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

2012 Spring ESCI Seminar Series
12:00 - 12:50 pm

243 Gaines Hall

1/11/12 Dr. David Mogk State of the Department- New Department Head
1/18/12 David Archer University of Chicago, The long thaw-fossil fuel, CO2 & the carbon cycle
1/25/12 Kaj Williams NASA-AMES Post-Doc - The Physics of Ice Caves.
2/1/12 Alexander MacDonald Director of NOAA - Geographic Scaling Characteristics of Wind & Solar Energy Systems.
2/3/12 Greg Withee NOAA-Earth Observations and Science: Challenges and Opportunities
2/8/12 Dr. Lowell Miyagi Lattice Preferred Orientation and Seismic Anisotropy in the Lowermost Mantle
2/15/12 Doug Chabot Gallatin National Forest Avalanche Center- 20/20 Hindsight - A look at recent avalanche accidents
2/22/12 Mark Pagani Yale University, Long term evolution of CO2 & Climate Sensitivity.
2/29/12 Elizabeth Freedman PhDc Hadrosaur ontogeny and anagenesis: Brachylophosaurus and Gryposaurus from the Judith River Formation, northcentral Montana.
3/7/12 Markus Eckerstorfer PhDc The High Arctic snow avalanche regime of central Svalbard
3/21/12 Rod Graham AAPG Distinguished Lecturer, Cambridge University - Exploration in Fold & Thrust Belts- A personal Perspective.
3/28/12 David Rowley University of Chicago, Plate Dynamics: Deep Mantle Convective contributions to Plate Driving Forces Insights from the East Pacific Rise.
4/4/12 Charles Kerans UT Austin, Geo-Spatial Analysis of Carbonate Systems
4/10/12 Ray Murray Forensic Geologist: Solving Crimes with Rocks and Minerals
4/11/12 Ed Evenson Lehigh University, Charles Darwin-Geologis & The Origin of Darwin's Boulders, Tierra del Fuego
4/18/12 Robyn Wooldridge effects of explosives on the physical properties of snow
4/25/12 Margie Chan University of Utah, AWG Distinguished Lecturer, Red Rocks from Earth to Mars
4/30/12 Ethan F. Baxter Boston University, MSA Distinguished Lecturer, Garnet: Tree Rings of Crustal Evolution

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

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