From Martha.Savage at vuw.ac.nz Fri Jun 3 13:33:42 2011 From: Martha.Savage at vuw.ac.nz (Martha Savage) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 08:33:42 +1200 Subject: [iris-bulk] FW: PhD scholarships in Geophysics at Victoria University of Wellington-July 1 deadline In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: The Institute of Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand announces PhD scholarship opportunities at our university. We have several seismological projects of interest for which we would like to guide a PhD student: 1) Subduction zone structure. We are in the early stages of an international collaborative project involving investigators from New Zealand, Japan and the United States to study the subduction zone structure under the Wellington region, North Island, New Zealand. The aim is to determine the material properties of interfaces (especially the subduction interface) at various depths, to try to understand the properties in a locked subduction zone. This project will combine active onshore-offshore seismic experiments (explosions and airgun sources) with passive (earthquake) recordings using short period and broadband recorders. We have data for up to two students to work on this project. 2) Evolution of seismicity and stress in the region of the magnitude 7.2 Darfield, New Zealand and the Christchurch aftershock. We have a wealth of data from 15 broadband stations that collected aftershocks of the Darfield earthquake. With the addition of permanent stations, we will work with international collaborators from the U.S. to determine the stress evolution in the area and its relation to seismic properties such as velocity and attenuation. 3) Fault zone structure and microseismicity. Studies of the Alpine Fault in the South Island are continuing, with recent success in funding for a project that will drill a 1 km deep borehole to study fault zone properties and their change with depth of exhumation. Two shallow holes to 150 m have been drilled, cored and logged and are instrumented with seismometers. 4) We also have installed a 10 station network of borehole seismographs over the central section of the Alpine Fault with the plan to locate and map hypocentres of events with magnitudes as small as 0 or -1. We propose a PhD study linked to at least two data streams from the array: i. using the array to study special seismic waves that are linked to fault and collisional zones; ii/ A study of induced seismicity and tomography linked to data from the the Fiordland 2009 and Darfield, 2010 earthquakes. 5) Statistics of seismic noise. Increasingly larger data sets are being collected to study earth structure, and the use of seismic noise as a source of energy to study earth structure is becoming commonplace, yet relatively crude methods of determining the error bars in measurements are being used. With some types of measurements, the variation between measurements is much larger than expected by the standard noise calculations. Understanding the variations is imperative to be sure whether or not they can be attributed to earth property variations. Seismologists and statisticians are collaborating to understand the source of seismic noise and to obtain better estimates of earth properties. If you are interested in any of these projects, please contact Martha Savage and also apply to the Victoria University of Wellington, following instructions at http://www.victoria.ac.nz/fgr/prospective-phds/applying.aspx. The application deadline is 1 July 2011 and the application is free of charge. Successful scholarship students from any country will receive a NZ$21,000 stipend and will not have to pay tuition fees. Further details including grant proposals are available upon request to Professor Martha Savage, martha.savage at vuw.ac.nz. Martha Savage Professor of Geophysics SGEES Victoria University of Wellington Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Cotton 522 Box 600, Wellington, 6140 New Zealand From morganj at rice.edu Sat Jun 4 03:17:22 2011 From: morganj at rice.edu (Julia Morgan) Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 12:17:22 +0200 Subject: [iris-bulk] ANNOUNCING GeoPRISMS Alaska Planning Workshop Message-ID: GeoPRISMS Planning Workshop for the Alaska Primary Site (Joint with EarthScope) Portland, OR, September 22-24, 2011 (following the EarthScope Institute on the Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary) Application Deadline: June 25, 2011 The GeoPRISMS Steering and Oversight Committee is pleased to announce that there will be a 2.5-day workshop on September 22-24, 2011 in Portland, OR, to develop a detailed GeoPRISMS Alaska Science Plan. Alaska was chosen as the highest priority primary site for GeoPRISMS because it offers broad opportunities to address a wide variety of questions outlined within the Subduction Cycles and Deformation (SCD) Science Plan. More details about GeoPRISMS science objectives in Alaska, and the starting point for this workshop, can be found in the GeoPRISMS Draft Science and Implementation Plans (http://www.geoprisms.org/science-plan.html) The main goals of the workshop are to clarify common research objectives in Alaska with both USArray and the Plate Boundary Observatory, to discuss the concept of "Discovery Corridors" and to identify candidate areas, and to outline detailed implementation plans and timelines for GeoPRISMS research considering available resources and infrastructure. White papers will be solicited in advance of the workshop to ensure community input. We anticipate funding to support ~75 researchers with a diversity of interests to participate in this workshop. Post-docs, senior graduate students, and members of under-represented groups are especially encouraged to apply. Applications should include a brief statement of interest and anticipated contribution to the workshop, and a short (1 to 2 page) CV. The program will include a number of overview presentations on Alaska and related MARGINS, GeoPRISMS, and EarthScope research programs, break-out sessions, and plenary discussions, leading to conclusive decisions about science implementation in Alaska. 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We shall provide training in a variety of areas including; modern seismometry, modern data acquisition systems, digital filtering theory, quality assurance of seismological data, and how modern seismological data are used to study diverse scientific problems as well as monitoring seismicity. The primary goal of the workshop is related to the generation of the metadata needed to describe their networks using the Portable Data Collection Center (PDCC) application. We expect participants to come away from the workshop with all the necessary knowledge to set up and maintain their own database and to link their network to the growing global network for data access. Specific Requirements: Participants MUST be able to bring their own laptops to the workshop. Participant?s laptops will need to meet special requirements. Please see more workshop information at: http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2012/metadata Registration Registration opens June 6, 2011 and closes August 31, 2011. 