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July 29, 2019

New Study Reveals Layers of Textured Mantle ‘Frozen’ into North American Plate

The North American plate is a medley of geological parts that protrude into Earth’s mantle like tree branches frozen into the surface of an iced-over lake. Research from The University of Texas at Austin has proposed a new method to map these ‘frozen-in’ layers of the tectonic plate and reveal how it interacts with the… Continue Reading New Study Reveals Layers of Textured Mantle ‘Frozen’ into North American Plate

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News, Stories, tectonophysics-slideshow Tagged With: seismic anisotropy, Tectonics

July 15, 2019

New NSF Grant Awarded to Study Earth’s “Flat Slabs”

A $2.7 million multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional NSF-Frontiers of Earth Science grant has been awarded to a team led by Carnegie’s Lara Wagner to study an active flat slab in Colombia. A flat slab is produced when a tectonic plate descends to depths of about 30 to 60 miles (~50-100 km) then flattens and travels horizontally for… Continue Reading New NSF Grant Awarded to Study Earth’s “Flat Slabs”

Filed Under: homepage-news, Media Releases, News Tagged With: Earth science, earthquakes, flat slab, NSF, Tectonics

March 27, 2018

From The Field: Final Update From SISIE

UTIG researchers and students Sean Gulick, Harm Van Avendonk, Brandon Shuck, Dominik Kardell, Steffen Saustrup, Marcy Davis and Dan Duncan just returned from their time aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth off the coast of New Zealand working on the South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment (SISIE). They sent us this update on their final two… Continue Reading From The Field: Final Update From SISIE

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, News Tagged With: field work, marine geoscience, Tectonics

March 20, 2018

Meet the UTIG Student: Brandon Shuck

UTIG Ph.D. student Brandon Shuck was recently recognized for his research by GEOPrisms at the American Geological Union annual meeting and by the UT Jackson School of Geosciences. He is currently conducting research off the coast of New Zealand and we caught up with Brandon to learn more about him and his time here at UTIG. Degree… Continue Reading Meet the UTIG Student: Brandon Shuck

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, Meet the UTIG Student, News Tagged With: American Geophysical Union, PhD students, student profile, Tectonics

March 8, 2018

From the Field: Update from SISIE

South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment

UTIG researchers and students Sean Gulick, Harm Van Avendonk, Brandon Shuck, Dominik Kardell, Steffen Saustrup, Marcy Davis and Dan Duncan are currently aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth off the coast of New Zealand working on the South Island Subduction Initiation Experiment (SISIE). They sent us this update on their work so far on their… Continue Reading From the Field: Update from SISIE

Filed Under: Geophysics Blog, homepage-news, homepage-slider, News, tectonophysics-slideshow Tagged With: field work, marine geoscience, Tectonics

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