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Newsletter
To keep our community informed and maintain a record of all the fascinating things happening in and around the department, we put together an annual newsletter. Click the links below to read recent newsletters.
- 2024-2025 Newsletter (now available!)
- 2023 Newsletter
- 2022 Newsletter
- 2021 Newsletter
- 2020 Newsletter
- 2019 Newsletter
- 2018 Newsletter
- 2017 Newsletter
- 2016 Newsletter
Geology Seminar
The CSUB Geology Seminar features presentations from world-class scientists covering a wide range of important Earth Science topics and issues. Please visit the Seminar page for more information.
2025 Fall
CRC Energy Transition Lecture Series 2025 sponsored by California Resources Corporation.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 3 | Bruno Salomon | National Cement Company of California | Decarbonizing the Cement Industry |
| Nov 19 | Gregory Gordon | Carbon TerraVault, California Resources Corporation | Paleogeographic, Tectonic, and Depositional Controls on Turbidite Extent and Reservoir Quality: Examples from California |
2025 Spring
CRC Energy Transition Lecture Series 2025 sponsored by California Resources Corporation and Carbon Terravault.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25 | Steve Bohlen | Office of Government & External Affairs, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Historic Opportunities Disguised as Insurmountable Challenges: Earth Systems, Energy Innovation, and Carbon Management |
| Apr 9 | Sarah Saltzer | Stanford Center for Carbon Storage, Stanford University | CCS Project Evolution |
2024 Fall
CRC Energy Transition Lecture Series 2024 sponsored by California Resources Corporation and Carbon Terravault.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20 | Jared Kluesner | U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center | 3D Seismic Investigation of Structure, Fluid Flow, and Slope Failure in the Santa Barbara Basin |
| Oct 30 | Bill Bartling | Geo2Watts | Repurposing Idle Oil and Gas Wells to Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Long Duration, Dispatchable Electricity Delivery |
Please go to the CSUB Geology Seminar page for more information and past seminars.
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