September 2006

September 6
Eric Herbst
Ohio State University
"Astrochemistry and the Stages of Star and Planetary Formation"

September 13
Guillaume Richard
Yale University
"TBA"

September 20
Jonathan Castro
Smithsonian Institute
"Magma Ascent and Eruption Dynamics at the Inyo Volcanic Chain, CA"

September 27
Joseph Nuth
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
"Grain Formation in Stellar Environments"

October 2006

October 4
Colleen Dalton
Harvard University
"Interpreting images of seismic-wave attenuation and velocity"

October 11
Frederik Simons
Princeton University
"What can we say about the back of a planet if we observe only the front?
(On gravitational and magnetic fields determined from incomplete and noisy satellite observations.)"

October 18
Maureen Long
DTM
"Shear Wave Splitting, Anisotropy, and Mantle Deformation Beneath Japan"

October 25
Diana Valencia
Harvard University
"What can we say about properties of Super-Earths?""

November 2006

November 1
Benjamin Holtzman
Columbia University
"Organized Melt, Seismic Anisotropy and Plate Boundary Dynamics"

November 8
Stephen Mackwell
Lunar and Planetary Science Institute (LPSI)
"Comparative Roles for Oxygen and Water Fugacities in Mantle Processes"

November 15
Donald B. Campbell
Cornell University
"The Radar Reflection Properties of Icy Surfaces in the Solar System and the Search for Lunar Ice"

November 22
Sabine Stanley
University of Toronto
"A Study of Planetary Magnetic Field Morphologies"

November 29
Reid Cooper
Brown University
"Seismic Wave Attenuation and the Prospect for Imaging/Interpreting Deformation Structure"

December 2006

December 6
Clint Conrad
Johns Hopkins University
"Great Earthquakes, Deep Earthquakes, and Plate-Driving Forces"

December 13
No Seminar
(Fall AGU)

December 20
William McDonough
University of Maryland
"Accretion of Moderately Volatile Elements"

December 27
No Seminar
(Christmas/New Year's Break)

January 2007

January 3
No Seminar

January 10
Fred Ciesla
DTM
"Dust Coagulation and Settling in Protoplanetary Disks"

January 17
Larry Nittler
DTM
"A Comet in the Laboratory: Results of the Stardust Mission"

January 24
Marc Hirschmann
University of Minnesota
"Basalt Magmatism and the Deep Earth Carbon Cycle"

January 31
Daniel Apai
University of Arizona
"Planetary Systems around Cool Stars: Origins and Properties"

February 2007

February 7
Hector Arce
American Museum of Natural History
"Protostellar Outflows and heir Influence on the Star Formation Environment"

February 14
Thomas Ruedas
DTM
"The Effects of Water on Dynamics and Geophysical Observables of Ridge-Centered Mantle Plumes"Cancelled due to inclement weather

February 21
Josh Eisner
University of California, Berkeley
"Planetary Beginnings: Probing the Inner AU of Protoplanetary Disks"

February 28
Sergei Ipatov
DTM
"Migration of Small Bodies and Dust in the Solar System"

March 2007

March 2 (2:00 p.m.)
Thomas Ruedas
DTM
"The Effects of Water on Dynamics and Geophysical Observables of Ridge-Centered Mantle Plumes"

March 9*
Amos Nur
Stanford University
"Oil Peak and Oil Panic: Revisiting M K Hubbert"

March 14
No Seminar-LPSC

March 21
Jonathan Fortney
NASA Ames Research Center
"TBA"

March 28
Scott Sheppard
DTM
"Completing the Inventory of the Outer Solar System"

April 2007

April 4
Selwyn Sacks
DTM
"Volcanic Eruptions: Lessons from Hekla, and the Significance of the Conduit"

April 11
Crystal Brogan
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
"High Mass Star Formation from the Cradle to the Grave"

April 18
Paul Silver
DTM
"Intermittent Plate Tectonics"

April 25
Steven Shirey
DTM
"Isotopic, Trace Elemental,and Petrologic Constraints on the Start of Plate Tectonics"

May 2007

May 2
Vadim Levin
Rutgers University
"The End of Subduction in Northern Apennies"

May 9
Richard Carlson
DTM
"Composition of the Earth: A New View"

May 16
Tim Dixon
University of Miami
"Subsidence and Flooding in New Orleans"

May 23
No Seminar-Spring AGU

May 30
Peter LaFemina
Pennsylvania State University
"Life and Death Struggle in a Propagating Ridge System: Geodetic GPS and Geologic Observations in South Iceland."

June 2007

June 6
Kenneth Johnston
U.S. Naval Observatory
"SIM & the Prospects for Future Astrometric Missions"

June 13
John Carr
Naval Research Laboratory
"Probing the Gas: Water and Organic Molecules in Protoplanetary Disks"

June 20
No Seminar-MESSENGER Science Team Meeting

June 27
Sean C. Solomon
DTM
"The MESSENGER mission: Looking forward to Mercury and this month's Venus flyby"

July 2007

July 4
No Seminar-Holiday

July 11
No Seminar

July 18
Ann Nguyen
DTM
"TBA"

July 25
Ivan Savov
DTM
"TBA"