Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Archive Seminars
FALL 2019 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
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Thursday, October 10th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Jean Moran |
CSU, East Bay |
Tracking groundwater using isotopes, from headwaters to the Central Valley |
S2 110 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, October 17th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Jerome De Graff |
Fresno State |
An Unnatural Flood |
S2 110 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, November 7th, 1:00-1:50PM |
David Shimabukuro |
CSU, Sacramento |
Rift and drift of Precambrian continental crust in the Trinity Ophiolite, Klamath Mountains, California |
PB 194 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, November 21st, 1:00-1:50PM |
Scott Burns |
Portland State University |
Urban Landslides: Challenges for Forensic Engineering Geologists & Engineers |
PB 191 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, December 5th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Johanna Hoyt |
Aera Energy |
Paleogeographic and paleotectonic setting of the Middle Miocene Mint Canyon and Caliente Formations, southern California: An integrated provenance study |
S2 110 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
SPRING 2019 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Thursday, February 21st, 12:30-1:45PM |
Dirk Baron |
CSU, Bakersfield |
Outcomes and Lessons Learned from 20+ Years of Dual-Enrollment Geology Classes at CSU Bakersfield and the Kern High School District |
ED 390 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, February 28th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Susan Qashu |
University of Arizona |
A Protected Area and Household Nexus: Chilean Livelihood Transformations and Environmental
Adaptations in the Coquimbo and Atacama Regions. |
PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 7th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Siyi Xu |
Gemini Observatory |
Compositions of Extrasolar Minor Planets from Polluted White Dwarfs |
ED 390 |
Dr. Putirka kputirka@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 14th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Marie-Odile Fortier |
UC Merced |
Influence of Geographic Factors on the Life Cycle Climate Change Impacts of Bioenergy and Renewable Energy Systems |
ED 390 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 28th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Erin Stacy |
UC Merced |
Landcover and climate control selective erosional distribution of different soil organic matter pools |
ED 390 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, April 4th, 1:00-1:50PM |
William Krugh |
CSU, Bakersfield |
Geomorphic constraints on landscape evolution in the southern Sierra Nevada, CA |
ED 390 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Friday, April 12th, 1:00-1:50PM |
Allen Glazner |
MSA Distinguished Lecturer |
Granite and Ice Cream: "Meltamorphism" and Crystal Growth at (Relatively) Low Temperatures |
PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Wednesday, May 8th, 3:00-3:50PM |
Alain Plattner |
University of Alabama |
Planet Mercury's Weird Magnetic Field |
AG 109 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@ csufresno.edu |
FALL 2018 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
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Monday, September 10th, 12:00-1:00PM |
Fabio Luino |
Senior Researcher |
Geo-hydrologic Hazards in Northern Italy – From the Alps to the Ligurian Sea |
PB 194 |
Jerry De Graff jdegraff@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, September 13th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Evan Solomon |
University of Washington |
Revisiting The Role of Continental Margin Sediment Diagenesis in Marine Geochemical Cycles |
FFS 213 |
Dr. Richaud mathieu@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, September 20th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Thomas Esqueda |
Fresno State |
The Launch of the Fresno State Water and Sustainability Initiative |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, September 27th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Aly Tawfik |
Fresno State |
Sustainable Transportation and the Ongoing Evolution |
PB 194 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, October 4th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Sora Kim |
UC Merced |
Extracting Ecology and Oceanography from Fossil Shark Teeth |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, October 25th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Allen Luthi |
California Resources Corporation |
California Resources Corporation |
FFS 213 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, November 1st, 1:00-2:00PM |
Trent Sherman |
CA Dept. of Water Resources |
Sustainable Groundwater Management in California |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, November 8th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Carlie Pietsch |
San Jose State University |
A biotic analysis of the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum shows little impact on shallow marine mollusks |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, November 15th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Deborah Green |
Jahns Distinguished Lecturer |
How to Build a Geology Career You Love
|
FFS 213 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@ csufresno.edu |
SPRING 2018 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
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Thursday, January 25th, 1:00-2:00PM |
V.J.P Syverson |
University of Wisconsin Madison |
Using Earth Science Databases for Research and Teaching |
PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, February 1st, 1:00-2:00PM |
Alain Plattner |
Fresno State |
Fresno State Geophysics: Earth and Beyond |
IT 101 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, February 22nd, 1:00-2:00PM |
Shemin Ge |
University of Colorado-Boulder |
Groundwater Dynamics in Headwater Regions Under a Changing Climate |
PB 192 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 1st, 1:00-2:00PM |
Chris Johnson |
Aegis Groundwater Consulting, LLC. |
Groundwater Microbiome: The Next Frontier |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 8th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Chad Carlson |
Independent Consultant |
Kinematics & Strain Accommodation Transfer Mechanisms at the Northern-to-Central Walker Lane Transition, Western Nevada
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PB 192 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 15th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Joe Tapia |
Department of Water Resources |
Department of Water Resources, Managing California’s Water Resources |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, March 22nd, 1:00-2:00PM |
John Wakabayashi |
Fresno State |
“2018 State of the Franciscan Address Insight into subduction interface processes from exhumed subduction complex rocks: Localization of megathrust and exhumation slip.”
