• Crabs at a beach in Oman built these nice sand towers.
    18 May 2012 Christoph Grützner What’s up? The Friday links (33) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/05/18/whats-up-the-friday-links-33/ A very strange story happened in OC California some days ago (thanks @EricFielding for pointing me to that). A woman suffered serious burns because...
  • 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...
  • Italia
    5 Apr 2012 Salvatore Barba Session on “Seismic hazard modeling”: 86th National Congress of the Società Geologica Italiana, 18-20 September 2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/05/session-on-%e2%80%9cseismic-hazard-modeling%e2%80%9d-86th-national-congress-of-the-societa-geologica-italiana-18-20-september-2012/ The Italian Geological Society (Societą Geologica Italiana), founded in 1881, organizes its 86th meeting in Calabria, Southern Italy (18-20 September 2012). The meeting is entitled THE MEDITERRANEAN:...
  • Italia
    5 Apr 2012 Christoph Grützner Session on “Paleoseismicity of the Mediterranean Region and surface – faulting hazard in urban areas”: 86th National Congress of the Società Geologica Italiana, 18-20 September 2012 http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/05/session-on-paleoseismicity-of-the-mediterranean-region-and-surface-faulting-hazard-in-urban-areas-86th-national-congress-of-the-societa-geologica-italiana-18-20-september-2012/ The 86th Italian Geological Society Congress will be held in Arcavacata di Rende (CS) on 18-20 September 2012, at the Università della Calabria, Italy....
  • 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....
  • Behind the scenes of EGU: The daily wine reception is a high cost factor.
    1 Apr 2012 Christoph Grützner EGU announces end of General Assemblies – 2012 in Vienna to be the last one http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/04/01/egu-announces-end-of-general-assemblies-2012-in-vienna-to-be-the-last-one/ An EGU official yesterday announced the end of the union’s annual general assemblies. The upcoming meeting in Vienna will be the last one. “It’s...
  • 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....
  • Mexico conference
    27 Mar 2012 Christoph Grützner Mexican Geophysical Union meeting 2012: session on paleoseismology, seismic and tsunami hazard http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/27/mexican-geophysical-union-meeting-2012-session-on-paleoseismology-seismic-and-tsunami-hazard/ UGM SESSION: PALEOSEISMOLOGY, SEISMIC AND TSUNAMI HAZARD Mexican Geophysical Union Annual Meeting (RAUGM) 2012 28 October – 2 November, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico A...
  • ESC
    26 Mar 2012 Christoph Grützner Abstract deadline for European Seismological Commission meeting is approaching (31 March) http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2012/03/26/abstract-deadline-for-european-seismological-commission-is-approaching-31-march/ Dear friends and colleagues, we would like to remind you that there is less than a week left before the deadline for abstract submission...
  • EGU
    30 Jan 2012 Christoph Grützner 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...
  • 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...
  • The Rurrand Fault in Germany. This makes me some headache, because Salvatore wants me to write a paper on our findings for the upcoming special issue of Annals of Geophysics. There's not so much time left.
    7 Dec 2011 Christoph Grützner Earthquake Geology session at the EGU2012 meeting, 22-27 April, Vienna http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/12/07/earthquake-geology-session-at-the-egu2012-meeting-20-24-april-vienna/ Dear colleague, we are pleased to invite you to submit your abstract to the Earthquake Geology session at the upcoming EGU meeting (22-27 April,...
  • 29 Nov 2011 Christoph Grützner 10th Symposium on Engineering Geology and the Environment, 15-17 August 2012, Villa Carlos Paz City, Argentina http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/11/29/10th-symposium-on-engineering-geology-and-the-environment-15-17-august-villa-carlos-paz-city-argentina/ The Asociación Argentina de Geología Aplicada a la Ingeniería (ASAGAI), Argentina National Group of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG),...
  • 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...
  • Sunset over Kalamaki Beach
    17 Oct 2011 Christoph Grützner Corinth2011 aftermath http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/10/17/corinth2011-aftermath/ Dear participants, hopefully, everybody has returned well and everybody enjoyed the meeting, we have received a lot of mails and the feedback is fantastic....
  • 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....
  • 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 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...
  • Liquefaction in Israel
    16 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner SSA meeting: Special session on Japan, Christchurch EQs http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/03/16/ssa-meeting-special-session-on-japan-christchurch-eqs/ The Seismological Society of America has re-opened abstract submission for a special session on the Christchurch and Japan earthquakes during the Memphis conference. Deadline...
  • Rockfall in Morocco
    3 Mar 2011 Christoph Grützner 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,...
  • Oman Radiolarites
    25 Feb 2011 Christoph Grützner 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...
  • 8 Feb 2011 Christoph Grützner Searching for Records of Past Earthquakes Under Water http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/02/08/searching-for-records-of-past-earthquakes-under-water/ In its latest issue, EOS reports on the European Science Foundation conference “Submarine Paleoseismology – The Offshore Search of Large Holocene Earthquakes” which was held...
  • 27 Jan 2011 Christoph Grützner IWAGPR2011 Deadline extended to 28 February http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2011/01/27/iwagpr2011-deadline-extended-to-28-february/ The deadline of the International Workshop on Advanced Ground Penetrating Radar (IWAGPR) to be held in Aachen, June 2011 has been extended to 28...
  • 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...
  • 10 Nov 2010 Christoph Grützner EGU2011 Vienna http://www.paleoseismicity.org/blog/2010/11/10/egu2011-vienna/ The EGU General Assembly 2011 will take place in Vienna from April, 3 – 8. Deadline for financial support is December, 3. Young scientist...