This Week in Geosciences (TWIG)

Week of February 19 - 25, 2007


Speakers:	Robert Dalrymple (Boyd Distinguished Lecturer, Queens University, Ontario Canada)
Topics:	Miocene Carbonate Incised Valleys, SE France
Series/Event:	Soft Rock Seminar
Date & Time:	Monday, 02/19, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	Robert Dalrymple (Boyd Distinguished Lecturer, Queens University, Ontario Canada)
Topics:	Where does the mud go? The dispersal of mud from rivers and the stratigraphic implications
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Tuesday, 02/20, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	cancelled
Topics:	cancelled
Series/Event:	PGST Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Wednesday, 02/24, Noon-1:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	Mamadou S. Diallo, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company (URC), Houston Texas
Topics:	Characterization of surface waves dispersion using continuous wavelet transform
Series/Event:	Exploration Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Thursday, 02/22 9, 2-3:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 4.216B

Speakers:	Justin Funk(UT DGS MS Candidate) and Margaret Kroehler(UT DGS MS Candidate)
Topics:	Funk - Distinguishing tectonic mechanisms of extension forcarc translation near the Central American Volcanic arc by high resolution seismic profiling in Lake Nicaragua and Managua Kroehler - Tectonics and sequence stratigraphy of the Venezuelan Basin and Easter Caribbean plate (
Series/Event:	DGS Technical Sessions
Date & Time:	Thursday, 02/22, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 2.324 (Boyd Auditorium)

Speakers:	Mark Tomasso
Topics:	From Fill to Spill: Stratigraphic Analysis of an Interbasinal Deep-Water Conduit, Grès d’Annot Formation, SE France.
Series/Event:	Bureau of Economic Geology Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 02/23, 8:30-9:30 a.m.
Location	Main Conference Room, Bldg 130, J. J. Pickle Research Campus

Speakers:	Dr. Peter Flemings (Prof of Geosciences, Penn State University)
Topics:	Gas Venting and 3 Phase Stability and Gas Hydrate Reservoirs
Series/Event:	Institute for Geophysics Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 02/23 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location	UTIG Bldg 196, PRC, Rm 1.603, 10100 Burnet Road

Speakers:	Mark Wentzel (Texas Water Development Board)
Topics:	Texas In-Stream Program
Series/Event:	Hydro Brown Bag Seminar
Date & Time:	Friday, 02/23, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Location	GEO 3.222

Speakers:	Arthur Weglein (University of Houston)
Topics:	A fundamental research response to pressing seismic exploration challenges
Series/Event:	BEG Presentation
Date & Time:	Friday, 02/23, 2:00-3:00 p.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.