UNLV
Geoscience Seminar Schedule, Spring 2008
Seminars are held on Wednesdays (unless otherwise indicated)
Lilly Fong Geoscience Building (LFG) 102
4:00 - 5:15 pm
Date |
Speaker |
School |
Topic |
| Jan. 23
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UNLV: Chemistry Department
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| Studying Chemical and Electronic Properties of Surfaces and Buried Things With Soft X-Rays |
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| Jan. 30
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| UNLV: Physics & Geoscience Departments |
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| Included Phases in Minerals: The Importance of Shape |
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Feb. 6
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| All You Need to Know About the Rare Earth Elements: What are They? How Were They Created? How Do They Behave in Minerals and Rocks? Where Do We Get Them? What are They Used For? |
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| Feb.
13
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| Late Cenozoic Paleogeographic Evolution of Northeastern Nevada: Effects on Mineral Deposits and Ground Water |
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| Feb. 20
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Simon Frazer University
2008 AEG Jahn's Lecturer |
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| The Formation and Failure of Natural Dams |
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| Feb.
27
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| Desert Research Institute (DRI) |
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| The Continental Deep Subsurface: Glimpses of an Unrecognized Biome where Lithosphere meets Biosphere |
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Mar. 5
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Mar. 12
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| Mar. 19
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No Seminar
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| Mar. 26
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NPS
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| North American Ground Sloth Paleoecology: Not All Sloths Are the Same |
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Apr. 2
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Timing of Foreland Shortening and Arc Magmatism in the Southwestern
North American Cordillera
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Apr. 9
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| Colorado River Development and Grand Canyon Incision: Lake Overflow or Stream Piracy? |
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A Fundamental Approach to Deep-water Reservoir Characterization &
Prediction |
| Apr. 23
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| The Early History of Oxygen in the Ocean-How We Know and Why We Care |
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| Apr. 30
|
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| Northern Illinois University |
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| Differentiation and Dynamics of H2O-Rich Planetary Bodies. |
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May 7
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| UNLV: Geoscience Department |
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Poster Presentations
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Lilly Fong Geoscience Building (LFG) 104B
Phone: 702-895-3262; Fax: 702-895-4064
Email: geodept@unlv.edu
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Department of Geoscience
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 S. Maryland Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010 |
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