GEOL 531 GEOLOGY COLLOQUIUM

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE, SPRING 2008

Feb. 4	Harvey Kelsey, Humboldt State University, Geology " Evidence for Holocene paleo earthquakes on the Aceh portion of the Sumatran subduction zone"
Feb. 11**	Gary Carver, HSU Emeritus Professor " Neotectonics and Paleoseismiology of the eastern Aleutian subduction zone " IN FOUNDERS 118
Feb. 25	Sue Cashman, Humboldt State University Geology " Fractured Dirt: do sediments in active fault zones preserve a record of earthquakes? "
Mar. 3	Jay Stallman, Stillwater Sciences (HSU Alum) “Reservoir sedimentation:  Methods and applications for assessing downstream coarse sediment dynamics in mountain rivers”
Mar. 11	Matt Hurst, Humboldt State University Chemistry Dept. " The effects of the San Francisco Bay plume on trace metal and nutrient distributions in the Gulf of the Farallones "
Mar. 24	William Miller, Humboldt State University Geology "ARTHROPHYCUS from the Lower Silurian of southwestern Virginia: Behavioral paleoecology of a stratigraphically important trace fossil "
Mar. 31	Ken Aalto, Humboldt State University Geology " Geologic Evolution of North Central Nevada "
Apr. 7	Hans Abramson-Ward, Geomatrix Consultants " Trenching Investigation of HSU’s Soccer Field "
Apr. 21	Mike Napolitano, California State Water Board (HSU Alum) " Grapes, dirt, and water: crafting water quality rules for salmon in the Napa River watershed "

Mondays at 5, Founders 25, unless otherwise noted

Additional Talks May Be Scheduled!

All are welcome to attend. Earn 1 unit of credit by attending 5 or more talks. See Val in the Geology Department Office to sign up for Geology 531, Colloquium.