Van Tuyl Lectures
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| January 12 | No Lecture |
| January 19 | Dr. Joyashish Takurata – Teaching Assistant Professor in Economic Geology Candidate “Diamonds: origins, occurrences, and method of discovery” |
| January 26 | Dr. Scott Burns – Portland State University – Distinguished Jahns Lecturer “Cataclysms on the Columbia, the Great Missoula Floods” One of the greatest set of geological events to ever have occurred in North America was given the name, the Missoula Floods. The floods originated when an ice dam broke in upper Idaho liberating waters impounded in back of it in Montana, scouring out large sections of eastern Washington and the lower Columbia River drainage basin. The talk will focus on the incredible story of discovery and development of the idea of the floods by J. Harlen Bretz and later geologists and then will discuss the effect of the floods on the development of the landscape of 16,000 square miles of the Pacific Northwest. The floods occurred between 15,000 and 18,000 years ago. The idea of older floods will also be included. |
| February 2 | TBA |
| February 9 | TBA |
| February 16 | Dr. Reed Maxwell, Associate Professor, CSM, Geology and Geological Engineering “Towards an understanding of anthropogenic stresses and hydrologic feedbacks on future groundwater resources” |
| February 23 | TBA |
| March 1 | Dr. David Pyles – M.Sc., CSM - 2000, Ph.D., CU -2004, Director of Chevron Center of Research Excellence (CoRE) “Hydrodynamic Fractionation of Minerals and Textures in Submarine Fans: Results from physical experiments and the strartigraphic record” co-author with Jane Stammer, CSM; Morgan Sullivan, Chevron Energy Technology Company, Houston; and Kyle Straub, Tulane University |
| March 8 | Greg Anderson, Samson Oil “The Discovery of a Significant Gas/Condensate Field from the Paleocene Fort Union Formation at Barricade and Endurance Units, Washakie Basin, Sweetwater County, Wyoming” Best Paper Award RMAG 2011 |
| March 15 | No Lecture -- Spring Break |
| March 22 | Dr. Jirka Simunek, University of California Riverside, Dept. of Environmental Sciences |
| March 29 | TBA |
| April 5 | TBA |
| April 12 | TBA |
| April 19 | Dr. Carol Cleland – Dept. of Philosophy, Center for Astrobiology, Univ. of Colorado (Boulder) “Common Cause Explanation and the Search for a Smoking Gun” |
| April 26 | TBA |
| May 3 | TBA |
Refreshments will be served prior to each lecture. |