Bob Weimer Memorial Reception with the Weimer Family December 4, 2021, 5:30 - 9 pm Ben H. Parker Student Center Grand Ballroom/ Virtual Masks are required regardless of vaccination status unless actively eating meals and drinking. The reception is scheduled in a hybrid format. If you would like to join the presentation, please find the […]
Dr. Sean Gulick, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin Thursday, January 27, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom, 4-5PM Life and Death by Impact: Drilling for Clues Abstract: The most recent of Earth’s five largest mass extinction events occurred 66 Ma, coeval with the impact of a ~12 km asteroid, striking at ~60 […]
GGE Department: Student Research Fair with Geophysics Sponsored by ConocoPhillips What: A presentation/ competition celebrating student research in Geology & Geological Engineering and Geophysics When: Thursday, March 3, 2022, 2-4pm in the Ben H. Parker Student Center Grand Ballroom Why: Share your research and engage in scholarly discussion with your colleagues, faculty, and guests from […]
Dr. Don Rosenberry, United States Geological Survey Thursday, April 7, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom, 4-5PM Groundwater-surface-water Exchange Unrelated to Measured Hydraulic Gradients: Unraveling the Complexities at the Sediment-water Interface Abstract: Hydrogeologists are taught that exchange between groundwater and surface water is driven by hydraulic gradients and governed by hydraulic conductivity. Although true in most […]
Dr. Chen Zhu, Indiana University Thursday, April 14, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom 4-5PM Hydrogeochemistry: Recent Advances and Opportunities & Challenges Ahead Abstract: Chemical and isotopic processes occur in every segment of the hydrological cycle. Hydrogeochemistry—the groundwater subdiscipline that studies these processes—has seen a transformation from “witch’s brew” into a credible science. In particular, we […]
Dr. Trevor Partridge, United States Geological Survey Thursday, April 21, 2022 in BE 241/ Zoom, 4-5PM Is Expanding Irrigation a Feasible Climate Change Adaptation Strategy for U.S. Agriculture? Abstract: Irrigation […]
Mines Geology Trail Tour, With Steve Sonnenberg, Department of Geology and Geological Engineering 4PM, Thursday, September 1, 2022 MEET AT BERTHOUD HALL’S WEST ENTRANCE STEPS AND BRING A WATER BOTTLE
Kevin Befus, University of Arkansas Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, September 15, 2022 Topic: Sea Level Rise and Flooding from Below Abstract: Coastal aquifers represent hidden sources of flooding for coastal communities. Relative sea-level rise could daylight coastal water tables, leading to new or more productive seepage. Feedbacks with the built environment could exacerbate meteoric […]
Ezra Yacob, EOG Resources Berthoud 241, 4PM, Thursday, September 22, 2022 Unconventional Approaches for Unconventional Times – The Geologist’s Role in the Future of Energy Abstract: Economic progress, industrialization, and urbanization - events that propel both developed and undeveloped countries to a higher degree of electrification and energy efficiency - require access to energy dense, […]
Michael D. Blum, University of Kansas Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, October 6, 2022 Dakota Group Fluvial Systems of the Colorado Front Range: Provenance, Geochronology, and Significance to North American Sediment Routing Abstract: Professor Bob Weimer of the Colorado School of Mines made numerous first-order contributions to understanding of Cretaceous rocks of the Colorado Front […]
YOU'RE INVITED CSM Alumni Event at GSA Monday, Oct 10, 2022 5:30 - 9:30 PM, Wright Room Overlook at Appaloosa Grill Located just two blocks f rom the Colorado Convent […]
Kathryn Stack, NASA Ben H Parker Student Center Grand Ballroom/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, October 13, 2022 Topic: Exploring the Sedimentary Rock Record of Mars with NASA’s Curiosity and Perseverance Rovers Abstract: Since the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover arrived in Gale crater in August 2012, the Curiosity team has addressed questions of early Mars habitability […]
Isabella West, CSM ConocoPhillips GE/ GP Department Student Research Fair Winner Berthoud 241/ Zoom, Thursday, October 20, 2022 Topic: Analysis of the Effects of Jointing on Rockmass Mechanical Behavior Using Rockmass Analog Numerical Models and Laboratory Specimens Abstract: All civil and mining engineering structures are built on or in soil and rock. Particularly for infrastructure […]
Keith Musselman, University of Colorado Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, October 27, 2022 Mountains of Change: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources and Informing Potential Adaptation Strategies Abstract: Snow is the primary source of water and streamflow in western North America and supports the water supply for more than one billion people globally. In […]