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PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, April 5th, 1:00-2:00PM |
William Hirt |
College of the Siskiyous |
Geology of the Mount Whitney Intrusive Suite, Sierra Nevada, CA
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LS 133 |
Dr. Pluhar cpluhar@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, April 12th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Peggy O’Day |
UC Merced |
Element Speciation in Airborne Nanoparticles – Implications For Human Health and Biogeochemical Cycling
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PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, April 19th, 1:00-2:00PM |
William Krugh |
CSU, Bakersfield |
CANCELED |
IT 101 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, April 26th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Sharon Benes |
Fresno State |
Use of EM-38 Soil Surveys in Forage Fields at a Saline Drainage Water Reuse Site to Calibrate a Hydro-salinity Model for Decision Support
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PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, May 3rd, 1:00-2:00PM |
Kari Cooper |
UC Davis |
A world in a grain of… zircon? What crystal records reveal about magma reservoirs |
IT 101 |
Dr. Mine amine@csufresno.edu |
FALL 2017 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
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Thursday, Sept. 28th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Ken Schmidt |
Ken Schmidt & Associates |
Evaluation of Chemical Constituents Tested when Developing New Water Supply Wells |
PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, Oct. 12th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Craig Jones |
UC Boulder |
The continuing mysteries surrounding the elevation of the Sierra Nevada |
SS 203 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, Oct. 26th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Sarge Green |
Fresno State |
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act - Closing the Loop in CA Water Management |
SS 203 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, Nov. 2nd, 1:00-2:00PM |
Judith Tapia |
USFS |
Dead trees, Fire and Managing the Sierra National Forest |
PB 192 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
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Thursday, Nov. 9th, 1:00-2:00PM |
Doug Hemingway |
UC Berkeley |
Icy ocean world interiors from gravity and topography |
PB 191 |
Dr. Mine amine@ csufresno.edu |
SPRING 2017 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue | Contact Person |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, March 30th, 4:30-6:30PM | Dale Burns | Stanford University | From the crystal to the arc | S2 125 | Dr. Putirka kputirka@ csufresno.edu |
| Tuesday, April 18th, 5:00-6:00PM | Claudia Faunt | United States Geological Survey | Water Availability and Sustainability | Peters Ed Center | Dr. Weinman bweinman@ csufresno.edu |
| Thursday, April 20th, 4:30-6:30PM | Matt Jackson | UC Santa Barbara | Hotter Plumes Entrain Higher 3He/4He | S2 125 | Dr. Putirka kputirka@ csufresno.edu |
| Friday, April 21th, 12:00-5:00PM | Fred Schroeder | AAPG | Geology and Geophysics Applied to Industry |
S2 125 | Dr. Brady mebrady@ csufresno.edu |
FALL 2016 - No Seminars
SPRING 2015 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, April 30th, 4:30-7:20PM |
Michelle Judson | BP Exploration | TBA | TBA |
| Thursday, April 23rd, 4:30-7:20PM |
Bob Bereskin | Shale Workshop | PB 194 | |
| Thursday, April 23rd, 2:00PM | John Wakabayashi | CSUF | Topographic Evolution of the Sierra Nevada | S2 125 |
