Multiple Announcements: Open Faculty Positions (Scripps), AGU Sessions

Dear SCEC Community, 

Please see the following announcements:

1. Faculty Positions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
2. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 9117, Quantifying Uncertainty in Geophysical Methods: from Source to Structure
3. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 7698, Progress in Ambient Seismic Field Studies Driven by Complete Wave Fields Initiatives
4. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 7427: Lessons Learned in the Five Years Since the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake
5. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 9167, Characterization of Fault Zones from the Surface Through the Seismogenic Zone using Field, Geodetic, and Seismological Methods

Regards,

SCEC Information

1. Faculty Positions at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) at the University of California San Diego (http://scripps.ucsd.edu) invites faculty applications for the position listed below. We seek up to two motivated, broad-thinking scientist-educators to establish vigorous research programs and provide intellectual leadership in their field while complementing existing expertise at Scripps, other UCSD departments, and nearby institutions. SIO is a world renowned center of marine research with approximately 200 principal investigators leading research programs on all aspects of earth, ocean, biological and atmospheric sciences. We are committed to academic excellence and diversity within the faculty, staff, and student body. The department is interested in candidates who have demonstrated commitment to excellence by providing leadership in teaching, research or service towards building an equitable and diverse scholarly environment.

Earth and Planetary Sciences: We seek outstanding candidates for up to two positions from a broad range of disciplines within the Earth and Planetary Sciences, including geochemistry, tectonic processes, theoretical and computational geophysics, seismology, and marine and terrestrial geodesy. SIO also has faculty openings in Observational Physical Oceanography, Marine Physiology/Cell Biology and Polar Sciences at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply.

The successful candidate(s) will be expected to teach classes, supervise research at both the graduate and undergraduate level and contribute to leadership on issues of equity and diversity. The position requires a PhD degree in a relevant field and a competitive record of publication, as well as evidence of the ability to conduct and fund an active research program consistent with the opportunity to have done so at this career level. The successful candidate will also demonstrate the highest standards of scholarship and professional activity, or for junior scholars to have the potential thereof. Our strong preference is for hiring at the level of Assistant Professor, but appointments at all ranks (Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, including Acting titles) may also be considered. Salary will depend on the experience of the successful applicant and will be based on the UCSD pay scales.
Information about research and teaching at Scripps can be found at the Earth Section Annual Report (https://scripps.ucsd.edu/research/research-sections) and the SIO Annual Report (https://scripps.ucsd.edu/annual-reports).

To apply by September 15, 2015 deadline, go to:
Assistant Professor at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF00843
Associate/Full Professor at: https://apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/apply/JPF00852
Current Assistant level candidates with a strong record of research and teaching are encouraged to submit materials through both links.

2. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 9117, Quantifying Uncertainty in Geophysical Methods: from Source to Structure
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Dear Colleagues,

We wish to draw your attention to the following 2015 AGU session on quantifying uncertainty in geophysical methods. Please forward this information to colleagues who may be interested in contributing to this session. The abstract deadline is 5 August 2015.

Session 9117: Quantifying uncertainty in geophysical methods:  from source to structure

Description:  Analyses of geophysical data can provide vital insight into Earth structure at all depths and scales, but the interpretability of these analyses relies on the characterization of the uncertainty in the results.  The volume of data and, in some cases, the large number of parameters have historically made it difficult to calculate model uncertainties (e.g. covariance). Recent advances in computational power have made it viable to apply probabilistic approaches to many problems.  This session will explore various techniques that quantify how uncertainty in geophysical data and modeling assumptions map into uncertainty in published geophysical models. Main focuses includes providing useful “error bars” for relating geophysical properties to Earth structure.  Submissions are welcome from all areas of Solid Earth Geophysics.

Invited Speakers:
Zacharie Duputel, CNRS
Vedran Lekic, University of Maryland
Seth Stein, Northwestern University
Jiayi Xie, University of Colorado

Conveners:
Scott Burdick, University of Maryland
Tolulope M Olugboji, University of Maryland
Thomas Bodin, UC Berkeley

Web link: https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/preliminaryview.cgi/Session9117

Regards,
Scott, Tolu, and Thomas

3. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 7698, Progress in Ambient Seismic Field Studies Driven by Complete Wave Fields Initiatives
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Dear all,

Following the excitement of the other conveners for the upcoming AGU fall meeting, we wanted to also bring to your attention the session "Progress in ambient seismic field studies driven by complete wave fields initiatives" (Session ID 7698).

