CURRENT PROJECTS

The Global Seismology and Tectonics Group is involved in broadband seismology studies of earthquake source rupture properties and the large-scale structure of orogenic systems. Broadband (passive-source) seismology utilizes naturally occurring earthquakes to image large-scale lithospheric structures (crustal and lithospheric thickness, major crustal and mantle interfaces, lateral wavespeed variations, crustal and mantle anisotropy related to fabrics and flow). These experiments typically involve field deployments for one to two years of 40-60 broadband instruments in a 2D array with station spacing of tens of kilometers over areas of hundreds of kilometers. We have five ongoing projects: CAUGHT, PULSE, Wyoming, Batholiths, and SNEP.

 

 

 

CAUGHT (Bolivia, Peru)

Central Andes Uplift and Generation of High Topography

PULSE (Peru)

PerU Lithosphere and Slab Experiment

Wyoming Seismic Project (USA)

Batholiths (British Columbia, Canada)

Batholiths Continental Dynamics Project

SNEP (California, USA)

Sierra Nevada EarthScope Project

 

EARTHQUAKE STUDIES

RUPTURE PROCESS AND SOURCE PARAMETERS OF 1 April 2007 SOLOMON ISLANDS EARTHQUAKE (Mw=8.1) (Fall 2007 AGU poster, 3.5 Mb)

 

PAST PROJECTS

SIEMBRA (Argentina)

Sierras pampeanas Experiment using a Multicomponent BRoadband Array

NAF (Turkey)

North Anatolia Fault passive seismic experiment

CHARGE (Chile, Argentina)

CHile ARgentina Geophysical Experiment

BANJO/SEDA (Bolivia)

BANJO (Broadband ANdean JOint) and SEDA (Seismic Exploration of the Deep Altiplano) experiments