<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr. Eric Sandvol</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Sciences</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Imaging the deep interior of the earth:  Applications to the Tibetan Plateau and the thickest crust on the earth</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Plate Tectonics is the paradigmatic theory that explains the evolution of the earth over millions of years.  This theory essentially involves the motion of rigid tectonic plates across the surface of the earth with little to no internal deformation.  It has long been known that this is only a rough approximation and that we do see evidence of internal deformation, including the Tibetan plateau where the deforming plate appears to be very weak and over geologic crust appears to thicken via long term flow.  New approaches to imaging the deep interior of the earth have allowed us to generate new pictures that have yielded surprising new correlations between mantle and crustal structure in Tibet.  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:17.12px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><div><b>Friday January 30</b><b>  3:30</b><b>pm. </b><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please advertise broadly and distribute to anyone you think might be interested.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div></div></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mkmtdlvj0" alt="Slide1.JPG" width="542" height="407" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><br></div></div>