University of Kentucky

Department of Geological Sciences

Seminar Series Fall 2001


UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, seminars are on Thursdays in 102 Mining and Mineral Resources Building (the KGS building), with refreshments at 3:30 PM and the talk at 4:00 PM.


For more information, contact Dr. Alan Fryar (phone (859) 257-4392; e-mail
afryar1@uky.edu


9/6 Dr. Alan Fryar, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky

Chemical evolution during ground-water recharge and flow, Southern High Plains, Texas

9/13 Dr. David Moecher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky

Views and impressions of Down Under, part I: volcanoes and glaciers in New Zealand

9/20 Dr. Christopher Matocha, Department of Agronomy, University of Kentucky

Impact of Mn(III,IV) (hydr)oxides on soil organic carbon fate

9/27 Dr. James Drahovzal, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky

Midcontinent Interactive Digital Carbon Atlas and Relational DataBase (MIDCARB)

10/4 (No seminar—Fall break 10/5)


10/11 Dr. Alice Turkington, Department of Geography, University of Kentucky

Stone decay in urban environments

10/18 Mr. Walter Johnson, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky

Geology and karst
Mr. Lee Gatterdam, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky

Reactions of pyrite with trichloroethene in aqueous solution

10/24 (Wednesday, 7:00 PM [refreshments at 6:30])

American Association of Petroleum Geologists J. Ben Carsey Distinguished Lecture
Dr. Roger Slatt, School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma
Outcrop/behind outcrop characterization of deepwater (turbidite) petroleum reservoir analogs: why and how

11/1 Dr. John Kiefer, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky
Icelandic geology

11/8 (No seminar—GSA Annual Meeting)

11/15 Dr. Mark Person, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
Tectonic controls on the hydrogeology of the Rio Grande Rift

11/22 (No seminar—Thanksgiving)

11/29 Dr. Stephen Fisher, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky
Mapping ground-water quality in Kentucky: activities of the Kentucky Interagency Ground-Water Monitoring Network

 

Updated November 14, 2001