<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Colleagues:<br><br>We would like to draw your attention to a special session on the M6.0<br>Wells, NV earthquake being convened at the Fall 2008 AGU meeting (see<br>session description below). If you have worked on this particular <br>event, other normal faulting earthquakes or Basin and Range seismic <br>hazard, we encourage you to submit an abstract. <br><br>The abstract deadline is 10 September. Online submissions can be <br>made at the following URL: <br><a href="http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp">http://submissions3.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp</a><br><br>We look forward to seeing you at AGU!<br><br>Kris Pankow (<a href="mailto:pankow@seis.utah.edu">pankow@seis.utah.edu</a>)<br>Glenn Biasi (<a href="mailto:glenn@seismo.unr.edu">glenn@seismo.unr.edu</a><br><br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>S18: The 2008 M 6.0 Wells, Nevada Earthquake<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>