Department of Terrestrial Magnetism (DTM) - Centennial Symposium
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Celebrating 100 Years of Discovery |
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Friday, 8 October 2004
Centennial Symposium
 The public symposium took place at the Carnegie
Institution's Administration Building, in the Elihu Root Auditorium.
The symposium started at 1:00 pm and ended at 5:00 pm, with a 15 minute break, and featured four Centennial Lectures. The lecturers were introduced by the Carnegie Institution's President, Richard A. Meserve,
and by the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Director, Sean C.
Solomon.
Symposium Speakers:
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“To Penetrate the Mantle of Darkness”:
DTM’s Path Through the Twentieth Century
by Shaun J. Hardy
Department of Terrrestrial Magnetism
You can watch Shaun Hardy's lecture by clickling
here.
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Speculations on Some Problems of Continental Evolution
by Thomas H. Jordan
University of Southern California, Los Angeles |
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Ideas, Isotopes, and Instrumentation: Geochemical Studies of Subduction Zones
by Julie D. Morris
Washington University, St. Louis |
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The Formation of Terrestrial Planets and the Earth-Moon System
by Robin M. Canup
Southwest Research Institute, Boulder |
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All the lectures were taped and are available to be viewed by making an appointment with the archives or library staff of DTM at 202/478-7960.
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