For more information, contact Dr.Bill Thomas
phone (859) 257-6222; e-mail: geowat@uky.edu

September 11 CARBONATE ROCKS AND PETROLEUM
Dr. Clifton F. Jordan, Jr., CarbonateRocks.com
Miocene reefs in Indonesia—Giant gas fields

September 18 APPALACHIAN GEOLOGY
Dr. David P. Moecher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky
Resolving the controversy on timing of mountain building in the southern Appalachians:
New constraints using the monazite chemical age dating technique

October 2 COAL RANK AND TECTONICS
Kieran O’Hara, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky
Thermal footprint of an eroded thrust sheet, Alabama; and
Earthquakes and frictional heating of coal

October 9 CO2 SEQUESTRATION AND COALBED METHANE
Jack C. Pashin, Geological Survey of Alabama
Characterizing the potential for CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery in the Black Warrior basin of Alabama

October 16 PETROLEUM GEOLOGY
Tom Spalding, Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc.
The Northern Gulf of Mexico Basin, depositional models and play types represented by 3D seismic field examples

October 23 BASEMENT ROCKS IN KENTUCKY
James A. Drahovzal, Kentucky Geological Survey
Structure and stratigraphy of the basement in Kentucky

October 30 STUDENT PRESENTATIONS: TWO TOMS TALKING
Thomas M. Reed
The role of suspended sediment in facilitating pathogen transport in inner Bluegrass karst aquifers
Thomas P. Becker
Characterization of the late Paleozoic Alleghanian orogen by detrital zircons from the synorogenic clastic wedge

November 6 NO SEMINAR
GSA meeting in Seattle

November 13 VOLCANIC STRATIGRAPHY
Andrew W. Wulff, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University
Geochemical evolution of large arc volcanic complexes, southern volcanic zone, Chilean Andes

November 20 BROWN LECTURE, BLUE RIDGE GEOLOGY
James F. Tull, Department of Geological Sciences, Florida State University
Cover sequences of the Appalachian Western Blue Ridge/Talladega belt: tectonic settings, correlations, and age constraints

November 27 NO SEMINAR
Thanksgiving Day, holiday

December 4 ISOTOPES
Harry Rowe, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky
Pride and progress in isotopia

December 11 NO SEMINAR
Last week of semester