The regular seminar meeting will be on Thursday at 3:30 pm in Slone 303;
a reception will follow at ~ 4:30 pm in Slone 107.

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

January 23 SEDIMENTOLOGY
Stephen F. Greb, Kentucky Geological Survey
Tidal sedimentology of southeast China — An exciting “bore” and lots of mud

January 30 GEOPHYSICS
Edward Woolery, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Kentucky
Anomalous stress in unlithified sediment of the northern Mississippi Embayment — Geotechnical measurements and geologic inferences

February 6 GLOBAL CHANGE
Thomas J. Algeo, Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati
Devonian global events and the role of vascular plant evolution

February 13 HYDROGEOLOGY
GSA BIRDSALL-DREISS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE
Jean Bahr, Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Groundwater as an ecosystem resource

February 20 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
Robert C. Cadle, Occupational Health and Safety, University of Kentucky
Van safety in the field

Februrary 27 TECTONICS
Stephen Marshak, Department of Geology, University of Illinois
Evolution of tectonic styles during the Precambrian: Examples from eastern Brazil

March 6 ENGINEERING
Scott L. Murray; Fuller, Mossbarger, Scott, May Engineers, Inc., Lexington
UK library foundation [tentative title]

March 13 no seminar, SE and SC GSA meeting in Memphis

Spring Break

March 27 METALLIC ORE DEPOSITS
C. Michael Lesher, Department of Earth Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury
Geological and volcanological setting of Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits in the Cape Smith Belt, New Québec, Canada

April 1 HYDROGEOLOGY
HENRY DARCY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE - NATIONAL GROUND WATER ASSOCIATION
Richelle Allen-King, Department of Geology, Washington State University
Ground and Surface Water Contributions to Chemical Mass Discharge: Considering the Problem at Field and Basin Scales

April 4 KENTUCKY PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY DARWIN LECTURE
Christopher Brochu, Department of Geosciences, University of Iowa
Simultaneous illumination—Phylogenetic approaches toward crosodylian history

April 10 INDUSTRIAL MINERALS
Boyce Moodie, III, Moodie Minerals International, Paducah, Kentucky
Procedures and problems in creating asource of industrial minerals from China: success in fluorspar

April 17 McFARLAN LECTURE - SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY
Sam Boggs, Jr., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
Application of scanning-cathodoluminescence imaging to provenance analysis

April 18 McFARLAN LECTURE - Brown-Bag Discussion and Lunch - SEDIMENTOLOGY
Sam Boggs, Jr., Department of Geological Sciences, University of Oregon
Cathodoluminescence properties of plutonic and high-rank metamorphic rocks—Origin of these properties

April 24 GEOCHEMISTRY
Lisa M. Pratt, Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University
Biosustainable sulfur cycling in the deep subsurface of theWitwatersrand Basin, South Africa

May 1 Last week of semester