Mineral Sciences - Seminar Series
Mineral Sciences seminars are held on the 4th floor, East Wing, of NMNH. Individuals who are not members of the department need to buzz in at the entrance to the department (located just by the 4th floor East wing elevators) prior to 10am. Below the phone, just push the big red door access button and you’ll be buzzed through. Those without SI badges should call the department from the visitor services office, located at the 10th and Constitution Ave entrance to the museum, by dialing Phyllis McKenzie at 3-1808 or Liz Cottrell at 3-1859.
Refreshments served at 10 AM. Seminars run from 10:00 until 11:00 unless otherwise noted.
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January 16 |
Julie O'Leary - Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"Hydrogen isotope chemistry of the mantle" |
January 23 |
Ron Cohen - Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"The Future of Theoretical Mineral Physics" |
January 30 |
Tom Wright - USGS |
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"Dynamics of magma supply to Kilauea volcano, Hawaii: integrating seismic, geodetic and eruption observations" |
February 6 |
Mihaela Glamoclija - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"Biomarkers: Preservation in Mars Analog Environments" |
February 13 |
Chris Kincaid - University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography |
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"Modeling the dance between mantle subduction and plumes: Implications for the Cascades - Yellowstone system" |
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February 20 |
Ian MacGregor - National Science Resources Center |
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"Science Education at the Smithsonian" |
February 27 |
Division of Mineralogy Staff - Smithsonian Institution |
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"DMS Mineralogists present highlights and acquisitions from the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show" |
March 4 |
Erwan Martin - University of Oregon |
Special Tuesday Presentation |
"Subduction in high fluid fluxing environments and the origin of high-δ18O lavas in Mt. Shasta, Cascade arc, California" |
March 5 |
Erwan Martin - University of Oregon |
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"Oxygen isotope anomalies in volcanic sulfates: The impact of 'super-eruptions' on climate" |
March 19 |
Robert Hazen - Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institute |
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"Mineralogical co-evolution of the geo- and biospheres" |
March 26 |
Steve Sparks - University of Bristol |
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"The Eruption of the Soufrière Hills volcano, Montserrat" |
April 23 |
Tim McCoy - Smithsonian Institution |
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"Making science relevant in myaamia education using ašiihkiwi-kiišikwi (Earth-Sky) words and stories" |
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April 30 |
Derek Schutt - University of Wyoming/NSF |
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"The Yellowstone Hotspot and How it Got That Way" |
May 7 |
Tom Watters - National Air and Space Museum |
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"A New View of the Tectonics of Mercury from MESSENGER's First Flyby" |
May 14 |
Bob Craddock - National Air and Space Museum |
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"Erosion and Modification of the Keanakako’i Tephra in Hawaii: Clues For Understanding Early Mars" |
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May 21 |
Erik Klemetti - University of California Davis |
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"Crystal ages in rhyolite: What zircon and plagioclase can and can't tell us about magmatic processes" |
May 28 |
Ann Nguyen - Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"Coordinated analyses of presolar silicate grains in primitive extraterrestrial materials" |
June 4 |
Mariek Schmidt - Smithsonian Institution |
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"The Extensional, Glacial, and Deep Crustal History of North Sister Volcano, Oregon High Cascade Range" |
June 18 |
Michael Poland - US Geological Survey, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory |
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"A heckuva year at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii" |
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June 25 |
Matthew Fouch - Arizona State University |
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"Mantle dynamics of the western United States" |
September 10 |
Jessica Warren - Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"Insights on mantle composition from ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges" |
September 17 |
Isamu Matsuyama - Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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"To be announced" |
October 8 |
Jim Zimbelman - Center for Earth and Planetary Studies, Smithsonian Institution |
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"One Hundred Years after the Tunguska Explosion" |
October 15 |
Tom Casadevall - U.S. Geological Survey |
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"Long-lived Mud Extrusion near Surabaya, Indonesia" |
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October 29 |
Steve Self - Nuclear Regulatory Comission |
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"The world's largest volcanic eruptions" |
November 19 |
Richard S Fiske - Smithsonian Institution |
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"Intra-oceanic convergent margin volcanism: Volcanology’s Missing Link OR The Curse of the Island Arc!" |
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