Speaker - Jim Best, Departments of Geology, Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Profile Seminar Title - The Nature and Pace of Anthropogenically-induced Change within the World's Large River The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes of Q&A. You are encouraged to watch and participate in the…
Please join us this Friday, the 14th, from 1pm-6pm for the annual MEAS-FER Research Symposium. This year all talks will be held virtually. This is a great way to learn about research within our departments and meet new people. To join the Zoom presentations, please check your email for the link and passcode. 1:00-1:50 Lab…
Speaker Amanda Falk is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Centre College in Danville, KY (hosted by Curtis Congreve) Seminar Title Birds, Dirt, and Lasers: A New Look at Old Fossils Abstract Recent discoveries of incredible fossil birds from East Asia have captivated vertebrate paleontologists. New techniques and new technologies allow us to revisit some of these…
Speaker - Liz Chamberlain, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University Profile Seminar Title - Dating Deltas: Geochronologic Theory and Examples from the Mississippi and Ganges-Brahmaputra The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes of Q&A. You are encouraged to watch and participate in the live talks via YouTube. Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, August 19. US Eastern…
Speaker Kevin Dockendorf is the coastal fisheries research coordinator for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (hosted by Astrid Schnetzer). Seminar Title Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Management at Lake Mattamuskeet Abstract The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) coordinates with the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) on for fisheries management and research projects. Lake Mattamuskeet…
Speaker - Hansjörg Seybold, Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich Profile Seminar Title - Controls of Channel Networks from the Source to the Sink Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, August 26. US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm, Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly…
Speaker - Irina Overeem, Department of Geological Sciences, INSTAAR University of Colorado, Profile Seminar Title - Greenland's Sediment Flux: Filling a White Spot on Global Sediment Flux Map Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, September 2. US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm, Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly virtual presentations. Most…
Speaker - Jaap Nienhuis, School of Geosciences, Utrecht University Profile Seminar Title - Global View of River Delta Morphology and its Relevance between Sediment Source and Sink Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, September 9. US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm, Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly virtual presentations. Most are on…
Speaker: Edgardo Latrubesse, Nanyang Technological University-Singapore, Bio Seminar title: Continental sediment sources, sinks, and the human factor in large tropical rivers: the case of South America. Times – 9:00 am local time, Friday, September 18. US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm, Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly virtual presentations. Most are on…
Speaker – Houjie Wang, Ocean University of China, Profile Seminar Title – Flux, fate and transport of Yellow River-derived sediment in the sea Times – 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, September 23. US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm, Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly virtual presentations. Most are on Wednesdays, but a few…