Van der Voo Lecture: Paleo/Geomagnetism and Geobiology: Case Studies from the Ediacaran and Jurassic
Joseph Meert, University of Florida
Paleomagnetic research relies on two fundamental assumptions. The first is that rocks can faithfully document the structure of the...
Smith Lecture: Formation of Multiring Basins
Brandon Johnson, Purdue
The largest impact craters on the Moon are multiring basins, which exhibit three or more concentric topographic rings. Multiring basins...
Smith Lecture: Tectonics, Climate, and Topography: A View from the Greater Caucasus
Adam M. Forte, Louisiana State University
The potential for interactions and feedbacks between climatically mediated surface processes and active tectonics has been a motivating...
Smith Lecture: Weathering and Soil Development in the Earliest Land Plant Biospheres
Ria L Mitchell, Swansea University
Colonization of the land by primitive plants during the Early Palaeozoic had a profound effect on biologically mediated soil development,...
Smith Lecture: The Earth’s Hidden Ocean
Steven Jacobsen, Northwestern University
Water, incorporated into minerals and melts at the high pressure and temperature conditions found in Earth’s deep mantle may constitute...
Smith Lecture
Katharine Huntington, University of Washington
Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that...
Dorr Lecture
Ryan Mathur, Juniata College
The annual Dorr Lecture is Co-sponsored by the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and the Museum of Paleontology. The topic of...
Smith Lecture: Evolution of Cretaceous climate at southern high latitudes: Initial results from IODP Expedition 369 offshore southern Australia
Brian Huber, Smithsonian Institution
International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 369 recovered an extensive succession of Cretaceous sediments from 60°S paleolatitude,...
Smith Lecture
Sara Pruss, Smith College
Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that...
Smith Lecture
Brian Arbic, University of Michigan
Throughout the Fall and Winter terms, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences hosts the William T. Smith Lecture Series that...
