The 2011 EarthScope National Meeting was held on May 17-20 at the AT&T Executive and Education Center at the University of Texas at Austin where 327 registered participants attended (80 of which were students) and 190 abstracts or posters were presented. PDF files of most presentations are available below.
2011 National Meeting
The 2011 EarthScope National Meeting was held at the AT&T Executive and Education Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Tuesday, May 17-20.
2009 WESP workshop
Science Plan and Selected Talks
The 2009 Workshop for an EarthScope Science Plan was held in Snowbird, UT on October 7-9 and provided background for the science plan released in January 2010.
2009 National Meeting
The 2009 EarthScope National Meeting was held at the Centre on the Grove in Boise, ID May 12-15.
2007 National Meeting
The meeting emphasized integrated, multi-disciplinary science, presented latest results and examined future EarthScope directions; and enhanced the role of young scientists in EarthScope research.
2005 National Meeting
With over 300 scientists participating, the first EarthScope National Meeting synthesized results from previous topical workshops and emphasized EarthScope's crosscutting science and interdisciplinary research goals.
2011 EarthScope National Meeting
Program of talks and posters [1 MB PDF]
Program Abstracts [16 MB PDF]
Student Poster Awards [0.2 MB PDF]
Participant List [123 KB PDF]
Keynote and EarthScope Café talks are highlighted by an image.
Meeting planning committee: Sean Gulick, John Hole, Mike Jackson, Bob Lillie, Rowena Lohman, Jay Pulliam, Anne Trehu, Ben van der Plujim, Steve Whitmeyer, Bob Woodward, Howard Zebker
Wednesday Morning May 18 - Reconstructing the Evolution of a Continent
The EarthScope Bighorn project: The power of integrated geoscience
E. Erslev (U. Wyoming) et al.
The Colorado Plateau: Integration of geophysical observations through dynamic modeling
L. Flesch (Purdue U.) et al.
The evolution of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin, initiation of the Yellowstone hotspot track, and inherited influences of present-day deformation and volcanism
B. Schmandt (U. Oregon) et al.
• T. Plank (Columbia U.) et al.: Extending a continent: Magmatism and dynamics of the lithosphere across the Basin and Range, US [PDF 1.4 MB]
• K. Dueker (U. Wyoming) et al.: Seismic imaging beneath the Colorado Rockies from the CREST project [PDF 8.7 MB]
• T. Lowry (Utah State) and M. Perez-Gussinye: The Colorado Plateau: Integration of geophysical observations through dynamic modeling [PDF 3.3 MB]
• C. Rockett (Baylor U.) et al.: Seismic tomographic imaging of an upper mantle anomaly beneath the Rio Grande Rift [PDF 31.9 MB]
Wednesday Lunch May 18 - EarthScope Café
Wednesday Afternoon May 18 - Processes at Active Plate Boundaries
Diurnal and sub-diurnal variations in slow slip in Cascadis: comparison of PBO borehole strain observations with tidal loading and tremor
J. Hawthorne (Princeton U.) and A. Rubin
Major tectonic faults that are weak tend to creep
C. Marone (Penn State U.) et al.
• A. Freed (Purdue U.) et al.: Using short-term postseismic displacements to infer the long-term tectonic environment of the upper mantle at an active plate boundary [PDF 2.6 MB]
• W. Hammond (U. Nevada Reno) et al.: EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory reveals uplift of the Sierra Nevada [PDF 2.6 MB]
• C. Chadwell (SIO): Potential contribution of seafloor geodesy offshore Cascadia to science goals of the PBO [PDF 3.4 MB]
• R. Granat and A. Donnellan (Jet Propulsion Lab): GPS time series analysis of southern California associated with the 2010 M7.2 El Mayor/Cucapah earthquake [PDF 12.1 MB]
• M. Jadamec (Brown U.) et al.: Flat subduction, continental faults, and surface uplift: 3D numerical models of south-central Alaska
Thursday Morning May 19 - Exploration and Unexpected Discoveries
Studying the atmosphere and atmospheric phenomena using USArray Transportable Array
