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UTIG Seminars

Current Seminar Schedule

SEMINAR SCHEDULE
Spring 2004

Date/Time Speaker, Affiliation Title of Talk
30 Jan/4PM Gianreto Manatschal, Univ of Strasbourg "The role of detachment faulting at the transition from rifting to
seafloor spreading"
06 Feb/4PM Jamie Austin, Sylvia Nordfjord, Sean Gulick and John Goff,  UTIG "Geoclutter - Progress and Prospects"
20 Feb/4PM Craig Fulthorpe, UTIG "Seismic Sequence Boundary Morphologies as Indicators of Depositional Processes on the Middle  Late Miocene New Jersey Continental Margin"
27 Feb/4PM Harry Swinney, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics and Physics Dept at UT "Scaling in Planetary-Type Flows in the Laboratory"
 
05 Mar/4PM Jim Gardner, DGS "Small Caldera-Forming Volcanic Eruptions and What They May Tell Us About the Big Ones"
 
08 Mar/1PM Dr. Murthy Guddati, North Carolina State University "Arbitrarily Wide-Angle Wave Equations and Their Applications in Geophysical Prospecting"
 
23 Mar/10AM Amy Barr, University of Colorado at Boulder "Convective Instability in Ice I: Application to Ganymede and Callisto"
26 Mar/4PM Clark Wilson, DGS "Gravity and Groundwater"
02 Apr/4PM Jeroen Tromp, Cal Tech "Simulations of Global and Regional Seismic Wave Propagation"
16 Apr/4PM Jamie Austin, UTIG "The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: A Year 1 Progress Report and Report Card"
20 Apr/10AM Carolyn Rupple, Program Officer, Ocean Sciences Division, NSF "NSF ODP Update and Briefing for Current/Future Seismic PIs"
23 Apr/4PM Barbara Bekins, Univ of CA Santa Cruz & USGS  
30 Apr/TBA Young UTIG Researchers Talks by undergraduate students on their UTIG research
07 May/TBA Student Fellowship Talks Talks by graduate fellows on their UTIG research
14 May/4PM Rigobert Tibi, Washington University, St. Louis "Seismological Constraints on Mechanisms of Intermediate-Depth and Deep-Focus Earthquakes"

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

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

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