Goldschmidt lecture series

Goldschmidt lecture series was established in 1995 and is named after Victor Moritz Goldschmidt (1888-1947). He worked at the University of Oslo for many years and is one of the greatest scientists of geochemistry. He was also known to be a good communicator.

 

  Spring 2012

  • 29.5.12 - Sue Webb. Universitetet i Witwatersrand. "Size Does Matter:  Geophysical Modeling of the Bushveld Complex".

 

  • 23.5.12 - John Gosse. "Post-Triassic evolution of the Canadian eastern Arctic Rim: The root of the matter".

 

  • 18.5.12 - Brent M. Goehring. Purdue University "Relict Cosmogenic Nuclides as a Means to Interpret Holocene Glacier Dynamics". See abstract.

 

  • 3.5.12 - Karen Hanghøj. GEUS "Geology and mineral deposits in Greenland"

 

  • 12.4.12 - Fritjof Ruden. "Classification and sustainability aspects of large onshore and offshore freshwater aquifers".

 

  • 23.3.12 - Gregor Borg. Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. "It’s the structure, stupid! – Metallogenic controls on mature sediment-hosted Cu-districts revisited". See abstract

 

  • 14.3.12 - Ruth Blake. Yale University. "Recent Developments in the application of 18O/16O ratios of phosphate: isotope probing, paleoproxies,  biosignatures & BIFs". See abstract


  • 8.3.12 - Clas Hättestrand. Universitetet i Stockholm, Sweeden. "The Muonionalusta meteorites in northeastern Sweden - a unique marker horizon in the terrestrial landscape evolution" See abstract

 

  • 17.2.12 - Håkon Austrheim, Physics of Geological Processes, University of Oslo. "From peridotite to a Ni and Cr rich “quartzite” through weathering. See abstract 
  • 2.2.12 - Brent Ward, Earth Sciences Deparment, Simon Fraser University. "Glaciation in the Northern Cordillera over the last 200ka: MIS 4 and 6 glacial limits". See abstract.

 

  • 3.2.12- Jean-Marc Baele, University of Mons, Belgium. "Cathodoluminescence in earth sciences: basics and applications". See abstract