List of Speakers
CRUST: Planetary, Continental and Oceanic
2010 Geodynamics Seminar Series
Tuesdays, 1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Carriage House, Quissett Campus
Speaker Schedule
Each seminar features an invited speaker followed by a discussion moderated by a WHOI scientist.
| Date | Seminar Speaker | Title/Topic |
| February 2 | Sean Solomon Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Carnegie Institution of Washington |
Crustal formation and the evolution of Mercury: New insights from the MESSENGER flybys of the innermost planet |
| February 9 | Maria Zuber Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Geophysical Constraints on Terrestrial Planet Crusts |
| February 16 | Michael Wyatt Department of Geological Sciences Brown University |
Martian Crust |
| February 23 | Wolfgang Bach Department of Geosciences University of Bremen |
Theoretical considerations on water-rock interactions in the ocean crust: from phase relations to microbiology |
| March 2 | Sam Bowring Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The geological record of Earth's early evolution |
| March 9 | Harry Y. McSween Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sci. University of Tennessee |
Crustal Composition of Protoplanets, Especially Astroid Vesta |
| March 16 | Oliver Jagoutz Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sci. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
The role of different liquid lines of descent for Continental Crust formations: Insights from the Kohistan Arc |
| March 23 | Cin Ty Lee Department of Earth Science Rice University |
Silicate differentiation of the Earth |
| March 30 | Richard Katz Department of Earth Sciences Oxford University |
Magma dynamics and active convection at mid-ocean ridges |
| April 6 | Mathilde Cannat Département Géosciences Marines Institut Physique du Globe de Paris |
Serpentinization in the oceanic crust |
| April 13 | George Bergantz Dept. of Earth and Space Sciences University of Washington |
Tempo And Styles Of Arc Construction As Constrained By An Intact Arc Cross Section, The Famatinian Arc, Sierras Valle Fertil, Argentina |
| April 20 | Mike Cheadle Dept. of Geology and Geophysics University of Wyoming |
Neptune, Neptune, Quite Contrary - How Does Your Ocean Crust Grow? Some insights from zirconology
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| April 27 | Natsue Abe IFREE, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology |
Multidisciplinary Research on Young Petit-Spot Volcanism on Old Oceanic Lithosphere
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| May 4 | Othmar Müntener Institute of Mineralogy and Geochemistry University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
Crust-forming processes at rifted margins: The interface between continents and the ocean
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| May 11 | Kevin Burke Department of Geosciences University of Houston |
Plate Tectonics, The Wilson Cycle And Mantle Plumes: Geodynamics From The Top
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