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Please register for An interdisciplinary approach to Understanding and Promoting Spatial Learning Processes in the Geosciences on April 5, 2017 2:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1693511071546274819 <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1693511071546274819> Presenters: Thomas Shipley (Temple University), Nicole LaDue (Northern Illinois University), and Mike Brudzinski (Miami University of Ohio) Abstract: An interdisciplinary network of cognitive psychologists, e… [more]
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From: AGI Critical Issues Program <cipinfo@agiweb.org> Subject: Free Webinar on Responses to Induced Earthquakes, April 14 Date: March 24, 2017 at 8:30:23 AM EDT To: Bill Leith <wleith@usgs.gov> Reply-To: AGI Critical Issues Program <cipinfo@agiweb.org> <http://crm.americangeosciences.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=2748&qid=1354418> Dear Colleague, The American Geosciences Institute's Critical Issues Program is pleased to offer a free webinar, "State Responses to Induced Eart… [more]
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Please register for Geoscience education research at the post-secondary and professional level on March 29, 2017 10:30 AM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6991335226038909442 <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6991335226038909442> Presenters: Dr. Clare Bond (University of Aberdeen) and Dr. Eric Riggs (Texas A&M University) Abstract: Geoscience education research is a broad field related to studies of teaching, learning, and cognition in the geosciences. Within this… [more]
WILLEMANN, RAYMOND J DR-03 USAF AFMC AFRL
2017-03-23 19:31:58
23 March 2017 1. As during each of the past several years, the AFRL Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research Program is making a formal Request for Information, which is described in the attached document. We are interested in your ideas on scientific solutions to the monitoring challenges we face, and we welcome your inputs. 2. Formal requests for clarification must be received no later than 5 April 2017. You can contact us with any questions, and we will be available on-site during the S… [more]
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Andrew Frassetto
2017-03-22 20:32:04
IRIS is pleased to announce the formal release of LASSO (Latest Assessment of Seismic Station Observations). LASSO has been developed by Instrumental Software Technologies Inc. in conjunction with IRIS Instrumentation Services as a client to load, display, sort, rank, and export the measurements of quality produced by MUSTANG. It runs in-browser (Chrome, Safari, etc.), presenting the option to query preset metric groupings or develop more customized requests. MUSTANG metrics are typically avail… [more]
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Dear colleagues, We are seeking nominations for 1-2 new committee members for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Committee on Seismology and Geodynamics. COSG serves as the focal point for community discussion and community-agency interaction on issues related to the structure, dynamics, and evolution of the Earth. The mission of the committee is to organize and oversee studies, workshops, and forums that will: · foster and encourage understanding of the s… [more]
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Larry Braile
2017-03-17 17:25:50
Reminder: We are pleased to again announce the Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE) program for 2017. SAGE is a four week graduate and advanced undergraduate research and education program in exploration geophysics based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. SAGE students, faculty, teaching assistants and visiting scientists acquire, process and interpret reflection/refraction seismic, MT/EM, GPR, gravity and magnetics data at a shallow archaeological site and at the sedimentary basin s… [more]
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Please register for Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) on Mar 15, 2017 2:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7166409363286169347 Speaker: Dr. Liang Han, UTIG, Austin, TX Abstract: The Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) acquired controlled-source seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection data in the Salton Trough, Southern California and northern Mexico, in 2011, which provide constraints on the crustal and upper mantle structure. Almost 2800 la… [more]
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Jessica Irving
2017-03-13 21:40:28
Dear colleagues, The AGU Study of Earth's Deep Interior Focus Group is pleased to continue our mentorship program for students and postdocs who are interested in learning how to propose/convene/chair a session at the 2017 AGU Fall Meeting. In this program, students/postdocs will be assigned to an experienced Session Proposing team to learn the ropes at all stages, from initial submission of a session, to selecting invited speakers, to arranging oral and poster time slots, to chairing the sessi… [more]
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The 2017 EarthScope National Meeting will be held in Anchorage, Alaska from May 16-18, 2017. Conference highlights include the opportunity to showcase research in oral and poster sessions, hear firsthand results of pioneering EarthScope studies and a synthesis of findings to date, and the option to participate in a post-meeting field trip led by local EarthScope scientists. Early career scientists are strongly encouraged to attend! Please apply for the student and postdoc scholarship, deadlin… [more]
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Please register for Results from the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) on Mar 15, 2017 2:00 PM EDT at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7166409363286169347 Speaker: Dr. Liang Han, UTIG, Austin, TX Abstract: The Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP) acquired controlled-source seismic refraction and wide-angle reflection data in the Salton Trough, Southern California and northern Mexico, in 2011, which provide constraints on the crustal and upper mantle structure. Almost 2800 la… [more]
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Danielle Sumy
2017-03-06 17:51:15
Do you or your graduate students need some additional help in the field this summer? IRIS, in collaboration with the University of Texas - El Paso, are matching 10 undergraduate students with qualifying field excursions through the Field Experience Program (FieldXP). These students will receive a $1000 from IRIS to help offset travel expenses. The students are available to assist with field projects for one to three weeks between May 12 - August 28. The goal of the program is to provide these… [more]
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Thursday, March 9th, 2017 CIG Webinar 2:00 PM, Adobe Connect http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/r28i3av93ti/ <http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/r28i3av93ti/> "Introduction to the spectral-infinite-element method" ~ by Hom Nath Gharti and Jeroen Tromp, Princeton University The governing equations for the elastic-gravitational deformation of an Earth model involve a perturbed gravitational potential. The gravitational potential is governed by Poisson’s equation inside the Earth and by La… [more]
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Please register for Facilitating Data Discovery and Access Across FDSN Datacenters with the IRIS Federator on March 1, 2017 2:00 PM EST at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2321190373055031043 <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2321190373055031043> Presented by: Dr. Robert Weekly, IRIS Data Services Abstract: In 2013, the International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks (FDSN) approved a specification for web service interfaces for accessing seismological station m… [more]
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