A 1-Day workshop investigating the similarities and differences between the sedimentary records of storms and tsunamis. Tsunami and storms threaten coastal lives and infrastructure. Documenting past events within the sedimentary record provides an important means of assessing the hazards associated with storms and tsunamis. However, distinguishing storm and tsunami deposits within the sedimentary record remains a very difficult problem. Recent work has shown that even storms can produce large infragravity waves thus calling into question basic assumptions about how the […]

UPDATE 2020-03-20 Due to the Corona situation the summer school can not take place in May and will likely be postponed until spring 2021. ******************************************************************************************************************* The International Summer School on Glacial Megaflood Landforms and Sediments is dedicated to PhD students and early career researchers whose research are related with the Quaternary geology and glacial geomorphology. The School focuses on the Late Pleistocene glacial megaflood-related landforms and sediments and is based on lectures and discussions during the field trips and courses. […]

The magnitude and rate of damaging earthquakes that occur along well-characterized active fault systems are fundamental information in seismic hazard assessment. This is particularly true in slow deforming areas of continental interiors where the return times of most earthquakes are typically longer than the time-window covered by historical chronicles. The present-day fault slip rates in these regions are rarely resolved, making the evaluation of the seismo-tectonic activity very challenging. In this context, the characterization and absolute dating of the Quaternary […]

YORSGET is a TecTask (IUGS) conference aimed primarily at MSc/PhD students, post-docs, and early career researchers in the broad field of structural geology and tectonics. A 5-day meeting that provides an immersive environment for early career scientists studying tectonics and structural geology to get together in an informal setting.

CONFERENCE TOPICS 1. Operational readiness advancement of the CTBT verification system Development of the International Monitoring System and Cooperating National Facilities Scientific and technological development of nuclear monitoring technologies Information resource and development of International and National Data Centers 2. Improving the efficiency in studying the sources of events Effectiveness evaluation in detecting, locating and identification of events sources Scientific and methodological developments to improve the quality of processing and analysis of monitoring data 3. Study of nuclear explosions consequences […]

Schedule 1st November Icebreaker in Puerto Varas 2-3rd November Oral and poster sessions in Puerto Varas 4-6th November Field excursion to Maullín and northern Chiloé 7th November Return transport from Chiloé to Puerto Montt   The conference will end in time for anyone attending PATADays to make their way to Hornitos on 7th November

GeoSED, the Sedimentological Section of the Geological Society of Italy invites to a free seminar on Friday, April 23, 2021 (10:00 am CET) . Join the seminar using computer, tablet or smartphone https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/110993013 Dr Catherine Chagué is a Honorary Senior Lecturer at UNSW Sydney, Australia and Emeritus Scientist at NIWA Christchurch, New Zealand. She is also an Editor-in-Chief of ‘Sedimentary Geology’. Her research focusses on multi-proxy studies of recent, historical and palaeo-tsunami deposits, with emphasis on geochemistry, but also geochronology, […]

In the framework of our NATO-funded project SPS G5690 – “Earthquake Hazard and Environmental Security in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan” we will run an ~1 hr online webinar. Sabrina Metzger from GFZ Potsdam, Division of Lithosphere Dynamics, will talk about Recent kinematics of the Greater Pamir based on GNSS and InSAR data. The webinar is open for everyone interested and will be held via zoom (https://uni-jena-de.zoom.us/j/8941887790 Meeting-ID: 894 188 7790; Password: EQAsia). Date: 26 April, 2021 Time: 3 pm UK time […]