1996
Sep 19: 'The Three-Dimensional Structure of Hydrothermal Convection Systems: The Cascades, Japan, Hawaii and Iceland' - Michael Ryan, USGS
Oct 17: 'H2O in Subduction Zones - Constraints from Seismology' - Selwyn Sacks, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Nov 14: 'Orogenic Processes Affecting Eastern Taiwan - Constraints from Earthquake Focal Mechanisms' - Daivd Salzberg, SAIC/CMR
Dec 12: 'Did Dinosaurs Have Fleas?' - Nicholas Fraser, VA Museum of Natural History
1997
Jan 16: 'Seismological Issues Related to Nuclear Test Ban Verification' - John R.
Murphy, Maxwell Technologies
Feb. 26: 'Mining Fusion Energy Resources on the Moon' - The Honorable Harrison "Jack"
Schmitt
March 20: 'Living on the Edge of the
Chicxulub Crater: Geoarchaeological Field
Investigations of Ancient Maya Settlement and Environmental Resources in Northwestern
Yucatan, Mexico' - Dr Timothy Beach, Georgetown University
(Geomorphology), Dr Bruce Dahlin, Howard University (Archaeology), Dr Sheryl Luzzadder-Beach,
George Mason University(Hydrology)
April 17: 'Seismic Activity and Public Relations in Maryland' - Dr. James P. Reger,
Maryland Geological Survey
May 15: 'Slow Earthquakes, Stress Redistribution and Fast Earthquakes' - Prof. Alan
Linde, Carnegie Institution of Washington