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Seminars
Check this page regularly for the Earth Sciences Seminar Series schedule as well as Special Seminars hosted by the Department.Microbial controls on biogeochemical carbon cycling in marine sediments
Rockfest Seminar Schedule
ES Seminars Schedule 2020 – 2021 are being presented online.
Check each individual seminar for details on how to join – times and days will vary, including the time zones!
17 September 2020 |
Zoom meeting at noon Eastern Time |
Laura Waters |
Mineralogical Society of America’s distinguished lecturer |
Why doesn’t continental crust evolve to its fullest potential? Register for this Seminar here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqceCgqjosG9Ax8rCSKwwgXRUJ5lfJj0m9 |
01 October 2020 | Noon |
John Geissman
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TBA | |
22 October 2020 *Special Seminar* |
Noon |
Judith Kinnard
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The Bushveld Complex, South Aftrica – The First Hundred Years A tribute to Tony Naldrett
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05 November 2020
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Noon |
Philips Ahzegbobor Aizebeokhai |
Near-surface characterisation using geoelectrical resistivity method: field examples, challenges and opportunities
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19 November 2020 |
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Mads Huuse |
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Glaciation of the North Sea Basin |
14 January 2021 |
Noon |
Sarah Hirschorn |
Nuclear Waste Management Organization |
Characterizing Sites for a Deep Geological Repository for Canada’s Used Nuclear Fuel |
28 January 2021 |
Noon |
Stephanie Olsen |
Purdue University |
Oxygenic Photosynthesis on an Anoxic Earth: Implications for Exoplanet Life Detection |
11 February 2021 |
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Zachary E. Ross |
California Institute of Technology |
3D fault architecture controls the dynamism of earthquake swarms |
Past Seminars:
ES Seminars Schedule 2019 – 2020
Time: Noon (unless otherwise stated)
Place: ES2093 “Seminar Room”
12 September 2019 | Noon | Sarah Gleeson GFZ Helmholtz Centre Potsdam |
Dan Gregory | SEDEX | Diagenesis, Sulfur, and Giant Zn Deposits |
03 October 2019 | Noon | John Jamieson Memorial University |
Melissa Anderson | VHMS | Ore-forming processes on the seafloor – understanding the difference between black smoker vent fields and the formation of metal-rich massive sulfide mineral deposits |
16 October 2019 *Special Geophysics Seminar* |
Noon |
Marion Jegen-Kulcsar
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Geophysics | ||
17 October 2019 Joubin James Lecturer |
Noon |
Andrei Swidinsky |
Qinya Liu | Geophysics | From the seafloor to the solar wind: Applied geophysics, electromagnetic fields and 21st century problems |
23 October 2019 |
***4:00pm*** |
Heloise Lynn |
SEG – Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2019 Honorary Lecturer |
Azimuthal P-P seismic measurements: Past, present, and future | |
5 November 2019 |
Noon |
Alastair McClymont |
Charly Bank |
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The Forgotten Holocaust – Geophysical Investigations at World War 2 Extermination Sites in Lithuania |
14 November 2019 | Noon | Kim Lau | Dan Gregory | U istotope | Tracking Anoxia in Ancient Oceans: Insights from uranium isotopes |
21 November 2019 Joubin James Lecture |
Noon |
Alberto Vitale Brovarone |
Xu Chu |
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28 November 2019 | Noon | Alison Malcolm | Qinya Lui | Seismic | |
SPRING TERM | |||||
09 January 2020 | Noon | Verena Heuer | Barbara Sherwood Lollar | IODP deep biosphere |
Exploring the limits of Earth’s habitability by scientific ocean drilling: The impact of temperature on microbial life and carbon flow in deep sub-seafloor sediments |
23 January 2020 | Noon | Erasmus Oware | Charly Bank | geophysics |
Agricultural Geophysics: New Opportunities in applications of Geophysics |
06 February 2020 |
Noon | Eileen van der Flier-Keller | Charly Bank | geoscience education | Empowering students to Communicate Science: the SFU experience |
27 February 2020 | Noon | Britta Jensen | Sarah Finkelstein | quaternary |
Extending the reach of volcanic ash: cryptotephra in eastern North America |
Sandra Kamo | Paleomagnetism and Magnetostratigraphy of Upper Permian to Lower Triassic (?) Beaufort Group Strata in the Karoo Basin, South Africa: Where is the Permian-Triassic Boundary and Can We “See Through” the Effects of Karoo Large Igneous Province Magmatism? (along with some other musings) | ||||
20 March 2020 | Noon | CANCELLED |
Dan Gregory | Why doesn’t continental crust evolve to its fullest potential? |
Other Seminars
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the seminar room at Earth Sciences is closed and the groups listed below ay have mhave changed their meetings to online.
2019 – 2020 Geophysics Seminar Series
KEGS Seminars are held in the Seminar Room – ES2093 during the regular term
Walker Mineralogical Club meets in ES2093 monthly.
Rockfest
Rockfest is a departmental colloquium held once a week during the Fall and Winter terms where grad students and faculty present their research.
The talks are held in ES2093 on Fridays 4-5 pm.
Two talks are scheduled per session each lasting 15 minutes. Discussions and refreshments follow the talks.
At the end of the term the Rockfest Fest is held with a photo competition and announcement of the best talk of the year.
Check back in September for the 2014-2015 Rockfest schedule.