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See the following announcements:
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- 2025 SSA session: New Directions in Environmental, Seismic Hazard and Mineral Resource Exploration Studies
- 2025 SSA session: Fiber-optic Sensing Applications in Seismology
- 2025 SSA session: Temporally Variable Records of Earthquake Behavior and Considerations for Seismic Hazard Analyses
- Permanent Program Director Positions in the Earth Science Division at NSF
On behalf of Shujuan Mao, University of Texas at Austin
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2025 SSA session: New Directions in Environmental, Seismic Hazard and Mineral Resource Exploration Studies
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Our session focuses on new approaches for collecting high-resolution geophysical and geological datasets and advances in methodologies that allow us to image the subsurface at increasingly higher resolution. We aim to gather contributions showcasing emerging topics including the application of dense seismic arrays and distributed acoustic sensing (DAS). We invite submissions on potential unidentified hazards and environmental impacts in well-researched and understudied geographic areas. Such studies create new avenues for interdisciplinary research, enabling geoscientists, engineers, and environmental scientists to collaborate and integrate findings across fields.
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We encourage submissions from early-career researchers, cross-disciplinary approaches, and studies using innovative methodologies such as machine learning. Advances in time-lapse imaging and event detection provide new opportunities for monitoring underground storage sites, changes in aquifer systems, and fault zone properties over time. These advances are key for improving community preparedness and resilience.
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Please consider submitting your abstract to our session before the deadline on January 8, 2025.
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Chiara Nardoni (University of Bologna)
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Xin Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Valeria Villa (California Institute of Technology)
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Md Mohimanul Islam (University of Missouri)
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Claire Doody (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)
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Shujuan Mao (University of Texas at Austin)
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Patricia Persaud (University of Arizona)
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We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore.
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On behalf of Ettore Biondi, Stanford University
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2025 SSA session: Fiber-optic Sensing Applications in Seismology
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With the SSA abstract deadline (Jan 8th 2025) approaching, we are excited to invite you to submit your abstracts to our session: Fiber-optic Sensing Applications in Seismology at the 2025 annual SSA meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, USA (14 April – 18 April 2025) (https://meetings.seismosoc.org/)
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Fiber-optic sensing methods, such as Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS), and Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS), are transforming seismology by advancing our understanding of seismic sources and Earth's structure. These innovative technologies convert fiber-optic cables into dense sensor arrays capable of capturing seismic and deformation signals across the solid Earth, oceans, and glaciers with unprecedented resolution. We invite contributions on recent developments in fiber-optic seismology applications, including but not limited to the detection and characterization of various seismic sources (e.g., earthquakes, icequakes, volcanic activities, ocean processes, atmospheric phenomena, energy extraction and storage activities, and anthropogenic signals), Earth's structure imaging (e.g., urban setting, offshore, and cryosphere), environmental monitoring (e.g., the dynamics of oceans, rivers, lakes, critical zones, soil moisture, groundwater, permafrost, and glaciers), and natural hazard mitigation (e.g., earthquake, tsunami, and volcanic eruption monitoring and early warning). We also welcome recent engineering advancements in the theoretical, methodological, and instrumental aspects of fiber-optic sensing for future Earth and planetary applications. Contributions from the computational and data science communities focused on exploring fiber-optic data are encouraged, including areas such as machine learning, advanced signal processing techniques, data compression, high-performance computing, and cloud computing and storage. We aim to bring together researchers from diverse fields, including Earth science, computational and data science, and fiber-optic sensing engineering to open a discussion on the future opportunities enabled by these new technologies.
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On behalf of Alexandra E Hatem, USGS
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SSA session: Temporally Variable Records of Earthquake Behavior and Considerations for Seismic Hazard Analyses
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Please consider submitting relevant abstracts to the following session at 2025 Seismological Society of America meeting. Devin McPhillips and Tom Rockwell will deliver invited presentations. Abstracts are due January 8; submit your abstract here: https://meetings.seismosoc.org/submit/.
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Temporally Variable Records of Earthquake Behavior and Considerations for Seismic Hazard Analyses
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Geologic data used to constrain past earthquakes– geologic slip rates and paleoseismic chronologies– are inherently time-variable data streams due to irregular earthquake occurrence through time. While time-varying by their nature, these records are used to extrapolate and infer long-term fault behavior, most notably in time-independent seismic hazard analyses. We seek submissions discussing new contributions in the field of earthquake geology, particularly studies geared to address time-dependence of geologic slip rates, paleoseismic chronologies and recurrence intervals, regional geologic deformation models, and displacement and/or surface rupture variability at a point through time. We also welcome contributions comparing geologic data to geodetic deformation models to further assess discrepancies rooted in sampling decadal (geodetic) vs. longer (geologic) time scales. We encourage submissions that pose ideas for the implementation of these geologic data in future time-independent and time-dependent seismic hazard model development.
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Alexandra E Hatem, U.S. Geological Survey (ahatem@usgs.gov)
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Belle Philibosian, U.S. Geological Survey (bphilibosian@usgs.gov)
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Ashley Streig, Portland State University (streig@pdx.edu)
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On behalf of Luciana Astiz, NSF
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Permanent Program Director Positions in the Earth Science Division at NSF
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NSF is seeking qualified candidates for several Physical Scientist (Program Director) positions in the Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) supporting the Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology (CESEV) and Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE) programs. NSF program officers oversee the merit review process, make proposal recommendations, identify emerging trends and long-range plans for the field, communicate advances in supported research, and partner with programs across NSF and with other federal agencies and organizations.
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The Division of Earth Sciences welcomes applications from experts with experience in basic research who can help shape, invigorate, and manage portfolios that support basic research and education to further understanding of the structure, composition, and evolution of the Earth, the life it supports and the processes that govern the formation and behavior of the Earth's materials.
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Two vacancies will be filled as permanent appointments in the following areas:
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Chemical Evolution of the Solid Earth and Volcanology (CESEV)
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Structure and Physics of the Solid Earth (SPSE)
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Questions can be directed to Dr. Dena Smith-Nufio, Division Director of Earth Sciences (dmsmith@nsf.gov), or Dr. Steve Mackwell, Deputy Division Director of Earth Science (smackwel@nsf.gov).
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