Spring Semester 2017
Thursday, January 19
No Seminar – 1st Week of Class
Thursday, January 26
Faculty Slamposium
Lisa Stright, Mike Ronayne, Andy Darling
Thursday, February 2
Lowering the Barrier to Computational Modeling of Earth’s Surface
Greg Tucker, University of Colorado
Faculty Host: Dennis Harry
Thursday, February 9
Simulating Complex Flows in the Earth Mantle.
Wolfgang Banerth, CSU Department of Mathematics
Faculty Host: Derek Schutt
Thursday, February 16
No Seminar – Faculty Meeting
Thursday, February 23
Surfs Up! Life along the Western Cretaceous Interior Seaway during a Super Greenhouse.
Lesli Wood, Colorado School of Mines
Faculty Host: Dennis Harry
Thursday, March 2
Archean or Laramide deformation? Seimological structure of the Bighorns Arch at high resolution
Megan Anderson, Colorado College
Faculty Host: Dennis Harry
Thursday, March 9
Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Catastrophic Collapse of a Cold-based Arctic Ice Cap.
Mike Willis, CU Boulder, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)
Faculty Host: Rick Aster
Thursday, March 16
No Seminar – Spring Break
Thursday, March 23
No Seminar – Faculty Meeting
Thursday, March 30
Thursday, April 6
Climate Tipping Points, Predictability, and the Silver Lining in a Sustainable Future.
Jim White, CU, Director of INSTAAR
Faculty Host: Judy Hannah
Thursday, April 13
No Seminar – Faculty Meeting
Thursday, April 20
The Snake River Plain – Yellowstone hotspot track: Assessing the role of a mantle plume
Bill Leeman, Rice University
Faculty Host: Dennis Harry
Thursday, April 27
Loud landslides and groaning glaciers: surface processes through a seismic lens
Kate Allstadt, USGS Golden, CO
Faculty Host: Rick Aster
Thursday, May 4
The Onset of Plate Tectonics: a Planet in Transition between Two- and Three-billion Years Ago.
Kent Condie, New Mexico Tech
Faculty Host: Rick Aster
Thursday, May 11
No Seminar – Finals Week