Montana State University

Department of Earth Sciences

Montana State University
P.O. Box 173480
Bozeman, MT 59717-3480

Tel: (406) 994-3331
Fax: (406) 994-6923
Location: 226 Traphagen Hall

Department Chair

Dr. David Mogk

earth@montana.edu

Earth Sciences Seminars

2013 Spring ESCI Seminar Series
Thursday's 4:30 - 5:20 pm

243 Gaines Hall

1/24/13 Nick Atwood, PhDc

Stratigraphic modulation generated by syn-sedimentary structural growth and segmentation of an overfilled foreland basin system: The Marnoso-arenacea Formation at the Coniale Anticline, Northern Apennines, Italy

1/31/13 Jian-Yi Liu Montana State University Bozeman, China Urban System: Spatial Structure and Changing Urban Landscape
2/7/13 Sara Oser

Montana State University Bozeman, Dinosaur Eggs at Egg Mountain, Montana

2/14/13 Julia Baldwin

The University of Montana, Ultrahigh-Temperature Metamorphism in the Southern Brasília Belt

2/21/13 Jeff Jacquet 11:00-12:00 pm Reid 108: South Dakota State University: Landowner Perceptions of Wind Farms and Hydrofracking in Northern Pennsylvania 
2/21/13 Josh Miller

The University of Cincinnati, Tracking ecological change in the Anthropocene and beyond: Insights for paleoecology and conservation biology from bones on the landscape

2/28/13 Scott McCoy

ESCI Geomorphology Candidate: From Grains to Landscapes: A Multi-Scale Approach for Studying the Granular Mechanics of Debris Flow Hazards and Valley Incision

3/7/13 John Delaney* CLS Distinguished Speaker

The University of Washington, Vision for Ocean Sciences, [4:00 -5:00 pm, SUB Procrastinator Theatre, L&S Distinguished Lecturer]

3/14/13  

SPRING BREAK

3/21/13 Dan Shugar University of Victoria, British Columbia: From Mountains to the Sea: Geohazards and Environmental Change in Western North America
3/25/13 Jean Dixon* University of California Santa Barbara: Deciphering Climatic & Tectonic Forcings on the Hillslope Geomorphology: The importance of Erosion-Weathering Relationships. GH 043
3/28/13 Stephanie Ewing

Montana State University Bozeman, Uranium Isotopes in Loess Permafrost: Modeling the Age of Ancient Ice

4/4/13 Gillian Apps

British Petroleum, The US Gulf of Mexico Offshore Basin: a Passive Aggressive Margin

4/11/13 Scott Tinker

Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of Texas at Austin, will lead question and answer session following the movie titled: The Switch Energy Project [5:00-7:00 pm, Evening presentation at the Museum of the Rockies]

4/18/13 Matthew Fockler PhDc

MSU-Bozeman, To protect and Preserve: A Historical Geography of Early United States Forest Service Management, Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana.

4/25/13 Bob Smith*

The University of Utah,The Yellowstone Hotspot: Past, Present and Future [4:00 -5:00 pm, SUB Procrastinator Theatre]*

**Please note: bolded lectures are outside of the normal schedule seminar dates and time.**

Thank you for your participation in this semester's seminar series! Your attendance at the weekly seminars is very much appreciated by the students and faculty of ESCI

To request disability accommodation or inform us of special needs, please contact us at:

406-994-3331
earth@montana.edu