Cecil H. and Ida M. Green
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

Friday Geophysics Seminar Series

Fridays 3-4pm
Refreshments served at 2:45pm
Munk Conference Room
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego

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2003-2004 Coordinators:
Allison Jacobs amjacobs@ucsd.edu
Brad Bailey bbailey@igppmail.ucsd.edu
Daniel Ragona dragona@igppmail.ucsd.edu
Davis Thomsen dthomsen@ucsd.edu
Renee Bulow renee@ucsd.edu


Fall 2003 Schedule
Date Speaker Title Contact
Sep. 26 Donna Blackman
UCSD, SIO, IGPP
Thoughts, plans, and even some data and model results on how to map/understand upper mantle flow Allison Jacobs
Oct. 3 Michael Zhdanov
University of Utah
Three-Dimensional Inversion of Sea-Bottom EM Data for Petroleum Exploration: Feasibility Study Renee Bulow
Oct. 10 David Bowman
Cal State Fullerton
Fault Propagation and Slip Partitioning in Continental Lithosphere Allison Jacobs
Oct. 17 Cathy Constable
IGPP, SIO, UCSD
Satellite Magnetic Field Measurements: Applications in Studying the Deep Earth Davis Thomsen
Oct. 23
Thursday
John Louie
Univ. of Nevada, Reno
The Northern Walker Lane Refraction Experiment: Pn Arrivals and the Northern Sierra Nevada Root abstract Allison Jacobs
Oct. 30
Thursday
Matthew Golombek
NASA JPL
Mars Exploration Rovers and the Selection of Landing Sites abstract Renee Bulow
Nov. 7 Kris Walker
Stanford
Probing for plumes with shear-wave splitting Renee Bulow
Nov. 14 Francis Nimmo
UCLA
Topography and extension on icy satellites abstract Renee Bulow
Nov. 21 Susan Hough
Cal Tech
Where were the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes (and who is buried in Grant's Tomb)? Allison Jacobs
Winter 2004 Schedule
Date Speaker Title Contact
Jan. 9 Enson Chang
Dynamics Technology
Synthetic Aperture Sonar: Overview of Recent Results abstract Davis Thomsen
Jan. 16 Jon Aurnou
UCLA
Experimental Studies of Planetary Core Convection and Dynamo Processes abstract Renee Bulow
Jan. 23 Stephanie Prejean
USGS Menlo Park
Insight into the Physical Processes that Trigger Seismicity in the Long Valley Caldera Allison Jacobs
Jan. 30 Stephen Arrowsmith
Leeds University
Imaging plume-lithosphere interactions: A tomographic study of the upper mantle beneath the British Isles abstract Renee Bulow
Feb. 6 Mark Richards
UC Berkeley
Rheal mantle convection in the terrestrial planets Renee Bulow
Feb. 13 Glenn Ierley
IGPP, SIO, UCSD
Is the upper core stably stratified?: an answer using proof by contradiction Renee Bulow
Feb. 20 Bruce Bills
IGPP, SIO, UCSD
Tidal dissipation and orbital evolution in the Jupiter and Saturn satellite systems Allison Jacobs
Feb. 27 Lisa Tauxe
GRD, SIO, UCSD
TBA Brad Bailey
Mar. 5 Tom Heaton
Cal Tech
Why are earthquakes so gentle? Davis Thomsen
Mar. 12 - - -
Mar. 19 - - -
Spring 2004 Schedule
Date Speaker Title Contact
Apr. 2 Mark Jellinek
University of Toronto
Are Earth-like mantle plumes weird? Renee Bulow
Apr. 9 Andrew Dombard
Washington University
Towards the Isostatic Residual Gravity of Mars Renee Bulow
Apr. 16 Kurt Schwehr
GRD, SIO, UCSD
Mars Exploration Rovers Davis Thomsen
Apr. 23 Adrian Lenardic
Rice University
40-60 And The Earth's Heat Loss Renee Bulow
Apr. 30 Mark Simons
Cal Tech
Some thoughts on shallow seismogenic behaviour in subduction zones Davis Thomsen
May 7 William Abriel
ChevronTexaco, Energy Technology Company
Earth Model Complexity and Risk Description in Resource Exploration and Development Allison Jacobs
May 14 Roger Phillips
Washington University
Mars Stuff: 1. Self-consistent localized loading of the lithosphere 2. Probing the interior with sounding radars Renee Bulow
May 21 Steve Constable
IGPP, SIO, UCSD
Marine Electromagnetic Exploration for Fun and Profit Renee Bulow
June 4 Peter Lonsdale
MPL, SIO, UCSD
Rifting of mature oceanic lithosphere and its consequences Brad Bailey

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