This Week in Geosciences (TWIG)

Week of September 18-24, 2006


Speakers:	Robert Forkner (UT DGS PhD Candidate)
Topics:	Depositional periodicity and the hierarchy of stratigraphic forcing in the Triassic Carbonates of the Dolomite Alps, Northern Italy
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 9/19, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Robert Bloor (UTIG)
Topics:	Trends and Technologies in Seismic Processing
Series/Event:	Exploration Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Thursday, 9/21, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 4.216B

Speakers:	Randy Marrett, PhD (UT DGS Faculty)
Topics:	Observations and discovering how rocks deform
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Thursday, 9/21, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Christopher Kendall (Visiting lecturer from Univ. of South Carolina)
Topics:	Algal mats and lime muds of the UAE, a link to source rock potential of carbonates in the Middle East
Series/Event:	Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 9/22, 8:30–9:15 a.m.
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

Speakers:	Gail Christeson (Research Scientist, UTIG)
Topics:	Correlation of Seismic and Geologic Boundaries in Upper Oceanic Crust
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 9/22, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Location	UTIG Room 800

Speakers:	Dr. Wendy Gordon (Ecologist, Water Rights Permitting & Availability, TCEQ)
Topics:	The Texas Instream Flow Program or How the Heck Does One Determine How Much Water is Needed to Support a Sound Ecological Environment in Texas Rivers?
Series/Event:	Hydro Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 9/22 12:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

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.