Projects and Initiatives
CANOE
PI(s):
James Gaherty We propose a passive broad-band seismic experiment in northwestern Canada, a setting in which fundamental questions regarding the structure and dynamics of the mantle's upper and lower boundary lay
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CANOE CATSCAN
PI(s):
Arthur L. Lerner-Lam Project Website for CAT/SCAN: Calabria-Apennine-Tyrrhenian/Subduction-Collision-Accretion Network
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CATSCAN Location
United States
43° 7' 59.0196" N, 12° 18' 16.8768" E
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Global CMT
PI(s):
Göran Ekström
PI(s):
Meredith Nettles During the summer of 2006, the main activities of the research project known as the Harvard Centroid-Moment-Tensor (CMT) Project moved with Principal Investigator Göran Ekström from Harv
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Global CMT Project Lamont Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)
PI(s):
Won-Young Kim Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN) monitors earthquakes which occur primarily in the Eastern United States.
Malawi Earthquakes Blog: Assessing Danger on the East African Rift
PI(s):
James Gaherty
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Donna Shillington In December of 2009, nearly a dozen earthquakes of magnitude 5 or greater rattled the southeast African nation of Malawi, killing four, injuring hundreds, and making thousands homeless.
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Malawi Earthquakes Blog Multidisciplinary Observations of Onshore Subduction (MOOS)
PI(s):
Geoffrey A. Abers The MOOS experiment seeks to understand the structure and dynamics of subduction in the region of the 1964 Alaska earthquake, one of the three largest recorded (Mw 9.2), where terrane collision is
Location
Alaska
United States
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Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research Site
Ocean Bottom Seismology
Our Ocean Bottom Seismology (OBS) Laboratory develops and operates cutting-edge instrumentation for measuring deformation of the ocean floor in a variety of experimental settings. One of our
Real-Time Double-Difference Earthquake Locations for Northern California
PI(s):
Felix Waldhauser
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David Schaff This project develops and implements real-time, high-precision earthquake location algorithms for use in operational seismic monitoring procedures.
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http://ddrt.ldeo.columbia.edu Rock Mechanics
PI(s):
Heather Savage Rocks and ice are slip-sliding away in the LDEO Rock Mechanics lab.
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Main website: SCOOBA
PI(s):
James Gaherty Deployment of a wide-band OBS in the Gulf of California from the R/V New Horizon in Oct 2005. Seismometer is housed in the green sphere, while recording, power, and communications devices are
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SCOOBA Strip of Destruction
PI(s):
Leonardo Seeber We mapped the surface trace of the fault rupture for about 5 km on the west bank of the Khunar River, through Balakot and into the Sarash Valley where it apparently ends.
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Strip of Destruction (PDF) Location
Pakistan
Pakistan
34° 30' 0" N, 73° 19' 48" E
Structure and Evolution of the Oceanic Lithosphere / Asthenosphere System
PI(s):
James Gaherty What is a plate? We undertake a comprehensive analysis designed to significantly advance our understanding of the structure and evolution of oceanic plates.
Testing the Extensional Detachment Paradigm: Scientific Drilling in the Sevier Desert Basin
PI(s):
Mark H. Anders
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Nicholas Christie-Blick Testing the Extensional Detachment Paradigm: Scientific Drilling in the Sevier Desert Basin (Basin and Range Province, Western United States)