Tag Archives: archeoseismology

  • 2010 rupture
    6 May 2012 Christoph Grützner SSA meeting in San Diego (& excursion to active faults!) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/05/06/ssa-meeting-in-san-diego-excursion-to-active-faults/ Klaus and me went to the SSA 2012 annual meeting in San Diego in April. The conference was great and very focussed. I really...
  • Acambay2012
    3 Apr 2012 Christoph Grützner First circular for the 3rd INQUA-IGCP567 workshop on paleoseismology in Mexico, Nov. 2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/03/first-circular-for-the-3rd-inqua-igcp567-workshop-on-paleoseismology-in-mexico-nov-2012/ Dear colleagues, we’ve just published the first circular for the upcoming 3rd workshop on earthquake geology, paleoseismology and archaeoseismology, Morelia, Mexico, 19-24 November 2012....
  • Acambay2012
    28 Mar 2012 Christoph Grützner 3rd INQUA-IGCP 567 International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology and Archeoseismology, Morelia (Mexico), 18 – 24 November 2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/28/3rd-inqua-igcp-567-international-workshop-on-active-tectonics-paleoseismology-and-archeoseismology-morelia-mexico-18-24-november-2012/ The 3rd INQUA-IGCP 567 International Workshop on Active Tectonics, Paleoseismology and Archeoseismology will be held in Morelia (Mexico) from 18 – 24 November 2012....
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Baelo featured
    15 Nov 2011 Christoph Grützner SSA 2012 Special Session: Earthquakes and Tsunamis at Coastal Archaeological Sites http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/15/ssa-2012-special-session-earthquakes-and-tsunamis-at-coastal-archaeological-sites/ Dear colleagues, We would like to bring your attention to a special session at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America...
  • SSA featured
    15 Nov 2011 Christoph Grützner SSA 2012 Special Session: Macroseismic Effects in Recent and Ancient Earthquakes and their Relationship to Ground Motion Parameters http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/15/ssa-2012-special-session-macroseismic-effects-in-recent-and-ancient-earthquakes-and-their-relationship-to-ground-motion-parameters/ Dear colleagues, We would like to bring your attention to a special session at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America...
  • sunrise featured
    20 Sep 2011 Christoph Grützner 2nd day of the Corinth2011 meeting http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/09/20/2nd-day-of-the-corinth2011-meeting/ 9:00 The second day started with a great keynote, Chris Scholz talked about earthquake triggering and fault synchronization with examples from California and Iceland....
  • 17 Sep 2011 Ioannis Papanikolaou A few words about the upcoming Corinth Workshop http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/09/17/a-few-words-about-the-upcoming-corinth-workshop/ After the very successful 1st Workshop on Earthquake Archaeology and Paleoseismology held in the ancient roman site of Baelo Claudia (Spain, 2009), the INQUA...
  • Quat Int feat
    22 Aug 2011 Christoph Grützner Special issue on Archaeology and Paleoseismology in Quat. Int. 242 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/08/22/special-issue-on-archaeology-and-paleoseismology-in-quat-int-242/ It is our greatest pleasure to announce that a new special issue on paleo- and archaeoseismology has been published. The special issue of Quaternary...
  • Dead Sea Rift overview
    13 Jul 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (7) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/07/13/the-wednesday-centerfault-7/ This week’s centerfault is a very prominent one that you will know for sure – the Dead Sea Fault. The sinistral strike-slip fault marks...
  • Lake Vouliagmeni
    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...
  • The Sparta Fault
    25 May 2011 Christoph Grützner The Wednesday Centerfault (4) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/05/25/the-wednesday-centerfault-4/ This day’s Centerfault is the Sparta Fault in southern Greece (37.1°N 23.3°E). Being situated on the Peloponessus, the fault marks one of the most...
  • The Rurrand Fault near Düren, Germany
    9 Apr 2011 Christoph Grützner Paleoseismicity at the EGU2011 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/04/09/paleoseismicity-at-the-egu2011/ Now the EGU2011 in Vienna is over. Thousands of scientists have attended the meeting and more than 13,000 abstratcs were presented. Approx. 20,000 portions...
  • 21 Jan 2011 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (3) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/01/21/whats-up-the-friday-links-3/ The L’Aquila earthquake from 6 April, 2009 caused more than 308 fatalities and destroyed about 15,000 buildings. A new initiative set up by the...
  • 10 Jan 2011 Christoph Grützner Special session “Archeoseismology” of the SSA Annual Meeting to be held in Memphis, TN, April 13-15th http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/01/10/special-session-%e2%80%9carcheoseismology-learning-about-ancient-earthquakes-from-the-archeological-record%e2%80%9d-of-the-ssa-annual-meeting-to-be-held-in-memphis-tn-april-13-15th/ Dear Researchers and Other Interested Parties! We invite you to submit an abstract to the special session “Archeoseismology: Learning about Ancient Earthquakes from the...
  • 4 Jan 2011 Christoph Grützner “spektrumdirekt” reports on archeoseismology http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/01/04/spektrumdirekt-reports-on-archeoseismology/ The online science magazine “spektrumdirekt” reports on the archeoseismological and paleoseismological studies in Baelo Claudia, Southern Spain. The article focusses on tsunami hazard in...
  • 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...
  • 5 Nov 2010 Christoph Grützner New publication on Ancient Earthquakes http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2010/11/05/new-publication-on-ancient-earthquakes/ GSA has published a new Special Paper on Archaeo- and Paleoseismicity! ANCIENT EARTHQUAKES M. Sintubin, I.S. Stewart, T. Niemi & E. Altunel, Eds., Geological...