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Sessions of Interest at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting

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Please see below for sessions of interest to the GeoPRISMS community, taking place at the 2014 Fall AGU Meeting, December 15-19 in San Francisco. Note, AGU abstract submission deadline is August 6, 2014.

See http://fallmeeting.agu.org/2014/

1. ID: #1524 Physics of Subduction Earthquakes: From the Trench to the Transition zone

  1.  ID: #2699 Processes, pathways, and properties along the subduction interface
  2.  ID: #2614 Illuminating the factors that determine subduction megathrust fault slip style
  3.  ID: #1856 Science and Societal Lessons from a Decade of Giant Megathrust Earthquakes
  4.  ID: #2815 Advances in Sub-Aqueous Paleoseismology : New Insights into Earthquake Recurrence
  5. ID: #3034 Arcs from the Inside Out
  6. ID: #2987 Signal propagation and preservation: routing information from the geomorphic engine to the stratigraphic record
  7.  ID: #2384 Drilling the Izu-Bonin-Mariana System: First Results and Related Studies
  8.  ID: #3348 – Crustal construction processes from the Backarc-Arc to the Forearc
  9.  ID: #2208 Marine Geohazards
  10.  ID: #2326 Satellite Remote Sensing and Management of Natural Disasters
  11.  ID: #3396 Collaborative Studies on Mantle Melting
  12.  ID: #2004 Melt and Volatiles: Two Key Ingredients in a Mantle

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Sessions of Interest at the 2014 GSA Meeting

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Please see below for sessions of interest to the GeoPRISMS community that will take place at the 2014 GSA Annual Meeting, October 18-22, 2014, in Vancouver, B.C.

Abstracts deadline is Tuesday, 29 July, 2014

Meeting information:

http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2014/home/

http://community.geosociety.org/gsa2014/science/sessions

(1)T25 Megathrusts – 50 years after the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake – a session in honor of George Plafker

(2)T5. Tectonic and Magmatic Evolution of the Aleutian Arc in Space and Time

(3)T7. Great Earthquakes, the Cascadia Subduction Zone, and Society

(4)T122. Magmatism and Geodynamics within the Cascadia Subduction Zone

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Reminder: Apply to host a GeoPRISMS Distinguished Speaker

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GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lectureship Program (DLP), 2014-2015

Deadline: August 1, 2014 

The GeoPRISMS Office is happy to announce the annual GeoPRISMS Distinguished Lectureship Program for academic year 2014-2015 with an outstanding speakers list. Distinguished scientists involved with GeoPRISMS science are available to visit US colleges and universities to present technical and public lectures on subjects related to GeoPRISMS science.

Any US college or university can apply to host a DLP speaker. Applications are due August 1, 2014 for visiting speakers in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015. Institutions that are not currently involved with GeoPRISMS research are strongly encouraged to apply, including those granting undergraduate or masters degrees, as well as those with PhD programs. Institutions may request a technical and/or public lecture. The GeoPRISMS Office will cover airfare for speakers’ travel and will coordinate travel and off-site logistics. Host institutions are responsible for local expenses for the duration of the visit.

Visit the GeoPRISMS website to apply and learn more about the speakers and talks available:

http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/distinguished-lectures.html

Also, please review the DLP Best Practices for making the most of your visiting speaker:

http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/dlp-best-practices.html

 

Please direct any questions to the GeoPRISMS Office at info@geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com

The GeoPRISMS Office

 

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REMINDER: NSF GeoPRISMS Solicitation

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Reminder: new NSF GeoPRISMS Solicitation, deadline for proposals is August 1 (for 2014 only)

Following significant community input and a great response from NSF we are pleased to announce that there will be likely logistical support for fieldwork in the Aleutians. The official text is below. The deadline for proposals has been adjusted to August 1 (for 2014 only).

The GeoPRISMS Program plans to arrange logistical support for up to two seasons of community field projects, in the form of ship and helicopter support in the Aleutians. Pending proposal success, availability of funds and vessel scheduling, up to 30 days could be available in each of the 2015 and 2016 summer field seasons. This coordination of field logistics at the Alaska Primary Site should maximize the science return for the available funds. Proposals involving field work in the Aleutians should include, as they normally would, personnel budgeting for travel to/from AK, personnel costs during field work, and a timeline for the work. However, we expect to negotiate, at the award stage, final budgets and work plans so that we may best take advantage of the shared field platforms supported by the program.

