LEEPS 2006 – 2007
Leading Edge of Earth and Planetary Science Lectures
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Typical Lectures – 100 Leonard Hall, Fridays at Noon
and 109 Leonard Hall, Fridays at 3:00 p.m. (see below for exceptions)
Both lecture times open to the public.
For further information contact joseph_hartman@und.edu, 777-5055
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A WORKING SCHEDULE
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Date
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Availability
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Planning/Topic/Title
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| Sept. 8 | Hartman Planning | Winnipeg Field Trip |
| Sept. 15 | Will not available | |
| Sept. 22 | Perkins Planning |
Yellowstone Field Trip |
| Sept. 29 | Available | |
| Oct. 6 | Hartman Planning
Homecoming |
Rod Feldmann (B.S. 1961, M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1967 alum), Kent State University A.G. Leonard Award Noon Lecture Noon: A tale of three continents: Unanticipated discoveries from field studies in paleontology. |
| Oct. 13 | Hartman Planning
Gerla (Geol 422) |
Jim Sorensen (UND B.S. 1991 alum), EERC Noon: The Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership – The role of geology and geological engineering in addressing global climate change. [Primarily for undergraduate and graduate students] 3 p.m., Leonard 100 Phil Wilson (Senior Design presentation) Soil Infiltration Characteristics of Native Prairie Compared with Cropland . Bryce Picard (Senior Design presentation) Birdbear Formation: Possible Horizontal Play In Bottineau County. |
| Oct. 20 | Perkins Planning |
Rebecca Flowers, Cal Tech 12:00 p.m.: Unroofing the Colorado Plateau and implications for carving the Grand Canyon. 03:00 p.m.: A lower crustal lperspective on the stabilization and reactivation of contental lithosphere in the western Canadian Shield. |
| Oct. 27 | No lecture |
Geological Society of America annual meeting (Philly) |
| Nov. 3 | Available | |
| Nov. 10 | No lecture |
Veterans Day Observance |
| Nov. 13 | MONDAY | Lynn Helms, Director, N.D. Department of Mineral Resources
1:00 p.m., North Dakota Oil Transportation Issues |
| Nov. 17 | Hartman Planning |
Lance Grande, Field Museum (of Natural History) Noon: The evolution of evolution, and museum studies in Chicago and Wyoming 2:00 p.m. Discussion opportunity |
| Nov. 24 | No lecture |
Thanksgiving Day Observance |
| Dec. 1 | Gerla and Hartman Planning |
12:00 p.m. Geol 422 student research presentations Phil Wilson (senior report) Soil hydrological properties of native prairie compared with cropland Bryce Picard (senior report) Birdbear Formation: Possible horizontal play in Bottineau County, North Dakota 3 p.m., Leonard 100 (all are invited) Marron Bingle (Ph.D. Proposal Presentation) Distribution, diversity, and origins of the Upper Cretaceous nonmarine molluscan fauna of the infra- and intertrappean sediments in the Deccan Plateau, central and western India |
| Dec. 4 | Hartman Planning |
Calvin Alexander (University of Minnesota) Noon Special Lecture: Soudan Mine Seeps: Hydrogeology, Geochemistry, Planetology, & Microbiology 2:00 p.m.: Mike Davis (GGE M.S. Defense), Room 100 (Lecture Bowl) Evaluating surface area-basin volume relationships for prairie potholes |
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Dec. 5 |
Connie Planning |
GGE Christmas Party Blue Moose, Tuesday at 5:00 for social, 5:30 for supper |
| Dec. 8 | No lecture |
Reading and Review Day |
| Dec. 11 | No lecture |
Finals Week |
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Jan. 11 |
Hartman Planning |
GGE's Sigma Gamma Epsilon Beta Zeta Chapter (National Honor Earth Sciences Society) hosts: J. Mark Erickson, St. Lawrence University, St. Lawrence, New York 07:00 p.m. Ordovician bryozoans: Putting the pieces back together (Room 109 Leonard Hall) |
| Jan. 12 | Available | |
| Jan. 19 | Hartman Planning |
Art Bogan, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences 12:00 p.m. Global freshwater bivalve diversity and extinction. 03:00 p.m. Freshwater bivalve diversity and convergence: How do we interpret the fossil record? |
| Jan. 26 | Hartman Geol 421-422 | Student Artifact Talks (video taped) |
| Feb. 2 | Perkins Planning |
Hanna Nekasil, State University of New York at Stony Brook Department of Geosciences 12:00 p.m. Martian Magmatism: Towards a new Martian paradigm. 03:00 p.m. Late-stage volatile evolution in Martian magmas: Insights from the Chassigny meteorite. |
