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Seminar
Schedule
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Department of Geology
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The
College of Wooster
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2006-2007
The following
are the Senior Seminar and Geology Club programs scheduled for
the 2006-2007 academic year. Unless otherwise noted, meetings
will be held on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m. in Scovel 205. The Geology
Club lunch will be on Thursdays in Lowry Center after the presentation.
Stay tuned here for any changes in this schedule. The Geology
Club president is Elyse Zavar and the Geology Club Faculty Advisors
are Jade Star Lackey and Greg
Wiles . As always, junior and senior geology majors are required
to attend Geology Club meetings; other majors are strongly encouraged.
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August
| 31 |
Organizational
Meeting, Welcome Back, Photos
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September
| 7 |
No
Geoclub This Week
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| 14 |
Summer
Geology Experiences |
| 21 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar:
Denise Hardman:
"Ship Rock, New Mexico: Understanding the Subsurface
Structure of a Volcanic Neck
Elyse Zavar:
"A Study of Cryptic Communities at the Callovaian-Oxfordian
Boundary, Near Kraków, Poland" |
| 28 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Stella Mascari and Nathan Malcomb |
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October
| 5 |
Senior I.S. Seminar:Kaylin Siegner |
| 12 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar:Brian Mumaw and Eva Lyon |
| 19 |
Senior I.S. Seminar:Jessica Hark and Cordelia Dennison-Budak |
| 26 |
Senior I.S. Seminar:Emiliann Griffin |
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November
| 2 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar:Andy Horst, Ann Steward, Emily Cunningham |
| 9 |
Dr.
Steven Wojtal, Oberlin College:
The style and kinematics of transpressional deformation
adjacent to the southernmost segment of the San Andreas
fault, Durmid Hill, CA |
| 16 |
Dr.
Tom Lowell, University of Cincinnati
Climate Change, Glacial Lake Agassiz, and Other Misadventures |
| 23 |
No
Meeting—Thanksgiving Break |
| 30 |
Dr.
Steven Lower, Ohio State University:
A bacterium’s sense of touch –
Exploring interactions at the mineral-microbe interface |
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December
| 7 |
Holiday
Luncheon |
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January
| 18 |
Dr.
Doug Alsdorf, Ohio State University:
Measuring the Amazon from Space and Modeling its Flow |
| 25 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Emiliann Griffin and Jessica Hark |
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February
| 1 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Andy Horst and Emily Cunningham |
| 8 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Kaylin Siegner and Eva Lyon |
| 15 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Brian Mumaw and Ann Steward |
| 22 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Stella Mascari and Denise Hardman |
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March
1 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Cordelia Dennison-Budak and Nathan Malcomb |
| 8 |
Senior
I.S. Seminar: Elyse Zavar |
| 15 |
No
Meeting—Spring Break |
| 22 |
No
Meeting—Spring Break |
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29 |
Dr.
Peg Yacobucci, Bowling Green State University
Using GIS to Analyze Ammonoid Suture Patterns
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April
| 5 |
Dr.
Jade Star Lackey, College of Wooster
Complex Patterns of Fluid Flow During Wollastonite Grade
Contact Metamorphism at Laurel Mountain, California. |
| 12 |
Dr. Kirsten Nicholaysen, Whitman College
Rumbling rocks of Mt. Cleveland volcano: does subducted
sediment
melt to contribute to Aleutian magmas or not?
Keck Symposium
(12th –15th)
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| 19 |
Dr.
Andrew Moore, Kent State University
Tsunami geology and paleotsunami reconstruction |
| 26 |
Sarah
Laxton ,
University of Cincinnati
Dendrogeomorphology: Case Studies from the Coast Mountains
of British Columbia and the Indian Himalaya |
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May
| 2 |
Spring
Picnic at Christmas Run Park |
Directions to Scovel
Hall (home of the Department of Geology) can be found on the
Admissions
Visit Page. Note the series of linked maps
which include one showing the campus
grounds. |