Colloquium Series
Join us for our weekly Geology Colloquium Series, typically scheduled at 12PM on Thursdays. All in-person presentations will be held at at the Beren Petroleum Conference Center, in Slawson Hall, Room G192. Colloquiums which are held virtually will be hosted on Zoom. All are welcome to attend.
There is a "Register in advance" option for colloquiums hosted virtually. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Fall 2022 Schedule
August 25: Geology Student Clubs, KU Geology
September 1: Dr. Noel M. Bartlow, Assistant Professor, KU Geology – "Seafloor Geodesy in Cascadia"
CANCELLED – September 8: Kaj Johnson, Professor, Indiana University – "Forecasting Earthquakes in the US and New Zealand"
September 15: George Tsoflias, Professor, KU Geology – "Induced Seismicity in Southern Kansas"
October 6 (Virtual, Rescheduled from September 6): Kaj Johnson, Professor, Indiana University – "Forecasting Earthquakes in the US and New Zealand"
NO COLLOQUIUM – October 13: GSA, FALL BREAK
October 27: Greg Dumond, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Arkansas
November 3: Don Rosenberry, United States Geological Survey, Lakewood, CA
November 10: Landon Burgener, BYU
November 17: Don Steeples, KU Geology
NO COLLOQUIUM – November 24: THANKSGIVING
December 1: N/A
NO COLLOQUIUM – December 8: LAST DAY OF CLASSES
Spring 2023 Schedule
January 26: Online Events from Kansas State University in Manhattan: Maria Angela Capello – "Women and DEI: A Fire-Talk" & "My Beautiful Career in Geosciences" – 10:30 - 11:30 AM & 4:00 - 5:00 PM
February 2: Field Trips Information Session - Field Trip Faculty Members
February 9: Darren Carlisle, USGS Kansas Water Science Center – "Ecological Drought: Indicators of Vulnerability and Risk for Riverine Ecosystems"
February 16: Jesse Korus, University of Nebraska – Lincoln – "A Deep-time, High-resolution View of Cenozoic Fluvial Systems on the Great Plains using LiDAR, AEM, UAVs, and Aerial Imagery"
February 23: Marissa M. Tremblay, Purdue University – "From the Alps to Outer Space: Advancing our Understanding of Earth System Processes Using Cosmogenic Noble Gases"
March 2: Kevin Bohacs, Retired, ExxonMobil; KMBohacs Geoconsulting – “How close is geological thought to reality? Insights about geological time, continuity, and rates of change revealed by the Holocene sequence stratigraphy of the Po-River—Adriatic-Sea system, Italy”
March 9 – Klein Lecture: Devon Orme, Montana State University – “Insights into Forearc Basin Initiation from the Mesozoic Great Valley, California”
NO COLLOQUIUM – March 16: SPRING BREAK
> March 23: Jonathan Munn, P. Geo., Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Physical Sciences, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute – “Active Distributed Temperature Sensing: A Versatile Tool for Measuring Groundwater and Subsurface Variability” – Register in advance
April 4: Gray Tappan, USGS Earth Resources Observation & Science Center
April 13: Salli Dymond, Northern Arizona University, School of Forestry
April 20: David F. "Davey" Wright. University of Oklahoma
April 27: Judith Totman Parrish, University of Idaho
NO COLLOQUIUM – May 4: LAST DAY OF CLASSES
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