List of Speakers
2007 Geodynamics Program
Thursdays 1:30 - 3:30 Carriage House
Each seminar features an invited speaker followed by a discussion moderated by a WHOI scientist.
| Date | Seminar Speaker | Topic/Title |
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| Feb. 8 | Celâl Senghor Eurasia Institute of Earth Sciences Istanbul Technical University, Turkey |
How to Make Rifts with Different Recipes |
| Feb. 15 | Di Jin Marine Policy Center, WHOI |
The Management of Coastal Natural Hazards: A Social-Economic Perspective |
| Feb. 22 | Kelin Wang Geological Survey of Canada |
Stress and Stress Changes in Subduction Zone Earthquake Cycles |
| March 1 | Jon Snow Geosciences Department, Univ. of Houston |
Rifting at a Non-Volcanic Margin |
| March 8 | Jeff McGuire G&G, WHOI |
Earthquakes, Subduction, and the Relationship to Overriding Plate Structure |
| March 15 | John Mutter The Earth Institute at Columbia University |
The Katrina Catastrophe: How Did We Allow a Poor World Disaster to Happen in a Rich Country? |
| March 22 | Steve Ward Earth & Planetary Sciences, UC Santa Cruz |
Tsunamis, Earthquakes, and Asteroids |
| March 29 | Spring Break | No presentation |
| April 5 | Derek Elsworth Energy & Geo-Environmental Engineering Penn State |
Slope Instability on Active Volcanoes: Contemporary Views, Hazards, and Consequences |
| April 12 | Porter Hoagland Marine Policy Center, WHOI |
Economic Impacts of Shoreline Change |
| April 19 | John S Pallister USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory |
Volcanic Hazards along the Pacific Rim - A Petrologic and Social Perspective |
| April 26 | Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania |
Providing Protection Against Natural Disasters in the 21st Century |
| May 3 | Neal Driscoll Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Geohazards along Continental Margins |
| May 10 | Miriam Kastner Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Gas Hydrates: Outstanding Questions |
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May 17
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Brian F. Atwater U.S.G.S at Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington |
The Orphan Tsunami of 1700 |
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June 10 - 16
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Study Tour - Magma Mixing and Eruption Beneath a Paleozoic Island Arc in Penobscott Bay, Maine
Dr. Mike Rhodes, U. Mass Amherst, will lead the field trip. |
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