Month: March 2014

Volunteers for the iMUSH active-source seismic experiment

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We are seeking volunteers to deploy instruments during the active-source seismic experiment for iMUSH, the NSF-funded GeoPRISMS project “imaging Magma Under St. Helens”.

Information on this multi-disciplinary study, designed to image the magmatic system of Mount St. Helens, Washington, from the subducting slab to the edifice of the volcano, can be found at imush.org.

The iMUSH active-source seismic experiment is scheduled to begin in mid-July 2014 and will last two to three weeks. We require that all volunteers stay for the entire experiment. All volunteers must have a valid driver’s license. Some driving experience with 4-wheel drive vehicles is desirable, but not essential.

Please direct anyone interested in volunteering to http://earthscience.rice.edu/imush/ to learn more about the active-source experiment and to submit an application. For more information contact Eric Kiser, eric.d.kiser@rice.edu.

Call for Early Career Scientists: Sail on the R/V Langseth

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CALL FOR EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS: SAIL ON THE R/V LANGSETH

The R/V Langseth will collect high-resolution 3D multichannel seismic data across IODP Expedition 313 drillsites on the New Jersey shelf July 1 – August 4, 2014. The ship will leave from and return to New York harbor. There is berth space and travel support for 6 advanced graduate students and post-doctoral researchers to participate. Responsibilities will include standing an underway watch and helping deploy and retrieve seismic gear. Benefits will include hands-on experience acquiring and monitoring 3D marine seismic data and on-board instruction from the project investigators leading the cruise. Data processing will be done commercially and released to public access within six months following the cruise. No stipend will be provided.

A cruise synopsis is available at: http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/component/content/article/2-uncategorised/517-langseth3d-2014.html

If you are interested in sailing, please send a CV and a statement of up to 500 words describing why you want to participate to each of the four principal investigators (email subject: Langseth3D):
Gregory Mountain (Rutgers University; gmtn@rci.rutgers.edu)
Mladen Nedimovic (Dalhousie University; mladen@dal.ca)
Craig Fulthorpe (University of Texas at Austin; craig@utig.ig.utexas.edu)
and James A. Austin, Jr. (University of Texas at Austin; austinja@austin.utexas.edu)

The deadline to apply is May 15, 2014

RV Marcus Langseth and the Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences

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RV Marcus Langseth user community:

The National Academies are conducting a Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences to develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availability. The DSOS committee’s report will present a compelling research strategy for increased understanding of the oceans over the decade 2015-2025.

The report generated from this study will provide key input to NSF’s Division of Ocean Sciences and likely define the the allocation of experiment and facility funding from within OCE for the next decade.

The RV Marcus Langseth is partly funded through the Division of Ocean Sciences and the results of this report will greatly impact the future growth in capability and availability of 2D and 3D seismic data available to researchers. The oceans present a huge ‘blank spot’ to our current collective available geophysics data that will need to be instrumented to further our understanding of Earth’s geophysical processes.

Please take some time to review existing comments and submit your own comments on the need for increased geophysics measurement capability in the oceans.

Existing comments can be reviewed at: http://nas-sites.org/dsos2015/comment-forum/

Comments may be submitted at: http://nas-sites.org/dsos2015/

The deadline for comments is March 15!

Dale S. Sawyer
Chair of Marcus Langseth Science Oversight Committee
UNOLS
dale@rice.edu
713-348-5106 (o)

National Academies Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences: Deadline March 15

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Ocean Bottom Seismometer user community:

The National Academies are conducting a Decadal Survey of Ocean Sciences to develop a list of the top ocean science priorities for the next decade in the context of the current state of knowledge, ongoing research activities, and resource availability. The DSOS committee’s report will present a compelling research strategy for increased understanding of the oceans over the decade 2015-2025.

The report generated from this study will provide key input to NSF’s Division of Ocean Sciences and likely define the the allocation of experiment and facility funding from within OCE for the next decade.

The Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instrument Pool is funded through the Division of Ocean Sciences and the results of this report will greatly impact the future growth in capability and availability of Ocean Bottom Seismometers available to researchers.  The oceans present a huge ‘blank spot’ to our current collective available geophysics data that will need to be instrumented to further our understanding of Earth’s geophysical processes.

Please take some time to review existing comments and submit your own comments on the need for increased geophysics measurement capability in the oceans.

Existing comments can be reviewed at: http://nas-sites.org/dsos2015/comment-forum/

comments may be submitted at: http://nas-sites.org/dsos2015/

The deadline for comments is March 15!

Brent Evers
Project Manager
OBSIP Management Office
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 400
202-682-2220 x156
brent.evers@iris.edu