Speaker: Prof. Heng Tsai National Changhua University of Education Title:The application of pedogenic properties as evidence for geomorphologic studies ─ some examples from Taiwan (In Chinese) Time : 13:30 p.m. - 15:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Place : Room 213, Department of Geosciences

Speaker:Dr. Tin-Wai Ng Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Title:SPICE dip? – The North China SPICE and its global correlation to the base of the Paibian Stage (early Furongian Series), Cambrian Time : 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 21th, 2012 Place : Room 213,…

Speaker:Dr. Janusz Wasowski Institute for Geo-hydrological Protection (IRPI) of National Research Council (CNR), Italy Title:Ground instability and landslide activity assessment with high resolution X-band Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI): the Zhouqu, Gansu, China case study Time : 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Friday, Dec 14th, 2012 Place : Room 213, Department…

Speaker:Dr. Alexander KunzDepartment of Geosciences, National Taiwan UniversityTitle:The Gamma-ray Spectrometer in the Department of Geosciences - Method and Application(in English)Time : 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Friday, Nov 23th, 2012Place : Room 213, Department of GeosciencesColloquium chair: Associate Professor Li-Hung Lin

Speaker:Shouyeh Gong (宮守業) 副研究員 National Museum of Natural Science Title:An Abrupt Backreef Infilling in a Holocene Reef, Paraoir, Northwestern Luzon, Philippines (In Chinese) Time:13:30 p.m. - 15:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 20, 2012 Place : Room 213, Department of Geosciences

Title 1: Development of tectono-sedimentary mélanges in accretionary wedges: analog modeling and case studies Speakers:Dr. Jacques MALAVIEILLE and Dr. Manon GENTI Title 2: Mountain building, a personal view through 30 years of field observation and analog modeling Speaker:Dr. Jacques MALAVIEILLE Directeur de Recherche CNRS, Geosciences Montpellier, France Time : 10:00…

Speaker: Prof. Yuji Sano Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute The University of Tokyo Title: Past daily light cycle recorded in the Sr/Ca ratios of giant clam shells Time: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2012 Place : Room 213, Department of Geosciences

Speaker:Prof. Miguel A. Bañares 1. Full Research Professor, Catalytic Spectroscopy Laboratory, Instituto de Catalisis (CSIC), Spain 2. Associate Editor, Catalysis Today Title: Understanding catalytic material for Nitriles production combined Raman and computational insight(in English) Time : 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m., Friday, Nov 9th, 2012 Place : Room 213, Department…

Speaker:Dr. Yen-Fang SONG National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center Title:Application of Synchrotron Radiation nano-Transmission X-ray Microscopy on the Dinosaur Tooth(in Chinese)Time : 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., Friday, Nov 9th, 2012Place : Room 213, Department of Geosciences Colloquium chair: Prof. Sheng-Rong Song

Speaker : Prof. Mark Pollard School of Archaeology, University of Oxford Title : "Skeletons from the Mass Grave at St John’s College, Oxford" Time : 12:30pm-13:30pm ,Thursday,Oct 25th, 2012 Place:Basement Auditorium, Department 距 Geosciences