[iris-bulk] AGU Special Session: The 2008 M 6.0 Wells, NV Earthquake

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Dear Colleagues:

We would like to draw your attention to a special session on the M6.0
Wells, NV earthquake being convened at the Fall 2008 AGU meeting (see
session description below).  If you have worked on this particular
event, other normal faulting earthquakes or Basin and Range seismic
hazard, we encourage you to submit an abstract.

The abstract deadline is 10 September.  Online submissions can be
made at the following URL:
http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp

We look forward to seeing you at AGU!

Kris Pankow (pankow at seis.utah.edu)
Glenn Biasi (glenn at seismo.unr.edu

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S18:  The 2008 M 6.0 Wells, Nevada Earthquake

On 21 February 2008, an M 6.0 earthquake struck northeast Nevada,  
destroying buildings along main street in the town of Wells. This was  
the first sizable Basin and Range normal faulting event to occur since  
the 1983 M 7.0 Borah Peak earthquake. In comparison to the Borah Peak  
earthquake, the Wells event was well recorded, as it occurred in the  
middle of the 400 instrument EarthScope Transportable Array. Within a  
day of the mainshock the University of Nevada, Reno, University of  
Utah Seismograph Stations, and the U. S. Geological Survey began to  
deploy portable strong and weak-motion stations. Continuously- 
recording GPS stations were added and post-event InSAR data have been  
obtained. For perhaps the first time a dataset exists that allows  
detailed study of a significant normal faulting earthquake in the  
Basin and Range.

We invite contributions that enhance our understanding of the Wells  
earthquake and take advantage of this unprecedented multi-disciplinary  
dataset. Papers addressing questions related to the specific details  
of the Wells earthquake sequence, as well as broader questions related  
to source properties of normal faults, Basin and Range attenuation,  
and implications for future Basin and Range earthquakes and seismic  
hazard assessment are solicited.

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