Tag: Institute for Geophysics
February 12, 2015
Earthquake activity linked to injection wells may vary by region
The Williston Basin in north central U.S. produced fewer earthquakes caused by wastewater injection than in Texas, suggesting the link between seismicity and production activities…
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Peering Inside Greenland’s Ice Sheet, in 3D
Want to know what the inside of an ice sheet looks like? A new 3D map and animation of the Greenland ice sheet lets researchers peer into…
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2015
A 3-D View of the Greenland Ice Sheet Opens Window on Ice History
Scientists using ice-penetrating radar data collected by NASA’s Operation IceBridge and earlier airborne campaigns have built the first comprehensive map of layers deep inside…
Read MoreNovember 3, 2014
Massive Geographic Change May Have Triggered Explosion of Animal Life
A paper by Ian Dalziel of The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, published in the November issue of Geology, a journal of…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Melting from Below
Thwaites Glacier, the large, rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is not only being eroded by the ocean, but it is also…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Catch a Falling Sediment
Planktic foraminifer Globigerinoides ruber (G. ruber)—a single-cell organism with a hard outer shell—is perhaps one of the most widely used species for reconstructing past sea-surface…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Looking for Life
In a finding relevant to the search for life in our solar system, researchers at the University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics, the…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Dissecting a Glacier
A decade of research on Thwaites Glacier has greatly advanced knowledge of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet’s potential contribution to sea level rise By Tim Green…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
Jackson School to Lead $58 Million Effort to Study Potential New Energy Source
AUSTIN, Texas — A research team led by The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded approximately $58 million to analyze deposits of…
Read MoreOctober 22, 2014
UT Gets Money to Study New Energy Source in Gulf
The University of Texas at Austin has won $58 million to investigate a potentially massive energy resource: methane trapped in ice-like crystals under the Gulf…
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