| Thursday, April 16th | AEG | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Thursday, April 9th | Charles Fishman | TBA | The Big Thirst | TBA |
| Monday, March 30th to Friday, April 2nd | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
| Thursday, March 19th | Gary Luce | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Friday, March 13th, 1:30PM | John Wakabayashi | CSUF | Subductionology, The Next Genderation | S2 125 |
| Thursday, March 5th, 6:00PM | Jon Allen | Chevron | TBA | PB 191 |
| Thursday, February 26th, 6:00PM | Anne Drauker | Chevron | TBA | PB 194 |
| Thursday, February 5th, 6:00PM | Becca Lanners | CRC | TBA | PB 191 |
| Thursday, January 29th, 4:30PM | Luke Wang | CSUF | The State of Water Now and in the Future | S2 125 |
FALL 2014 Seminars
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue |
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| Tuesday, October 28th 6:00-6:30PM - Reception 6:30-7:30PM - Seminar |
Dr. Conrad Labandeira | National Museum of Natural History | "Exploring the Fossil History of Plants, Insects and their Interactions to Understand the Ecological History of Life on Land" |
Gottschalks Gallery & PB191 |
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Wednesday, October 15th 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Mark Somma | An informal lunch gathering to discuss sustainability efforts on campus and in the community. |
PB 102 |
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CANCELLED:
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Dr. Greg Stock | Park Geologist for Yosemite National Park | "Cosmogenic exposure dating of coseismic rock avalanches in Yosemite Valley" | Elbow Room (Fig Garden Village) |
| Thursday, August 28th 1:00-2:00PM |
Gregor Golabek | ETH Zurich | "Thermomechancial evolution of planetesimals" | PB192 |
Spring 2014
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, March 20, 4:00PM | Dr. Carl Hauge | TBA | TBA | AG 109 |
| Wednesday, March 26, 5:00-6:00PM |
Dr. Gene Humphreys | University of Oregon | TBA | AG 109 |
| Tuesday, April 1, 6:30PM | Switch Movie Screening | Switch Energy Project | MCL161 | |
| Friday, April 4 1:30-2:30PM | Dr. John Wakabayashi | CSU Fresno | "The 2014 State of the Franciscan Address" | EE 191 |
| Friday, April 4 | Earth Day | |||
| Wednesday, April 9, 5:00-6:00PM | Dr. Tanya Atwater | UC Santa Barbara | TBA | AG 109 |
| Thursday, April 24, 4:00-5:00PM | Dr. Mark Ghiorso | TBA | "Triggering explosive volcanic eruptions: Windows of eruptibility" | AG 109 |
FALL 2013 - No Seminars
SPRING 2013
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 24, 4:00-5:00PM |
Dr. Rob Negrini | CSU Bakersfield | "A Middle Pleistocene Lacustrine Delta Underneath the Modern Kern River Alluvial Fan: Structural Control, Regional Stratigraphic Context, and Impact on Groundwater Quality" | MCL 121 |
| CANCELLED Friday, February 8, 12:00-1:00PM |
Dr. Jonathan Allen | Chevron, Bakersfield | "Improved Reservoir Characterization at Kern River Field, California, U.S.A: New Insights into an Old Field Using 4D Saturation Modeling" | |
| Wednesday, February 13, 12:00-1:00PM |
Jes Therkelsen | CSU Fresno | "Filmmaking & Science: Fostering Dialogue & Discussion through Media" | PB 191 |
| CANCELLED Wednesday, February 20, 12:00-1:00PM |
James P. McCalpin | GEO-HAZ Consulting Inc. | "The Mountains are Falling Apart; A Spectrum of Mass Failures from Landslides through Deep-Seated Gravitational Spreading (Sackung), to "Unfolding" of Folds" | |