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Data, new inversion techniques and modeling approaches which are applied to this region, and associated results, are invited. We welcome presentations examining a broad range of lithospheric properties including electrical, electromagnetic, gravity/density, seismic velocity, attenuation and other geophysical characteristics, with results and interpretations illuminating not only current observable features but also enhancing the state of knowledge regarding tectonics and tectonic history of the region. Contributions of work ranging from local to regional in scale are encouraged. Session URL http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/819 Thank you for considering this session. Youshun Sun, youshun at mit.edu Po Chen, pseudopochen at gmail.com Michael Begnaud, mbegnaud at lanl.gov Shunping Pei, peisp at itpcas.ac.cn From irismail at iris.washington.edu Thu Jun 9 12:22:14 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 12:22:14 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] Volcano monitoring V37 - AGU Fall Meeting special session Message-ID: Hello! We would like to draw your attention to an unusual special session at this fall's AGU meeting, V37: Surveillance of Volcanic Unrest - New Developments in Multi- Disciplinary Monitoring Methods Sponsor: Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (V) Co-Sponsor(s): Natural Hazards (NH), Seismology (S) Conveners: Charlotte Rowe (char at lanl.gov), Los Alamos National Laboratory Susanna Falsaperla (susanna.falsaperla at ct.ingv.it), INGV Catania Seth Moran (smoran at usgs.gov), U.S.G.S. Cascades Volcano Observatory Description: This session details advances in volcano surveillance and eruption monitoring. This quickly evolving discipline has benefited from significant advances in computing power, instrumentation technology, communications and observatory practices. We invite presentations of innovations on any aspect of this critical chain, from sensor to alarm, and all the steps between. Data collection and management, advanced signal processing methods, event identification and classification, machine learning, automatic decision-making, computer-aided review, and especially cross-disciplinary implementations are sought to build a comprehensive look at the state of the art and new methods just around the corner. Please be advised that the AGU abstract deadline has been moved up significantly, and submissions will close on ****4 AUGUST****. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These might range, for example, from exploring the 3D structure of machine parts or body parts to traditional seismic processing methods applied to medical research, or waveform methods normally applied to earthquake classification used instead for identifying a violin, or using earthquake location and/or velocity profiling methods for tracking real-time crack growth on a bridge trestle. Abstracts outlining outside-the-box ways to apply traditional seismology tools to innovative non-seismology tasks of any sort are welcomed. Conveners: Charlotte Rowe (char at lanl.gov) and T.J. Ulrich (tju at lanl.gov), Los Alamos National Laboratory Please be advised that the AGU abstract deadline has been moved up significantly, and submissions will close on ****4 AUGUST****. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Geophysical Observations of Stress-Strain Changes at Active Volcanoes *************************************************************************** Recently, several new methods of measuring localized changes in crustal stress and strain (deformation) have been applied to volcanoes with promising results, and emerging models for systematic changes documented through these methods link them to changes in crustal stress magnitude and orientation produced by magma migration and/or expansion. The main goal of this session is to highlight a wide range of observations of phenomena that may be linked to temporal changes in stress and strain and associated rock or magma properties at restless or active volcanoes, including but not limited to temporal changes in seismicity, surface deformation, gas emissions, microgravity, self-potential, and volcano hydrology. Conveners: Diana Roman Carnegie Institution of Washington - USA Martha Savage Victoria University of Wellington - New Zealand Florent Brenguier Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris - France Yosuke Aoki University of Tokyo - Japan *********************************** Diana C. Roman Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Carnegie Institution of Washington 5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20015 USA Email: droman at dtm.ciw.edu ************************************ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Session S10: Geophysical Characterization of Magmatic Systems Description: Seismic and geodetic methods are increasingly being used in parallel to investigate magma storage/source regions and magma propagation. 3D and 4D seismic imaging using phase arrivals, coda interferometry and/ or other time-dependent seismic methods, and 3D-4D geodetic imaging using Mogi-source and finite element modeling of deformation recorded by GPS, InSAR, strainmeters, gravimeters, tiltmeters, etc., are among the ways researchers are 'pushing the envelope' of our understanding of where magma is stored beneath volcanoes. We invite contributions on the geophysical characterization of magmatic systems, with a specific focus on seismic and geodetic imaging along with complementary investigations from related disciplines. Session URL http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/725 Thank you for considering this session. 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New observations at the interface between the strong lithosphere and weak asthenosphere hold clues as to the thermal, mechanical and chemical variations that create this boundary. Data from the EarthScope Facility have provided a wide variety of observations of the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary (LAB), some of which lead to conflicting interpretations that confound the classical view of the lithosphere as a thermal boundary layer. A workshop is being held to bring together seismologists, dynamicists, geodesists, experimentalists and petrologists to integrate these new observations into a new conceptual understanding of the LAB and to develop new ideas about Earth?s dynamic behavior that give rise to this feature. For a preliminary agenda and to register and apply for travel support: http://www.earthscope.org/workshops/lab11 or talk to one of the convenors. Deadline to apply for travel support is July 15, 2011. 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The tremendous impact of this earthquake will be highlighted in this interdisciplinary session. A selection of keynote oral presentations will be accompanied by an exciting poster session that should attract broad attention. Please also note the early abstract deadline of August 4. -------------------------------------------------- U47: The Great 11 March 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake Sponsor: Union (U) -------------------------------------------------- The Mw9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake was the largest to strike Japan in recorded history. It produced strong shaking across northeastern Honshu and a devastating tsunami, causing massive destruction and loss of life, and precipitating one of the most serious nuclear catastrophes in history. The earthquake and tsunami size exceeded expectations, even given recent characterization of the AD869 Jogan tsunami. We solicit multidisciplinary contributions for all aspects of the earthquake sequence, including rupture processes; foreshock and aftershock activity; strong ground motions; geodetic signals; tsunami generation and propagation; stress changes; earthquake triggering; hazard mitigation; atmospheric signals; and the megathrust frictional environment. Session URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/34 The abstract submission site is scheduled to open on 8 June. The deadline for all submissions is 4 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. The Fall Meeting Housing and Registration sites are scheduled to open on 19 July. Please check the meeting website for updates and instructions: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/ Conveners: Manabu Hashimoto Kyoto U. manabu.hashimoto at ax7.