Events

Groome Endowed Professor Department of Civil Engineering Auburn University Title: Impacts of the BP Oil Spill – An Analysis of Past, Present and Future State of Alabama’s Sandy Beaches Abstract: On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) drilling platform exploring for oil on the Macondo Prospect (MC252) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) exploded,

Groome Endowed Professor Department of Civil Engineering Auburn University Title: Worthiness of complex groundwater models for decision making— How to balance complexity with simplicity? Abstract: Complex mathematical models are routinely used by groundwater hydrologists to predict contaminant concentration levels in polluted aquifers. These predictions are then used in risk-assessment and epidemiological studies, which are often

Hannah Reed Title: "Crystallographic Characterization of Calcite Microstructures in Fossil Brachiopod Shells in Relation to Lifestyle" Gourab Bhattacharya Title: "Miocene exhumation of the Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone in NW India: An insight into the controls of tectonics and climate"

Ben Ginter Title: Using LiDAR Images for Quantitative Analysis of Natural Fractures in Woodford Shale Outcrops along I-35 in Southern Oklahoma Alex Owen Title: "Origins of Upper Jurassic Smackover Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs and Associated Reservoir Facies at Fishpond Field, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico”

Liz Olree Title: "Kinematic Modeling of Central Nepal: Thermochronometer Cooling Ages as a Constraint for Balanced Cross Sections" Daniel Montiel Title: "Examining the importance of submarine groundwater discharge in a river dominated estuary: example of Mobile Bay, AL"

Berg Nazlim Title: "A comparison of extension estimates across the margins of the Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea" Beril Alkan Title: "Petroleum System Analysis of Kirkkavak Formation in the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey" Efkan Kabaca Title: "Seismic Facies Analysis in Netherlands Offshore F3 Block, North Sea"

Assistant Professor Department of Geology Colgate University Title: "Illuminating the African Lithosphere with Surface Wave Tomography" Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa hosts tremendous diversity in lithosphere structures and dynamic processes. The backbone of the continent consists of a conglomeration of Archean and Proterozoic cratons separated by Proterozoic mobile belts. These pre-Cambrian features are intact and relatively unaltered

Dusty Hawkins Title: "Temporal and Spatial Variations in Stream Water Chemistry in a Watershed Impacted by Acid Mine Drainage" Evan Back Title: "Effects of disaggregation on water leaching of volcanic deposits" Erik Rheams Title: "Variation in Reservoir Fluid Chemistry During and Following CO2 Injection at Citronelle Oil Field, Alabama"

Assistant Professor Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University Title: "Formation of Natural Reactive Barriers at the interface between reduced aquifers and tidally fluctuating, gaining rivers" Abstract: Recent studies have documented concentrated metal deposits within nearshore (<10m) sediments of riverbank aquifers. These Natural Reactive Barriers (NRBs) often form at the interface between anoxic aquifers and

Dr. Rona Donahoe, Professor of Environmental Geochemistry Title: Geochemistry:The Science and Some of its Applications Abstract:This talk will provide an introduction to the field of geochemistry and an overview of the analytical instrumentation available for student use in the Department of Geological Sciences. Specific examples of the application of low-temperature geochemistry to address real-world problems