8:30-10:30 mexico, rob clayton sumatra, kerry sieh taiwan, jean-philippe avouac
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Tectonics Observatory 2005- Annual Meeting. 8:30-10:30 Mexico, Rob Clayton Sumatra, Kerry Sieh Taiwan, Jean-Philippe Avouac Western US, Mike Gurnis Alaska, Kerry Sieh Large earthquakes, Jeroen Tromp, Don Helmberger Subduction processes, Japan, Mark Simons Iran, Brian Wernicke - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
8:30-10:30 – Mexico, Rob Clayton – Sumatra, Kerry Sieh – Taiwan, Jean-Philippe Avouac – Western US, Mike Gurnis – Alaska, Kerry Sieh – Large earthquakes, Jeroen Tromp, Don Helmberger– Subduction processes, Japan, Mark Simons – Iran, Brian Wernicke
10:30-… Discussion, tea and lunch around the posters for whole day
Tectonics Observatory2005- Annual Meeting
November 8
9:00-12:00: Round Table Discussion. Salvatory
1:00-4:00: Debriefing TO-faculty. Buwalda.
Tectonics Observatory2005- Annual Meeting
November 9
The Caltech Tectonics Observatory
• Take advantage of recent technological advances in Earth Sciences to gain some better understanding of the dynamics of the lithosphere that will renew/encompass current paradigms (Plate Tectonics, Elastic rebound model of the EQ cycle)
15 Faculty involved 11 students and 5 postdocs
• Stimulate cross-fertilization among the various earth science disciplines in the Division.
• Develop the use of most recent techniques for tectonic studies (CGPS, satellite imagery, thermochronology, seismic imaging, isotopic geochemistry …)
• Take advantage of new computational techniques and recent hardware advances.
We intend to create an stimulating multidisciplinary environment to breed a new generation of earth scientists who will conceive the future theory and models of the earth dynamics
Focus AreasTargeted field efforts in key areasData from existing and planned national networks (U.S., Japan, and Taiwan)
Analysis CenterComputationalGeochemicalGeological & Geophysical
(field obs. & remote sensing)
Implementation Strategies
People-Organization
• Steering committee: R. Clayton, J. Eiler, M. Gurnis, K. Sieh, M. Simons, B. Wernicke, J.P Avouac
• 15 Faculty, 5 Postdoc, 11 Grad Students.• Visiting faculty and students.
• TO Office manager: Heather Steele• Administrative assistant : Sheryl Garcia• GIS lab: Joanne Giberson• Computation: M. Turner, David Kewley• GPS: John Galetzka, X X• Imagery: F. Ayoub
Infrastructure
• GIS facilities• Beowulf• Deployment of CGPS networks: Sumatra,
Nepal, Taiwan, Chili, Western US• Geochemistry: Mass Spectrometers for Stable
Istopes and He• Seismology: 50 Broadband seismometers for
temporary deployement, Permanent array in Sumatra
GIS Laboratory 309 N. Mudd
GIS Software•ArcGIS: ArcInfo, ArcEditor, ArcView http://www.esri.com
Image Processing Software•ERDAS Imagine: http://gis.leica-geosystems.com/•RSI ENVI/IDL: http://www.rsinc.com/
Data Sets:•California Data: SPOT Images (10m), ASTER L1B, Geology, & So. Cal Faults (detailed) •U.S. Data: DEM NED (10m-30m), 1:24K Topo Maps, ESRI United States data set
(States, Counties, Cities, Zip Codes, Lakes, Rivers, Roads, etc) •World Data: ETOPO, GTOPO, SRTM (90 meter), ESRI World data sets (Countries,
Cities, Roads, Rivers, Faults, etc)
Computers & Hardware•8 Dell Workstations: DVD-ROM, CD-RW, 1-2 GB RAM, SCSI Hard drives, 64MB –
128MB Video cards, and Gb NIC.•HP 5500 Large Format Poster Printer: Wasatch SoftRIP software for fast printing. •External CD/DVD Burner, 300GB External hard drive, 512MB USB memory key.
GPS Division Resources
Library• HP815mfp 42” Large format scanner and printer located
in the Library map room. Contact Jim O’Donnell for more information.
Division Field Equipment• 8 Laptops: Windows XP with all available GIS, image
processing, and support software.• 8 GPS receivers: 7 Garmin ETrex & 1 Garmin 3+• Linksys Wireles Router
Regional Targets
Arabia and Indo-Asia collision zone
Sumatra
Peru-Chile America
Western North America
Taiwan
Japan
Middle America