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| 27 August |
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Deborah Smith
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) — Ridge 2000 Distinguished Lecturer for 2008
An Unexpected Graveyard of Core Complexes at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Abstract | Ridge 2000 Distinguished Lecturer Series
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| 3 September |
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Penelope Boston
(New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology)
The Planet Within: Microbial Life in the Subsurface of Earth and Beyond
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| 10 September |
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George Hilley
(Stanford University)
Erosional Controls on Chemical Weathering of Bedrock
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| 17 September |
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Rosaly Lopes
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
The Surface of Titan: Results from the Cassini-Huygens Mission
Abstract
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| 24 September |
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Robert O'Connell
(University of Virginia)
Star Formation in Massive Cluster Cooling Flows
Abstract
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| 1 October |
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Mark Brandon
(Yale University)
Testing the Glacial Buzzsaw in the Patagonian Andes
Abstract
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| 8 October |
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Travis Barman
(Lowell Observatory)
Exploring the Atmospheres of Extrasolar Planets
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| 15 October |
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Bob Anderson
(Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
The Challenge of Collecting Samples on Mars: An Overview of the MSL Sample Acquisition/Sample Processing and Handling System
Abstract
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| 22 October |
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Carrie Masiello
(Rice University)
Oxidation and Reduction of Organic Matter in the Earth System
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| 29 October |
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Barbara Romanowicz
(University of California, Berkeley)
Seismic Waveform Tomography at te Global and Continental Scale: Inferences on Mantle Dynamics
Abstract
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| 5 November |
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Fred Lo
(Director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory)
ALMA: A Transformative International Astronomy Facility
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| 12 November |
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Bob Gehrz
(University of Minnesota)
The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)
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| 19 November |
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Michael Velbel
(Michigan State University)
Anticipating Mars Sample Return: What We Know, What We Might Expect about Clay-/Parent-Mineral Relationships in Returned Samples, and What They Can Tell Us about Alteration Conditions on Mars
Abstract
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| 3 December |
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Special Graduate Student Presentations
Jeff Havig
(School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University)
Biogeochemistry of Hot Spring Biofilms: Major and trace element behavior analysis
Abstract
James Ashley
(School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University)
The Weathering of Meteorites on Mars as a Method for Probing Martian Climatic Behavior
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