This Week in Geosciences (TWIG)

Week of October 9-15, 2006


Speakers:	Laurel Gandler (UT DGS Master Candidate) Kira Tushman (UT DGS Master Candidate)
Topics:	Gandler: Calc-silicate alteration and Au-Cu mineralization of the deep MLZ skarn deposit, Ertsberg district, Papua, Indonesia Tushman: Fracture patterns and scaling in NW Scotland
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 10/10, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Brian Arbic (UTIG Research Associate)
Topics:	My Experience Teaching Science and Math with the Peace Corps
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Wednesday, 10/11, 11:30 a.m.
Location	UTIG Room 800

Speakers:	Sneha Chanchani (BP, Houston, TX)
Topics:	Deepwater Stratigraphy
Series/Event:	Soft Rock Seminar & PGST Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Wednesday, 10/11, Noon-1:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	William A. Fahmy (Spring 2006 SEG Distinguished Lecture, ExxonMobil Exploration Company)
Topics:	DHI/AVO Best Practices Methodology and Applications
Series/Event:	Exploration Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Thursday, 10/12, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 4.216B

Speakers:	Dr. Mark Cloos (UT DGS Faculty)
Topics:	Orientation and New Grad Student Introductions
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Thursday, 10/12, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Ruarri Day-Stirrat (BEG)
Topics:	Reorientation Mechanisms of phyllosilicate minerals: Gulf of Mexico, North Sea and Podhale Basin, Poland
Series/Event:	Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 10/13, 8:30–9:15 a.m.
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

Speakers:	Dr. David Mohrig (UT DGS)
Topics:	How Evolution of Submarine Landscapes Differs from the Terrestrial System: The Role of Channelized and Unconfined Currents in Building the Continental Slope
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 10/13, 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Location	UTIG Room 800

Speakers:	Marla Knebl (UT DGS PhD Candidate)
Topics:	Flood Modeling over the San Antonio River Basin
Series/Event:	Hydro Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 10/13, Noon
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.