Speaker: Dr. Gong-Ruei Ho Title: Challenge and Revolution-A high strain shear zone in the metamorphic core of Central Range: A possible Mio-Pliocene ancient transform fault of Taiwan Time: October 16, 11:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. Shao-Yi Huang Title: To see a world in a grain of sand: To tackle surface processes from the sedimentary records Time: October 13, 11:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. Branimir Šegvić (online talk) Title: The nature and diagenetic pathways of non-detrital clay minerals in mudstone (the Anadarko Basin, OK, U.S.A.) Time: October 6, 11:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. Chi-Wen Chen Title: Landslides in relation to earthquakes and climate change. Time: Sept. 29, 11:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. Liang-Chi Wang (汪良奇) Dept. of Earth and Environment Sciences, National Chung Cheng University Title: Paleo-typhoon evidence in lacustrine sediment records in Taiwan Time: Sept. 18, 11:20 to 12:10 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Prof. Toru Takeshita Department of Natural History Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University Title: Development and movement histories of the Median Tectonic Line (MTL): constraints from structural geology and isotopic dating Time: Jan 9th, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Dr. Yen-Yu Lin Assistant Professor, Department of Earth Science, National Central University Title: Earthquake source investigations: Links between observations and source modeling Time: Nov 29th, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences

Speaker: Prof. David Mainprice Géosciences Montpellier UMR CNRS, Université Montpellier 2, France (www.gm.univ-montp2.fr/PERSO/mainprice/) Title: What role can minerals play in subduction Time: Nov 8st, 11:00 to 12:00 Location: R213 Meeting Room, Department of Geosciences