Western Region - Evening Public Lecture Series
** Note: To view the archived video, you will need Windows
Media Player. Windows Media Player is already installed on
most Windows systems (START:/Programs/Accessories/Multimedia/).
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December 8, 2005 |
Frozen in Time |
How Ice Cores Are Revealing the Composition and Temperature of Earth's Atmosphere During t
he Past Million Years |
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By Todd Hinkley, Geologist | |
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* Flyer: dec05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/dec05.wmv |
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November 17, 2005 |
Shifting Shoals and Shattered Rocks-- |
HOW MAN HAS CHANGED THE FLOOR OF SAN FRANCISCO BAY |
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By John Chin and Florence Wong, Geologists | |
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* Flyer: nov05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/nov05.wmv |
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October 27, 2005 |
Earthquake Storms |
The Very Long Reach of Very Large Earthquakes |
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By Susan Hough, Seismologist | |
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* Flyer: oct05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/oct05.wmv |
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October 21, 2005 | A Crack in the Edge of the World
America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 |
By Simon Winchester | |
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**Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/oct05a.wmv |
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September 29, 2005 |
Toxic Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems |
Why Quality Trumps Quantity |
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By Mark Marvin-DiPasquale, Microbial Ecologist | |
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* Flyer: sep05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/sep05.wmv |
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August 25, 2005
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A Delicate Balance |
Salt Ponds, Wetland Restoration, and Wildlife in San Francisco Bay |
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By A. Keith Miles and John Y. Takekawa, Wildlife Biologists | |
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* Flyer: aug05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/aug05.wmv |
July 21, 2005 |
California Rock and Roll |
Viewing and Touring the San Andreas Fault system in 3-D * *3-D glasses will be provided at the lecture |
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By Phil Stoffer, Geologist | |
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* Flyer: jul05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video:Due to technical difficulties this webcast is not available. A re-recording may be available in the future. |
June 30, 2005 |
Tsunamis |
Lessons and Questions from the Indian Ocean Disaster |
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By By Eric L. Geist, geophysicist, Bruce E. Jaffe, oceanographer, and Brian F. Atwater, geolo gist | |
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* Flyer: jun05flyerB.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/jun05.wmv |
June 14, 2005 |
Deep Freeze |
The Impact of Science on U.S. Climate-Change Policy |
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By Judy Layzer, MIT Political Scientist, and Herman Karl, USGS Earth Scientist | |
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* Flyer: jun05flyerA.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/jun05A.wmv |
May 26, 2005 | Sonoran Desert |
Fragile Land of Extremes |
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A video presentation and discussion |
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By
Research Ecologists Cecil Schwalbe and Todd Esque will introduce
the 2003 USGS video Sonoran Desert: Fragile Land of Extremes,
present an update on recent research, and answer your questions. |
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* Flyer: may05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) **Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/may05.wmv |
April 28, 2005 | Earthquakes at the USGS |
Blowing the Lid off Seismic Science for 40 Years |
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By
Ross Stein, representing the USGS Earthquake Hazards Team |
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The Parkfield earthquake of 1966 launched a torrent of research at the USGS in Menlo Park. With the San Andreas Fault as a backyard lab and global earthquakes as a guide, the USGS has changed the landscape of earthquake science in:
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* Flyer: apr05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
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**Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/apr05.wmv |
January 27, 2005 |
Deciphering an Estuarine Ecosystem |
35
Years of San Francisco Bay Studies |
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By
John Conomos, Scientist Emeritus |
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* Flyer: jan05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
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**VIdeo: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/jan05.wmv |
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February 24, 2005 |
When Rocks Fall and the Land Slides |
Understanding and Coping with Slope Failures |
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By
Gerald F. Wieczorek, Geological Engineer, and Raymond C. Wilson, Landslide Geologist |
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* Flyer: feb05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
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**Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/feb05.wmv |
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March 31, 2005 | Commotions in the Oceans |
USGS Shipboard Research Sparked Scientific Advances |
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By
William R. Normark, and David W. Scholl, Marine Geologists |
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* Flyer: mar05flyer.pdf (Adobe Acrobat PDF) |
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**Video: mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/science/mar05.wmv
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