2001  Gilbert Club Lawrence Hall of Science U. C. Berkeley Saturday, December 15, 2001

Please email geomorph@socrates.berkeley.edu with your planned attendance (day, night, or both)
 

Schedule:

09:00 - 10:00 Global increase in sedimentation rates since 3-4 Ma and possible mechanisms for forcing by climate change
Peter Molnar (University of Colorado, Boulder)
 

10:00 - 10:45 Break
 

10:45 - 12:00 Supply and flux of sediment along hydrological pathways: anthropogenic influences at the global scale
James Syvitski (University of Colorado, Boulder)
 

12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
 

1:30 - 2:30 Coupling turbulence structures and sediment transport
Mark Schmeeckle (Florida State University)
 

2:30 - 3:15   Break

3:15 - 5:00    Pop ups:  short presentations by attendees as the spirit moves them.

5:00 -       Dinner, beer, wine, and conversations at Bill Dietrich's house (455 Vermont Ave., Berkeley)
 

Cost:

$35 for lunch, dinner, and refreshments at breaks.
$25 for lunch and refreshments only.
We will collect your contributions during the event.
 

Directions to Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS):

1) By BART:

Take the Richmond line to the 'Berkeley' station, exit by the central escalator. You will need to take at least one campus bus to get up the hill to LHS; there are three options:

a) A geomorpholoigist-driven van/suv convoy that goes directly to LHS will leave the Berkeley BART station area at 8:10, 8:30 and 8:50 AM, timed to coincide with BART train arrivals. These vehicles buses will have 'Gilbert Club' signs in the windows and together seat 24 people. The bus stop is in front of the Bank of America, on the north-east corner of Shattuck and Center. To get there from the BART station escalator exit you'll need to cross both Shattuck (the main street) and Center streets.

b) If you can't make the 8:10 - 8:50 buses, you can make the same trip using two buses. The regular campus Perimeter Shuttle stops at the Bank of America Building (see above) every 8 minutes all day. Take that bus to the Hearst Mining Circle on campus where you change to the Hill Shuttle. The Hill Shuttle leaves at 8:30, 8:50, 9:10, 9:30, and 9:50 AM, and then every 30 minutes, at 15 and 45 minutes after the hour, for the rest of the day. The first bus costs 25 cents, the second costs 50 cents - please bring change! The shuttle can also be used to return to BART if you need to leave early.

 c) We will also be picking people up at the BART station bus stop in our department vehicles, brown Suburbans with friendly but sleep deprived grad students at the wheel.  Exact pick-up times cannot be forecast yet...

 d) You can also walk from the BART station to the Hearst Mining Circle and take the Hill Shuttle from there. From the BART escalater exit, head east, crossing Shattuck and proceed one block on Center street to the West entrance to campus. Follow the roadway (where cars travel - not any of the wide pedestrian paths which diverge) as it winds generally eastward, up the hill through campus. The roadway will eventually turn south (toward the tower) as it passes the main library with a broad sloping grassy area on the right ('memorial glade'). Turn left onto an intersecting roadway which heads east and you'll soon see on your left the Hearst Mining Circle (the campus bus terminal) where you can catch the Hill Shuttle. You will have gotten some exercise and saved yourself 25 cents. [The truly intrepid can hike all the way up the hill to the Hall of Science, if you're that intrepid you don't really want directions anyway...it's up centennial drive behind the football stadium]

2) By car:

Take the University Avenue exit off I-80 (which is also I-580). If you're coming from San Francisco, take the Bay Bridge, keep to the left to get on I-80 east (same as I-580 west, go figure...). Proceed east on University Ave. about 2 miles until it ends at Oxford Street, the west campus entrance. Do NOT enter campus but turn left on Oxford and then take the first right onto Hearst Avenue, which runs along the north perimeter of campus. The second stop light will be Gayley Road, turn right. Turn left at the first stop sign onto Stadium Rimway. Turn left at the next stop sign onto Centennial Drive. Climb the hill about 1 mile, LHS will be on your left, parking on both your right and left. Parking costs $4.00 for the day. You need to pay at machines, which are scattered about the parking lots. Make sure to note the number of your parking stall before leaving your car; the machines will ask for your parking stall number. You will receive a receipt at the machine, but you do NOT need to return to your car to display the receipt.
 

For more information please visit the following web pages:

Campus map - http://www.berkeley.edu/campus_map/index.html
Campus shuttle buses - http://amber.berkeley.edu:4254/p%26t/transit.html
Lawrence Hall of Science - http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GenInfo.html