University of Kentucky 
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Spring 2008 Rast-Holbrook Seminar Series

Seminars are held at 4pm on Thursdays in 303 Slone Research Building (unless otherwise noted), with refreshments starting at 3:30 PM.

Map: http://ukcc.uky.edu/cgi-bin/dynamo?maps.391+campus+0053

For more information, contact Dr. Ed Woolery
phone (859) 257-3016; e-mail: woolery@uky.edu

Jan 17: Mr. Brandon Nutall, Kentucky Geological Survey:
"Carbon Sequestration, House Bill 1, and Kentucky’s Energy Future"

Jan 24: Professor Paul Bertsch, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of Georgia:
"Distribution and Chemical Speciation of Metals and Metalloids in Environmental Samples – Elucidating Mechanisms Controlling Transport and Fate"

Jan 31: Professor Christopher Romanek, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Department of Geology, University of Georgia:
"Carbonate mineral geochemistry as a potential biological fingerprint and the search for life on Mars"

Feb 7: Professor Kieran O'Hara, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky:
"Glacial Cycles and Greenhouse Gases"

Feb 14: Student Presentations (TBA)

Feb 21: Mr. John Nelson, Illinois Geological Survey (Emeritus):
"Neotectonics of Southern Illinois"

Feb 28: Mr. Mike Zoccola, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Nashville District:
"Wolf Creek Dam (Lake Cumberland) Rehabilitation Project"

Mar 6:  Professor Jer-Ming Chiu, University of Memphis,  Center for Earthquake Research and Information:
"A new tectonic model for the orogenic process along an active young plate collision boundary in the Taiwan region"

Mar 13: NO SEMINAR, ACADEMIC HOLIDAY

Mar 20: Dr. Kelin Wang,  Geological Survey of Canada – Pacific Division:
"The most acclaimed successful earthquake prediction: the 1975 Haicheng earthquake"

Mar 27: Professor Stephen Macko, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia:
"From the Winds of Africa to the Origins and Maintenance of Life: New Perspectives through Compound Specific Isotope Analysis"

Apr 3: Professor Dhananjay Ravat, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky:
"Mars magnetic field"

Apr 10: NO SEMINAR, SE-GSA

Apr 17: Student Presentations (TBA)

Apr 24: Dr. Rick Bowersox, Kentucky Geological Survey:
TBA