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Prof. Grosfils â€” with colleagues Sarah Davey (first author), Richard Ernst, and Claire Samson (all at Carleton University) — presents an analysis of pit crater chain clustering in selected areas of Venus.

Alexandra Davatzes, Temple University, will discuss the Late Heavy Bombardment, the onset of plate tectonics, and the early evolution of life.

Colin Robins, Keck Science Department (CMC/PIT/SCR) will give a talk titled "Mineralogical and Soil-Geomorphic Insights from a ~4-5 million-year-old Mojave Desert Soil."

Anne Sheehan, University of Colorado, Boulder, will present recent results from a major passive and active source EarthScope Flexible Array seismological experiment in the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.

John Grotzinger, California Institute of Technology and JPL, will be discussing exciting new data from the Curiosity rover on Mars.

At the start of each academic year the Geology Department takes a multi-day trip to renew friendships, share stories from the summer, and indulge our love of geology.

Woodward Fischer, California Institute of Technology, will discuss the evolution of photosynthesis and the rise of oxygen.

Wendy Panero (HMC ’97), The Ohio State University, will cover the variables that affect whether or not other Earth-like planets exist.

Peter Douglas (’05), California Institute of Technology, will be presenting new data on interactions between the Maya and their environment gathered from the isotopic composition of plant wax biomarkers preserved in lake sediments.