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AuScopeSeismologyGeophysicsGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autoren Meghan S. Miller, Geo ★ Down Under Contributors

Recently, AuScope invested in a suite of Large-N or nodal seismometers, which are capable of recording seismic noise at local-, rather than regional-, scale, allowing seismologists to focus on imaging geological features like faults and aquifers.

OpinionSeismologyGeophysicsGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autor Hrvoje Tkalčić

I am locked in a small hotel in Hobart turned into a quarantine, tempted to write a story named “Tasmanian quarantine”, but, honestly, I can’t.   I could lament how unlucky, or brag how courageous we are to endure this isolation. I could show you how tiny the room is, in which I feel I could touch all corners at once if I stretched my hands and legs wide enough.

GeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autor Melanie Finch

C' shear bands and S-C fabric in naturally deformed rocks in thin section (left) and outcrop (right). Images are from the Zanskar Shear Zone, NW Himalaya (St = staurolite, Bt = biotite, Qtz = quartz).Schematic diagram of S-C fabric and C' shear bands in ductile shear zones under dextral simple shear in the XZ-plane of the finite strain ellipsoidC' shear bands are a common feature of ductile shear zones and are widely used as kinematic

PublicationsGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autoren Sara Morón, Rohan Byrne

A group of researchers have traced a mighty Gondwana river back to its distant source - in the mountains of East Antarctica. They’ve been able to show that this colossal river flowed for over 200 million years, making it a candidate for one of the top ten longest-lived rivers in Earth’s history.

SeismologyGeophysicsTheConversationGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autoren Meghan S. Miller, Louis Moresi

Meghan S. Miller, Australian National University and Louis Moresi, Australian National University Our responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have dramatically changed human activity all over the world. People are working from home, schools are closed in many places, travel is restricted, and in some cases only essential shops and businesses are open. Scientists see signs of these changes wherever they look.

Seminars, Talks And ConferencesGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autor Louis Moresi

The ANU Research School of Earth Sciences is moving all seminars online for the duration of the corona virus emergency The Research School of Earth Sciences (RSES) at the Australian National University is one of the world’s premier research institutions in the Earth and Marine Sciences. The seminar series is the central focus of the School’s activities and typically attracts top researchers from Australia and around the world.

PublicationsSoftwareGeowissenschaftenEnglisch
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Autoren Louis Moresi, Romain Beucher

A new paper by John Mansour and others has just been published in the Journal of Open Source Software. The JOSS paper is intended as a reference citation for recent iterations of the code and is specifically tied to the recent v2.9 release.