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UTIG Seminars

Current Seminar Schedule

SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Fall 2004

Date/Time Speaker, Affiliation Title of Talk
27 Aug/4PM Aaron Velasco
The University of Texas at El Paso
The Bhutan Himalayas: Insights into Himalayan Formation from Seismic Data
03 Sep/4PM    
10 Sep/4PM Dhananjay Kumar
Ph.D. student, DGS
UT Austin
Multi-component Data Analysis from Hydrate Ridge, Offshore Oregon
17 Sep/4PM Sergey Fomel
Bureau of Economic Geology
UT Austin
Shaping Regularization in Geophysical Estimation Problems
24 Sep/4PM Faqi Liu
ConocoPhillips
Optimal Aplication of Source Plane Wave Migration
01 Oct/4PM Michael Marder
Prof. Ph.D.
Dept of Physics, UT Austin
Friction and Fracture
*27 Oct/
1:30PM
R. Saravanan
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Tropical Teleconnections and their Implications for Modern and Past Climates
*29 Oct/4PM John Anderson, Prof. Ph.D.Rice University Shaldrill: An Examination of Antarctica Peninsula Neogene Climate and Cryosphere Evolution

*05 Nov

4PM

Frederick Taylor, UTIG Tectonic Effects of Impinging Seamounts and Ridges at the Central New Hebrides and Western Solomons Arcs

*12 Nov

4PM

John Lassiter, Asst. Prof, DOGS The Role of Recycled Oceanic Crust on the Potassium and Argon Budget of the Earth and Geochemical Constraints on Mantle Layering

*19 Nov

4PM

Robert Ferguson, Asst Prof, DOGS Estimating the Elastic Parameters of Anisotropic Media Using a Joint Inversion of P-wave and SV-wave Traveltime Error
26 Nov/4PM No seminar Thanksgiving
02 Dec/TBA Undergraduate Research talks List of talks
03 Dec
3:30PM
Fellowship-holders talks List of talks

Seminars are usually held on Fridays at 4:00 p.m. but check the day of the week on your calendar to be certain. There are exceptions. The Institute's seminars are held at:
4412 Spicewood Springs Rd.
(Office complex behind Walgreen's at the corner of Spicewood Springs Rd. and Mesa Dr. in northwest Austin.)
Building 500, Upstairs
Austin, Texas 78759
(512) 471-6156

*New Seminar Room

Building 800, Mid Level (above parking garage)

Austin, Texas 78759

(512) 471-6156

Previous Seminar Schedules
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
Fall 2002
Spring 2002
Fall 2001
Spring 2001
Fall 2000

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