 10:30 AM EOS-Main 107

Justin Granek of UBC
Computing Geologically Consistent Models
(Departmental Host: from Geophysical Data )

Thu Nov 17 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Tony Simonetti of University of Notre-Dame
Carbonatites - chemical and isotopic messengers of the convecting (asthenospheric) mantle?
(Departmental Host: Weis )

Fri Nov 18 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Tony Simonetti of University of Notre-Dame
In-situ U-Pb dating of (biogenic and inorganic) apatite by LA-ICP-MS: successes and pitfalls
(Departmental Host: Weis )

Thu Nov 24 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Laurence Coogan of University of Victoria
Mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal fluxes and ocean chemistry
(Departmental Host: Weis )

Fri Nov 25 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Laurence Coogan of University of Victoria
Determining the eruption temperature of intra-plate versus ridge basalts using Al-in-olivine thermometry
(Departmental Host: Weis )

Thu Dec 01 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Ian Clark of University of Ottawa
Blood from a Stone: Porewater Tracers of Brine Origin, Age and Migration at the Bruce DGR site for Nuclear Waste in southern Ontario
(Departmental Host: Mayer, Weis )

Thu Dec 15 4:00 PM Room 203 of the Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road)

David Cassis of University of British Columbia
The role of phytoplankton and environmental variables in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) aquaculture in British Columbia
(Departmental Host: Faculty of Graduate Studies )

Fri Dec 16 9:30 AM EOS-Main 330A

Jean Habimana PE of Parsons, Brinckerhoff
Undergraduate Talk
(Departmental Host: Roger Beckie )

Fri Dec 16 1:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jean Habimana PE of Parsons, Brinckerhoff
The Geological and Geotechnical Considerations in Selecting Excavation Methods for the Upper Rouge Tunnel in Southeast Michigan
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Roger Beckie )

Thu Jan 05 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jenny Suckale of Harvard
Crystal clusters and collisions - Direct numerical simulation of the fluid dynamics of plagioclase flotation on the Moon
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Marianne Haseloff, Christian Schoof )

Thu Jan 05 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jenny Suckale of Harvard
Slug or Plug: Why does Stromboli erupt?
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Marianne Hasselof )

Thu Jan 12 11:00 AM EOS-Main 202

Betsy Friedlander of EOS/UBC
Nature and Evolution of Conduit Faults in the 2004-2008 Mount St. Helens Lava Dome Eruption. M-202
(Departmental Host: K.Russell, L.Kennedy )

Thu Jan 12 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Dick Iverson of U.S. Geological Survey
Three key problems in debris-flow mechanics
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Oldrich Hungr )

Mon Jan 16 3:00 PM Teleseminar EOS-Main 135

Geological Engineering Instructor Candidate
Geological considerations in dam site investigation and construction: undergraduate teaching seminar
(Departmental Host: Roger Beckie )

Mon Jan 16 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Sam Gray of CGGVeritas
A Brief History of Depth… and Time Seismic Imaging
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Felix Herrmann )

Thu Jan 19 4:00 PM CSEG Distinguished Lecture Tour EOS-Main 330A

Lee Hunt of Fairborne Energy
Quantitative Interpretation and Economic Value
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Felix Hermann, Ron Clowes )

Wed Jan 25 2:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Bander Jumah of University of British Columbia
"Dimensionality-reduced estimation of primaries by sparse inversion"
(Departmental Host: Earth and Ocean Sciences )

Thu Jan 26 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jean Bédard of GSC
Victoria Island, Franklin LIP
(Departmental Host: Scoates-Weis )

Fri Jan 27 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jean Bédard of GSC
An alternative magma-tectonic model for the formation of cratons in a subductionless Archaean Earth
(Departmental Host: Maya Kopylova, Dominique Weis )

Fri Jan 27 12:30 PM Room 200 of the Graduate Student Centre (6371 Crescent Road)

Jerome Payet of University of British Columbia
“Ecology and Diversity of Marine Viruses on the Canadian Arctic Shelf, Arctic Ocean”
(Departmental Host: Faculty of Graduate Studies )

Mon Jan 30 3:30 PM http://www.ceg.ncl.ac.uk/profiles2/casey.hubert FSC 1005

Casey Hubert of Newcastle University
The Subsurface Petroleum Microbiome: Biogeochemistry, Biogeography and Biotechnology
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Tue Jan 31 3:30 PM WES 238

Casey Hubert of Newcastle University
Proposed Research Program and Long-Term Vision
(Departmental Host: Geomicrobiology Committee )

Thu Feb 02 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Gregory Beroza of Stanford University
Off-Main-Sequence Earthquakes
(Departmental Host: Michael Bostock )

Thu Feb 09 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Glenn Spinelli of New Mexico Tech
Effects of fluid circulation in oceanic crust on subduction zone temperatures
(Departmental Host: Bostock )