School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE
SA 5005
AUSTRALIA
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Where to Find Us
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Special Events and EES Seminars for Semester 1, 2008
Each School discipline conducts a weekly seminar series thoughout the
year. These schedules are put out at the beginning of every semester but
are subject to change, so make sure you check this page for updates.
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SPECIAL EVENTS
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Date and Time
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Event
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Further Details
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27 June
8.30am - 5.30pm (followed by drinks until 7.00pm)
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Mineral Exploration Through Cover Conference
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see conference Program and Registration details (pdf 287kB)
Location: Mawson Building, University of Adelaide.
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| 8-12 September 2008 |
Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference |
The School of Earth & Environmental Sciences and the Australian School of Petroleum are co-hosts of the next Australian Organic Geochemistry Conference which will be held at the National Wine Centre of Australia on September 8-12, 2008.
On this occasion we shall be joining with the International Humic Substances Society and the Natural Organic Matter Interest Group in a combined national conference, the theme of which is Oil, Soil, Water and Wine.
Contributions in the general fields of Petroleum Geochemistry, Humic and Other Organic Matter in Soils, Natural Organic Matter in Potable Waters, and Isotope and Environmental Geochemistry will be considered. The organisers would particularly welcome offers of presentations on the following themes:
Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction
Petroleum characteristion - from source to reservoir
Understanding gas formation
Very old oil
Environmental monitoring
Novel methodologies to characterise NOM
Microbes - deep biosphere to soil organic matter
Waste-water recycling
Drinking water treatments
This meeting will continue the tradition of previous AOG, AOG-IHSS and AOG-NOM conferences in providing an hospitable forum for student oral and poster presentations.
Following the conference, authors are invited to submit their papers for publication in a special issue of the international journal Organic Geochemistry.
Full details of AOGC 2008, including the deadline for submission of abstracts and a facility for online registration, are now available on the conference website at
http://www.arris.net.au/aogc
Alternatively, for further information, please feel free to approach a member of the Organising Committee:
David McKirdy, Organic Geochemistry in Basin Analysis Group, E&ES (Chair)
Jeff Baldock, CSIRO Land & Water
Peter Boult, Petroleum and Geothermal Group, PIRSA
Chris Chow, Australian Water Quality Centre
Susannah Gallagher, Santos
Deborah Haynes, Palaeoecology & Limnogeology Group, E&ES.
Evelyn Krull, CSIRO Land & Water
Lynn Webster, Organic Geochemistry in Basin Analysis Group, E&ES
- David McKirdy
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5-7 pm each Tuesday in first semester 2008
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climate2030
12-part seminar series
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"The Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability is hosting the seminar series during the first semester in 2008 to explore the likely impacts of climate change. It is widely acknowledged that the planet has become warmer over the past century and anticipated climate changes over coming decades will have significant global impacts.
"The seminars will address a range of issues relating to the mitigation of carbon emissions and adaptive strategies to respond to the anticipated impacts of climate change." [visit the the RIsCCS web site for more information]
Napier G04, The University of Adelaide, North Terrace Campus
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second Tuesday of every month at
5.30pm
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Research Tuesdays |
Napier Building (Lower Ground) on the North
Terrace campus (map ref K12) at 5.30pm, and will run for approximately
one hour. Admission is free.
[schedule
and seminar details]
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ECOLOGY AND
EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
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Fridays
11.00 am, Benham Lecture Theatre, Benham Building, North Tce Campus
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Date
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Speaker
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Seminar
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Special Note
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7 March 2008
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Dr Simon Bryars, Marine Ecologist - Threatened Species, Biodiversity Conservation Programs, Science and Conservation, DEH
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“The disappearing Sea Nymph: loss of Amphibolis seagrasses off Adelaide”
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14 March 2008
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Dr Elisa Bone, Associate Lecturer, School E&ES
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"New kid on the block presents: the 'right stuff' on bryozoans"
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21 March 2008
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(Good Friday)
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28 March 2008
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Ali Bloomfield – initial PhD seminar
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"Where do fish get their nutrition from? A study of diets using stable isotopes"
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4 Apr 2008
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Assoc. Prof. Bo Jin – School E&ES
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"From wastes to riches: integrated bio/nanotech-process for resource recovery and waste reuse"
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11 April 2008
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Anthony Connallin – initial PhD seminar
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"Exploiting innate fish behaviours to control introduced carp 'Cyprinus carpio'in wetlands of the Murray/Darling Basin"
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18 April 2008
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Kate Muirhead – final PhD seminar
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"Genetic variation in Cotesia flavipes complex (Hymenoptera)"
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mid-semester break
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25 April 2008
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Anzac Day
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mid-semester break
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2 May 2008
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Anne Jensen – final PhD seminar
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"Dying for a drink -factors affecting recruitment of semi-arid floodplain plants: the River Murray, Australia"
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9 May 2008
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Dr Damien Fordham – Research Associate, School EE&S
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"Setting the bench mark for harvesting: balancing good science and commercial interests"
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16 May 2008
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Dr Alejandro Valerio, visiting researcher, Ohio State University
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"The braconid wasp genus Hypomicrogaster"
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23 May 2008
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(CANCELLED)
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(CANCELLED)
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CANCELLED
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30 May 2008
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Vanessa Glennon – final PhD Seminar
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"Monogeneans of the southern fiddler ray, Trygonorrhina fasciata (Rhinobatidae) in South Australia: an exceptional model to compare parasite life history traits, invasion strategies and host specificity"
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6 June 2008
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(TBA)
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(TBA)
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TBA
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13 June 2008
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Initial PhD Seminars
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TBA
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TBA
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20 June 2008
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1 - Skye Woodcock - Initial PhD Seminars
2 - Emma Steggles - Initial PhD Seminar
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1 - "Isotope marking of larval fish as a method of distinguishing hatchery-reared from naturally-produced fish"
2 - “Soil seed bank and vegetation dynamics of western myall (Acacia papyrocarpa) open woodland in Yellabinna Regional Reserve, South Australia.”
