Florida International University
Earth Sciences Department
Seminar Series 2006-2007

 
 

 

Spring 2007

Seminar Date
(Usually Fridays,
3:30 pm,  PC-432.
Refreshments follow.)

Title Speaker and Affiliation
12-January-07
 

PC-341

Imaging the Urban Geomorphology of SE Florida from Airborne Laser Topographic Mapping ,

Dr. Dean Whitman , Associate Professor, Florida International University
19-January-07

 

Abrupt Climate Change: The View from the Tropics Dr. Larry C. Peterson, Professor, RSMAS, University of Miami
26-January-07

 

Compound Specific Isotope Analysis: New Perspectives on the Winds of Africa to the Origins and Maintenance of Life Dr. Macko, Stephen A, Professor, University of Virginia
02-February-07

 

AAPG Distinguished seminar:Evolution of Suprasalt Minibasins in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Dr. Michael R. Hudec, Structural Geologist, Jackson School of Geosciences
09-February-07

 

JOI Distinguished seminar: Exploring the Application of Foraminiferal Mg/Ca Ratios to Questions of Early Cenozoic Climate Change Dr. Katharina Billups , Associate Professor of Oceanography, University of Delaware College of Marine and Earth Studies
16-February-07

 

A Tale of two Plumes Dr. Asish R. Basu, Professor, Department of Earth and Environment Sciences, Univeristy of Rochester
23-February-07

 

The Tale of the Third Plume: Hawaii Dr. Gautam Sen, Professor, Florida International University
02-March-07

 

Global controls on tropical warm pools and implications for past climates Dr. Amy C. Clement, Professor, RSMAS, University of Miami
09-March-07

 

Seabed Features off Southeast Florida Interpreted from Airborne Laser Bathymetry Dr. Charles W. Finkl, Director and Executive Vice President Coastal Education & Research Foundation (CERF) Journal of Coastal Research Editor in Chief
16-March-07

 

NAGT Distinguished seminar: Computational Science: An Emerging Tool for Undergraduate Exploration of Complex Geoscience Problems Dr. Eric Grosfils, Associate Professor, Department of Grology, Pomona College
23-March-07

 

Spring break
30-March-07

 

AWGF Distinguished Lecture: Miocene terrestrial vertebrates from Louisiana terrestrial and marine sites Dr. Judith Schiebout, Associate Curator Natural Science Musuem
06-April-07

 

Student presentation
13-April-07

 

Student presentation
20-April-07

 

Earth Science special seminar: Field Excursion to Death Valley Dr. Dr. Michael R. Gross, undergraduate, and graduate students from the FIU Department of Earth Sciences

Previous years: 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006