| Feb. 9 | Hartman Geol 421-422 | Noon and 3:00 p.m. Student Chalk Talks (to be video taped) |
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Feb. 15 |
SGE lecture series |
Jim Sorenson (GGE B.S., 1991 alum), EERC 06:30 p.m. (Room 100) Potential for CO2 storage in saline aquifers and oil fields in the plains region of North America |
| Feb. 16 | Gosnold Planning |
Jacqueline Huntoon, Dean of the Graduate School, Michigan Tech 12:00 p.m. Field training for teachers in Earth System Science. 03:00 p.m. The search for a source rock for the giant Tar Sand Triangle hydrocarbon accumulation. |
| Feb. 23 | Gerla Planning |
Joe Magner, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and University of Minnesota 12:00 p.m. A sentinel watershed-systems approach to future water quality management 03:00 p.m. Selected Minnesota riparian Systems: Geochemical and isotopic analysis of hydrologic pathways and water quality response |
| Mar. 2 | Gerla-Hartman-Forsman Planning |
Abigail Franklund Master's Thesis Proposal 12:00 p.m. Developing a rapid method for assessing the physical stability of streams and rivers in Minnesota’s Agassiz beach ridges Matt Burton-Kelly Master's Thesis Proposal 12:30 p.m. Recovery of freshwater mussels post-Cretaceous-Paleogene impact event |
| Mar. 9 | Not Best | |
| Mar. 16 | No lecture |
Spring Break |
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Mar. 22 |
SGE lecture series |
Will Gosnold, UND GGE 06:30 p.m. (Room 100) A new look at Geothermal Energy as an energy choice for the future |
| Mar. 23 | Korom Planning |
Frank Casey, North Dakokta State University 12:00 p.m. Hormones and their fate in the environment 3:00 p.m. Geol 421-422 class meets |
| Mar. 30 | Hartman Geol 421-422 |
12:00 p.m. Student PowerPoint talks 03:00 p.m. Abstracts, spontaneous presentations |
| Apr. 6 | No lecture |
Easter Observance |
| Apr. 12 | Thursday |
North Dakota Academy of Science (April 12-13), Minot |
| Apr. 13 | Hartman Geol 421-422 | 12:00 p.m Marissa Linback Senior Thesis Presentation
Topic: Characterizing soil conditions at the remaining occurrences of Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara) 03:00 p.m. Anna Worden Senior Thesis Proposal Topic: North Dakota volcanic tuff correlation 03:15 p.m. Ashley Ignatius Senior Thesis Proposal Topic: Rochester land developement and groundwater use |
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Apr. 20 |
Hartman Planning |
Jack Horner, Museum of the Rockies, Montana State University 3:00 p.m. (Room 100) Digging dinosaurs around the world GGE SGE Awards Banquet at EERC (by ticket only) Banquet Speaker: Jack Horner Why dinosaurs changed their stripes: Dinosaur ontogenies - How skull shape changes dictate behavior |
| Apr. 24 | LeFever Planning | 1:00 p.m. (Room 215) Mike Blackstone, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering
Master's Defense: Methane potential of upper Fort Union Formation Sandstones, Campbell County, Wyoming |
| Apr. 27 | Hartman Geol 421-422 |
12:00 p.m. Justin Kringstad Senior Design Presentation Topic: Reservoir characterization of the Broom Creek Formation for carbon dixoide sequestration 03:00 p.m. Heather Lammers Senior Design Presentation Topic: Levee stabilization design propoosal for flood control near the VFW icea arena in East Grand Forks, Minnesota 03:45 p.m. Charles Gorecki Senior Design Presentation Topic: Potential of CO2 enchanced oil recovery and sequestration in the Golden Pinnacle Reef Reservoir in the Williston Basin, North Dakota |
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May 2 |
Advisor Planning |
Master's Student Project Presentations 12:00 p.m. Shannon Heinle Master's Project Proposal Resolving terain effects in borehole temperature profiles 12:30 p.m. Ryan Klapperich Master's Propect Proposal Analysis of associated bedrock-aquifer system sediments: Origins of electron donor-rich aquifers in eastern North Dakota |
| May 4 | Hartman Geol 421-422 |
Reading and Review Day 2:00 p.m. Jessica Phillips Senior Thesis Presentation Topic: Comparison of a CV chrondrite with two Earth samples 02:40 p.m. Chase Christensen Senior Thesis Presentation Topic: Topographic mapping of GJD 66 Basin 03:15 p.m. Emil Opitz Senior Design Presentation Topic: Energy Use Factors and Future Conerns |
| May 7 | No lecture |
Finals Week |