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Seismology

Matthew Agius

Matthew Agius is a recent PhD graduate from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies in Ireland and is now doing research at the University of Southampton (National Oceanography Centre). His research focuses on the dynamics of the lithosphere beneath Tibet, the Central Mediterranean, and the Pacific Ocean. Matthew’s role as a young scientist representative is to promote the efforts done by young researchers and to engage in discussions that concern seismology students. You can reach Matthew via e-mail at matthew.agius@soton.ac.uk.

EGU2015: Call-for-Papers

EGU is very pleased to announce the start of the Abstract submission for the EGU General Assembly 2015 (EGU2015), 12 Apr 2015 – 17 Apr 2015, Vienna, Austria. The sessions are now online: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/sessionprogramme Submitting an abstract is intuitive: For each session there is a link Abstract Submission followed by logging in the system. Abstracts may be s ...[Read More]

Call for IASPEI medal nomination

The International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interio (IASPEI) is calling for nominations for the IASPEI medal. The award of a IASPEI medal has been decided during the 2011 General Assembly in Melbourne. The first IASPEI Medal recipient was Robin Adams. The IASPEI medal is awarded for merits in seismology: for sustaining IASPEI goals and activities and for scientific ...[Read More]

The predicted great shake

A well predicted, well planned earthquake (drill) is about to take place this week. A fictitious, very strong earthquake is about to hit your locality. On Thursday 16th October at 10:16 local time, millions — yes over 20.4 million people — are participating in a global earthquake drill. The Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drill is an annual opportunity for people in homes, schools, and organ ...[Read More]

EGU needs you: Call for volunteers

Have you ever thought of considering to volunteer at the European Geosciences Union? Even though the organisation is huge (+12,000 members) it is mostly run voluntarily, employing only a handful of people primarily focused on the administrative part of the organisation. EGU is a truly bottom-up organisation that relies on, and values, the input of its members on a variety of projects and activitie ...[Read More]