| Friday, March 1, 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Katie Keranen | University of Oklahoma | "Extensionbeyond the rift boundaries: magmatism, heat, and depth dependent deformation in Ethiopia" | PB 192 |
| Thursday, March 7, 4:00-5:30PM |
Dr. Jay Lund | UC Davis | "Can we stop undermining our water supplies? Groundwater and California's water future" | PB 191 |
| Friday, March 8, 1:30-3:00PM |
Dr. John Wakabayashi | CSU Fresno | "The 2013 State of the Franciscan Address Complicated gets worse: The thick gray line between melanges and coherent unites and implications for subduction processes and engineering." | S2 125 |
| CANCELLED Thursday, March 14, 1:00-2:00PM |
Susan Cannon | |||
| Friday, March 15, 1:00-2:00PM *parking permit available for off campus participants- call 559-278-3086 for a parking code |
Dr. Charles "Chip" Lesher | UC Davis | "The SORET Effect Revisited: Implications for Magmatic Differentiation and Core - Mantle Interaction" | AG 109 |
| Monday, March 25-29 | SPRING BREAK | |||
| Wednesday, April 3, 5:00PM |
SwitchMovie Screening | GSASwitchEnergy Awareness and Efficiency Program | SwitchEnergy Project | PB 191 |
| Thursday, April 11, 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Dawn Sumner | UC Davis | "Curiosity on Mars: Characterization of a Habitable Environment" | PB 194 |
| Thursday, April 11, 4:30-5:30PM |
Dr. Dawn Sumner | UC Davis | "Curiosity on Mars: Adventures in Rover Science" | PB 194 |
| Tuesday, April 30, 4:00-5:00PM |
EES 201 Presentations | CSU Fresno | Student presentations | PB194 |
| Thursday, May 2, 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Kurt Cuffey | UC Berkley | "The Trough, the Cirque, and the Sierra: New Thoughts on Some Old Problems in Glacial Geomorphology" |
PB192 |
| Monday, May 6, 4:00-5:00PM |
EES 201 Presentations | CSU Fresno | Student presentations | PB194 |
FALL 2012
| Date and time | Speaker | Institution | Title | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, October 1, 3:00-4:00PM |
Miriam Goldstein | UCSD | “Ecology of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: abundance, distribution and biotic interactions” |
EE 191 |
| Thursday, October 4, 4:00-5:00PM
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Dr. Jeff Knott | CSU Fullerton | Tephrochronology & Basin Evolution in Death Valley | MCL 121 |
| Thursday, October 18 | Dr. Roy Shlemon | AEG | AEG Meeting | ___ |
| Monday, October 22, 2:00-3:00PM |
Dr. Kathleen Marsaglia | CSU Northridge | "Chasing Bits and Pieces of New Zealand From Source To Sink: Sand Provenance Studies in New Zealand Sedimentary Systems and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration Across “Zealandia” | EE 191 |
| Thursday, November 1, 4:00-5:00PM |
Dr. David John | USGS | "Miocene magmatism in the Bodie Hills volcanic field, California and Nevada: A long-lived eruptive center in the southern segment of the ancestral Cascades arc" | PB 191 |
| Thursday, November 8, 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Jonathan M.G. Glen | USGS Menlo Park | Tectonics of Surprise Valley: Potential Fields & Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing | S2 206 |
| Thursday, November 15, 1:00-2:00PM |
Bruce Hilton | AEG | Engineering Geology Along the CA High Speed Rail Corridor | PB 191 |
| Thursday, November 29, 4:00-5:00PM |
Dr. Kena Fox-Dobbs | University of Puget Sound | "Isotopic patterns among Kenyan savanna herbivores: gazelles, zebras and small mammals" | S2 309 |
| Thursday, December 13, 1:00-2:00PM |
Dr. Greg Stock | AEG | "Rock fall dynamics and deposition: an integrated analysis of the 2009 Ahwiyah Point rock fall, Yosemite National Park" | PB 191 |