Colloquiumhttp://www.geology.pitt.edu/2008 Computing Services and Systems Development, University of PittsburghColloquium Kick-Off and New Student Welcome Dr. Thomas Anderson, Chair, Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Sept_3.html20081010T17:16:48"Particle-by-Particle Primer and Pot Luck Projects-Applications of Scanning Electron Microscopy" Stephen Kennedy, PhD Senior Scentist, RJ Lee Group, Inc., Monroeville, PA 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Sept_10.html20081010T17:16:48"Radiogenic isotope tracking of dust feeding the arid to hyperarid soils of the Atacama Desert, Chile" Brian Stewart, Associate Professor, Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Sept_17.html20081010T17:16:48No Colloquium today due to G-20 Summit Colloquium will continue on October 1, 2009 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Sept_24.html20081010T17:16:48"What Happens After the Orogeny?" Elizabeth Goeke, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology & Planetary Science, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Oct_1.html20081010T17:16:48"Iron and Dissolved Organic Matter-Mediated Oxidation-Reduction Geochemistry in Natural Waters" Dr. J. Alexandra Hakala, Physical Scientist, Geosciences Division, Office of Research and Development, Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Lab, Pittsburgh, PA 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Oct_8.html20081010T17:16:48See Attached Announcement Christopher Purcell and Alan Mur, Geology and Planetary Science Graduate Students 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Oct_15.html20081010T17:16:48"Geophysical characterization of subsurface CO2" Dr. William Harbert 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Oct_22.html20081010T17:16:48"Morphodynamics of Transitional Meandering Channels: A Closer Look into Planform Evolution" Dr. Jorge Abad, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Oct_29.html20081010T17:16:48"Rock to Regolith Conversion: Producing Hospitable Substrates for Terrestrial Ecosystems" Dr. Robert C. Graham, Soil & Water Sciences Program, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California at Riverside 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Nov_5.html20081010T17:16:48"Emplacement of Flood Basalt Flow Fields" Dr. Steven Self, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Nov_12.html20081010T17:16:48"Geochemistry of the Azores: Magma Chambers & Mantle Plumes" Dr. Elizabeth Widom, Miami University of Ohio, Oxford, Ohio 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Nov_19.html20081010T17:16:48Thanksgiving Holiday No Colloquium 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Nov_26.html20081010T17:16:48"Late Quaternary Climate History of Tibet from the Sediments of Qinghai Lake" Dr. Junqing Yu, Institute of Salt Lake Studies, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qinghai Province, China 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Dec_3.html20081010T17:16:48"American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting - Practice Talks" Geology & Planetary Science Graduate Students 4 - 5 p.m., Reception Immediately Following Thaw Hall, Room 203 http://www.geology.pitt.edu/about/colloquia/Dec_10.html20081010T17:16:48