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Spring 2004

Seminar Date

(Usually Fridays,

3:30 pm,

PC-432.

Refreshments follow.)

 

 

 

 

 

Title

Speaker and Affiliation

1/9/2004

Recent Advances in Characterizing Ground Water Flow and Chemical Transport in Fractured Rock: From Cores to Kilometers

National Ground Water Association Darcy Lecture

Dr. Allen M. Shapiro,  Research Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.  

1/16/2004

Wertheim Conservatory

Formation of the Kerguelen Large Igneous Province, Gondwana breakup, lost continents and growth of the Indian Ocean (abstract)

Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Advisory Committee (JOI/USSAC) Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Frederick Frey, MIT

 

1/30/2004

Everglades hydrology from space (abstract)

Dr. Shimon Wdowinski

Senior Lecturer in Geophysics

Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel Aviv University

 

and Visiting Scholar

Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami

2/13/2004

 Visualization and volume interpretation in geoscience: 3-D seismic and beyond (abstract)

 

Dr. Stephen May, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer

 

Special Time and Place!

1 pm

VH- 133 (map)

2/20/2004

 

Mantle Mineralogy

 

Dr. Stephen Haggerty

Distinguished Research Professor Earth Sciences, Florida International University

 

Special Time and Place!

1 pm

PC- 341

2/27/2004

 

Ore petrology and Magnetomineralogy of the Crust

Dr. Stephen Haggerty

Distinguished Research Professor Earth Sciences, Florida International University

 

Double Header Day:

#1: Special Time and Place!

11 am

PC- 323

3/5/2004

The Influence of Hydrogeology on 25 years of Natural Attenuation at a Crude Oil Spill Site

Geological Society of America 2004 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture

Barbara Bekins, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

 

#2: 3/5/2004

 

Hydrogeology and the Weak Nature of Plate Boundary Faults

 

Geological Society of America 2004 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecture

Barbara Bekins, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California

 

3/12/2004

Water Crisis in the Nepal Himalayas: A case of too much, yet too little

(abstract)

 

Dr. Suresh Das Shrestha, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Fulbright Scholar, Department of Geosciences, University of Texas at Dallas

 

3/19/2004

Student Presentations

1. Groundwater flow and transport modeling: Application to Submarine Groundwater Discharge, Coastal Wetland Hydrology, and Deep Well Injection

2. Simulating Water Retention and Gas Diffusion in Partially Saturated Porous Media with Lattice Boltzmann Methods to Optimize Plant Growth in Microgravity

3. Diatoms - Powerful Indicators of Environmental Changes in Skalafjord, Faroe Islands

4. Boudinage

15-minute Student Presentations:

  1. Alyssa Dausman
  2. Peter Alvarez
  3. Anna Wachnicka
  4. Pallov Pal

 

4/2/2004

Student Presentations

1. Intensity Analysis of Overlapping LIDAR Data Swaths, for Surveys Conducted at Different Heights in South Florida, 1999-2002

2. The Southern Volcanic Zone in Chile: Calbuco Andesites

3. Planktonic Foraminifera Record of the Mid Albian Sea Level Rise, Upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia

15-minute Student Presentations:

  1. Sonia Hernandez
  2. Tiffany McKelvey
  3. Lizette Rodrigues

 

 

 4/9/2004

Mechanisms & kinetics of the olivine to spinel structure transition in the mantle

Association for Women Geoscientists Phillips Petroleum Distinguished Lecturer

 Dr. Pamela C. Burnley, Department of Geology, Georgia State University

4/16/2004 

 Advances on Reduced Reservoir Representation for Fast Analysis of Oil Recovery Opportunities (abstract)

Joint Seminar with Center for Energy and Technology of the Americas

Dr. Vladimir Alvarado, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Rio de Janeiro

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fall 2003

Seminar Date

(Usually Fridays,

3:30 pm,

PC-432.

Refreshments follow.)

 

 

 

 

 

Title

Speaker and Affiliation

8/29/2003

Ocean modeling with the spectral element method, an overview of the numerical scheme and sample applications

Dr. Mohamed Iskandarani

Research Associate Professor,

Division of Meteorology and Physical Oceanography,

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

University of Miami

9/5/2003

Approaches to Modeling Ground Water/Surface Water Interaction in

South Florida's Ecosystems

Charles W. Downer, PhD, PE

Senior Hydrologist,

Everglades National Park, South Florida Ecosystem Center

9/12/2003

2:30 pm!

Welcome to Florida and the Geology of the Florida Platform  (abstract here)

Dr. Walt Schmidt

Florida State Geologist,

Florida Geological Survey

9/19/2003

Chemostratigraphy of  the Upper Cretaceous La Luna Formation, Venezuela

Henry Briceno,

Affiliate Faculty,

Department of Earth Sciences and

Southeast Environmental Research Center (SERC),

Florida International University

Associate Professor,

Central University of Venezuela

9/26/2003

Hydrogeology of the Floridan Aquifer, South Florida; Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Florida

(Abstracts  here and here)

Joseph L. Haberfeld

Hydrogeologist and Professional Geologist,

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Visiting Geologist

10/3/2003

Geochemical and Volcanological Constraints on the Development of the East Pacific Rise, 9°-10° N

Michael Perfit

Professor of Geology,

University of Florida

10/10/2003

  1. Analysis of fluid flow through 2-D fracture networks using GIS and Matlab
  2. Quantifying macropore geometry and distribution in the Biscayne Aquifer using GIS and image analysis
  3. Identifying Areas of Hydrothermal Alteration in Tropical Vegetation Using Remote Sensing

 15-minute Student Presentations:

  1. Carlos Molina
  2. Alex Manda
  3. David Velez

10/16/2003

That’s

Thursday the 16th in ZEB 150!

(map)

Methane Hydrates and Climate Change: The Clathrate Gun Hypothesis

Richard J. Behl

Associate Professor,

California State University,

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Distinguished Lecturer

10/24/2003

Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: Or How I Spent My Time at NSF

Bradford Clement

Professor, Department of Earth Sciences,

Florida International University

10/31/2003

GSA/SSSA Warm ups:

 

1. Lattice Boltzmann models for gaseous diffusion in partially

saturated porous media under variable gravity

2. Biodiversity response of benthic foraminifera to closure of the Central American Seaway

3. Mechanical Stratigraphy: The Brittle Perspective

15-20 minute Faculty Presentations:

    1. Mike Sukop, Earth Sciences
    2. Laurel Collins, Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences
    3. Mike Gross, Earth Sciences

Postponed till further notice!

 

11/7/2003

U.S. hurricane landfall probabilities: a new approach using fractal probabilistic forecasting

Dr. Christopher C. Barton

Research Geologist

United States Geological Survey,

St. Petersburg, FL

11/14/2003

  1. Seagrass-associated Foraminifera in Florida Bay
  2. The timing of the rise of the Isthmus of Panama: Inferences from qualitative and quantitative data
  3. Representing hydrodynamic dispersion in salt water intrusion models that differ in temporal resolution

 15-minute Student Presentations:

  1. Jie Cheng
  2. Sreepat Jain
  3. Alyssa Dausman

11/21/2003

An Overview of Energy Assurance for the United States: A Critical National Concern

Douglas E. Wyatt,

Senior Scientist and Technical Advisor,

EG&G, at the DOE-National Energy Technology Laboratory, Morgantown, WV

American Association of Petroleum Geologists Visiting Geologist

11/28/2003

 

Thanksgiving

Classes end 12/4