AY2009-2010 Fall Speaker Series : Colby College Geology
Fall, 2009 Seminar Presentations
Colby College Department of Geology

All seminar presentations are in Mudd 218, at 1:00 p.m. on Friday afternoons.
Light refreshments are provided.


Date Speaker Topic
18 September Laura Webb
University of Vermont
P-T-t-D Paths of Metamorphic Tectonites and Making the Leap from Micron to Plate Scale
25 September Clifford R. Lippitt, C.G., P.G.
S. W. Cole, Inc.
Consulting Geology - A Varied Experience
2 October Keith Milam
Ohio University
Belly of the Beast: Structural Evolution of Central Uplifts in Complex Craters
9 October Tracy D. Frank
University of Nebraska
Aragonite loss in a modern deep-water coral mound: mechanisms and implications for the fossil record
16 OctoberCassi Knight '10
Andrew (Eddy) McCarthy '10
Sam Mathes '10
Kristen Gates '10
Amelia Pludow '11

Colby College
From Paleosols and Fossils to Buchan Metamorphism and College Stones
23 October Bret Dixon '89
Anadarko Oil Company
From Source to Sink: An Applied Look at the Extrinsic Controls on Deep-Water Depositional Systems and Reservoir Architecture
30 October Tim Schroeder,
Bennington College
How do Mid-Ocean Ridges Really Work?
6 NovemberLindley Hansen
Salem State College
Incorporating Google Earth and Web 2.0 applications into your geology teaching curriculum
13 November Cortland Eble
Kentucky Geological Survey
Energy Perspectives and Issues
20 November Irwin D. Novak
University of Southern Maine
The Digital Atlas of Greece, the Aegean Sea, and Vicinity
27 November No seminar - Thanksgiving Break .
4 December Carl E. Renshaw,
Dartmouth College
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