Fall 2016
August 30
Welcome Party!
Short student presentations on summer field adventures
September 6
Matthew Fox, U.C. Berkeley, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science
History of mountain belts from the inversion of topography and thermochronometry
September 13
Leonard Sklar, SFSU, Dept of Earth & Climate Sciences
The Problem of Predicting the Size Distribution of Sediments Supplied by Hillslopes to Rivers
September 20
Kim Blisniuk, San Jose State University, Geology Department
A ~100,000 year geomorphic history of large earthquake displacements on the San Andreas fault in southern California
September 27
David Mustart, SFSU, Dept of Earth & Climate Sciences
Origin of Mineral Deposits with World-class Collectible Specimens of Native Gold and Native Silver
October 4
Amelia Vankeuren, Cal State Sacramento, Department of Geology
Combating Climate Change with Mantle Rocks: CO2 storage in the Oman Ophiolite
October 11
Fall 2016 Dawdy Lecture in Hydrologic Sciences
Scott Peckham, University of Colorado, Institute of Alpine and Arctic Research
Flow Resistance and Longitudinal Elevation Profiles for Rivers: Two Stories about Development Mathematical Models to Understand Observations
October 18
Alan Howard, University of Virginia, Dept. of Environmental Sciences
The Unexpected Splendor of Pluto as Revealed by the New Horizons Mission
October 25
Fall 2016 Distinguished Alumna Lecture
Jill Marshall, UC Berkeley, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science
The geomorphic legacy of glacial intervals in unglaciated terrain: Insight from the A 50-ky paleo lake core in the Oregon Coast Range
November 1
Clifford Riebe, University of Wyoming, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
The influence of bedrock composition on drought-induced mortality in southern Sierra Nevada forests
November 8
Phoebe Lam, UC Santa Cruz, Dept. of Ocean Sciences
Marine Particles in the Ocean: distribution, composition, and role in biogeochemical cycling
November 15
Cathy Busby, UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Earth Science
2016 Ocean Discovery Lecturer – International Ocean Discovery Program
Anatomy of a Long-lived Oceanic Arc: Synthesis of Three International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expeditions in the Azu-Bonin-Marianas Arc
December 6
Student thesis defense presentations
Lan Ma
Influence of tree-level variability on tree-ring reconstructed temperature at Sonora Pass, CA
Rui Liu
Regional tectonic evolution of the Pioneer core complex, south-central Idaho
Spring 2017
January 31
Andy Collison, ESA Associates
You need an aeolian geomorphologist: modeling the impacts of solar power plants on desert ecosystems
February 7
Nick Swanson-Hysell, UC Berkeley
Failed rifting and fast drifting: North America's Mid-continent Rift and its record of rapid paleogeographic change
February 14
Alyssa Atwood, UC Berkeley
The tropical Pacific response to abrupt climate change
February 28
C. Page Chamberlain, Stanford University
Cenozoic topographic and climatic evolution of western North America - with caveats
March 7
Mary Leech, Department of Earth & Climate Sciences, SFSU
The close interplay between fluids, metamorphism, and deformation in the rocks from the lower crust and mantle
March 14
Kristina Dahl, Climate Scientist Consultant, Union of Concerned Scientists
A flooded future: Projecting the frequency of minor coastal flodding along the East and Gulf Coasts in 2030 and 2045
March 28
Laura Racca, Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists
Building your own career: The California Professional Geologist License
April 4
Rusty Holleman, San Francisco Estuary Institute
Sea level rise, tidal dynamics, and inundation
April 11
Esther Conrad, Postdoctoral Fellow, Gould Center for Conflict Resolution, Stanford Law School and the Water in the West Program, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University
Governing groundwater in California: can we cooperate instead of litigate?
April 18
Amy Luers, Skoll Global Threats Fund
Hacking wicked problems: Linking science and technology for building resilience
April 25
Student thesis defense
Jason Poague (MS) -- Zan Stine
Detecting Global Hydrological Cycle Intensification in Sea Surface Salinity
April 27
Student thesis/proposal defenses
Mayra Dudrenova (BS) – Leonard Sklar
How does hillslope sediment size vary with rock type?
Nolen Brown (BS) – Leonard Sklar
Analyzing city landscapes using techniques from earth sciences
Joey Verdian (BS) – Leonard Sklar
Influence of Cliff Face Fractures on the Size Distributions of Talus Particles
May 2
Student thesis/proposal defenses
Gionata Bianchi (MS) – Leonard Sklar
Particle Size Reduction in Geophysical Granular Flows: the Role of Rock Fragmentation
Brandon Swanson (MS) -- Mary Leech
Pressure-temprature conditions of Kyanite-bearing Migmatites at Ledge Mountain, Central Adirondack Highlands
May 9
Student thesis/proposal defenses
Jack Reeder (MS) – Mary Leech
The formation of kyanite-bearing migmatites in the central Adirondack Mountains
Jacob DeAngelo (MS) – John Caskey
Developing Data-Driven Tools to Guide Geothermal Energy Exploration
Daniel Sullivan (BS) – John Caskey
Character of Surface Offsets on the Western Death Valley Fault Zone
May 11
Student thesis/proposal defenses
Suzanne Goldstein (MS) – Leonard Sklar
Flood Hazard Modeling for a Changing Climate: Changing Flood Frequency, Inundation Extent and Community Vulnerability in South Lake Tahoe
A landscape evolution model with explicit parameterization of sediment size supplied by hillslopes to channels
Lauren Finkelstein (MS) – Leonard Sklar
Measuring the resilience to changing hydrological regimes in the Tonle Sap Basin, Cambodia
May 16
Student thesis/proposal defenses
Beth Holmes (BS) – Petra Dekens
Reconstructing the Last Glacial Cycle in the Southern Bay of Bengal
Alexandria Lagos (MS) – Petra Dekens
Constructing a Planktonic δ18O Age-Model and Sea Surface Temperature Record for the Bay of Bengal during the Mid-Pleistocene Transition
Molly Mclaughlin (MS) – Leonard Sklar
Investigating the Mechanisms Behind the Affect of Caddisfly Silk (hydropsychidae) on Critical Shear Stress in Gravel Bedded Rivers