[Petwksp] MSA Distinguished Lectures

[Cameron Davidson]

Dear Colleagues,

It is my privilege to announce that the MSA Distinguished Lecturers 
for 2006-2007 are Jane Gilotti, Tim Lowenstein, and Steve Parman. 
Their affiliations and lecture titles are listed below.  I invite you 
to request a visit of an MSA lecturer to your institution during the 
next academic year by following the instructions below.  Please 
encourage colleagues at primarily undergraduate institutions and 
institutions outside North America to apply.  Tours will be arranged 
in North America and Europe (broadly defined), and I will accommodate 
as many of the requests as possible.

If your institution is interested in requesting a visit, please send 
your request to Cameron Davidson (cdavidso at carleton.edu).

The Lecture Program is designed to run from September 2006 through 
May 2007. Lecturer requests received by May 15, 2006 will be given 
priority.  Late applications will be considered on a space-available 
basis.  In making your request please include:

1.  Airport proximity and travel time to your institution.

2.  The name of a contact person at your institution for the months 
of May and June.  This is when schedules will be assembled.

3.  Contact e-mail addresses and phone numbers.

4.  Lecturer preference, and flexibility.

5.  Preferred semester and/or month for the visit, including 
flexibility.  If possible, please include dates that will not work 
(e.g. fall and spring breaks).

Please note that because of travel and schedule constraints it is 
normally not possible to satisfy requests for tightly constrained 
dates such as seminar days.

Best regards,

Cameron Davidson
MSA Distinguished Lecture Program Administrator



MSA Distinguished Lecturers for 2006-2007


Jane A. Gilotti (University of Iowa, USA)

who will offer lectures on

Diamond and coesite: forcing a new paradigm for continental collisions

and

Clues to high pressure melting of metasedimentary rocks deep in the 
heart of mountain belts

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Tim K. Lowenstein (Binghamton University, USA)

who will offer lectures on

Reviving ancient organisms in crystals: Jurassic Park or Fantastic Lark?

and

Tracking changes in the chemistry of ancient seawater: Mammal blood, 
Salt, and Sea Shells

and

High pCO2 in the Eocene Greenhouse world from Green River Na-carbonates

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Stephen W. Parman (Durham University, UK)

who will offer lectures on

The history of the Earth written in helium

and

Squinting at the Archean: komatiites and the thermal evolution of the Earth


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Cameron Davidson
Associate Professor of Geology
Department of Geology
Carleton College
One North College St.
Northfield, Minnesota 55057
507.646.7144 (voice)
507.646.4400 (fax)
http://www.people.carleton.edu/~cdavidso
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