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Events
| Geosciences Colloquium
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| Date | Speaker | Title | Faculty Host/ Student Host |
| August 27 | No speaker | Graduate student introductory meeting | |
| September 3 | Jeff Silvertooth, Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, University of Arizona | The Confluence of Environmental Science and Agriculture | Tim Jull/ Martin Pepper |
| September 10 | Jim McElwaine, Cambridge University | Dynamics of Powder Snow Avalanches and Gravity Currents | Tim Jull/ Martin Pepper |
| September 17 | No talk scheduled | ||
| September 24 | David Killick, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona | Tin Mining, Metallurgy and Trade in Southern Africa, ca. 1200-1800 AD | Tim Jull/ Devon Orme |
| October 1 | Tim Jull, Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona | Radiocarbon Dating by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry and Some Old and New Ideas | Tim Jull /Mark Trees? |
| October 8 | Barbara Carrapa, University of Wyoming | Resolving the Feedback Between Tectonics, Exhumation and Climate in Mountain Belts | Jon Patchett/ Roxana Safipour |
| October 15 | No speaker | ||
| October 22 | Susan Miller, Writer/ Geologist, Tucson | Tuff Love and Tiger's-Eye: Geoscience Outreach Through the Frankie MacFarlane Mysteries | Clem Chase/ Phil Stokes |
| October 29 | Tim Killeen, Director GEO Directorate, National Science Foundation | Challenges and Opportunities in the Geosciences (Discussion of GEO Directorate at NSF). SEES Joint Colloquium in Chavez Room 110 | George Davis/ Caleb King |
| November 5 (joint w/LPL) |
Michael Lamb, Caltech | Formation of Amphitheater-Headed Canyons on Earth and Mars | Jon Pelletier/ TBA |
| November 12 | Mark Ghiorso, OFM Research, Seattle, WA | Triggering Explosive Volcanic Eruptions | Jiba Ganguly/ Trina Gressett |
| November 19 |
Marek Zreda or Chris Zweck, Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona | COSMOS: COsmic-ray Soil Moisture Observing System (tentative) | Tim Jull/ Ryan Leary |
| November 26 | No speaker | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| December 3 | Eric Force, U.S. Geological Survey, Tucson (retired) | Tectonic Environments of Ancient Civilizations in the Old World: A Quandary | Clem Chase/ Justin Wood |
| December 10 | No speaker | Reading Day (day before finals begin) | |
Thursdays, 4:00—5:00 PM, Haury (Anthropology) Building ,
Room 129 (unless noted otherwise) |
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