Jan. 18: (No talk)

Jan. 25: We have two talks
1. Tao Sun, LSU G&G:
Multiple Sulfate Isotopic Evidence on the Formation of Oxide Copper Ore at Spence, Atacama Desert, Northern Chile
2. Clint Edrington, LSU G&G:
Long-term subsidence and compaction rates: a new model for the Michoud area, south Louisiana
Host: Huiming Bao

Feb. 1: Larry McKay, Jones Professor of Hydrogeology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee, The 2008 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer
Cracks in the Clay: The Role of Fractures and Macropores in Critical Zone Hydrology
http://web.utk.edu/~hydro/schedule.html
Host: Bill Blanford

Feb. 8: (no talk)

Feb. 15: Mike Blum, LSU G&G
Subsidence and Sea-Level Change, Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast: Response of the Mississippi River to the Last Glacial Cycle and the Flexural Ups and Downs of Mississippi Delta
Host: Huiming Bao

Feb. 22: Gary Byerly, LSU G&G
Ultra-high temperature volcanism, giant meteorite impacts, and extreme surface environments on early Earth
Host: Huiming Bao

Feb. 29: Randy Cygan, Sandia joint with CCT at 11:30 am
Different location and time: ??
Host: Ray Ferrell

March 3: (Monday): Konstantin Podlesskii, Fulbright Fellow from the Russian Academy of Science
Internally consistent thermodynamic databases: determining pressure-temperature-composition-fluid conditions of rock formation
Different Room and date: E207 (Monday)
Host: Barb Dutrow

March 14: Week before spring break (no talk)

March 21: (Spring beak) (no talk)

March 28: Steve Nelson, Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane University
Geology of the Katrina Disaster in New Orleans
Host: Jeff Hanor

April 4: Chuck Fisher: Ridge 2000 Distinguished Lecturer
Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University
Chemoautotrophic symbioses: Making the Best of a Potentially Toxic Environment
http://www.ridge2000.org/dls/abstracts.php#fisher1
Host: Annette Engel and Huiming Bao

April 11: Annette Engel, LSU G&G
Sulfur Cycle Secrets Revealed: New Insights from Synchrotron-based Spectroscopy and Molecular Genetics
Host: Huiming Bao

April 18: Fang-Zhen Teng Department of Geosciences & Arkansas Center for Space and Planetary Sciences University of Arkansas
High-temperature lithium isotope fractionation
Host: Huiming Bao

April 25: the week of AAPG (no talk)

May 2: (Class end May 3) (no talk)