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The UTIG Geophysics Blog

Stories and updates from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics.

October 25, 2021

Making Methane from Microbes: UTIG and UT Knoxville Hunt for Biological Source of Fiery Ice

Addison and Lovell pose for the camera while working in the lab

Methane hydrate is a type of icy natural gas that accumulates in the subsurface around the Earth’s continental margins. Because methane is a hydrocarbon, the icy hydrate deposits are an important part of the carbon cycle, accounting for billions of tons — up to 22% — of Earth’s organic carbon. The methane feeding this layer… Continue Reading Making Methane from Microbes: UTIG and UT Knoxville Hunt for Biological Source of Fiery Ice

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, GOM2 News, News Tagged With: Addison Savage, graduate students, methane hydrate

July 13, 2021

Back in the Field: Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Course Returned in 2021

Photo of the students standing posing on the boat.

When London Darce learned that the 2021 UT Marine Geology and Geophysics field course was going ahead, they jumped at the chance to make up for experiences they’d missed when the class was canceled early in the coronavirus pandemic. “Hands-on fieldwork is vital, it’s what the geosciences are all about,” Darce said. Darce, who is… Continue Reading Back in the Field: Marine Geology and Geophysics Field Course Returned in 2021

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: drone, field experiences, field work, marine geoscience, MG&G, multibeam, Port Aransas, student experiences, vibracore

June 14, 2021

How an award-winning geophysics professor is doing his part to reshape the geosciences

Field photo showing Thorsten Becker hitting a rock with a hammer.

Backpack, hat and rock-hammer in hand: the archetypal geologist has attracted generations of outdoor-loving people to the geosciences. But it’s an image that people like Thorsten Becker, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences and this year’s recipient of the International Lithosphere Program’s Evgueni Burov Medal, hope to change.… Continue Reading How an award-winning geophysics professor is doing his part to reshape the geosciences

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: diversity, earthquakes, geosciences, Thorsten Becker

May 4, 2021

Antoniette Greta Grima: ‘Bam! It broke in two and went on its own sweet way as if nothing had happened’

A picture of Antoniette Greta Grima and Malta's Grand Harbor.

UTIG’s postdoc on discovering a new kind of tectonic behavior. GEOPHYSICS Q&A Before joining the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, Antoniette Greta Grima discovered a previously unknown tectonic plate behavior that she called ‘slab orphaning.’ The process, which occurs 660 kilometers (410 miles) under the Earth’s surface, describes the way tectonic plates — or… Continue Reading Antoniette Greta Grima: ‘Bam! It broke in two and went on its own sweet way as if nothing had happened’

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: Antoniette Greta Grima, earthquakes, geophysics q&a, postdoc, postdoctoral fellow, scientist profiles

March 17, 2021

Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist

Dunyu Liu at Crater Lake.

MEET THE SCIENTIST Dunyu Liu is a computational geoscientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), and the first official hire to support computational science activities across UTIG. A seismologist by training, Liu is helping build bridges between geophysical research and high performance computing. In 2008, when Dunyu Liu was an undergraduate, a… Continue Reading Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News, Stories Tagged With: CESM, climate models, computational geoscience, Dunyu Liu, earthquakes, finite element method, Lonestar5, supercomputers, TACC, Wenchuan

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