Undergraduate Research: Explore natural hazards in seismically active regions using geodetic, earthquake, and societal data

In conjunction with the On the Cutting Edge workshop Undergraduate Research in Earth Science Classes: Engaging Students in the First Two Years

August 11, 2014
Gaines Hall 140, Montana State University- Bozeman, MT

Instructor:
Christine Puskas, UNAVCO

UNAVCO contributed and presented at this workshop. This workshop is designed to explore the many ways that authentic research experiences can be embedded in introductory Earth Science courses. This follows the recent recommendations from the President's Council of Advisors on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (PCAST, 2012): Advocate and provide support for replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery-based research courses.

UNAVCO Contributed Course Materials

• Research project for introductory-level geoscience students: Explore natural hazards in seismically active regions using geodetic, earthquake, and societal data
  (Part of the On the Cutting Edge Reviewed Teaching Collection)
• Undergraduate Research Using UNAVCO Resources [pdf]: An Overview of the Plate Boundary Observatory Geodetic Data Products : Christine Puskas and Shelley Olds
• Finding & viewing data: Links to ftp sites, web services, documentation - Data Archive Interface
• Visualization tools : DAI Plotter, U Plotter, Jules Verne Voyager, & GPS velocity viewer
• UNAVCO GPS Network Monitoring - Network maps
• GPS velocities: GPS Velocity Viewer
• Plot multiple GPS sites on the same graph, zoom into specific time periods: GPS U-Plotter
• Velocity files
  • IGS08 and NAM08 station velocity estimates provide long-term velocity estimates for all GAGE-processed sites including the PBO, COCONet, and SCIGN networks. These velocity files are updated approximately once per year, most recently in December 2015.
  • All velocity files: ftp://data-out.unavco.org/pub/products/velocity/
• Using the PBO Network Monitoring Map or GPS Velocity Viewer to see GPS time series data
  • Earthquakes (offsets in GPS data show surface movement from an earthquake): Zoom in and pick a station between the Salton Sea and California-Mexico border. Earthquake Offset text files and ps files can be obtained from: ftp://data-out.unavco.org/pub/products/event/
  • Volcanoes: Alaska, (AV24, AV25, AV26, AV27, AC10 ) and Yellowstone (HVWY, LKWY, NRWY, OFW2, WLWY)
  • Slow Slip and Tremor: Choose stations along coastal Pacific Northwest and Pacific Northwest Seismic Network Tremor Map

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