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Whole Earth Seminar Winter 2003
Natural Sciences Annex, Room 101
(unless otherwise noted) Tuesday Afternoon, 4:00 PM

Please join us for tea and snacks in the E&MS Dreiss Lobby at 3:30 PM.

Seminar Coordinator: Jim Zachos
These seminars may change without advance notice. To confirm and/or to arrange for special accommodations, please call the Earth Sciences Dept. at (831) 459-4089 or email Judy
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January 10, 2003
Long Term Control of CO2 & Climate over Earth History
Dan Schrag Harvard University
Co-Sponsored by CDELSI

NOTE: Special day and time, Friday at 3:30. Same location

January 14, 2003
Automobiles and California Air Pollution
Robert Harley Civil Engineering, UCB
Co-Sponsored by CDELSI

January 21, 2003
High sensitivity of Antarctic subaqueous melting rates
Eric Rignot Jet Propulsion Laboratory

January 28, 2003
The paleoclimate record of coastal northern California during the past 15,000 years
John Barron USGS, Menlo Park

February 4, 2003
Global Spreading Rates Revisted- Implications for Sea Level and Atmospheric and Ocean Chemistry
Dave Rowley University of Chicago
Co-Sponsored by CDELSI & CSIDE

February 11, 2003
Eating and Breathing at the Water-Rock Interface
Sue Brantley Penn State
Co-Sponsored by CSIDE

February 18, 2003
Evolution and Extinction of Marine Molluscs in Neogene
Peter Roopnarine Cal Academy

February 25, 2003
Large-scale elongated gas blowouts, offshore Virginia/North Carolina: Process and Product
Neal Driscoll Scripps, UCSD

March 4, 2003
Giant Submarine Slides on Continental Margins Triggered by Ocean Warming and Gas Hydrate Melting
Juergen Mienert Scripps, UCSD

March 11, 2003
The Endeavour Hydrothermal System: Anatomy of a Vigorously Venting System
John Delaney University of Washington
Sponsored by CSIDE