Guest Speakers
Gravity: A Dominant Force In The Universe
2012 Geodynamics Seminar Series
Tuesdays, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Carriage House*, Quissett Campus
*Unless otherwise noted
SPEAKER SCHEDULE
| Date | Seminar Speaker | Title / Topic |
|---|---|---|
| February 7 |
David Sandwell Scripps Institution of Oceanography UC San Diego |
Global Gravity and Plate Tectonics |
| February 14 |
Jian Lin Dept. of Geology & Geophysics WHOI |
Gravity, mid-ocean ridges, and hotspots |
| February 21 |
Maria Zuber Dept. of Earth, Atmosphere, and Plantetary Science, MIT |
Interior structures of Mercury and the Moon from MESSENGER and GRAIL Gravity |
| February 28 | Victor Zlotnicki Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology |
The Gravity Field and Ocean Circulation |
| March 6 | Robin Bell Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University |
Gravity Insights from Beneath the Ice Sheets |
| March 13 | Steve Nerem Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and the Colorado Center for Astrodynamics University of Colorado at Boulder |
Applications of Satellite Gravity Measurements to Studying Sea Level Change |
| March 20 | Tony Watts Department of Earth Sciences University of Oxford |
Gravity, Isostasy and Flexure |
| March 27 *CLARK 509 |
Carl Bowin Dept. of Geology & Geophysics WHOI |
Mantle Structure from Geoid Anomaly Data: providing an explanation of continuous deformation of the Earth's surface. |
| April 3 |
Frederik J Simons Department of Geosciences Princeton University |
Turning Noise Into Signal: GRACE, glacial melting, and the coseismic signature of large earthquakes |
| April 10 | Donald Forsyth Dept. of Geological Sciences Brown University |
Gravity lineaments in the Pacific and small-scale convection |
| April 17 | John Wahr Department of Physics University of Colorado |
Using GRACE to estimate groundwater depletion, soil moisture variability, and ice loss from mountain glaciers and ice caps. |
| April 24 | CANCELLED Scott Nooner Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University |
Constraining the in situ density of sequestered CO2 in the North Sea using time-lapse seafloor gravity |
| May 1 | Isabella Velicogna Dept. of Earth System Science University of California |
Mass balance of the polar ice sheet from GRACE |
| May 8 | James L Davis Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Columbia University |
The role of gravitational self-attraction and loading on deformation of the continents and sea floor |
| May 15 | Bernard Coakley Dept. of Geology & Geophysics University of Alaska |
Submarines, Satellites, Planes and Icebreakers, building a gravity anomaly grid for the Arctic Ocean; History and Applications |