Anne Thompson, PetraScience Consultants Berthoud 241/ Zoom, Thursday, November 3, 2022 Alteration Mineralogy - The Full Spectrum Abstract: Alteration mineralogy is key to understanding the evolution of fluids and mineralizing processes important in the formation of ore deposits. Fundamental to our knowledge base is both the identification of individual minerals and the documentation of their […]
Keiko Hattori, University of Ottawa, SEG International Exchange Lecturer Berthoud 241/ Zoom, Thursday, November 10, 2022 Use and Misuse of Indicator Minerals in Exploration for Porphyry-type Deposits Abstract: Porphyry Cu-Au deposits are associated with granitic intrusions formed from hydrous and oxidized magmas. Such magmas produce minerals with distinct compositions. Zircon is one of such minerals, […]
Frank Pavia, CalTech Berthoud 241/ Zoom, Thursday, December 1, 2022 New Helium Isotope Tracers of Polar Ice Dynamics Abstract: Understanding how both sea ice and ice sheets respond to climatic change is hampered by a paucity of sedimentary proxies ice dynamics for the geologic past. In this talk I will present new work calibrating and […]
David Applegate, USGS Director Joint Geology & Geological Engineering, Geophysics, Earth & Society Programs, USGS Geologic Hazards Science Center, Office of Global Initiatives Lecture Friedhoff Hall 1&2/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, January 12, 2023 Science in Service to Society: The Evolving Role of the U.S. Geological Survey Abstract: Since its founding, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) […]
Judy Hannah, Colorado State University Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, January 19, 2023 How Re-Os Isotope Systematics in Petroleum Systems was Born Abstract: Twenty years ago, my research program serendipitously took a new direction. After beginning in tectonics and arc volcanism, my interests turned to sea floor alteration and then ore genesis. My analytical skills […]
Holly Stein, Colorado State University Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, January 19, 2023 Topic/ Abstract TBA This lecture is scheduled in a hybrid format. If you would like to join the meeting please: Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://mines.zoom.us/j/92396619117?pwd=cnNHL2hSbWNZV3pXcjFiOVpMWDhRZz09 Password: 827662 The Van Tuyl lectures are scheduled at 4-5pm in BE 241/ […]
Kyren Bogolub, Colorado Geological Survey Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, February 2, 2023 The Colorado Geological Survey, Colorado Seismicity, and New Questions Abstract: The Colorado Geological Survey (CGS) has been a department in the Colorado School of Mines since 2013. It operates as a non-regulatory state agency providing science in service to the people of […]
Elizabeth Holley, Mining Engineering Professor Joint Geology & Geological Engineering and Mining Lecture Berthoud Hall 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, February 9, 2023 Responsible Critical Minerals Abstract: Policymakers in the United States and worldwide have called for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to slow the rate of global warming, but the transition to renewable energy and […]
Chris Atchison, National Science Foundation Joint Geology & Geological Engineering/ Geophysics/ Mining Engineering/ Petroleum Engineering Departments Lecture Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, February 16, 2023 “Broadening Participation in Geoscience Field-studies through Inclusively Designed Communities of Learning” Abstract: Regardless of the discipline, field-focused coursework places an implicit prerequisite on the physical ability needed to navigate the […]
SEIS, the international seismometer of NASA?s InSight mission, operated on Mars from February 20 19 until mid- December 20 22. For the first time, a robotic seismometer installation was made on the ground followed by wind shield deployment. We present results in term of anisotropy, attenuation and scattering. Seismic source analyses have determined magnitude, depth […]
Richard S. Bishop, International Oil and Gas Consultant Student Center Grand Ballroom/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, February 23, 2023 Origins and Habitats of Super-Giant Fields Abstract: The answer to what controls field size is relatively simple: it is the smaller of either trap capacity or volume of charge (Bishop et al., 1983). There is a growing […]
Robert Handford, Consulting Sedimentologist Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, March 2, 2023 Laterally Accreting Slope-channels, Cyclic Steps, and Sediment Waves in a Not-So-Deep but Dynamic Basin, Mississippian Fort Payne Formation, Kentucky-Tennessee Abstract: The Lower-Middle Mississippian Fort Payne Formation in south-central Kentucky consists of carbonate-shale clinothems, which initiated along the abandoned, subaqueous delta front of the […]
Geology & Geological Engineering/ Geophysics Student Research Fair, Sponsored by Conoco Phillips Ben Parker Student Center Grand Ballroom, 5-7PM, Thursday, March 9, 2023 Categories (by first author); cash prizes given to winning poster in each division: Undergraduate Geophysics Masters Hydrology Masters Geological Engineering Masters Petroleum/Soft Rock Masters Economic Geology/Hard Rock Masters Pre-candidacy PhD PhD Candidates: […]
