Geology & Geophysics Lecture Series
Special lectures are hosted by the department to help expand student's access to a wide range of topics and distinguished academics. Financial support for the lecture series is provided by the LJ Wilbert Endowment, Grover E. Murray Educational Fund, and the Marathon Oil Distinguished Speaker Series Fund.
Fall 2024 Schedule
Seminars now on Wednesdays! At 3:20 p.m., we begin with refreshments the in the Clarence Cazalot Marathon Oil Atrium of Howe Russell Kniffen Geoscience Complex. Seminars begin at 3:45 p.m. in E130 Howe-Russell-Kniffen. Networking continues after the seminar in the Atrium. #GeauxGeology #LSUGG
| Date | Guest Speaker(s) | Lecture Topic | Faculty Host(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 11 | Dr. Matthew Loocke, LSU G&G | Arc Foundations and Subduction Initiation as recorded in the mantle of the Izu-Bonin Forearc | Dr. Barbara Dutrow |
| September 18 | Professor Bob Gregory, Southern Methodist University | Stable Isotope Constraints on the Evolution of the Oceans: From Ophiolites to Archean Greenstones | Dr. Darrell Henry |
| September 25 | GSA meeting, Anaheim, CA – no seminar | ||
| October 9 | TBA | Dr. Barbara Dutrow | |
| October 16 | Fall Holiday - no seminar | ||
| October 23 | Dr. Brandee Carlson, University of Houston | River systems and Geomorphology | Dr. Sam Bentley |
| October 30 | Dr. Noah Phillips, University of Southern California (USC) | What controls the spectrum of slip behaviors in subduction zones? Constraints from the rock record | Dr. Eirini Poulaki |
| November 6 | Prof. Peter Clift, Univeristy College London (UCL) | Mountain Building, Erosion, Chemical Weathering, and Neogene Global Cooling | Dr. Guangsheng Zhuang |
| November 13 | Prof. Gonzalo Jiménez-Moreno, University of Granada | Miocene, Pliocene and Late Quaternary vegetation and climate reconstructions: selected case studies on paleo-forests from the western United States and Europe | Dr. Sophie Warny |
| November 20 | Dr. Dominik Kardell, ExxonMobil | Geophysics in Carbon Sequestration and Monitoring | Dr. Brandon Shuck |