This Week in Geosciences (TWIG)

Week of November 6 -12, 2006


Speakers:	Kitty Milliken (Senior Research Scientist, UT DGS)
Topics:	Agglutinated Foraminifera in the Barnett Shale and on Basalts from the Hess Deep: Clever Protozoans in Unexpected Places
Series/Event:	Soft Rock Seminar
Date & Time:	Monday, 11/06, Noon
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	Bruce Hart, Earth and Planetary Sciences, McGill University (currently on sabbatical at ConocoPhillips, Houston)
Topics:	Curvature for Stratigraphic and Structural Interpretation
Series/Event:	BEG Seminar
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 11/07, 11:00 a.m..
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

Speakers:	Lorraine Baline, Sarah Collier (UT DGS MS Candidates)
Topics:	Baline: Hydrothermal alteration and mineralization of the deep Grasberg porphyry Cu deposit, Papua, Indonesia Collier: Strain partitioning in the Moine Nappe: Northern Scotland
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 11/07, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speaker:	Rob Scott (Research Associate, UTIG)
Topics:	Understanding why the potential destructiveness of North Atlantic hurricanes has increased rapidly since 1970
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Wednesday, 11/8, 11:30 a.m.
Location	UTIG room 800

Speakers:	Dr. William McDonough (University of Maryland)
Topics:	Moderately Volatile Elements in Planets
Series/Event:	PGST Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Wednesday, 11/08 Noon-1:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	Russel Young (DGS MS Candidate) Chase Asher (UT DGS)
Topics:	Young: The role of waveletes in sparse-spike inversion Asher:The effect of surface wind on sea ice drift
Series/Event:	Exploration Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Thursday, 11/09, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 4.216B

Speakers:	Dr. William F. McDonough (University of Maryland)
Topics:	Geoneutrinos and the composition of the Earth's core
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Thursday, 11/09 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Dr. Peter Eichhubl
Topics:	Localization of deformation in granular and porous media
Series/Event:	Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 11/10, 8:30 a.m.
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

Speakers:	Gary Mitchum (Physical Oceanography Professor, University of South Florida)
Topics:	Seal Level Rise: What do we know and what do we need to know?
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 11/10 11:00 a.m.-Noon
Location	UTIG Room 800

Speakers:	Dr. Alan Riggs (USGS)
Topics:	Devils Hole, Nevada: A Quick Tour of an Aberrant Cave with Ties to the World
Series/Event:	Hydro Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 11/10, 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.