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp Takeshi Sagiya Nagoya U. sagiya at nagoya-u.jp Kenji Satake U. Tokyo satake at eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp Gavin Hayes U.S. Geological Survey ghayes at usgs.gov Thorne Lay U.C. 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We welcome submissions on the development and implementation of different techniques for 3D seismic imaging in various scales and application arenas. These include, but not limited to, advances in classical traveltime and surface wave tomography, multivariate inversion of traditionally distinct data sets, and spectral and adjoint methods. Results from reservoir scale to global scale are welcome, along with new means to address computational efficiency, validation and robustness of inversion methods. From hdeshon at memphis.edu Tue Jun 14 10:40:31 2011 From: hdeshon at memphis.edu (Heather Deshon (hdeshon)) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:40:31 -0500 Subject: [iris-bulk] Fall AGU Session S17 - Progress in Understanding Intraplate Faulting Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: We encourage you to submit an abstract describing your latest research on intraplate faulting to the session "S17: Progress in Understanding Intraplate Faulting" at the Fall 2011 AGU meeting. We invite abstracts addressing intraplate faulting from a wide range of disciplines. The abstract deadline is August 4th, and the meeting will take place December 5-9th, 2011, in San Francisco, CA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- S17: Progress in Understanding Intraplate Faulting -------------------------------------------------------------------- Description: During the winter of 1811-1812, the central U.S. suffered three large earthquakes. The source of these events, the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), lies far from the plate boundaries of North America. Significant advances in understanding intraplate systems have occurred, but the causes of large earthquakes in these settings remain an enigma. In commemoration of the New Madrid earthquakes bicentennial, we invite abstracts addressing intraplate faulting from a wide range of disciplines. This session will highlight recent research on the NMSZ and the 1811-1812 earthquakes. Contributed abstracts on analog intraplate systems, crustal structure and seismicity, geodetic observations, geodynamic modeling, and intraplate earthquake cycles are welcome. URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/731 Best regards from the conveners, Oliver Boyd USGS Christine Powell and Heather DeShon Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Univ. of Memphis From rob at iris.washington.edu Tue Jun 14 10:51:51 2011 From: rob at iris.washington.edu (Robert Casey) Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:51:51 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] DHI End of Life Notice In-Reply-To: <73A0BBB2-CCC5-4DD8-936C-212B2B6C1143@iris.washington.edu> References: <4B08E740-3075-482F-87EC-6142508E6402@iris.washington.edu> <55BF1D1C-2D3E-413D-BDEC-A2C26F60CB7F@iris.washington.edu> <6A06183A-6290-48C8-A8DB-B36C42964A95@iris.washington.edu> <15E5E70A-BADA-4A12-B591-82EE8B205B38@iris.washington.edu> <4932BA43-0A03-41CF-9AFD-877FCF697266@iris.washington.edu> <73A0BBB2-CCC5-4DD8-936C-212B2B6C1143@iris.washington.edu> Message-ID: To the DHI Community- The IRIS DMC has supported the Data Handling Interface (DHI) technology for more than a decade. As with most technologies, DHI is at the end of its useful life. In the meantime, other technologies have emerged as mainstream alternatives to DHI. These are termed 'web services' and have been deployed at the DMC since the end of 2010. The IRIS DMC has replicated most DHI capabilities in web services already. For the next two years (until June 30, 2013) the DMC will continue to support DHI in a maintenance mode: We will fix what breaks but we will not be enhancing DHI. Other Data Centers supporting DHI may choose to continue supporting their services for an extended period of time. The DMC will be transitioning selected DHI clients to web services over this period of time. We encourage DHI developers to transition their applications to web services as well. A list of some of the more popular DHI clients can be found at http://www.iris.edu/dhi/clients.htm . 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Today, advances in computation, instrumentation and analysis enable continental-wide surveys that image mantle structures at the scale of surface geological domains, modeling and inversion of waveforms for 3-D, anisotropic and attenuation structure, and incorporation of the ambient noise field to improve structural resolution. This session aims to promote discourse between researchers working at the leading edge of structural seismology at all scales from exploration through free oscillations. Meeting convenors: Malcom Sambridge - Australian National University (Malcolm.Sambridge at anu.edu.au ) Michael Bostock - University of British Columbia (bostock at eos.ubc.ca) The abstract submission site is scheduled to open on 8 June. The deadline for all submissions is 4 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. The Fall Meeting Housing and Registration sites are scheduled to open on 19 July. 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Colleagues and I are guest editing a special theme devoted to The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary (see below), and we encourage you to consider submitting work on the LAB to this theme. We also encourage those of you who are interested in the LAB to participate in the EarthScope Institute on the Lithosphere/Asthenosphere Boundary in September this year (http://www.earthscope.org/workshops/lab11). Regards, Meghan -------------------------------- Meghan S. Miller Assistant Professor University of Southern California Department of Earth Sciences msmiller at usc.edu +1 213 740 6308 http://earth.usc.edu/msmiller -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We also encourage those of you who are interested in the LAB to participate in the EarthScope Institute on the Lithosphere/Asthenosphere Boundary in September this year (http://www.earthscope.org/workshops/lab11). Regards, Meghan -------------------------------- Meghan S. Miller Assistant Professor University of Southern California Department of Earth Sciences msmiller at usc.edu +1 213 740 6308 http://earth.usc.edu/msmiller ---------------------- http://www.agu.org/journals/gc/theme.shtml?collectionCode=LAB1&journalCode=GC Theme Title: The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary Theme Editors: M.S. Miller, J.B. Gaherty, A.G. Jones, C.P. Conrad, S.Y. O?Reilly Description: Relatively rigid lithosphere atop more ductile asthenosphere is a fundamental concept of plate tectonics and continental evolution, yet its properties, origin, evolution, the nature of its boundary layer, and even dimensions are poorly understood. 