Tag: Geophysics/Seismology

November 18, 2013

Meckel Leads University’s Second Cruise to Collect 3D Seismic Data with Novel P-Cable Technology

In October 2013, the Bureau of Economic Geology’s Tip Meckel led a crew of 27 on a 10-day 3D seismic data collection cruise off the…

November 13, 2013

A Geophysics Legend Retires

Paul Stoffa, professor and Shell Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, has retired after 30 years of service to the University of Texas at Austin. As a…

October 3, 2013

Video: From Austin to the Arctic

This summer 60 graduate students and 15 professors from the University of Texas at Austin participated in Statoil’s Svalex Arctic field trip, focused on petroleum…

September 25, 2013

Video: Marine Geology & Geophysics Field Course

Each summer, scientists from the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics run one of the world’s most advanced field courses for marine geosciences and geophysics,…

September 20, 2013

JSG Presenters at SEG 2013

August 27, 2013

Study Shines Light on Tremors and Fracking in South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale

So much oil and water is being removed from South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale that the activity has probably led to a recent wave of…

August 20, 2013

Small Earthquakes in the Eagle Ford Region of Texas Correlate with Oil and Water Extraction, Not Wastewater Injection

Most of the small earthquakes in the Eagle Ford region of South Texas are probably the result of extraction of large volumes of oil and…

August 7, 2013

For the first time scientists have mapped out a Europa lander mission

SciGuy Blog (Houston Chronicle), August 7, 2013 & Austin American-Statesman, September 8, 2013 Featuring: Don Blankenship For the first time scientists have done a complete…

August 6, 2013

Scientists Helped Design NASA Mission Concept to Search for Life on Europa

Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics helped develop a blueprint for a possible future NASA lander mission to Europa, an…

July 24, 2013

Coastal Antarctic Permafrost Melting Faster Than Expected

For the first time, scientists have documented an acceleration in the melt rate of permafrost, or ground ice, in a section of Antarctica where the…