Scientists have long puzzled over what happens when seamounts — mountains and volcanoes on the seafloor — are pulled into subduction zones. Now, new research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that when seamounts sink, they leave behind a trail of soft sediments. The researchers think the sediment patches help tectonic pressure escape… Continue Reading Sinking Seamount Offers Clues to Slow Motion Earthquakes – banner
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Sinking Seamount Offers Clues to Slow Motion Earthquakes
Scientists have long puzzled over what happens when seamounts — mountains and volcanoes on the seafloor — are pulled into subduction zones. Now, new research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that when seamounts sink, they leave behind a trail of soft sediments. The researchers think the sediment patches help tectonic pressure escape… Continue Reading Sinking Seamount Offers Clues to Slow Motion Earthquakes
Sabrina Reichert
Graduate Research Assistant Sabrina Reichert is a PhD student focusing on seismic tomography and marine geophysics. Her work investigates the geophysical components of the Blake Plateau to illuminate the tectonic and magmatic mechanisms of continental breakup, as well as seafloor spreading phenomena in the Central Atlantic Ocean. Sabrina’s PhD research utilizes data collected on research… Continue Reading Sabrina Reichert
Danqi Jiang
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT Danqi Jiang is a first-year Ph.D. student in marine geology and geophysics working with Nathan Bangs and Shuoshuo Han. Her research explores structural interpretation, kinematic modeling, and restoration of 2-D and 3-D seismic reflection data to investigate fault slip behavior, deformation evolution, and earthquake hazards along the Hikurangi and Cascadia subduction margins.… Continue Reading Danqi Jiang
UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2021
Catch up with your colleagues. Find out whose doing what at AGU Fall with our (nearly) comprehensive schedule of talks and posters from current (and recent) UTIG research staff and students. Continue Reading UTIG at AGU Fall Meeting 2021