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URL: From egeist at usgs.gov Wed Jun 15 15:33:43 2011 From: egeist at usgs.gov (Eric Geist) Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:33:43 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] Fall AGU Session NH16 - Probabilistic Approaches for Tsunami Hazard Assessment Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Please consider submitting an abstract to the Fall AGU Natural Hazards session entitled Probabilistic Approaches for Tsunami Hazard Assessment. Please also note the early abstract deadline of August 4. NH16: Probabilistic Approaches for Tsunami Hazard Assessment The occurrence of several destructive tsunamis in recent years has lead to an increased focus on tsunami hazard assessment. Especially, several initiatives towards probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment (PTHA) have emerged. The aim of this session is to provide an overview of current research related to PTHA. We invite presentations covering a broad range of topics, including: probabilistic descriptions of various types of tsunami sources; efficient calculation of large numbers of tsunami propagation scenarios; transparent treatment of uncertainties; presenting hazard results effectively and assureing their impact in terms of risk mitigation. Presentations related to probabilistic tsunami risk assessment are also welcomed. The abstract submission site is scheduled to open on 8 June. The deadline for all submissions is 4 August 23:59 EDT/03:59 +1 GMT. The Fall Meeting Housing and Registration sites are scheduled to open on 19 July. Please check the meeting website for updates and instructions: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/ Session URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/597 Convener(s): Mathilde S?rensen University of Bergen 4755583426 mathilde.sorensen at geo.uib.no Andrey Babeyko German Centre for Geosciences -2882201 babeyko at gfz-potsdam.de William Power GNS Science New Zealand +64 4 570 4681 w.power at gns.cri.nz Eric Geist USGS (650) 329-5457 egeist at usgs.gov From dalguer at sed.ethz.ch Thu Jun 16 05:48:33 2011 From: dalguer at sed.ethz.ch (Luis Dalguer) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:48:33 +0200 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU 2011 S24 special Session: Earthquake source rupture Message-ID: <2EBAD1C3-C483-4DE1-B585-70164850887A@sed.ethz.ch> Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the following session (description below) that was accepted for AGU fall meeting in San Francisco, 5-9 December 2011. The topic of the session want to bring together scientists working on earthquake source related problems from laboratory experiments, seismological observation, kinematic and dynamic source inversion and forward physics-based rupture models, with the goal to address the importance to constraint earthquake source models with experimental, seismological and field observation. We encourage contributions from any aspect related to this topic. Abstract submission is due August 4 . We are looking forward to your submission and an exciting session. Luis Dalguer, Andrea Bizzarri, Stefan Nielsen, Shamita Das P.D Sorry for the possible duplicates of this announcement S24: Toward Seismic Rupture Models with Constraints from Experimental and Seismological Observations Seismic rupture studies rely on a broad spectrum of methods that go from purely kinematic to fully dynamic description. The former incorporate observational constraints into the source but lack physical constraints, and the latter introduce laws of continuum mechanics and frictional sliding, but the friction laws lack constraints from seismological data. Lab experiments on friction or fault analogical models can provide useful insight into these problems. Source models from waveform inversion can benefit by integrating independent constraints derived from observational and experimental data. We welcome novel studies that consider some or all of the above aspects in the study of earthquake rupture. Conveners: Luis A. Dalguer (ETH-Zurich, dalguer at sed.ethz.ch) Andrea Bizzarri (INGV-Bologna, bizzarri at bo.ingv.it) Stefan Nielsen (INGV-Roma, nielsen at ingv.it) Shamita Das (University of Oxford, das at earth.ox.ac.uk) --------------------------------------------- Luis Angel DALGUER Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich, NO F 69.5 Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zurich Switzerland tel: +41-44-633-5867 fax: +41-44-633 1065 e-mail: dalguer at sed.ethz.ch Web page : http://www.seg2.ethz.ch/dalguer/ Lab. web page: http://www.seismo.ethz.ch/research/groups/comp -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From templeton4 at llnl.gov Thu Jun 16 08:50:47 2011 From: templeton4 at llnl.gov (Templeton, Dennise) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:50:47 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] Fall AGU session S12: Induced Seismicity - Monitoring Techniques and Advancements Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract to the 2011 Fall AGU session: S12. Induced Seismicity: Monitoring Techniques and Advancements Induced seismicity has become an increasingly important issue with the current worldwide focus on enhanced geothermal systems, CO2 sequestration, and enhanced oil and gas recovery. For both an improved public understanding and industry response, state-of-the-art seismic information is required to detect, locate and characterize induced seismicity. In this session, we solicit contributions that examine the current state and future advancement of induced seismicity research. These contributions can include topics that cover monitoring and detection, high precision event location, event characterization, modeling or triggering and mitigation mechanisms. Case studies are also welcome. 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The primary goal of this short course is to provide training to a new generation of young scientists in the foundations of robust methods in seismic data processing. Our aim is to inspire the participants to become future leaders in developing more effective ways to handle data from large seismic arrays, such as USArray. For more information, including the application form, please go to http://www.iris.edu/hq/es_course/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From whammond at unr.edu Thu Jun 16 15:55:34 2011 From: whammond at unr.edu (William Hammond) Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:55:34 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU 2011 Session G15: Real-Time GNSS Message-ID: <06094406-815B-4D6D-92E1-5B6C785475ED@unr.edu> Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention to the following special session at the Fall AGU Meeting in December, 2011: Session G15 "Real-Time GNSS Data Applications and Techniques: GPS Seismology and Beyond" Description: High-rate, low latency GNSS data complement other geophysical networks because of their high precision, sensitivity to the longest-period bands and ability to measure displacement and atmospheric properties over local to global scales. Technical advances and decreasing equipment and data acquisition costs are rapidly increasing access to these data streams. Applications include GPS seismology, earthquake, tsunami and landslide warning, volcanic and magmatic processes and monitoring, atmospheric and space weather studies, and private sector applications. We invite contributions that present advances in real-time applications or techniques for dealing with real-time data that benefit science or society. This session is sponsored by the Geodesy (G) section and is cosponsored by Atmospheric Sciences (A), Earth and Planetary Surface Processes (EP), Global Environmental Change (GC), Natural Hazards (NH), Near Surface Geophysics (NS), Seismology (S), SPA-Aeronomy (SA), Tectonophysics (T), Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (V). URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/316 Thank you for considering this session. From the conveners: Paul Bodin, University of Washington, bodin at uw.edu Brendan Crowell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, bwcrowell at ucsd.edu Ingrid Johanson, UC Berkeley, ingrid at seismo.berkeley.edu William C. Hammond, University of Nevada, Reno, whammond at unr.