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June 5, 2018

From the Field: Installing Seismic Sensors in the Mojave Desert

Rob Porritt, a UTIG postdoc, along with three UT Geology undergraduate students traveled to the Mojave desert in California in May to deploy 19 broadband seismic sensors. All were successfully placed over the course of six arduous days in the desert. “This was by far the hardest deployment I’ve ever done,” said Rob. “We stressed… Continue Reading From the Field: Installing Seismic Sensors in the Mojave Desert

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, News, tectonophysics-slideshow Tagged With: field work, geophysics, postdoctoral fellow, research, seismology

May 4, 2018

Mrinal Sen to Receive SEG’s Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal in October

Mrinal K. Sen, UTIG Associate director, professor, and Jackson Chair in Applied Seismology, will be recognized with the Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal from the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) at their annual meeting in October. The award is presented to the person who in the unanimous opinion of the SEG Honors and Awards Committee and… Continue Reading Mrinal Sen to Receive SEG’s Virgil Kauffman Gold Medal in October

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, News Tagged With: awards, seismology

August 8, 2016

Seismologists Unite for Community Wavefields Experiment in Oklahoma

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) organized a community wavefields experiment near Enid, Oklahoma with the help of a 60 member volunteer team, which included UTIG post-doc Chastity Aiken and graduate student Taylor Borgfeldt.

The Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) organized a community wavefields experiment near Enid, Oklahoma with the help of a 60 member volunteer team, which included UTIG post-doc Chastity Aiken and graduate student Taylor Borgfeldt. Continue Reading Seismologists Unite for Community Wavefields Experiment in Oklahoma

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August 13, 2014

UTIG researcher co-authors study on 2010 earthquake-icequake connection

University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Research Associate Jake Walter contributed to a published study examining the connection between the 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile in 2010 and micro-earthquakes in Antarctica, also known as “icequakes.” Walter was a postdoctorate researcher at Georgia Tech working at the time of the study with Zhigang Peng, an associate professor in… Continue Reading UTIG researcher co-authors study on 2010 earthquake-icequake connection

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Antarctica, Chile, earthquakes, geophysics, Georgia Tech, geoscience, Institute for Geophysics, Jackson School of Geosciences, research, seismology, University of Texas, UTIG

May 29, 2014

UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine

A recently published paper co-authored by Cliff Frohlich of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics is featured in the May 20, 2014, edition of Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. Frohlich and his co-authors published a paper in the January 2014 edition of Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth regarding the largest recorded earthquake in East… Continue Reading UTIG Researcher’s Article Featured in AGU Magazine

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