Brown University

Department of Geological Sciences

Fall 1994 Colloquium Series

(4:00 PM Thursday, unless otherwise noted, Wilson Hall 102)


September 15  Mac Rutherford, Brown University
              Volatiles and Magma Mixing in Silicic Volcanic
              Systems: Timing of Processes

September 22  Rob McCaffrey, RPI
              Oblique Subduction: Fore-arc Deformation and Great
              Earthquakes

September 29  Terry Plank, Syracuse University
              Ins and Outs of Volcanoes: Sedimentary Recycling
              at Subduction Zones

October 6     Stephen Haggerty, University of Massachusetts
              Universal Diamonds

October 13    John Spray, University of New Brunswick
              High Strain Rate Geological Processes and the
              Generation of Friction Melts

October 20    Brian Stewart, University of Pittsburgh
              Isotopic Tracers of Weathering and Climate Change
              in the Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere System

October 27    GSA - No Colloquium

November 3    David Crawford, Sandia Labs
              Collision of SL-9 with Jupiter

November 10   Stephen D'Hondt, URI, Graduate School of Oceanography
              Theories of Terrestrial Mass Extinction by
              Extraterrestrial Objects: A Historical View

November 17   Dean Robert Shaw, Brown University
              Challenges in Teaching Students with a Diversity of
              Teaching Styles

November 24   Thanksgiving - No Colloquium

December 1    Tom Wright, USGS Reston
              New Understanding of Kilauea Volcano