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chunquanwu at gatech.edu Fri Jun 17 09:32:13 2011 From: chunquanwu at gatech.edu (Chunquan Wu) Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:32:13 -0400 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Session S23 on Static vs. Dynamic Earthquake Triggering Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Abstract submission for the 2011 AGU Fall meeting (5-9 December 2011) is now open and we would like to point out session S23 on "The Static vs. Dynamic Earthquake Triggering Debate: What?s New and What?s Next?", sponsored by the Seismology (S) section and co-sponsored by the Tectonophysics (T) and Natural Hazards (NH) sections. We encourage your contribution and participation. Abstract submission deadline is 4 August 2011. Please feel free to forward this email to anyone potentially interested. Session S23: The Static vs. Dynamic Earthquake Triggering Debate: What?s New and What?s Next? Session Description: There is a debate on whether static or dynamic stress dominates in earthquake triggering. Arguments for static triggering derive from the correlation of seismicity rate changes with Coulomb stress changes. Evidence for dynamic triggering is based on preferred triggering in the rupture direction, and remote triggering beyond the static effects. Which is more important in the near field, how can we explain the time delay, and what light do recent earthquakes shed on this debate? We invite abstracts on all aspects of triggering for earthquakes, tremor and slow-slip events. We welcome tests of current hypotheses, proposals for alternative mechanisms, and evaluations of their impact on seismic hazard assessment. Conveners: Chunquan Wu, EAS, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Bogdan Enescu, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Tsukuba, Japan Shinji Toda, DPRI, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan Ross S. Stein, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park Session link: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/736 We are looking forward to seeing you at the Meeting. Thank you for considering this session. -- Chunquan Wu School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Georgia Institute of Technology 311 Ferst Drive ES&T, Room 2120 Atlanta, GA, 30332-0340 Cell: 404-825-5936 Lab: 404-385-2050 Email: chunquanwu at gatech.edu Web: http://geophysics.eas.gatech.edu/people/cwu/ From irismail at iris.washington.edu Mon Jun 20 08:25:34 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:25:34 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] perception of spatial scale - short online survey Message-ID: The following link (https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/seismology) leads to a web-survey that is a follow-up to a questionnaire distributed at AGU's fall meeting last year. The purpose of this research is to collect quantitative data on the perception of scale in different scientific disciplines - that is, what exactly do scientists mean when they say "small-scale" or "field-scale"? Within a single discipline scale can be such an important consideration - when research involves multiple disciplines the notion of scale can be even more important, particularly if different perceptions of scale act as a barrier to interdisciplinary research. We, researchers at the University of British Columbia, are hoping to collect survey results from a variety of sections within AGU, to look at how scale is perceived within and between disciplines. The goal is to expose different understandings of scale, and to generate dialogue around this in the interest of facilitating interdisciplinary scientific research. We appreciate your time to take this 5-minute survey, and intend to publish the results in EOS if there is sufficient interest. Many thanks, Dawn Paszkowski UBC, M.Sc. Candidate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We invite presentations from interdisciplinary research that consider seismic velocity structure, seismic anisotropy, mantle petrology, rheology and deformation, geodynamic models for lithospheric cooling and mantle convection, gravity and flexure, seafloor subsidence and heat flow, electrical conductivity, and intra-plate earthquakes, all necessary contributions to oceanic lithosphere formation. Conveners: Dayanthie Weeraratne (California State University Northridge) Donald Forsyth (Brown University) Mark Behn (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute) From irismail at iris.washington.edu Mon Jun 20 15:06:23 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:06:23 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] T40: Recent Advances and Concepts in Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading Message-ID: <67D63E15-9677-4974-AF72-5EFDEE30593E@iris.washington.edu> Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention and welcome your contributions to the following AGU Fall Meeting session 2011. For further information or questions on the session, please contact one of the conveners listed below. Please note the NEW abstract submission deadline of August 4. T40: Recent Advances and Concepts in Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading Processes Sponsor: Tectonophysics (T) Co-Sponsor(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism (GP) Index Terms: 1525 3035 3039 3045 Description: In the line of Jean Francheteau pioneering works, this session will be devoted to recent advances and concepts in plate tectonics and seafloor spreading processes based on magnetic and paleomagnetic approaches, plate kinematics, heat flux, thermo- mechanical modeling, deep-sea exploration, and, in general, on works linking cross-disciplinary observation of the ocean floor. Convener(s): Jean-Yves Royer CNRS & Univ Brest jyroyer at univ-brest.fr Paul Tapponnier Earth Observatory of Singapore 6565921715 tappon at ntu.edu.sg Christopher Harrison University of Miami (305) 421-4610 charrison at rsmas.miami.edu Richard Gordon Rice University rgg at rice.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cecily at soest.hawaii.edu Tue Jun 21 07:47:19 2011 From: cecily at soest.hawaii.edu (Cecily Wolfe) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 04:47:19 -1000 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Session T55: The Origin of Intraplate Volcanism: Hotspots, Non-Hotspots, and Large Igneous Provinces In-Reply-To: <4E00A466.7050305@soest.hawaii.edu> References: <59073.74.96.159.229.1308599859.squirrel@webmail.soest.hawaii.edu> <4E00A466.7050305@soest.hawaii.edu> Message-ID: <4E00AEF7.30209@soest.hawaii.edu> Dear Colleagues: We welcome your contributions to the following Fall 2011 AGU session. For further information or questions on the session, please contact one of the conveners listed below. Please note the NEW abstract submission deadline of August 4 (23:59 EDT). *************************************************************************** T55. The Origin of Intraplate Volcanism: Hotspots, Non-Hotspots, and Large Igneous Provinces *************************************************************************** Intraplate volcanism offers a unique opportunity to study the chemistry and dynamics of the Earth?s mantle. However, the controlling mechanisms for such volcanism are controversial and may include lithospheric cracking, small-scale convection, fertile mantle heterogeneity, and deep-rooted mantle plumes. Integration of datasets from various disciplines appears to be essential to improve our understanding of the diversity of intraplate volcanoes observed worldwide. This session will thus bring together geological, geophysical, petrological and geodynamic studies for a multi-disciplinary discussion on the origin of oceanic islands, continental volcanoes, seamounts, and flood basalts. Conveners: Maxim Ballmer Univ. Hawaii (USA) Richard Allen UC Berkeley (USA) Sebastien Pilet Univ. Lausanne (Switzerland) Cecily Wolfe Univ. Hawaii (USA) From adam at coas.oregonstate.edu Tue Jun 21 08:43:11 2011 From: adam at coas.oregonstate.edu (Prof. Adam Schultz) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 08:43:11 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Session IN17: High-Resolution Modeling in the Geosciences Using GPU and Many-Core Architectures Message-ID: <3221B56F-1798-42B6-9737-C63965CF0B15@coas.oregonstate.edu> We