GG5210/6211 Seismology I
Due Sept. 25, via email to me at
rbsmith@mines.utah.edu
The
WWW has become the most popular source of timely information on tectonophysics
and seismology. For this assignment, I simply want to get you familiar with
some of the more important sites that will be useful sources of information
related to this class.The assignment
is therefore to examine and simply describe the sites as follows.
Make
a short list of the most recent earthquakes and erupting volcanoes recorded
around the globe, North America and in the Intermountain region in the last
couple of months by accessing:
1. Earthquakes
Global
earthquake monitor: http://www.iris.edu/seismon/
Global
and U.S. earthquake information: http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
Surfing
the web for earthquake information: www.geophys.washington.edu/seismobig.html
U.S.
seismic hazard maps: http://usgs.gov/eq/
Listing
of U.S earthquakes: http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss/
SeismoLinks;
http://www.earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/sca
The
latter site has more links to www sites in the fields of seismology,
tectonophysics and crustal deformation than you will ever want to know. In fact if you look in depth at each site
you should receive an MS degree in inquisitiveness and endurance.
2.
Volcanoes:
Global
volcano monitor: http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vwdocs/current_volcs/current.html
Global
volcano information: http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/
Surfing
the web for volcano information: http://www.seismolinks.com/Volcanoes/institutions_and_observatories/
U.S. volcano information: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
USGS
volcano information: http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/
General
volcano hazards: http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/Hazards/What/hazards.html
3.
Crustal deformation:
University
GPS site at: http://www.unavco.org
Crustal
deformation of the Long Valley caldera, Mammoth Lakes, California, and describe
the status of deformation and earthquakes as of this week at: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/VOLCANOES/LongValley/
4. New Earthscope
Initiative
http://www.earthscope.org/
Write a short description of the project
and suggest how it might effect your career
5. Educational web sites on
plate tectonics, volcanoes and earthquakes:
No need to write anything up here, just
enjoy surfing them.
Crustal
deformation and GPS:http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/
Earthquakes:
http://www.scecdc.scec.org/Module/module.html
Plate
tectonics: http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
The
Savage Earth: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/,
National
Geographic Fantastic Journeys: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/yellowstone/
The
Jason Project at Yellowstone: http://www.jasonproject.org/expeditions/jason8/yellowstone/,
Earthquakes,
plate tectonics and space methods in Earth Sciences: http://scign.jpl.nasa.gov/learn/
Investigating
earthquakes: http://www.scecdc.scec.org/Module/module.html