Physical Earth Science seminars cover a wide range of subjects in which the quantitative methods of the physical sciences, both theoretical and experimental, are applied to Earth Science problems.
Fridays at 4.30 p.m. in the Lecture Theatre.
Michaelmas Term 2005| 1st Week 14th October |
Dr.
Adrian Muxworthy,
School of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Southampton, UK.
Magnetostatic interactions: Palaeomagnetic signals and Magnetotactic Bacteria. |
| 2nd Week 21st October |
Dr.
David Lavallee,
School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, University of Newcastle, UK.
Changes in the global water cycle from GPS measurements of the Earth's shape. |
| 3rd Week 28th October |
Dr.
Joergen Peder Steffensen, Niels Bohr Institute, Ice and Climate, University of Copenhagen.
TBA. |
| 4th Week 4th November |
Dr.
Pippa Whitehouse, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Durham, UK. Understanding solid earth deformation: using GPS to test models of geophysical phenomena around the world . |
| 5th Week 11th November |
Dr.
Manfred Mudelsee,
Climate Risk Analysis, Halle, Germany; and Institute of Meteorology, University of Leipzig.
Analysis of trends, cycles and extremes in Holocene monsoon records. |
| 6th Week 18th November |
Dr.
Jenni Barclay,
School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. Rain falling on volcanoes: mud, mayhem and maybe even explosions. |
| 7th Week 25th November |
Dr.
Andrew Sorby, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, UK.
Highs and lows: quantitative geomorphology and tectonics in the Basin and Range. |
| 8th Week 2nd December |
Dr.
David Catling, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, UK.
Oxygen and evolution in the Precambrian. |
Tea & biscuits will be available from 4.00pm in the upstairs coffee lounge before each lecture.
Convenor: friday-seminars@earth.ox.ac.uk
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contact the convenor.