Questions about this particular effort should be directed to PO Jennifer Wade: jwade@nsf.gov; 703.292.4739

Read the new GeoPRISMS solicitation: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14556/nsf14556.htm

Please note the following proposal deadlines:

Other proposal deadlines of interest:

– The GeoPRISMS Office

Workshop announcement: “The prospects for studies of slow earthquakes toward Nankai Megaquake predictions and disaster preventions”, Kyoto, September 8th-10th

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Workshop announcement: “The prospects for studies of slow earthquakes toward Nankai Megaquake predictions and disaster preventions”, Kyoto, September 8th-10th

Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce that we will hold a workshop of “slow earthquakes” on September 8th-10th at the Uji campus, Kyoto University. In this workshop, we focus on understanding of slow earthquake itself, and relationships between slow earthquakes and megathrust event, such as a future Nankai-Tonankai earthquake. We also focus on seismic and geodetic monitoring of slow earthquake at sea-bottom as well as landward. We encourage submitting from perspectives of geology and rock physics, as well as seismology, geodesy and tectonics.
The workshop will be held at the Uji campus, Kyoto University from September 8th-10th. The application for the workshop is from the website at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QsqxIhtFx2xcKAK7_pdzmceR83-ZOAUax5XD9NQOC4U/viewform
Limited partial international travel funding is available thanks to the support of DPRI, ERI, JSPS and JDESC-IODP. To apply, send a CV and a statement of interest to ito.yoshihiro.4w@kyoto-u.ac.jp. The deadline for international travel support application is July 31th.
International invited speakers:
Kelin Wang (Geological Survey of Canada)
Stephen Bannister (GNS Science)
Yoshihiro Kaneko (GNS Science)
Vladimir Kostoglodov (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Anne Sheehan (University of Colorado)
Ken Creager (University of Washington)
Martin Vallée (Université Paris Diderot)
Best wishes,
Yoshihiro Ito, DPRI, Kyoto Univ.
Hitoshi Hirose, Kobe Univ.

Workshop announcement: “The prospects for studies of slow earthquakes toward Nankai Megaquake predictions and disaster preventions”, Kyoto, September 8th-10th

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Workshop announcement: “The prospects for studies of slow earthquakes toward Nankai Megaquake predictions and disaster preventions”, Kyoto, September 8th-10th 

Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce that we will hold a workshop of “slow earthquakes” on September 8th-10th at the Uji campus, Kyoto University. In this workshop, we focus on understanding of slow earthquake itself, and relationships between slow earthquakes and megathrust event, such as a future Nankai-Tonankai earthquake. We also focus on seismic and geodetic monitoring of slow earthquake at sea-bottom as well as landward. We encourage submitting from perspectives of geology and rock physics, as well as seismology, geodesy and tectonics.
The workshop will be held at the Uji campus, Kyoto University from September 8th-10th. The application for the workshop is from the website at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QsqxIhtFx2xcKAK7_pdzmceR83-ZOAUax5XD9NQOC4U/viewform
Limited partial international travel funding is available thanks to the support of DPRI, ERI, JSPS and JDESC-IODP. To apply, send a CV and a statement of interest to ito.yoshihiro.4w@kyoto-u.ac.jp. The deadline for international travel support application is July 31th.
International invited speakers:
Kelin Wang (Geological Survey of Canada)
Stephen Bannister (GNS Science)
Yoshihiro Kaneko (GNS Science)
Vladimir Kostoglodov (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Anne Sheehan (University of Colorado)
Ken Creager (University of Washington)
Martin Vallée (Université Paris Diderot)
Best wishes,
Yoshihiro Ito, DPRI, Kyoto Univ.
Hitoshi Hirose, Kobe Univ.

 

Apply to Participate in the Eastern North America Community Seismic Experiment

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Apply to Participate in the Eastern North America Community Seismic Experiment 

We are looking for volunteer participants in the GeoPRISMS Eastern North America Community Seismic Experiment (ENAM CSE), which will collect a suite of active and passive source seismic data along the mid-Atlantic coast. The ENAM CSE involves the offshore and land deployment of seismometers that will record land and marine seismic sources and marine multi-channel seismic data acquisition. More information about the objectives and design of the ENAM CSE can be found online:

http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/enam/community-seismic-experiment.html

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REMINDER: NSF GeoPRISMS Solicitation

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Reminder: new NSF GeoPRISMS Solicitation, deadline for proposals is August 1 (for 2014 only)

Following significant community input and a great response from NSF we are pleased to announce that there will be likely logistical support for fieldwork in the Aleutians. The official text is below. The deadline for proposals has been adjusted to August 1 (for 2014 only).

The GeoPRISMS Program plans to arrange logistical support for up to two seasons of community field projects, in the form of ship and helicopter support in the Aleutians. Pending proposal success, availability of funds and vessel scheduling, up to 30 days could be available in each of the 2015 and 2016 summer field seasons. This coordination of field logistics at the Alaska Primary Site should maximize the science return for the available funds. Proposals involving field work in the Aleutians should include, as they normally would, personnel budgeting for travel to/from AK, personnel costs during field work, and a timeline for the work. However, we expect to negotiate, at the award stage, final budgets and work plans so that we may best take advantage of the shared field platforms supported by the program.