would like to draw your attention to the following special session at the Fall AGU Meeting in December, 2011: Session IN17: High-Resolution Modeling in the Geosciences Using GPU and Many-Core Architectures Sponsor: Earth and Space Science Informatics (IN) Co-Sponsor(s): Atmospheric Sciences (A), Study of Earth's Deep Interior (DI), Global Environmental Change (GC), Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism (GP), Nonlinear Geophysics (NG), Near Surface Geophysics (NS), Ocean Sciences (OS), Seismology (S), Tectonophysics (T), Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology (V) Convener(s): 1. Matthew Knepley, University of Chicago, knepley at gmail.com 2. David Yuen, University of Minnesota, daveyuen at gmail.com 3. Adam Schultz, Oregon State University, adam at coas.oregonstate.edu GPUs and many core CPUs are of increasing importance for realistic simulations and 3D/4D inverse solutions. Efficient use of hundreds-to-thousands of processor core systems may require development of new algorithms to fully harness their massively parallel potential. We encourage researchers to report on progress in developing geophysical simulation and inversion algorithms and visualization/analysis codes, utilizing these technologies. Different philosophies in achieving these goals from programming point of view are encouraged, as are discussions of challenges in code/algorithm development. We encourage talks across a wide swath of geoscience applications and the attendant multiscale problems in all fields. 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T40: Recent Advances and Concepts in Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Spreading Processes Sponsor: Tectonophysics (T) Co-Sponsor(s): Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism (GP) Index Terms: 1525 3035 3039 3045 Description: Description: In the line of Jean Francheteau pioneering works, this session will be devoted to recent advances and concepts in plate tectonics and seafloor spreading processes based on magnetic and paleomagnetic approaches, plate kinematics, heat flux, thermo- mechanical modeling, deep-sea exploration, and, in general, on works linking cross-disciplinary observation of the ocean floor. Convener(s): Jean-Yves Royer CNRS & Univ Brest jyroyer at univ-brest.fr Paul Tapponnier Earth Observatory of Singapore 6565921715 tappon at ntu.edu.sg Christopher Harrison University of Miami (305) 421-4610 charrison at rsmas.miami.edu Richard Gordon Rice University rgg at rice.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From irismail at iris.washington.edu Wed Jun 22 09:42:38 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:42:38 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU T56. The Presence of Small Tectonic Plates on Earth: How Small is too Small? Message-ID: <8D78729C-1A93-4DE7-8C64-34A9BA07F7C7@iris.washington.edu> Dear Colleagues, We would like to draw your attention and welcome your contributions to the following session for the AGU Fall Meeting 2011. For further information or questions on the session, please contact one of the conveners listed below. Please note the NEW abstract submission deadline of August 4. T56. The Presence of Small Tectonic Plates on Earth: How Small is too Small? Ever since the hypothesis of plate tectonics was proposed, there has been a growth in the number of plates thought to exist. The first global models of plate tectonics only had a few plates. Bird (2003) proposed 52 tectonic plates, but suggested that the distribution of the plate sizes indicated that there may be more small plates. Submit an abstract if you have discovered a small plate, or refined a small plate rotation vector. We would also like to hear from people examining the limit of plate behavior as plates get smaller. One of the smallest plates to have been proposed is the North Galapagos microplate (Klein at al., 2005; 1600 sq km). A recent compilation has revealed at least 18 more plates larger than this. Conveners: Chris Harrison (CHarrison at rsmas.miami.edu) University of Miami - Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences Peter LaFemina (plafemina at psu.edu) The Pennsylvania State University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The WebEx session will be held in room 110 at the National Science Foundation?s headquarters for those who wish to attend in person. Please, let us know if we can provide more information on the WebEx. A charrette meeting will follow the webinars to develop concepts for an agile and robust geosciences-integrating architecture and infrastructure. Soon after the charrette, NSF will support the community to explore early stage developments of one or more approaches to this cyberinfrastructure. These approaches must be potentially transformative and untested on several levels, including the teams that will be organized, the architectures that will be created, and the science that will be enabled by the proposed cyberinfrastructure. The next step, in FY2012, will be support for up to three prototypes for cyberinfrastructure systems to meet the needs of the entire geosciences community. These prototypes will be rigorously reviewed after 18 months for specific milestones and accomplished goals prior to a scale-up phase. NSF seeks to quickly respond to data challenges in the geosciences community and build momentum for the FY2012 CIF21 initiative. Geosciences Directorate National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230 Phone: (703) 292-8556 Fax: (703) 292-9025 Dear Colleague Letter: The "Earth Cube" - Towards a National Data Infrastructure for Earth System Science Available Formats: HTML: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11065/nsf11065.jsp?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179 TXT: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11065/nsf11065.txt?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179 PDF: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2011/nsf11065/nsf11065.pdf?WT.mc_id=USNSF_179 Document Number: nsf11065 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The IRIS International Development Seismology (IDS) program is organizing a follow-on Advanced Studies Institute on Earthquake Location. The IDS workshop will take place on January 14 - 15, 2012. You must register for the two workshops separately and you should register for the DMS workshop first. For more information about the IRIS DMS workshop please consult http://www.iris.edu/workshops/2012/metadata/ The registration page can be found in the upper left hand side of the above page. Submission of this registration will point you to the IDS Advanced Studies Institute page and its registration page. Regards Tim Ahern IRIS DMS -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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A large range of instrumentation was deployed immediately after the earthquake to compliment existing data. We encourage contributions that address interdisciplinary studies of the Maule earthquake, aftershocks, the seismic cycle, fore-arc and arc structure, crustal deformation, and associated phenomena including the tsunami and tremor events. We especially encourage contributions that make use of the instrumentation deployed after the mainshock. Comparison studies with other great subduction zone earthquakes including the 2004 Sumatra earthquake and the 2011 Japan earthquake are welcomed. Convener(s): Anne Meltzer Lehigh University ameltzer at lehigh.edu Andreas Rietbrock a.rietbrock at liverpool.ac.uk Susan Beck University of Arizona (520) 621-8628 slbeck at email.arizona.edu Sergio Barrientos Universidad de Chile 56-2-978 4309 sbarrien at dgf.uchile.cl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From irismail at iris.washington.edu Wed Jun 22 13:34:04 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:34:04 