Brian Wernicke, Professor of Geology at Caltech, will be visiting the Department tomorrow (Wednesday). Brian received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1982, working with Clark Burchfiel. He has become one of the world's best known geologists dealing with problems of crustal extension. His recent work has concentrated on the evolution of continents, the deep structure of collision zones, and active tectonics of diffuse continental deformation.

Because Brian has been in the field most of the Spring, we have not been able to obtain an abstract of tomorrow's talk to distribute in advance. The title is "Deep Crustal Gravity Currents", and it is sure to be stimulating. You can find out more about Brian and his research by checking out the WWW address: