This Week in Geosciences (TWIG)

Week of September 4-10, 2006


Speakers:	James Hixon (UT DGS MS Candidate) Sam Scott (UT DGS MS Candidate)
Topics:	The effects of metamorphic fluid composition on element transport: insights from Harpsnell Neck, Maine (Hixon) Interpreting along-strike variability in a three dimensional characterization of a mixed siliciclastic carbonate ramp, Last Chance Canyon, NM (Scott)
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 9/5, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Frank W. Schwartz, Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio State University
Topics:	Paradigms, potholes, and power laws: Explaining the organization of hydrologic systems
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Thursday, 9/7, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Sue Hovorka, J. P. Nicot, and Srivatsan Lakshminarasimhan, Bureau of Economic Geology
Topics:	Is there really enough space to “put it back”? Capacity estimation for geologic storage of CO2
Series/Event:	Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 9/8, 8:30–9:15 a.m.
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

This Week in Geosciences (TWIG) is a weekly communication from the Department of Geological Sciences at the Jackson School. To submit events for TWIG, contact Terry Edgar in the Department at tedgar@mail.utexas.edu or 512-471-5172.