Union Lectures

Frontiers of Geophysics Lecture: Friday, 6 December, Moscone Center, 5:30– 6:30 P.M., Session U52B, Speaker: Eric Barron, Penn State

Agency Lecture: Monday, 9 December, Moscone Center, 5:30– 6:30 P.M., Session U12B, Speaker: James R. Mahoney, Director, U.S. Climate Change Science Program

Bowie Lectures

Saturday, 7 December

Bowie Lecture, "Towards Imaging the Earth's Surface in 4 Dimensions," presented by Gilles Peltzer. G62B, 1600h, MCC: 133

Sunday, 8 December

Birch Lecture, "A Geophysicist's Journey to the Center of the Earth," presented by Gerald Schubert. T72D, 1345h, MCC: 134

Monday, 9 December

Nicolet Lecture, "Aeronomy: From Exploration to Data Assimilation," presented by Robert W. Schunk. SA11A, SH11B, SM11A, 0830h, MCC: 134

Gutenberg Lecture, "Bananas, Doughnuts and Seismic Traveltimes," presented by Francis A. Dahlen. S12E, 1630h, MCC: 105

Sverdrup Lecture, "What Oceanographers are Learning From Transient Tracers," presented by William J. Jenkins. OS11F, 1100h, MCC: 104

Section and Focus Group Lectures

Friday, 6 December

Whipple Lecture, "Remote Compositional Analysis: The Coming of Age," presented by Thomas B. McCord. P51C, 0830, MCC: 270

Lorenz Lecture, "Self-Organized Complexity in Geophysics," presented by Donald L. Turcotte. NG52B, 1630h, MCC: 103

Saturday, 7 December

Cesare Emiliani Lecture, "'Prepare Immediately for Whatever Is Going to Happen Next': A Paleoclimatic View of the Future," presented by Richard B. Alley. PP62C, 1630h, MCC: 104

Sagan Lecture, "From Genomes to Life to the Planet and the Cosmos: In Appreciation of Carl Sagan," presented by Steven A. Benner. B62B, 1600h, MCC: 134

Nye Lecture, "Consider an Ice Stream...," presented by Robert Bindschadler. C63A, 1800h, MCC: 130

Monday, 9 December

Bullard Lecture, "Plumes and Earth's Dynamic History: From Core to Biosphere," presented by Vincent E. Courtillot. GP12C, 1630h, MCC: 130