Tag Archives: landslide
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Excursion and field work in Greece – landslides, rock falls, fault scarps http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/12/excursion-and-field-work-in-greece-landslides-rock-falls-fault-scarps/ Since ten days I am in Greece now with a dozen of students. We started with an excursion in the western Peloponessus area and... -
Paleoseismology, archeoseismology and earthquakes at the EGU2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/01/30/paleoseismology-archeoseismology-and-earthquakes-at-the-egu2012/ Now that the abstract submission deadline has passed you might be interested in somehow paleoseismicity-related sessions at the EGU2012. I decided to group the... -
What’s up? The Friday links (28) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/01/20/whats-up-the-friday-links-28/ The University of Oklahoma has set up a “Global Geo-Referenced Field Photo Library“. Once registered, users may upload and geotag their (geological) field photos.... -
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.... -
What’s up? The Friday links (20) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/10/28/whats-up-the-friday-links-20/ The Turkey M7.2 earthquake turned out to be a really desastrous event. More than 500 people died, more than 2,000 houses were destroyed. Currently,... -
What’s up? The Friday links (19) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/10/21/whats-up-the-friday-links-19/ Let’s start with some good news: The first two Galileo satellites (Natalia and Thijs) will be launched today from Kourou. It’s a little behind... -
What’s up? The Friday links (18) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/08/05/whats-up-the-friday-links-18/ Earthquake prediction again: The former president of India, Abdul Kalam, said earthquake prediction will be possible within 10 years. It would be great if... -
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... -
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... -
Japan EQ & Tsunami: Environmental Effects http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/13/japan-eq-tsunami-environmental-effects/ The Japan M9.0 earthquake and the following tsunami are well documented by videos, photographs, sea-level measurements, seismograms etc. But how do we recognize such... -
Mw9.0 earthquake hits Japan, causes Tsunami (updated – 3) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/11/mw8-9-earthquake-hits-japan-causes-tsunami/ An earthquake with a magnitude of Mw9.0 has occured 130 km east of Honshu, Japan in a depth of ~25 km. This had been... -
INQUA grants for the 2nd World Landslide Forum – Session on Seismically induced landslides and seismic landslide hazard analysis http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/03/inqua-grants-for-the-2nd-world-landslide-forum-session-on-seismically-induced-landslides-and-seismic-landslide-hazard-analysis/ Dear Colleagues, we would like to invite you to participate to the session “Seismically induced landslides and seismic landslide hazard analysis” (conveners: Ed Harp,... -
What’s up? The Friday links (8) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/02/25/whats-up-the-friday-links-8/ The Christchurch earthquake was the main topic of the Geoblogosphere this week. A great analysis on the effects was provided by Dave Petley in... -
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...
