« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Watch the recording Speaker: David Shelley, United States Geological Survey Title: The power of tiny earthquakes: Low-frequency earthquakes track the motion of a captured slab fragment at the Mendocino Triple Junction Host: Chao Song Abstract: The transition between the San Andreas Fault and the Cascadia subduction zone at the Mendocino triple… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: David Shelley
UTIG Seminar Series: Jinbo Wang
« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Watch the recording Speaker: Jinbo Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography, Texas A&M University Title: SWOT Wide-Swath Altimetry: A New Era for Submesoscale Ocean Dynamics Host: Patrick Heimbach Abstract: Ocean submesoscale dynamics (roughly 1–100 km) modulate vertical exchanges of heat, carbon, nutrients, and momentum, yet have historically been difficult to… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Jinbo Wang
GBDS Kicks Off a New Era of Gulf Exploration at 2026 Annual Meeting
This year marks the beginning of Phase 16 of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) research project. This phase of GBDS’s mission will focus on two broad research themes: the stratigraphic evolution of the Gulf Basin and understanding emerging energies and critical minerals in the Gulf. GBDS will also continue its long-time work of producing and maintaining a detailed, comprehensive, and integrated synthesis of the depositional history of the entire Gulf basin. Founded at the University of… Continue Reading GBDS Kicks Off a New Era of Gulf Exploration at 2026 Annual Meeting
UTIG Seminar Series: Ann Chen
« 2026 Spring Seminar Series Watch the recording Speaker: Ann Chen, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin Title: Studying the earthquake cycle using InSAR and coral derived surface deformation observations Host: Thorsten Becker Abstract: The Solomon Islands lie in one of the world’s most active subduction… Continue Reading UTIG Seminar Series: Ann Chen
UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2025
Come out and support this year’s UTIG talks and posters in New Orleans! Click each presenter’s entry for complete details and visit the AGU25 Online Program for a full list of Jackson School of Geosciences participants. Don’t miss the Texas Space Grant Consortium team at booth 749! Notice something amiss, get in touch. Jump to:… Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2025