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The Joint Oceanographic Institutions/U.S. Science Advisory Committee
(JOI/USSAC) Distinguished Lecturer Series brings the results of Ocean
Drilling Program research to students at the undergraduate and graduate
levels and to the earth science community in general. JOI/USSAC is now
accepting applications from U.S. colleges, universities, and nonprofit
organizations to host talks given by the speakers listed below during
the 2001-2002 academic year. Applications are available online at:
http://www.joi-odp.org/USSSP/DLS/DLS.html

or from: JOI, Inc., 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700,
Washington, DC 20036-2102; tel: 202/232-3900; e-mail: joi [at] brook.edu.

Applications are due by 6 April 2001.

2001-2001 Distinguished Lecturers

"Southern Ocean Impacts on Global Climate: Clues from the Antarctic
Margin"
Dr. Robert Dunbar, Stanford University

"Late Pleistocene Evolution of the Ocean's Carbonate System: A
Serendipitous Result from ODP Leg 177"
Dr. David Hodell, University of Florida

"Methane Hydrates: Boon or Bane?"
Dr. W. Steven Holbrook, University of Wyoming

"The Nature, Origin, and Fate of a Giant Oceanic Plateau: Ontong Java
Plateau"
Dr. John Mahoney, University of Hawaii

"Hunting the Earth's Magnetic Field"
Dr. Lisa Tauxe, University of California, San Diego

"Subduction Zone Megathrusts: Why Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Matter"
Dr. Michael Underwood, University of Missouri