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27 June 2008
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Initial PhD Seminars
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TBA
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you require further information regarding these seminars please contact John
Jennings on 830 37277, mobile 0439 340 486 or via email at john.jennings@adelaide.edu.au |
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GEOLOGY AND
GEOPHYSICS
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Wednesdays from 1.10pm - 2.00pm, Eric Rudd Lecture Theatre, Mawson Building, North Tce Campus
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Date
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Speaker
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Seminar
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Special Note
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27th February
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Boyan Vakarelov
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Shallow Marine Classification Revisited
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| 5th March |
Stephan Thiel |
Modelling and inversion of magnetotelluric data for 2-D and 3-D lithospheric structure, with application to the Oman Ophiolite and the Gawler Craton |
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12th March
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Oskar Thalhammer
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The Guli Dunite Complex, Taimyr Province, northern Siberia, Russia: a highly
metasomatised asthenopheric mantle portion?
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19th March
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John Foden
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TBA
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26th March
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Alan Collins
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Inebriatedly Investigating Iberia: the Geology of NW Spain
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2nd April
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Caroline Forbes
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Evolution of the Mt. Woods Inlier
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Mid semester Break
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30th April
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Graham Heinson
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The Structure and Dynamics of Oceanic Lithosphere from
Electromagnetic Soundings
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7th May
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Frank Reith
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Microbial mechanisms on secondary gold precipitation
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14th May
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Bernie Wood
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Accretion of the Earth and separation of the core
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21st May
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Simon Holford
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Cenozoic Exhumation Of The Southern British Isles
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28th May
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Ralf Tappert
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The origin of diamonds from South Australia
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you require further information regarding these seminars please contact Husam Seif on 830 35482 or via email at graham.baines@adelaide.edu.au |
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SOIL AND LAND
SYSTEMS - preliminary schedule - more to follow.
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Every second
Tuesday from 11.30am - 12.30pm (unless otherwise advised), Level 3 Seminar Room, Prescott Building,
Waite Campus
[Immediately preceded by Morning Tea outside the Seminar Room]
(*) Initial PhD seminars will be 20 minutes plus 5 minutes for questions.
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Date
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Speaker
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Seminar
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Special Note
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February 5th
(special time)
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(1) Tra Duong
(2) Shariah Umar
(3) Rozmi Razali
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(1) Dynamics of plant residue decomposition and nutrient release
(2) Effect of clay on plant residue decomposition.
(3) Amelioration of saline soil with gypsum and plant residue |
(special time) 11.30am - 12.45pm
Initial PhD seminars*
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February 12th
(special date and time)
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(1) Raj Setia
(2) Nages Milani
(3) Jia Wen
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(1) Understanding Organic Matter Dynamics in Salt Affected Soils using Remote Sensing, Organic Matter Chemistry and Geo-informatics
(2) Fate and reactions of manufactured nanoparticles in terrestrial environment
(3) Improving cadmium phytoextraction using rhamnolipid
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(special time) 11:30am – 12:45pm
Initial PhD seminars*
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February 19th
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Jean-Patrick Toussaint
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Of Basil and Mycorrhizas: tales of Ph.D.
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Final PhD seminar
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March 5
(special venue and time: Plant Research Centre 2:00 – 3:30 )
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Greg Brown
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Mapping landscape values, special places, and spatial preferences using Public Participation GIS (PPGIS) for natural resource management: methods, applications, and state of knowledge
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Land and Biodiversity Services Division (DWLBC) + Soil & Land Systems
joint seminar
Seminar is followed by afternoon tea. [more (pdf 42kB)]
(special venue and time: Plant Research Centre 2:00 – 3:30 )
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March 18th
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Ramesh Segaran
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Linking Parks: A spatial transdisciplinary approach to valuing urban greenspace.
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Initial PhD seminars*
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April 1
(special venue:
Plant Research Centre )
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Mike Young
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A future-proofed Basin: A new water management regime for the Murray-Darling Basin
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Invited Speaker
see flyer (doc 34kB)
special venue:
Plant Research Centre
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MID SEMESTER BREAK
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May 6
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Bertram Ostendorf
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The dangers of spatial and temporal undersampling in environmental research
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| May 20 |
Evelina Facelli |
Underground friends and enemies: study of the mechanisms underlying the role of mycorrhizas in plant competition using model plants
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June 10
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Steve Yool
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Changing Rules of Engagement: Grand Challenges in Wildland Fire Information Technology and Management
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Invited Speaker
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June17
(special venue:
Plant Research Centre)
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Barry Brook
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Climate change: Impacts and Adaptation for the Australian Environment and Agriculture
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Invited Speaker
(special venue:
Plant Research Centre)
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August 6
11.30am-1pm
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Margaret Abat |
Adsorption and Desorption of Copper and Zinc in Tropical Peat Soils of Sarawak |
Initial Postgrad Seminars |
| Duy Nang Nguyen |
Soil water availability in soils being reclaimed from the saline/sodic state |
| Beng Umali |
An Integrated Approach to Better Predict the Off-site Management of Agrochemicals and it's Impact on Water Quality |
| August 20 |
Jeffrey Hughes |
TBA |
Invited Speaker |
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* If
you require further information regarding these seminars please contact via
email evelina.facelli@adelaide.edu.au.
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* Please note that the EES seminar schedules are updated at the
beginning of each semester and holds only current semester seminar details.
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