Subduction zones are the source of the world’s most dangerous earthquakes and tsunamis. UTIG’s researchers are on a mission to understand them By Constantino Panagopulos On Jan. 26, 1700, a barrage of tsunamis ripped across the Pacific Ocean at the speed of a jet liner. The 100-foot waves slammed into the northwest coast of America… Continue Reading In Search of the Next Big One
Anniversary & Celebration
A special event celebrating 50 years of global leadership in geophysical research and discovery. November 30, 20221:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Photo Album UTIG at 50 Thank you to everyone who came to UTIG’s anniversary symposium, it was a great success! Old friends, new faces, and future scientists joined an afternoon of reflection, celebration and… Continue Reading Anniversary & Celebration
UT Graduate Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl World Final
The University of Texas at Austin is the 2022 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Challenge Bowl World Champion thanks to graduate students, Edward Clennett and Ethan Conrad, both from the Jackson School of Geosciences. The international competition tests the general geosciences knowledge of university teams from across the world. The world finals were held online,… Continue Reading UT Graduate Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl World Final
Making Quakes in Austin, Texas
Newly Constructed Earthquake Machine Makes Earthquake on First Test By Kristin Phillips After months spent carefully combining black steel plates, delicate sensors, and five hydraulic jacks into a device that mimics the sliding of tectonic plates past each other, a team of researchers and graduate students successfully made an earthquake in the lab on November… Continue Reading Making Quakes in Austin, Texas
Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
The University of Texas at Austin has joined leading scientists on a bold new effort to understand Earth’s largest earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The plans were detailed in a new report published Nov. 7 with the backing of 55 universities. Demian Saffer, the director of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and one… Continue Reading Scientists Plan Major Research Program to Understand Earth’s Most Dangerous Hazards
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