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Special Session - S06: Application of Natural-Source Seismology Message-ID: <56B238D1-FBDE-4F62-A431-07F600746B17@iris.washington.edu> Dear Colleagues, We invite abstract submissions to the following 2011 Fall AGU session. For additional information or questions on the session, please contact one of the conveners. Please note the AGU abstract deadline is now Aug. 4, 2011. S06: Application of Natural-Source Seismology in the Search for Natural Resources Sponsor: Seismology Co-Sponsor(s): Near Surface Geophysics Description: Geophysical methods have been successfully used for the exploration and production of natural resources. While seismic reflection and refraction techniques commonly are used by industry to image the sub-surface, natural-source seismic methods commonly used in academic research are now being extended to industrial applications. Examples include application of natural source analysis techniques to controlled-source seismic data (and vice-versa), as well as using natural source data to image shallow crustal structure. Types of natural source seismic data include earthquake waves (local and teleseismic) and ambient noise. This session highlights opportunities for collaboration between industry and academic partners. Conveners: David Okaya University of Southern California (213) 740-7452 okaya at usc.edu Garrett Leahy ExxonMobil Upstream Research (713) 431-4096 garrett.leahy at gmail.com Susan Beck University of Arizona (520) 621-8628 slbeck at email.arizona.edu Robert Langan (925) 842-6037 bob.langan at chevron.com Additional information can be found at: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/722 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kluttrell at usgs.gov Fri Jun 24 10:25:14 2011 From: kluttrell at usgs.gov (Karen M Luttrell) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 10:25:14 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Session U11: Climate Loads as Forcers of Seismic and Volcanic Processes Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, we would like to draw your attention to the following special session at the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting. Recall abstract submission closes earlier this year, on August 4. Session U11: Climate Loads as Forcers of Seismic and Volcanic Processes Recent observations have indicated that earthquakes, volcanic unrest, and seismic tremor may respond to subtle stresses emplaced by climate-related loads. These loads may include precipitation events, periodic tides, seasonal accumulation of precipitation, El Nino cycles, glacial fluctuations, ice sheet and ocean level fluctuations over geologic time, or climate change. This session aims to bring together this diverse research to identify the common themes and limits to the extent of climate-related forcing. We invite contributions that present results from geologic observations, instrumental observations, or modeling of either the occurrence or lack of climate forcing of earthquake and volcanic processes. Co-convened by Karen Luttrell (kluttrell at usgs.gov), Fred Pollitz (fpollitz at usgs.gov), Laurent Bollinger (laurent.bollinger at cea.fr), and Amanda Thomas (amthomas at berkeley.edu) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From knight at iris.washington.edu Mon Jun 27 06:50:26 2011 From: knight at iris.washington.edu (Tim Knight) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:50:26 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU session S07: Earthquake Early Warning Capabilities and Delivery Around Message-ID: <957203586.7225.1309182626644.JavaMail.root@hub.iris.washington.edu> Dear colleagues, We would like to bring to your attention the following AGU Fall Meeting session on earthquake alerting around the world. Note the new, earlier submission deadline of August 4th (23:59 EDT). Abstracts can be submitted here: http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/ -------------------------------------------------- S07: Earthquake Early Warning Capabilities and Delivery Around the World Description: Systems to issue a warning to those in harm's way after detecting earthquakes and estimating the shaking hazard have advanced rapidly in the last ten years. Many algorithms have been implemented on real-time geophysical networks for testing, and in some cases delivery, of earthquake alerts. Development and testing is ongoing in Asia, Europe and the Americas. During the 2011 M9 Tohoku-oki earthquake, warning was successfully delivered to people in the Tohoku region through TV, radio, cellphones and the internet. In this session we invite contributions to ongoing algorithm potential, development, and the results of real-time testing around the world. We also invite presentations regarding the lessons of successful and unsuccessful warnings. For more information please contact one of the conveners: Richard Allen, UC Berkeley - rallen at berkeley.edu Keiji Doi, Japan Meteorological Agency - keijidoi at met.kishou.go.jp Thomas Heaton, Caltech - heaton at caltech.edu John Vidale, Univeristy of Washington - vidale at uw.edu From knight at iris.washington.edu Tue Jun 28 07:29:43 2011 From: knight at iris.washington.edu (Tim Knight) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 07:29:43 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iris-bulk] Post-Doctoral Scholar Positions in Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma Message-ID: <271727144.7335.1309271383644.JavaMail.root@hub.iris.washington.edu> The ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for a post-doctoral scholar position in solid-earth geophysics. Applicants with an interest in active- or passive-source seismology are encouraged to apply. A Ph.D. is required and the appointment is for one year. The position will include both teaching and research responsibilities. The starting salary for this position is $50K and the position includes full benefits. Applicants are requested to submit a complete vita/resume including a list of publications, a statement of research interests, and a list of three references and their complete contact information. Questions or requests for additional information and nominations may be addressed to Dr. K. Keranen at keranen at ou.edu. The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. *************************************************************** The ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics at the University of Oklahoma invites applications for a post-doctoral or visiting scholar position in exploration geophysics to provide lectures and lab instruction in 3D seismic processing. A Ph.D. is preferred but candidates with equivalent work experience are also encouraged to apply. The appointment is for one year and includes both teaching and research responsibilities. The starting salary for this position is $50K and includes full benefits. The ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics is the oldest petroleum geology program in the USA, maintaining an excellent network of Linux-based clusters and PC-workstations, as well a rich collection of commercial geophysics software including Seisup, Promax, Petrel, Bluepack, HampsonRussell, and Tesseral to augment university-developed software. Through funded research projects we have access to several wide-azimuth and multi-component 3D land surveys for studies in anisotropy and elastic impedance inversion. Applicants are requested to submit a complete vita/resume including a list of publications, a statement of research interests, and a list of three references and their complete contact information. Questions or requests for additional information and nominations may be addressed to Dr. Kurt J. Marfurt at kmarfurt at ou.edu. The University of Oklahoma is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and Minorities are