New Mexico State University

Department of Geological Sciences

 

Geological Sciences Colloquium

Spring 2009

 

Regularly scheduled talks are held Wednesday at 4:00 PM in Room 189 Breland Hall (BD).  Please arrive at 3:45 PM for food, announcements, and to ensure a seat. E-mail geology@nmsu.edu or call 646-2708 for additional information.

 

January 21      No Colloquium

 

January 28      Gus Gustason, El Paso Exploration and Production Company, --Hunting, fishing, ecotourism and unconventional gas development, Vermejo Park Ranch, Raton Basin, New Mexico--

 

February 4      Maureen Wilks, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, --Learn all about and see the latest publications from the New Mexico Geological Society and New Mexico Bureau of Geology Publishing Programs.-- Pizza will be provided. There will be some great sale bargains on Bureau publications, so come prepared with money, checks or credit cards!

 

February 11    No Colloquium

 

February 18    Meredith Durr, NMSU, --Terrestrial depositional environments of the Permian-Triassic boundary in southeastern New Mexico and west Texas--

 

February 25    Terry Jordan, Cornell University, --Co-Evolution of the Central Andes & Atacama Desert: Chickens & Eggs-- 

 

March 4          Frank Ramos, NMSU, --Inter-and Intracrystalline Isotopic Disequilibria: Techniques and Applications (MSA Short Course).--

 

March 11        Scott Causey, NMSU, --Magma Mingling: A Petrologic, Geochemical, and Geochronologic Study of the Southern Granitoid Suite of the Florida Mountains, NM--

 

March 18        No Colloquium

                       

March 25        Spring Break.  No Colloquium

 

April 1            Gene Rankey, University of Kansas. Title to be Announced

 

April 8            John Oldow, UT Dallas. Title to be Announced

                       

April 15          Cody Buller, NMSU, --Salt-Sediment Interaction in the Paradox Basin, Utah--

 

April 22          Colloquium to be Announced.

 

April 29          Awards Banquet (4 PM)

 

April 30          Gary Gray, ExxonMobil Exploration Company, --Terrane assembly and the Triassic-Jurassic evolution of northern Mexico--  (Note special colloquium date on Thursday)

 

May 7             Final Exam Week—No Colloquium