Do you have difficulty in understanding results inferred from seismological studies? A dedicated short course directed to non-seismologists or early career seismologists, with a particular focus for young scientists (graduate students and postdocs), is being held during this year’s EGU2016 general assembly in Vienna.
The main goal of this short course is to provide an introduction into some of the basic concepts and methods in seismology and how these methods are applicable to investigate the near-surface and the Earth’s interior. The course will highlight the role that advanced seismological analysis techniques can play in the co-interpretation of results from other fields in the geosciences, such as tectonics, geology, geodynamics, volcanology and hydrology.
The topics covered will include real-time earthquake monitoring, access to seismic data, interpreting macroseismic data, an overview of surface wave analysis tools that are widely applicable and complementary to near-surface geophysics, and a discussion on powerful seismic tools to analyse velocity changes of the inner Earth by seismic tomography and the wonders of continuous ambient noise.
We likely won’t turn you into a seismologist in one hour, but would rather like to make you aware how seismological techniques can help you in geoscience. The intention is to discuss each topic in a non-technical manner, emphasizing their respective strengths and potential shortcomings. Not only will this course help non-seismologists to better understand seismic results but it will also facilitate more enriched discussion between different scientific disciplines. The 1 hour short course will be run by fellow young seismologists and geoscientists, who will present examples from their own research and from reference papers for illustration. Questions from the audience will be encouraged.
This short course is open for everyone, for free, however, early registration is strongly encouraged.
Date: Thursday, 21 April 2016
Time: 12:15–13:15 (during lunch time break)
Room: –2.61 (Brown basement level)
Website: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/session/22334
Registration (free): http://goo.gl/forms/rlRBAfKJmE
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The short course is convened by Koen Van Noten, Pierre Arroucau, Aurélien Mordret, Thomas Lecocq, Daniela Farrugia and Matthew R. Agius
By Koen Van Noten
Koen Van Noten is a structural geologist who completed his PhD at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) and currently holds a postdoc at the Seismology-Gravimetry division of the Royal Observatory of Belgium. He investigates the influence of site effects on intraplate earthquake ground motions by “Did You Feel It?” macroseismic data and near-surface geophysical techniques such as H/V Spectral Ratio analysis and Electrical Resistivity Tomography.
Koen’s role as an early career scientist is to help (PhD) students in seismology, structural geology and near-surface geophysics to promote their results in various ways. You can reach him at koen.vannoten@seismology.be.