encouraged to apply. From enemser at gmail.com Tue Jun 28 10:46:23 2011 From: enemser at gmail.com (Eliza Nemser) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:46:23 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] AGU Session S03: Active Fault Data as Input for Seismic Hazard Analysis (SHA) Message-ID: <2722B0E0-2DAB-465B-A20A-C6AA0B3EEA58@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Please consider submitting an abstract to session S03: "Active Fault Data as Input for Seismic Hazard Analysis (SHA)" at the AGU Fall Meeting this year, December 5-9th, 2011. Session URL: http://sites.agu.org/fallmeeting/scientific-program/session-search/719 AGU abstract submission URL (note the deadline is August 4th, 2011): http://agu-fm11.abstractcentral.com/ Session description: Fault-based models are increasingly used as input for SHA to complement more classical approaches. Substantial progress has been made in characterizing the seismogenic properties of active faults, yet significant challenges remain in assessing their geometric and behavioral parameters, and related uncertainties. Currently several major international projects are developing fault source models for SHA, including the Global Earthquake Model (GEM), and regional initiatives in Europe (SHARE), the Middle East (EMME), and Central Asia (EMCA). We invite contributions that address the integration of geological and geophysical data to define seismogenic sources and studies that pertain to the role of active fault data in SHA. 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Minimum requirement is Associate degree and 1 year experience; an MS degree or BS with two years experience, in geosciences or computer science is preferred. Must be security conscious and meet deadlines. Apply onlinehttps://www.utdallasjobs.com/ UT-Dallas is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From irismail at iris.washington.edu Wed Jun 29 12:07:26 2011 From: irismail at iris.washington.edu (IRIS) Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 12:07:26 -0700 Subject: [iris-bulk] 2011 IRIS Board of Directors Nominations Committee Named Message-ID: Elections for important positions on the IRIS Board of Directors will be held during the Annual IRIS Membership Meeting in San Francisco on Monday evening, December 5. The Board-appointed Nominations Committee consists of one Board member and three community members: Ed Garnero (Chair, Board member) Arizona State University Garnero at ASU.edu Steve Roecker (Past Chair) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute roecks at rpi.edu Susan Beck University of Arizona slbeck at email.arizona.edu Colleen Dalton Boston University Dalton at bu.edu Elections this year will be held for 3 three-year Director positions. Following past Board practice, two or more candidates will be nominated for each of the open Director positions. All Member Representatives are encouraged to contact the Nominations Committee to provide suggestions for candidates for the open positions. The 3 new Director positions are to replace 3 Directors whose three- year terms expire this year: James Gaherty (Vice Chair) Ed Garnero Steve Grand As described in the elections procedures of the By Laws, the nominations committee "shall prepare a slate of one or more nominees for each Director position to be filled.? Prior to the Annual IRIS Membership Meeting on Monday, December 5 (during the Fall AGU Meeting), you will be informed of the candidates and provided with details on the voting procedures. Continuing Directors are: Brian Stump - Chair (2013) Susan Bilek (2012) Paul Davis (2013) John Hole (2012) Jereon Tromp (2013) Doug Wiens (2012) You can view a list of current IRIS Committee members at http://www.iris.edu/hq/about_iris/governance Thank you for your continued involvement in the activities of your Consortium. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From sergei at geo.uu.nl Thu Jun 30 09:23:57 2011 From: sergei at geo.uu.nl (sergei at geo.uu.nl) Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:23:57 +0200 Subject: [iris-bulk] Starting Investigator Research Grant, Ireland In-Reply-To: <13510982cfbd3771532d27c7ea093dd4.squirrel@webmail.geo.uu.nl> References: <13510982cfbd3771532d27c7ea093dd4.squirrel@webmail.geo.uu.nl> Message-ID: <945755bbba92e1204f697c4467cbb223.squirrel@webmail.geo.uu.nl> Science Foundation Ireland - Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) Duration: 4 years Funding (incl. PI salary): Eur400,000 Location: Dublin, Ireland Deadlines: 17 August, 2011 (institutional), 31 August, 2011 (SFI) The Geophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, invites strong, transnational, early career stage researchers to apply to Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) for funding under SFI's Starting Investigator Research Grant (SIRG) Programme http://www.sfi.ie/funding/funding-calls/open-calls/sfi-starting-investigator-research-grant-sirg-programme/ The SIRG Programme provides an opportunity for excellent investigators to carry out independent research that will ?underpin? sustainable energy. Under the SIRG funding scheme, scientists who are more than 3 years but less than 8 years since the awarding of their PhD can receive funding for their salary, for a PhD student, and for research costs to a total of EUR100,000 per annum for four years. The SIRG Starting Investigator (SI) will be paired with a Mentor in DIAS Geophysics, who will be a co-applicant on the proposal. The Mentor's role is to give advice and provide laboratory space and related infrastructure to both the SI and the postgraduate student. The Mentor will also take the role of co-supervisor for the SIRG postgraduate student; however, it is the SI who will act as the primary supervisor. DIAS Geophysics Section staff conducts studies of the Earth using seismology, electromagnetism and potential fields, from the near-surface to deep within the mantle. More information can be found at: http://www.dias.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=66&Itemid=68&lang=en An example of a sustainable energy research project within the Section is IRETHERM (www.iretherm.ie), recently funded under a different SFI program. In seismology, proposed projects may take advantage of opportunities in seismic imaging using existing controlled-source data, in passive imaging with broadband-array data, and in integration of seismic and other geophysical and geological data, with the aim of determining the structure, composition and thermal state of Ireland?s crust and lithosphere and developing a better understanding of its geothermal energy potential. Interested potential applicants are asked first to read all of the information on SFI's website about the SIRG programme, and in particular to ensure that they meet the strict eligibility rules for SIRG grants. Then they should contact - as soon as possible and attaching a full CV with the publication list and a brief outline of the suggested research proposal - one of the following, depending on their research interests. Seismology: Prof. Sergei Lebedev, sergei at cp.dias.ie ? broadband array seismology, passive and active-source imaging; Prof. Brian O'Reilly, bor at cp.dias.ie ? controlled-source seismology, geological interpretation. Electromagnetism: Prof. Alan G. Jones, alan at cp.dias.ie ? electromagnetism, EM inversion and joint inversion, petro-physical modelling; Dr. Mark Muller, mmuller at cp.dias.ie ? electromagnetism, petro-physical modelling. Potential fields: Prof. Zdenek Martinec, zdenek at cp.dias.ie ? gravity, electromagnetism. If deemed likely competitive, then together the SIRG SI applicant and the Mentor will develop a proposal that will first be submitted to DIAS's Administrative Office prior to 17th August and then, in the final form, to the SFI by 31th August, 2011. (Please make this opportunity known in your institution.)