Solid Earth Seminar

The Solid Earth seminar meets in room 141C of the Stone Science Building (675 Commonwealth Avenue, located on the corner of Commonwealth Ave and Granby St., directly across from the “BU East” stop on the Green Line).

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A list of previous Solid Earth Seminar speakers and titles can be found here.

Spring 2009 Seminars

Feb27

Geochemical insights on the petrological processes occuring in the Lau back-arc/Tonga arc system
Stephane Escrig
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

Time: 1:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Mar27

Mantle anisotropy and the unearthing of Earth’s internal flows
Einat Lev
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science, MIT

Time: 1:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Apr10

Compositional dependence of seismic wave velocities in obducted slices of the Earth’s upper mantle
Karen Godfrey
Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University

Time: 1:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Apr24

Shear-wave anisotropy beneath Nicaragua and Costa Rica: Implications for flow in the upper mantle
David Abt
Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University

Time: 1:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

May1

Non-equilibrium stable isotope partitioning in igneous environments: The ominous case of oxygen
John Eiler
Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech

Time: 1:00 pm
Location: STO 141C