Monthly Archives: June 2011

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  30 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner A small tsunami in England on 29 June, 2011 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/30/a-small-tsunami-in-england-on-29-june-2011/ Yesterday, British media reported on a small tsunami that hit southwestern England at 10.15 BST. Wave heights reached around 30 cm in some bays...

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  28 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner Where on GoogleEarth? WoGE #294 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/28/where-on-googleearth-woge-294/ Felix‘ WoGE #293 led us to a giant dune field in northern Namibia, adding one more location to my where-I-need-to-go-list. The dunes stretch over...

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  23 Jun 2011 Klaus Reicherter Young geoscientists – next generation http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/23/young-geoscientists-next-generation/ Dear friends and colleagues, I am more than happy to announce that on last Monday (June 20, 2011) Christoph obtained his doctoral degree from...

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  21 Jun 2011 Andreas Rudersdorf Young Geologists – New Insights (1) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/21/ygni01/ In April 2011 we started on a field trip to investigate the Padul-Nigüelas Fault Zone in Spain (+/- 37°N, 3°36°W, see map here). Like...

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  15 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner Where on GoogleEarth? WoGE #290 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/15/where-on-googleearth-woge-290/ I found Tannis‘ WoGE #289 more or less by accident, just having a quick look and suddenly realizing that I am in the right...

• 13 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner Earthquake series hits Christchurch, NZ, causing liquefaction, landslides http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/13/earthquake-series-hits-christchurch-nz-causing-liquefaction-landslides/ On Monday, 13 June, Christchurch was again rocked by earthquakes that caused damages and left people injured. Three significant events happened within two hours....

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  10 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (13) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/10/whats-up-the-friday-links-13/ Sorry for starting with a non-geological link again, but it’s important: We have two more elements! Well, two more names in the periodic table...

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  3 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (12) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/03/whats-up-the-friday-links-12/ I am not sure if the geoscience community has realized that astronomy made three steps forward recently, so I’ll start out of topic. Three...

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  2 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner Corinth2011 – Registration re-opened, 20 places left! http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/02/corinth2011-registration-re-opened-20-places-left/ Dear colleagues and friends, the registration for the Corinth2011 workshop is open again. Due to additional capacities at the conference venue we can offer...

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  1 Jun 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (5) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/06/01/the-wednesday-centerfault-5/ After we dealt with some faults in Greece, let’s move to Spain. The Ventas de Zafarraya Fault (VZF) west of the Granada basin (36.96°...