Category Archives For: Teaching

  • Japan EQ
    7 Apr 2012 Christoph Grützner A motion piece on the Tōhoku Earthquake – One Year Later http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/07/a-motion-piece-on-the-tohoku-earthquake-one-year-later/ Peter Kim pointed me to that fascinating motion piece created by Onlineschools.org. It is an approach somewhere between science and art, but perfectly addresses...
  • Mexico (Juan Manuel Gabino )
    22 Mar 2012 Christoph Grützner PostDoc research position on Tsunami deposits, EQ Geology, Tectonics (Mexico) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/22/postdoc-research-position-on-tsunami-deposits-eq-geology-tectonics-mexico/ The Group on Active Tectonics (GAT) and the Environmental Geophysics University Laboratory (LUGA) at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Campus Morelia seeks...
  • LiDAR
    1 Mar 2012 Christoph Grützner Take part in an experiment: Measuring tectonically offset features http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/01/take-part-in-an-experiment-measuring-tectonically-offset-features/ Folks at Arizona State University and San Diego State University are conducting a study to test the repeatability, accuracy, and precision of lateral displacement...
  • QAFI
    28 Feb 2012 Christoph Grützner Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/02/28/quaternary-active-faults-database-of-iberia/ The Spanish IGME (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España) has published a great tool for anyone interested in neotectonics and paleoseismology of the Iberian...
  • Oman coast
    22 Feb 2012 Christoph Grützner Back from field work in Oman http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/02/22/back-from-field-work-in-oman/ Klaus, Ben, Sascha and me went to visit our colleague Gösta at the GUtech in the Sultanate of Oman. We did some fieldwork for...
  • Mexico
    18 Jan 2012 Christoph Grützner Job offer: Assistant professor position available at UNAM http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/01/18/job-offer-assistant-professor-position-available-at-unam/ Job Description The Geosciences Center at the National Autonomous University of Mexico invites applications for Assistant Professor/Researcher Position with expertise in Paleoseismology and Neotectonics....
  • Nordic rocks - they look nice, it's a great idea - but why didn't they cool my whiskey well?
    28 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner On the rocks – how to cool Whiskey adequately http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/28/on-the-rocks-how-to-cool-whiskey-adequately/ Today’s post is about Whiskey. And Whisky. More precisely, about how to cool it adequately as a geoscientist. I received a great Christmas gift...
  • An isolated rock in the sea - Alkyonides Gulf, Greece. Not only great landscape there, but also good beaches. Be aware of sea urchins if you go there, I've seen too many students with tweezers, trying to remove every single spine from their feet...
    18 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Sunday Geology Picture: Alkyonides Gulf, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/18/sunday-geology-picture-alkyonides-gulf-greece/ This beautiful, isolated rock stands in the Alkyonides Gulf, the northwestern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It has some beautiful notches, which indicate...
  • Delphi, a mysterious historical place in amazing landscape. The archaeological site is full of cute little kitten that beg for some food from the tourists. Once you drop a cookie or something, you'll be surrounded by dozens of cats.
    17 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Saturday Geology Picture: Delphi, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/17/saturday-geology-picture-delphi-greece/ Delphi is one of the most impressive places I’ve ever seen. The landscape is just breathtaking – the archaeological site is situated on the...
  • Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at night. I had three great weeks there, camping at Needles Outpost. Cooking on the campfire, drinking beer-flavoured water, walking through the canyons. Great landscape and great steaks! It's only the beer-issue...
    16 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Friday Geology Picture: Canyonlands National Park, Utah, at night http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/16/friday-geology-picture-canyonlands-national-park-utah-at-night/ In Evelyn’s one-picture-per-day-to-save-some-time-before-Christmas-series, my contribution today is from the Canyonlands, Utah. It’s a view to the north from Needles Outpost campsite, directly at the...
  • The contact between ultramafics and carbonates in a mine in Albania. In the fault zone very beautiful conglomerates occured, which I always wanted to use for my bathroom once I got rich with geology...
    15 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Thursday Geology Picture: Iron-nickel mine in Albania http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/15/thursday-geology-picture-iron-nickel-mine-in-albania/ I took this picture in an iron-nickel mine in Albania. Here we see the contact between the underlying ultramafics and the carbonates on top....
  • Salty creek in Potash, UT. Those saltworks there are a shame in the landscape, but somehow fascinating, too. And way better than all that Uranium mining tailings directly at the Colorado River and only a few hundred meters away from Moab.
    14 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Wednesday Geology Picture: Salty creek in Potash, Utah http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/14/wednesday-geology-picture-salty-creek-in-potash-utah/ Here’s the Wednesday Geology Picture as part of Evelyn’s meme. Close to the Arches National Park in Utah there is Potash, a bizarre place...
  • Lake Marathon dam is fully covered with Penteli marble. Nice, isn't it? Good old times in Greece.
    13 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Tuesday Geology Picture: Lake Marathon, Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/13/tuesday-geology-picture-lake-marathon-greece/ Following Evelyn’s suggestions, I will post random geology pics this week. Lake Marathon in Attica, Greece is providing a significant amount of the drinking...
  • Close to the Strait of Gibraltar, view to Africa. Off topic, I know, but I haven't been to Japan yet.
    12 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner AGU2011 Tohoku earthquake session on video http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/12/agu2011-tohoku-earthquake-session-on-video/ A small comfort for all those who have missed the AGU2011 fall meeting (and so did I) might be that some sessions are now...
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    5 Dec 2011 Andreas Rudersdorf Open research positions at Lisbon University http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/05/open-research-positions-lisbon/ A new job announcement was posted some couple of days ago: the University of Lisbon offers two post-doctoral research positions for up to 5...
  • Well, actually not Tyrins, but offset column drums at Cape Sounion, Attica. Hey, also a nice place with earthquake related damage! It's hard to walk around in Greece WITHOUT coming across beautiful sites. Try the cooked Octopus in vinegar!
    23 Nov 2011 Christoph Grützner Cologne University – PhD position in Archaeoseismology available http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/23/cologne-university-phd-position-in-archaeoseismology-available/ The University of Cologne (Seismological Station Bensberg) invites applications for an open position as a Doctoral Student. An essential part of the research activities...
  • Normal Fault Cake
    22 Jul 2011 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (17) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/07/22/whats-up-the-friday-links-17/ This week’s Friday links are almost entirely earthquake related. On James’ Empty Blog you can find some scary but interesting videos from the Japan...
  • EEE catalogue
    21 Jul 2011 Christoph Grützner Public version of the EEE Catalogue online! http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/07/21/public-version-of-the-eee-catalogue-online/ The public version of the EEE Catalogue,  a global catalogue of environmental effects induced by modern, historical and paleoearthquakes, is available at http://www.eeecatalog.sinanet.apat.it/terremoti/index.php. This...
  • Padul Panorama
    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...
  • Offset conglomerates in greece
    23 Feb 2011 Christoph Grützner Why was the Christchurch earthquake so devastating? http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/02/23/why-was-the-christchurch-earthquake-so-devastating/ A M6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand on 22 February (21 Feb in UTC), leaving at least 75 people dead and hundreds injured or...
  • 1 Dec 2010 Christoph Grützner Teaching Paleoseismology – Excursion to Greece http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2010/12/01/teaching-paleoseismology-excursion-to-greece/ Paleoseismology and archeoseismology do only rarely appear in the curriculae of geoscience studies. Those topics will be covered in courses on tectonics and structural...