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 2012 Seminars

Mar 6

100 years of seismology at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Paul Okubo
Hawaii Volcano Observatory, U. S. Geological Survey

Time: 10:00 am
Location: STO 141C

Mar 9

Seismic tremors and wagging magma: Key precursors of explosive magmatism
Mark Jellinek
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia

Time: 10:00 am
Location: CAS B31C

Mar 21

Source-limited dike propagation and implications for tectonics
Chris Havlin
Department of Geosciences, Brown University

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Mar 28

Volatiles in submarine glasses from the Galapagos: Process vs. source
Mary Peterson
Department of Geosciences, Brown University

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Apr 4

Serpentinization and the cycling of sulfur and carbon
Esther Schwarzenbach
Department of Geosciences, Virginia Tech

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Apr 11

Forensic Seismology: Detecting Clandestine Nuclear Explosions
Jim Lewkowicz
Weston Geophysical

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Apr 25

How much water is subducted into the mantle?
Rita Parai
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

May 2

Tracing mantle sources and Samoan influence in the northwestern Lau Back-arc Basin
Marion Lytle
Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C