Aug. 30: Dr. Zhenming Wang, Kentucky Geological Survey:
“Geology and Public Policy: Seismology and Seismic Hazard Mitigation in Western Kentucky”

Sept. 6: Dr. Kent Ratajeski, University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences:
“The Origin of Granites in Yosemite Valley, California: A Field, Geochemical, and Experimental Investigation ”

Sept. 13: Professor Stan Dunagan, University of Tennessee-Martin, Department of Geology, Geography, and Physics:
“Recognition of Late Jurassic Carbonate Wetlands and Lakes from the Morrison Formation (Colorado)”

Sept. 20: Dr. Jackie Reed, Reed Geochemical Consulting:
“Oil and Gas Exploration Significance of the Geographic and Stratigraphic Distribution of Gloecapsomorpha prisca”

Sept. 27: Professor Joseph Allen, Division of Natural Sciences, Concord College (WV):
“Frictional-plastic deformation in two pseudotachylyte-bearing shear zones: Coupling of seismic and aseismic processes”

Oct. 4: Professor Mark Steltenpohl, Auburn University, Department of Geology and Geography:
"Tectonic Evolution of the Caledonian Orogen along a Geotraverse from East Greenland through Arctic Norway and Sweden"

Oct. 11: Professor Dave Fastovsky, University of Rhode Island, Department of Geosciences:
“Catastrophic Extinction of the Dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary, 65 Ma”

Oct. 18* (7 p.m.): EES Alumni Weekend Special Lecture:
Mr. Tim Elam, Chevron North America:
"The California Oil Industry: Past, Present, and Future"

Oct. 25: Professor Ellen Martin, University of Florida, Department of Geology and Joint Oceanographic Institution Distinguished Lecturer:
“Tales of Deep Ocean Circulation from Tiny Fish Teeth”

Nov. 1: No Seminar (GSA Meeting, Denver, CO)

Nov. 8:  Professor Ralph von Frese, Ohio State University, School of Earth Sciences:
“Killer crater in Wilkes Land, Antarctica”

Nov. 15: Professor Frank Ettensohn, University of Kentucky, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences: 
“General Geology of the Himalayas in Nepal" 

Nov. 22: No seminar (Thanksgiving )

Nov. 29: Dr. John Muntean, Nevada Bureau of Mines and University of Nevada-Reno: 
“Controversies Surrounding the Origin of a Quarter of the World’s Annual Gold Production: the Witwatersrand of South Africa and the Carlin Trend of Nevada”

Dec. 6: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences Graduate Student presentations:
(speakers and topics TBA)