Media Releases
September 14, 2007
Underwater Landslides: Lorena Moscardelli develops a classification system for submarine mass transport complexes which sometimes spawn tsunamis
Lorena Moscardelli joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in June 2007, after earning her Ph.D. from the Jackson School’s Department of…
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September 9, 2007
Sound Science: Doug McCowan develops seismic analysis software to improve imaging and provide better measurements of subsurface attributes
Doug McCowan joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in June 2007, working in the Marine Seismic Data Center. McCowan splits his…
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September 8, 2007
Tuning Up Climate Models: Climate models have a hard time depicting clouds and extreme rainfall events. Michael Tobis gets under the hood to tune up the models
Michael Tobis joined the Institute for Geophysics as a research scientist associate in May 2007 working in the climate research section designing, implementing, and managing…
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September 4, 2007
Outcrops as Analogs: Chris Zahm studies outcrops as analogs for subsurface reservoirs to better understand how fractures and non-matrix pores affect oil and gas flow
Chris Zahm joined the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory in January 2007, where he works on fractures and non-matrix pores in carbonate…
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September 1, 2007
Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology
Dallas Dunlap returned to the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research scientist associate in June 2006, a position he previously held from 1996 to…
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May 28, 2007
Statement: Thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Demands Improved Monitoring to Reduce Uncertainty over Potential Sea-Level Rise
Polar ice experts from Europe and the United States, meeting to pursue greater scientific consensus over the fate of the world’s largest fresh water reservoir,…
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May 14, 2007
NASA-funded Robotic Sub Makes Final Dive To Reach Bottom of Earth’s Deepest Sinkhole
Scientists this week begin the final leg of a five-year, NASA-funded mission to reach the bottom of Cenote Zacatón in Mexico, the world’s deepest known…
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January 15, 2007
Barnett Boom Ignites Hunt for Unconventional Gas Resources
The global hunt for unconventional gas reserves recently turned to an unlikely spot—a patch of north central Texas that already seemed tapped out after 50…
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December 24, 2006
Ice dynamics and glacier processes: Ginny Catania hopes her work will lead to better predictions of how ice sheets will change in the future and how those changes might impact global sea level
Ginny Catania joined the Institute for Geophysics as a research associate in September 2005. She focuses her research on understanding ice dynamics and glacier processes…
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December 14, 2006
Sediment stress states and fluid dynamics: Matthew Hornbach’s research applies to methane hydrates, submarine landslides, and life at hydrothermal vents on the seafloor
Matthew Hornbach came to the Institute for Geophysics as a post-doctoral fellow in 2005 and then became a research scientist in June 2006. He received…
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September 14, 2007
Underwater Landslides: Lorena Moscardelli develops a classification system for submarine mass transport complexes which sometimes spawn tsunamis
Lorena Moscardelli joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in June 2007, after earning her Ph.D. from the Jackson School’s Department of…
Read MoreSeptember 9, 2007
Sound Science: Doug McCowan develops seismic analysis software to improve imaging and provide better measurements of subsurface attributes
Doug McCowan joined the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research associate in June 2007, working in the Marine Seismic Data Center. McCowan splits his…
Read MoreSeptember 8, 2007
Tuning Up Climate Models: Climate models have a hard time depicting clouds and extreme rainfall events. Michael Tobis gets under the hood to tune up the models
Michael Tobis joined the Institute for Geophysics as a research scientist associate in May 2007 working in the climate research section designing, implementing, and managing…
Read MoreSeptember 4, 2007
Outcrops as Analogs: Chris Zahm studies outcrops as analogs for subsurface reservoirs to better understand how fractures and non-matrix pores affect oil and gas flow
Chris Zahm joined the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory in January 2007, where he works on fractures and non-matrix pores in carbonate…
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2007
Quantitative Seismic Geomorphology
Dallas Dunlap returned to the Bureau of Economic Geology as a research scientist associate in June 2006, a position he previously held from 1996 to…
Read MoreMay 28, 2007
Statement: Thinning of West Antarctic Ice Sheet Demands Improved Monitoring to Reduce Uncertainty over Potential Sea-Level Rise
Polar ice experts from Europe and the United States, meeting to pursue greater scientific consensus over the fate of the world’s largest fresh water reservoir,…
Read MoreMay 14, 2007
NASA-funded Robotic Sub Makes Final Dive To Reach Bottom of Earth’s Deepest Sinkhole
Scientists this week begin the final leg of a five-year, NASA-funded mission to reach the bottom of Cenote Zacatón in Mexico, the world’s deepest known…
Read MoreJanuary 15, 2007
Barnett Boom Ignites Hunt for Unconventional Gas Resources
The global hunt for unconventional gas reserves recently turned to an unlikely spot—a patch of north central Texas that already seemed tapped out after 50…
Read MoreDecember 24, 2006
Ice dynamics and glacier processes: Ginny Catania hopes her work will lead to better predictions of how ice sheets will change in the future and how those changes might impact global sea level
Ginny Catania joined the Institute for Geophysics as a research associate in September 2005. She focuses her research on understanding ice dynamics and glacier processes…
Read MoreDecember 14, 2006
Sediment stress states and fluid dynamics: Matthew Hornbach’s research applies to methane hydrates, submarine landslides, and life at hydrothermal vents on the seafloor
Matthew Hornbach came to the Institute for Geophysics as a post-doctoral fellow in 2005 and then became a research scientist in June 2006. He received…
Read More