M. Hedlin (UCSD) et al.
PDF Document [4.4 MB] - Movie Slide 24 [8.4 MB] - Movie Slide 25 [7.2 MB] - Movie Slide 26 [10.2 MB]
The most valuable instrument: How GPS guided research and monitoring before, during, and after the 2006 eruption of Augustine volcano
P. Cervelli (USGS) et al.
• K. Larson (CU) et al.: PBO H2O: Plate Boundary Observatory studies of the water cycle [PDF 2.0 MB]
• N. Bartlow (Stanford) et al.: Space-time relationship of slip and tremor during the 2009 Cascadia slow slip event [PDF 10.6 MB] Movie Slide 7: [PDF 2.0 MB]
• D. Sun (Caltech) et al.: High density pancakes sitting on the mantle-core boundary [PDF 4.9 MB]
• J. Tytell (UCSD) et al.: Viability of the USArray TA network as a platform for severe weather now-casting and weather research [PDF 11.4 MB]
• A. Kelbert (Oregon State U.) et al.: Crust and upper mantle electrical conductivity beneath the Yellowstone Hotspot Track [PDF 2.2 MB]
Thursday Lunch May 19 - EarthScope Café
Thursday Afternoon May 19 - EarthScope's Broader Impacts
Featuring EarthScope science for K-12 teachers and students in the Pacific Northwest
B. Butler (U. Portland) et al.
PDF Document [26.5 MB] - Movie Slide 15 [5.1 MB] - Movie Slide 16 [5.9 MB] - Movie Slide 19 [1.7 MB] - Movie Slide 21 [56 MB]
The use of real-time GPS and accelerometer data for earthquake early warning and rapid response
Y. Bock (UCSD) et al.
PDF Document [2.3 MB] - Movie Slide 17 [4.5 MB] - Movie Slide 21 [2.2 MB]
• S. McGill (CSU San Bernardino) et al.: Collaborative education and research in crustal deformation studies [PDF 14.3 MB]
• P. Dorr (IRIS) et al.: Telling the EarthScope story: Engaging colleges, universities, and the public in USArray
• S. Nelson (Illinois State U.) et al.: Illinois EarthScope: A new view of integrated Earth sciences
Friday Morning May 20 - Key Targets for the Future
• S. van der Lee (Northwestern U.) et al.: SPREE: Where is the ocean between Minnesota and Wisconsin? [PDF 20.9 MB]
• S. Stein (Northwestern U.) et al.: New Madrid and beyond: What EarthScope can teach us about ancient strcutures, modern deformation, and the relation between them [PDF 10.7 MB]
• C. Langston (CERI Memphis) et al.: What EarthScope can teach us about ancient structures, modern deformation, and the relation between them [PDF 3.2 MB]
• D. Shillington (Columbia U.) et al.: Opportunities for EarthScope science in the eastern US: Rifting, magmatism, and sutures [PDF 5.6 MB]
• F. Pazzaglia (Lehigh U.): Tectonics and topography on a passive margin [PDF 6.0 MB]
• J. Freymueller and J. Elliot (U. Alaska Fairbanks): Distributed continental deformation across northwest North America [PDF 3.2 MB]
Friday Morning May 20 - Moderated Open Discussion of EarthScope's Future
The following presentations are summaries of the Thursday night discussion group meetings
How should the EarthScope community provide input to the 2013-2018 IRIS and UNAVCO O&M proposals? [PDF 0.2 MB]
How can linkages between EarthScope and NASA be strengthened?
How can EarthScope continue to evolve and adapt to new opportunities on a decadal and longer time scale? [PDF 68 kb]
How can the EarthScope research community better document and publicize scientific advances? [PDF 0.2 MB]
Additional Meeting Information
NSF Update [PDF 9.2 MB]
NSF Early Career 'Tips' [PDF 0.9 MB]
Pre- and Post-meeting workshops [PDF 0.9 MB]
Meeting Poster 8.5''x11" [0.3 MB PDF]
Meeting Poster 25.5''x33" [10.2 MB PDF]
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