Questions about this particular effort should be directed to PO Jennifer Wade: jwade@nsf.gov; 703.292.4739

Read the new GeoPRISMS solicitation:

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14556/nsf14556.htm

Please note the following proposal deadlines:

•NSF GeoPRISMS: August 1, 2014

http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2014/nsf14556/nsf14556.htm

GeoPRISMS Postdoctoral Fellowship: August 1, 2014

http://www.geoprisms.nineplanetsllc.com/postdoctoral-fellowships.html

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Special Section in the American Mineralogist’s Centennial Volume (2015-2016): “New advances in subduction zone magma genesis”

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Dear colleagues,

The American Mineralogist has now opened a Special Section in its Centennial Volume (2015-2016) on the theme of “New advances in subduction zone magma genesis“.

The Special Section is now open for submission (see details below), and will remain open until December 31, 2015. Editors for this special section are Susanne M. Straub and Heather Handley.

An important aspect is that American Mineralogist is set to become a more general journal for the Earth Science, as reflected in the subtitle of “A Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials”. This means that manuscripts are now accepted that could go to Geochim CosmochimActa, Contrib Mineral Petrol, G-cubed, Earth Planet Sci Lett, J Volcanol Geotherm Res, etc.

Here are some facts that to assist your decision to contribute to this volume:

– American Mineralogist offers print-on-demand which means that papers are published online as they are accepted, without waiting for the closure date for the Special Section. Once the section is closed, a journal-formatted collection of all the papers will be printed. The online publication date of the paper will be retained.

– Shorter papers are encouraged. While American Mineralogist accepts long papers as well, the regular articles have a 30 printed page limit (or a rough limit of 100 manuscript pages, when text, figures, tables etc. are taken together).

– American Mineralogist offers unlimited color in the on-line version of the journal is free to all MSA members ($80/year, and that includes Elements and American Mineralogist subscriptions).

– Color in the print version is $450/paper – not per page, but per an entire paper. However, if a paper has a huge amount of color maps, the fee may increase.

– American Mineralogist is cited in ISI and Scopus

How to submit a paper to the special section of American Mineralogist:

1. Go to http://minsocam.allentrack.net —be sure cookies are on and Java enabled. Use the most recent version of Netscape, Explorer, Safari, etc. Register and then log in.

2. Full manuscript preparation guidelines are available at http://www.minsocam.org and include a handy list of abbreviations and other style information available on the web site.

Please feel free to send questions anytime to the volume editors (Straub/Handley), and also a short notice of intent and preliminary paper title anytime, even if your manuscript will be submitted at some future date.

Best wishes,

Susanne Straub, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University (smstraub@ldeo.columbia.edu)

Heather Handley, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, (heather.handley@mq.edu.au)

 

2 Postdoc & 2 PhD positions

PHD AND POST DOC OPPORTUNITIES ANNOUNCEMENT
The European Center For Geodynamics and Seismology (ECGS – Luxemburg)
The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA – Belgium)
The Spatial Centre of Liège (CSL – Belgium)
are seeking candidates for:

2 POST DOC FOR 2 YEARS
2 PHD FOR 3 TO 4 YEARS

These 4 successful candidates will strongly interact between each other and with the scientific institutes involved in the “RESIST” project (see below).

****THE CONTEXT****

The Kivu rift area is part of the East African rift system. It is also the most-populated region of Central Africa and exposed at the same time to one of the highest level of geohazards on the continent. This studied region includes the Virunga Volcanic Province (VVP) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), western Rwanda and Burundi, as well as southwest Uganda. That area cumulates a rare combination of seismic, volcanic and landslide hazards (with highly variable recurrence rates and potential impact) in conjunction with increased demographic pressure which makes Kivu particularly threatened by natural disasters.

****THE PROJECT****

The RESIST project is the continuation of a long-standing research lead by the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA), the National Museum for Natural History (NMNH) and the European Centre of Geodynamic and Seismology (ECGS). RESIST partners are RMCA, NMNH, the Spatial Centre of Liège (CSL), the Belgium Institute of Spatial Aeronomy (BIRA-IASB) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). RESIST is targeting the understanding of the source mechanisms driving volcanic eruptions and landslides in the region by 1) filling the gap of knowledge on ground-based level through the installation of the densest seismic and infrasound network ever deployed in the region and first UV camera for SO2 monitoring and 2) combining this information with innovative Earth Observation approaches, using both archived data and new spaceborne data in radar, optic, gas and precipitation monitoring. RESIST will exploit ground-based instrument networks, field surveys and modern EO techniques (Split Band and MSBAS InSAR time-series, SO2 flux, TRMM) to study and characterize the changes in the monitored parameters that could/should be considered as significant in terms of volcanic and landslide (LS) processes.
The project that will start on 1st December 2014 and last 4 years is funded by the Belgian Science Policy Office and the Luxembourg National Fund for Research in the frame of the “STEREO III” Research Program for Earth Observation. It is closely related to other past and ongoing projects:

GORISK (www.ecgs.lu/gorisk),
GeoRisCA (www.africamuseum.be/georisca),
Vi-X (http://eo.belspo.be/Directory/ProjectDetail.aspx?projID=897),
AfReSlide (www.africamuseum.be/afreslide; http://research.vub.ac.be/afreslide).

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