Spring 2011
Wilbert Lecture Series

E-134 Howe-Russell Bldg
3:40pm

Date
Speaker
Title (or Topic)
Host
January 21
3:40pm
E134
Isabel Montanez
UC- Davis
"Climate-Glaciation-pCO2 linkages During the Onset and Demise of the Carboniferous Ice Age"

Engel/Bart
 noon
E213
Isabel Montanez
noon time
UC- Davis
"The Geochemistry of Stalagmites: Crystallized Climates of the Last Deglaciation in the Sierra Nevada, California".






February



4
Bijaya Karki
Comp. Sci. LSU (Tentative)
 Molecular Dynamic Modeling of Silicate Liquids and Deep Earth Silicates
Webb
        14
(3:00pm)
103 Art & Design
David Dzombak
Carnegie Mellon
Geologic Sequestration of CO2: Evaluating and Monitoring Seal Rock Integrity
2010-2011 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors
(AEESP) Distinguished Lecture; Sponsored by LSU Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering
Willson, Thibodeaux
CE
 18
Andrew Droxler
 Carbonate Sedimentology
Bart/Bentley




March



 4
Alex Webb
LSU
 Tectonics Research at LSU: Exploring the India-Asia collision
Bart




18
Slawek Tulaczyk
Glaciology
Bart
25
James van Orman,
Case Western Reserve
COMPRES Distinguished Lecturer: Chemistry at the Core-Mantle Boundary; and
Diffusion in Earth’s Deep Interior: Insights from High-Pressure Experiments.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and COMPRES; http://www.compres.us/
Dutrow
30
(W)

Richard Denne
Marathon Oil
“The K/Pt Boundary Deposit in the Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico: Implications for Regional Stratigraphy, the “MCU”, Wilcox Sedimentation Patterns, and the Chicxulub Impact”





April



 1
Alex Kolker
@ Lumcon
Sedimentology

 8
Warren W. Wood,
Michigan St. Univ.
 Hydrogeology of Sabkhas in Saudi Arabia
Hanor
15
Nancye Dawes, Tulane Univ.
 Neotectonics Webb
 29

David Nelson
SPIRAL: A New Technique for the Geochemical Analyses of a Single Pollen Grain Warny





Important Dates on Academic Calendar:

March 7-9, Mardi Gras Holiday
March 14 - 18, Mid-term exams
March 27-29, South Central GSA, New Orleans

April 10 - 13, AAPG, Houston
April 18 - 22, Spring Break

May 2 - 6, Dead week
May 9 - 14, Finals week