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

Aug. 28
Dr. Noureddine Laftouhi, Faculty of Sciences–Semlalia, Cadi Ayyad University, Marrakech, Morocco
“Water Resources in Morocco: Management Problems”

Sept. 4
Dr. Zhenming Wang, Kentucky Geological Survey, University of Kentucky
“The May 12, 2008, Wenchuan, China, M8.0 Earthquake”

Sept. 11 (Graduate Student Doubleheader)
Mr. John Allen, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Paleozoic Geology and Tectonics of the Northern Appalachians in Southwestern Newfoundland”
Mr. Ken Macpherson, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Strong Ground Motions in the Upper Mississippi Embayment from Finite-Fault, Finite-Difference Simulations”

Sept. 18
Dr. Mickey Sampson, Resource Development International–Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodia “Arsenic in Cambodia: Causes and Attempts at Mitigation”

Sept. 25
Dr. Rob McDowell, Environmental Protection Division, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
“Regional Characteristics of the Floridan Aquifer in Georgia and Their Implications for Groundwater Policy”

Oct. 2
Mr. Scott Hess, Greensburg Oil LLC, Campbellsville, Kentucky
“Polymer Applications to Limit Brine Encroachment within the Greensburg Oil Pool”

Oct. 9
No Lecture, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Houston, Texas

Oct. 16 (7 PM)
Mr. Jon Konkler, British Petroleum
“Overview of Alaska North Slope Geology and Geophysics” (title TBA)

Oct. 23
Dr. John Huntley, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Shell-Drilling Snails, Gonad-Eating Worms, and Other Pleasant Topics: The Fossil Record of Organismal Interactions”

Oct. 30
Dr. William Thomas, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“A Tale of Two Shales: Academic Research and Shale Gas Play”

Nov. 6
Dr. John Rupp, Indiana Geological Survey, Indiana University (co-sponsored by the Kentucky Geological Survey)
“The Role of Geological Sequestration in a Carbon Managed World: Assessing the Sequestration Potential—Successes and Challenges”

Nov. 13
Dr. Kieran O’Hara, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Upper Paleolithic Cave Art and Climate Change”

Nov. 20
Dr. Frank Ettensohn, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky
“Dropstone from Eastern Kentucky 'Ices' the Case for Late Devonian, Acadian Alpine Glaciation: Implications for Appalachian Tectonics and Black-Shale Sedimentation"

Nov. 27
No Lecture, Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 4
Dr. David Finkelstein, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
“What Can Molecular and Isotopic Proxies Reveal about Modern and Ancient Climates and Environments?”

Dec. 11
No Lecture, Dead Week