Second Year Qualifying Presentations

Tuesday, April 14 - 3:00 PM - KGL 123
Karen Paczkowski
The Effects of Glacial Cycles on Lithospheric Instabilities

Thursday, April 16 - 10:30 AM - KGL 102
Tamara Machac
Regional Climate Change: Land-surface Feedbacks in Semi-arid Regions

Tuesday, April 21 - 2:30 PM - KGL 123
Sarah Vorhies
Time scales and mechanisms of metamorphism in the Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland

Monday, April 27 - 12:00 Noon - KGL 102
Ross Mitchell
An Archean-Early Paleoproterozoic apparent polar wander path for the
Slave Craton-the tectonic prehistory of the -United Plates- of America

Tuesday, April 28 - 10:00 AM - KGL 102
Keith Laskowski
The strength of the glacial buzzsaw: evidence from the range crest and the wedge tip

Wednesday, April 29 - 3:00 PM - KGL 123
Peter Douglas
Biomarker climate records of the classic Maya collapse

Thursday, April 30 - 9:00 AM - KGL 102
Srinath Krishnan
Constraining Hydrological Cycle Characteristics of Early Eocene Hyperthermals

Monday May 4 - 9:00am - KGL 102
Jo Wolfe
Origin and evolution of arthropod limb morphology

Procedure: Students will give no more than a 30 minute presentation.
This is immediately followed by brief period (no more than 10 minutes) of questions from the general audience.

Attendance:
Required: by the Advisor, Advisory Committee, DGS and PREcomm.
Optional: Other interested faculty and students are invited to attend the presentation and the subsequent brief general-question period.

Third Year Reviews (locations tbd)

Monday, April 27 - 10:30 AM
Kazuhiko Otuska

Tuesday, April 28 - 2:00 PM
Melanie Parker

Friday, May 1 - 12:00 Noon
Thomas Hegna and Tyler Lyson

Friday, May 1 - 3:00 PM
Jakob Vinther

Monday, May 4 - 12:30 PM
Tara Mayeau


Reviews are open to the students Advisory Committee, DGS, and other interested faculty.