For more information, contact Dr. Dave Moecher
phone (859) 257-6939; e-mail: moker@uky.edu

Jan. 13: Professor Rick Law, Virginia Tech University:
"Internal Flow and Extrusion of the Greater Himalayan Slab, Mount Everest Massif".

Jan. 20: Professor Jonathan Philips, University of Kentucky Department of Geography:
“Instability, Contingency, and the Perfection of Landscapes”.

Jan. 25: (NOTE DATE CHANGE) Dr. David Jennette, AAPG Distinguished Lecturer:
“Merging Rocks and Lasers: Bringing 3-D Outcrop Geology to the Workstation”.

Feb. 3: David Harris, Kentucky Geological Survey:
"Black Gold and Bluegrass: oil and gas plays in Kentucky".

Feb. 10: Seth Berman (UK M.S. 2000), Managing Geophysicist, Fairfield Geophysics:
"Seeing the Unseen- the Seismic View of the Sub-Surface"

Feb. 17: Tom Spalding (UK B.S., M.S. 1980's), Exploration Geologist, Pioneer Natural Resources
"Geoscience Careers in the Petroleum Industry: Looking into the Crystal Ball for Future Prospects".

Feb. 24: Cara Kiger (UK B.S. 1996), Geologist, Vector-Seis Input-Output:
"Full-wave Imaging: Better Geologic Understanding from the latest Seismic Technology"

March 3: Professor Neil Sturchio, University of Illinois-Chicago:
"Ancient Waters of the Sahara"

March 10: Professor Lewis Owen, University of Cincinnati:
“Glaciation of Tibet and the Himalaya”.

March 17: No Lecture - Spring Break

March 24: McFarlan Lecture: Dr. Ed Wolffe, U.S. Geological Survey:
"The September 2004 to ??? Eruption of Mount St. Helens and Its Context in the Volcano's Geologic Record".

March 31: Professor Tim Lyons, University of Missouri:
“3.5 Billion Years of Earth History Recorded in the Sulfur and Molybdenum Chemistry of the Ocean.”

April 7: Dr. Lee Riciputi, Section Head, Chemical and Isotopic Mass Spectrometry Group, Oak Ridge National Lab:
Role of geoscientists in monitoring nuclear proliferation and in national security issues.

April 14: Professor Keith Koper, St. Louis University:
"Seismology as a Forensic Science: Some Recent Case Studies"

April 21: Professor Zach Sharp, University of New Mexico:
“The Global Chlorine Cycle and its Effect on Subducted Fluids"

April 28: Professor Mark Kulp (UK Ph.D. 2000), University of New Orleans:
"Subsidence, Shoreline Change and Sand: Geology and Restoration of the Louisiana Coastal Zone"