Ken Belitz, United States Geological Survey, GSA's Hydrogeology Division’s Distinguished Birdsall-Dress Lecturer for 2023 Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, April 20, 2023 Old Problems, New Approach: Applications of Ensemble-Tree Machine Learning to Hydrogeology Abstract: Ensemble tree modeling is a machine learning method well suited for representing complex non-linear phenomena. As such, ensemble tree modeling can […]
Antônio Meira Neto, Colorado College Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4PM, Thursday, April 27, 2023 Geophysical Imaging of Water Ages Abstract: Understanding how long water stays in the earth's surface (from the moment it lands as precipitation until it reaches a stream or evaporates back into the atmosphere) is quite important for many earth science investigations. However, […]
Jeffrey Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory Berthoud 306/ Zoom, 4PM, Monday, May 1, 2023 The Interplay of Multiple Scales in Fractured Media on Flow and Transport Properties Abstract: In low-permeability fractured media, such as granites and shales, flow and the associated transport of dissolved solutes is controlled primarily by fractures embedded within the rock matrix. […]
Mines Geology Trail Tour, 4 PM, Thursday, August 31, 2023 with Dr. Stephen A. Sonnenberg MEET AT BERTHOUD HALL’S WEST ENTRANCE STEPS AND BRING A WATER BOTTLE
Van Tuyl Lecture, Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4-5 PM Arnoud Slootman, CSM Geology & Geological Engineering Post-Doctorate Carbonate Platform Slopes: Outcrops, Experiments and Models Resedimented carbonates are important building blocks of carbonate platforms and adjacent slopes. Shallow-water carbonate environments may be prolific producers of skeletal and non-skeletal sediments. Excess sediment is exported off-platform and may accumulate […]
Van Tuyl Lecture, Berthoud 241/ Zoom, 4-5 PM Dorrik Stowe, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland VANISHED OCEAN: How Tethys Re-shaped the World Abstract: A hundred million years ago, a mighty ocean dominated the equatorial world. Its vast waters bore witness to many of most dramatic episodes in the story of our planet. It played host to a […]
Sara Warix, CSM Geology & Geological Engineering/ Geophysics PhD Candidate 2023 Student Research Fair Winner, 4-5PM, Berthoud 241 'Impacts of Climate Change on Headwater Stream Discharge and Chemistry' Abstract: In the western U.S., climate change is causing more precipitation to fall as rain rather than snow and it is currently unclear how, where, and when […]
Weimer Distinguished Lecture, Dr. Donna S. Anderson, Geology & Geological Engineering, Friedhoff Hall, 3:30-6PM 'Golden’s Mining Roots and Legacies: A Journey in Geoheritage' Abstract: Gold in Golden? Clay, beer, sewers, brick, and spark plugs? Aggregate, paved streets and open space? Clear Creek and tubing? Golden’s 160+year mining history left these and other legacies, forming a […]
Van Tuyl Lecture, February 12, 2024, Berthoud 204, 12-1pm Greg Tucker, University of Colorado Community Resources for Modeling Earth's Dynamic Surface Abstract: Computer simulations of earth's geomorphic and sedimentary processes provide valuable insight into how landscapes, seascapes, and depositional basins evolve. Simulation models embody quantitative concepts about how geologic systems work, and as "living hypotheses" […]
DI&A Van Tuyl Lecture, March 11, 2024, Berthoud 243, 12-1pm Leigh Stearns, University of Kansas Lots of Data, No Diversity: Exploring Machine Learning Algorithms and Strategies to Build Community in Glaciology Abstract: As the cryosphere undergoes unprecedented changes due to global warming, artificial intelligence has emerged as a powerful tool in advancing research, monitoring, and risk […]
GGE Department: Student Research Fair with Geophysics Sponsored by ConocoPhillips What: A presentation/competition celebrating student research in Geology & Geological Engineering and Geophysics When: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 4-6pm in Grand Ballroom, Ben Parker Student Center Why: Share your research and engage in scholarly discussion with your colleagues, faculty, and guests from across campus and […]
Van Tuyl Lecture, April 1, 2024, Berthoud 204, 12-1pm Kaustubh Thirumalai, University of Arizona "Individual Foraminifera as Tracers of Paleomonsoon Intensity and Methane Seepage History from Indian Margin Sediments" Abstract: Sediments accumulating offshore the Indian subcontinent hold a rich record of southern Asian paleoclimate change, where freshwater outflow is primarily driven by Indian Summer Monsoon […]
Van Tuyl Lecture, April 15, 2024, Berthoud 204, 12-1pm Kevin Rosso, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Probing Ion Relaxation Dynamics at Mineral-Water Interfaces for Advances in Understanding Electrical Geophysical Signatures of the Subsurface Abstract: Electrical geophysical sensing techniques such as resistivity tomography and spectral induced polarization hold promise for real-time monitoring of distributions of strain, porosity, […]