Cal Poly Pomona
University
Geological Sciences
Department
2008-2009 Geology
Speaker Series
Fall
Quarter
Nov. 4 Dr.
Ken Hudnut – U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program
Tuesday 12 pm Bronco Bookstore, Room 202 (The Great ShakeOut Earthquake
Information Fair)
ShakeOut!
– The USGS scenario for a M 7.8 earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault
Nov. 21 & 22 Dr. Aaron Velasco – University of
Texas, El Paso, Geological Sciences Department
President, Society for the Advancement
of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Friday 1 pm Building
4, Room A-634 (Geological
Sciences Speaker Series)
Understanding
volcanic processes at San Miguel Volcano, El Salvador using seismic and radar
interferometry
Saturday 10 am Bronco Student Center, Ursa
Major Room (SCCUR
Conference)
Keynote Address – Southern California Conference
on Undergraduate Research (SCCUR 08):
Can a
large earthquake in another country cause one in your own backyard?
Winter
Quarter
Feb. 26 Lorraine
Leon – Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
The Geological Sciences Department & Cal Poly Pomona ADVANCE
Program present:
The Distinguished Doctoral Student/Post-Doctoral Seminar Series
Thursday 12
pm Building
4, Room A-634 (Geological
Sciences Speaker Series)
Paleoseismologic
and structural characterization of shallow, subsurface folding above
segmented
blind-thrust systems: Results from
the Puente Hills thrust and Compton fault,
Los
Angeles, California
Spring
Quarter
April 14 Mr.
Paul Roberts – Journalist and Author
Author of The End of Oil: On the Edge of a
Perilous New World
Tuesday 9
am Building
4, Room A-634 (Geological
Sciences Speaker Series)
Open
Discussion: The End of Oil: On the
Edge of a Perilous New World
April 15 & 16 Dr. Edmund Medley – Geosyntec
Consultants
2008-09 AEG-GSA Jahns Distinguished
Lecturer in Engineering Geology
Wednesday 7 pm Kellogg
West Conference Center (AEG
Inland Empire Chapter Meeting)
The
least you should know about characterizing geological chaos: “Bimrocks”
Thursday 12
pm Building
4, Room A-634 (Geological
Sciences Speaker Series)
Forensic
investigation of the Sea Cliff incident, an urban catastrophe
April 30 Margarita
Marinova – Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute
of Technology
The Geological Sciences Department & Cal Poly Pomona ADVANCE
Program present:
The Distinguished Doctoral Student/Post-Doctoral Seminar Series
Thursday 12
pm Building
4, Room A-634 (Geological
Sciences Speaker Series)
Consequences
of planetary impacts within the solar system