We aim to gather all new research facilitated by the deployments of large and dense seismic arrays, as described in the session abstract:
Recent deployments of large and dense seismic arrays, such as the Nodal deployments (Long Beach, Sage Brush, Sweetwater, iMush, VolcArray, MeSONet, ...), create new opportunities to understand 3D wave propagation at local crustal scales. Ambient seismic field cross-correlations complete recordings from active seismic and from regional earthquakes, to reveal complex, un-aliased, high frequency 3D wave propagation in the shallow structure. We invite studies that develop strategies for processing large volume data sets (using active seismic, regional earthquakes, ambient noise cross-correlations) and imaging the shallow structure with retrieved surface waves and body waves, studies that provide new observation of complex wave behavior (reflection and refraction along horizontal or vertical discontinuities), and presentations of new images of the shallow subsurface in complex geological structures (sedimentary basins, volcanoes, fault zones, geothermal systems, …).

Just as a reminder, the deadline to submit abstracts is on August 5th, 23:59:59 East Standard Time (UTC-5). Remember that many of us tend to submit the last day and that the website slows down as the deadline approaches ….

We are pleased to host our invited speakers:
Brandon Schmandt, University of New Mexico
Robert Clayton, California Institute of Technology
Yehuda Ben-Zion, University of Southern California

Conveners:
Marine A. Denolle, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, IGPP, University of California-San Diego,
Pierre Boué, Stanford University,
Nori Nakata, Stanford University.

4. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 7427: Lessons Learned in the Five Years Since the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake
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Hi All, 

 The AGU abstract submission deadline is fast approaching!

Deadline: 5 August 2015, 11:59 P.M. EDT

We would like to draw your attention to the following special session for the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in December:

Session ID#: 7427: Lessons learned in the five years since the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake

Session Description: The 2010 Mw7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake has sparked ongoing research efforts on a variety of topics in earthquake physics and tectonics. Unprecedented seismic, geodetic, optical and geologic coverage of the mainshock revealed a geometrically and temporally complex earthquake, motivating many studies of many topics including rupture dynamics, fault segmentation, and co- and post- seismic deformation. Additionally, the earthquake triggered both 1) a vigorous aftershock and fault creep sequence that has made for ideal case studies of static and dynamic stress triggering, fault zone structure, and crustal anisotropy and 2) longer-term postseismic deformation that, along with new seismic studies of the Salton Trough, has provided a window into the rheology and geodynamic evolution of the Pacific-North American plate boundary. We invite contributions that provide new insights into this earthquake and the surrounding region and into the earthquake process at!
  all spatial and temporal scales.

Conveners: 
Kayla Kroll, University of California Riverside 
Chris Rollins, Caltech

Index Terms:
        7209 Earthquake dynamics [SEISMOLOGY]
        7230 Seismicity and tectonics [SEISMOLOGY]
        8111 Continental tectonics: strike-slip and transform [TECTONOPHYSICS]
        8159 Rheology: crust and lithosphere [TECTONOPHYSICS]

Cross-Listed: 
G - Geodesy 
S - Seismology

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Kayla A. Kroll
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Earth Sciences
University of California, Riverside

5. AGU Fall 2015 Session ID# 9167, Characterization of Fault Zones from the Surface Through the Seismogenic Zone using Field, Geodetic, and Seismological Methods
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Dear Colleagues,

We would like to draw your attention to the following 2015 AGU Fall Meeting session and encourage your abstract submissions by August 5.

Session ID#: 9167
Session Title: Characterization of fault zones from the surface through the seismogenic zone using field, geodetic, and seismological methods
Primary Section/Focus Group: Tectonophysics

Session Description: The geometrical character and mechanical properties of active fault zones exert a strong influence on earthquake rupture and seismic wave propagation. Measurements of damage zone distribution, fault geometry, seismic velocity, fault friction, fluid flow and rheology inform rupture directivity, ground motion and the likelihood of segment linkage during large events. Constraining these properties, including their depth variation, is crucial to an accurate understanding of the hazard posed by active faults. Recent advances in field surveys, terrestrial and aerial LiDAR, seismic noise correlation and seismic tomography, InSAR, and cross-correlation of optical imagery provide unprecedented spatial resolution for measurement of fault zone properties. We seek multi-disciplinary contributions including field, seismic and geodetic studies that provide constraints on the physical properties of active fault zones from the surface through the seismogenic zone.

Sincerely, 
 
Primary Convener:
Christopher Milliner, University of Southern California
Secondary Convener:
Amir Allam, University of Fairbanks Alaska.