TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
All events are in Derring 4069 unless otherwise noted

THURSDAY, MARCH 1st, 2007

TIME NAME TITLE
10:00
Ellen Gilliland
GEOPHYSICAL IMAGING AT THE FRACTURED ROCK RESEARCH SITE, FLOYD CO., VA
10:15
Tingting Yan

CALIBRATION OF A GROUNDWATER MODEL IN LAS VEGAS VALLEY USING INSAR DATA
10:30
Kristyn DeMarco
CONTROLLING FACTORS OF RIVER WIDTH: A CASE STUDY OF THE NEW RIVER
10:45
Nicole West

EFFECT OF CHLORINATION ON ARSENIC RELEASE FROM SULFIDE MINERALS IN THE ST. PETER SANDSTONE AQUIFER, EASTERN WISCONSIN
11:00
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BREAK- refreshments available in the West Lobby
11:15
Nathanial Miller
WIDE-ANGLE MARINE SEISMIC REFRACTION IMAGING OF VERTICAL FAULTS: PRE-STACK TURNING WAVE MIGRATIONS OF SYNTHETIC DATA AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SURVEY DESIGN
11:30
Daniel Moncada
EXPLORATION FOR NON-METALLIC DEPOSITS USING REMOTE SENSING IN SAN FELIPE GUANAJUATO, MEXICO
11:45
David Loveday

TESTING THE LIMITS OF TRAVEL-TIME PICKING, FREQUENCY EFFECTS, AND NOISE UPON THE RESOLUTION OF TRAVEL TIME TOMOGRAPHY
12:00
Massimiliano Rolandi
CHARACTERIZATION  OF LANDSLIDE TRIGGERING INTHE CIRCUM –VESUVIAN AREA BASED ON GEOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL, HYDROLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL DATA
12:15
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LUNCH - Geology Museum, Room 2062 (12:30-2:00 pm)
2:00
Bing Shen
THE NEOPRTOEROZOIC QUANJI GROUP IN CHAIDAM BASIN, NORTHWEST CHINA: EIVDENCE FOR POST-GLACIAL STRATIFIED OCEAN
2:15
Alison Spengler

SILURIAN SHELF SEQUENCES, WABASH PLATFORM, MID-CONTINENT NORTH AMERICA:  RECORDS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
2:30
Kathleen McFadden

HIGH RESOLUTION CHEMOSTRATIGRAPHY OF THE EDIACARAN DOUSHANTUO FORMATION, SOUTH CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR OXIDATION OF THE EDIACARAN OCEAN
2:45
Jason Waters
TOWARD A MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING OF CALCITE MINERALIZATION IN SEAWATER
3:00
Nicholas Wigginton
PUTTING THE ‘HEME’ IN HEMATITE: ELECTRON TRANSFER AT THE MINERAL-MICROBE INTERFACE
3:15
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BREAK- refreshments available in 4045
3:30
Matthew Bychowski
QUANTIFYING TAPHONOMIC TRENDS AND BIASES IN LATE CENOZOIC COASTAL PLAIN DEPOSITS
3:45
Teresa Detrie
LOCATION OF HYDROGEN ATOMS IN PREHNITE
4:00
Andras Fall
THERMAL HISTORY OF MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSITS RECORDED BY FLUID INCLUSIONS
4:15
Juan Liu
HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE INVESTIGATION OF GALENA NANOPARTICLES
4:30
Stephen Becker
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF FLUID INCLUSIONS RELATED TO PORPHYRY COPPER MINERALIZATION

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 2nd, 2007

TIME NAME TITLE
10:00
Laura Hamm
POLYMORPH SELECTION: DECIPHERING BIOCHEMICAL CONTROLS ON CALCIUM CARBONATE MINERALIZATION
10:15
James Schiffbauer
AN “EMBRYONIC IDENTITY CRISIS” OR SIMPLY A CASE OF MISTAKEN IDENTITY? ULTRASTRUCTURAL AND STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE DOUSHANTUO METAZOAN EMBRYOS
10:30
Arijit Mitra
HIGH QUARTZ DISSOLUTION RATES AT LOW PH
10:45
Allison Stephenson
NANOSCALE MECHANISM OF MINOR AND TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITIONS IN CARBONATE BIOMINERALS: ESTABLISHING ORIGINS OF VITAL EFFECTS
11:00
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11:15
Ryan Thigpen
3-D STRAIN SYMMETRY AND VORTICITY OF FLOW ALONG THE MOINE THRUST, NW SCOTLAND: IMPLICATIONS FOR THRUST SHEET EVOLUTION AT MID-CRUSTAL LEVELS
11:30
Aaron Berger
THE WESTERN CHUGACH-ST.ELIAS OROGEN, ALASKA: STRAIN PARTITIONING AND THE EFFECT OF GLACIAL EROSION
11:45
Eleda Johnson
ELASTIC BEHAVIOR OF INTERMEDIATE PLAGIOCLASE AT HIGH PRESSURE
12:00
Jeidi Wu
DEPTH EXTENT OF THE FAULT ZONE SEISMIC WAVEGUIDE: EFFECTS OF FAULT INCREASING VELOCITY WITH DEPTH
12:15
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LUNCH - Geology Museum, Room 2062 (12:30-2:00 pm)
2:00
Clayton Loehn
ISOTOPIC MONAZITE AGE DISCORDANCY RESOLVED USING CHEMICAL-DATING AGE-DOMAIN IDENTIFICATION TECHNIQUES
2:15
Peter Voice
A LITERATURE COMPILATION OF DETRITAL ZIRCON AGE DISTRIBUTIONS: METHODOLOGICAL AND GEOCHRONOLOGICAL IMPLICATIONS OF DATED GRAINS
2:30
Amanda Albright Olsen
USING MINERAL LIFETIME DIAGRAMS TO EVALUATE THE PERSISTENCE OF OLIVINE ON MARS
2:45
Philip Prince
TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS OF WHOLE-ROCK AND TRACE ELEMENT GEOCHEMISTRY OF METABASITES OF THE TALLULAH FALLS, CHAUGA RIVER, AND ASHE FORMATIONS
3:00
Rosario Eposito
PREDICTING FUTURE ERUPTIONS AT CAMPI FLEGREI (ITALY) BASED ON MELT INCLUSION GEOCHEMISTRY
3:15
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BREAK- refreshments available in 4045
3:30
Martin Hernandez-Marin
EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER LEVELS DEPLETION ON FISSURING IN LAS VEGAS VALLEY
3:45
Rachel Lauer
CHARACTERIZING FRACTURED ROCK AQUIFERS OF THE BLUE RIDGE PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCE USING SURFACE AND DOWNHOLE GEOPHYSICAL METHODS
4:00
Lisa Tranel
EFFECTS OF GLACIAL AND FLUVIAL EROSION ON RELIEF HISTORY, TETON RANGE, WYOMING
4:15
Elizabeth Diesel
RELEASE OF ARSENIC AND COPPER FROM POULTRY LITTER APPLICATION IN AN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHED
4:30
Kelly Haus
TEM STUDY OF NANOPARTICULATE TOXIC METAL TRANSPORT IN THE CLARK FORK RIVER SYSTEM, MONTANA
5:30
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DINNER – Geology Museum 2062