January 31
Dr. Ken Miller, Rutgers University
"Global Sea-Level Changes Over the Past 100 Million Years"

February 7
Careers Day

February 14
Dr. Andrew J. Cohen, University of Arizona, Tucson
"The Lake Malawi Drilling Project: Quaternary Climate Surprises For Tropical Africa And Their Ecological Implications"

February 21
Dr. Meredith Nettles, Lamont-Doherty/Columbia University

February 28
Dr. Dennis V. Kent, Rutgers University & Lamont-Doherty

March 6
Dr. Donald J. DePaolo, University of California, Berkeley

March 13
(No Colloquium)

March 20
Dr. Slava Solomatov, Washington University, St. Louis
"Grain size evolution and chemical mixing in the Earth's mantle"

March 27
(Spring Recess - No Colloquium)

April 3
Dr. William F. Ruddiman, University of Virginia
"The Early Athropogenic Hypothesis: Challenges and Responses"

April 10
Dr. Jeffrey J. McGuire, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
"Short and Longterm Predictability of Oceanic Transform Fault Earthquakes"

April 17
Thomas A. Mutch Lecture
Dr. Alan Howard, University of Virginia
"Deciphering the climate of early Mars based upon geomorphic evidence"

April 24
Dr. Julia Morgan, Rice University

May 1
Dr. Cindy Ebinger, University of Rochester
"Achieving Extension via Dike Intrusions During Continental Rifting: Capturing the Process in Africa"