[SIO GP Seminars] reminder: Friday Seminar at 3:15, Ken Hudnut, USGS

[Meng Wei]

Join us this Friday for this week's Geophysics Seminar.  Please note  
the small CHANGE IN MEETING TIME from 3 to 3:15.  See below for more  
info on this week's seminar.

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Friday, October 13, 3:15 PM
   (refreshments served at 3:00 PM)
   Munk Conference Room

Ken Hudnut

"The B4 Project: Scanning the San Andreas and San Jacinto Fault Zones"

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Abstract:

In May 2005, the B4 Project team performed a high-resolution  
topographic survey of the San Andreas and San Jacinto fault zones in  
southern California, in order to obtain pre-earthquake imagery  
necessary to determine near-field ground deformation after a future  
large earthquake (hence the name, 'B4'), and to support tectonic and  
paleoseismic research. We imaged the faults in unprecedented detail  
using Airborne Laser Swath Mapping. The scientific purpose of such  
spatially detailed imaging is to establish actual fault slip  
heterogeneity in (and after) a major earthquake, so as to help  
resolve classic ‘great debates’ in earthquake source physics. We also  
succeeded in improving the methods used for airborne imaging, such  
that very high quality imagery was obtained. All of the data  
collected are now openly available to the public over the internet.


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'if anyone would like to meet with the speaker let me know'

Have a good day.

Matt

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Meng Wei ( Matt )
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225
mwei at ucsd.edu
(858) 822-4347
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