• Tectonics and Structural Geology
• posted 2 weeks ago

As readers of this blog know, geology is an awe-inspiring subject, dealing as it does with immensely powerful forces operating on time scales, pressures, and temperatures we can barely fathom. It is geological processes that are responsible for the continents, oceans, mountain ranges, indeed for all the landscapes we see around us. Even though many of these processes operate over deep time and deep within the Earth, ingenious researchers have been able to discover a great deal about them. We …

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• Tectonics and Structural Geology
• posted 1 month ago

This edition of ‘Features from the field’ is brought to you by Faris Beg, a masters student on the EU Erasmus Mundus program. He will be talking about exhumed river channels in Alcaniz, Spain. Did you know one of the most striking pieces of evidence for the existence of water on ancient Mars comes from certain geological features cropped out from underneath the Earth surface as a result of erosion? We call them exhumed or inverted river bodies. In planetary …

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• Tectonics and Structural Geology
• posted 1 month ago

Rifted margins are regions at the transition from oceanic to continental crust, formed by the stretching and thinning of the Earth’s lithosphere before the creation of new ocean basins. The study focused on three key transects across Atlantic rifted margins. In their 2013 article in Marine and Petroleum Geology, Peron-Pinvidic et al. present a comparative analysis of the architecture of various rifted margins. The authors highlight key structural features, tectonic processes, and conceptual models, with the aim to elucidate the …

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• Tectonics and Structural Geology
• posted 4 months ago

Large subduction earthquakes cause perturbation of the subduction system, whose response depends on its rheological characteristics. The evolution of the subduction system from earthquake to earthquake is defined as subduction earthquake cycle (SEC), and is characterised by three main processes that operate over decades/centuries: postseismic afterslip, viscoelastic mantle relaxation, and fault relocking. Despite the precise and global coverage of modern geodetic systems, the full SEC of a single subduction zone is still hindered by the short instrumental time compared to …

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Yann Klinger

• 2024
• Stephan Mueller Medal

The 2024 Stephan Mueller Medal is awarded to Yann Klinger for his exceptional interdisciplinary contribution to the fields of seismology and palaeo-seismology, in particular, for his groundbreaking development of space seismology.

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Richard G. Gordon

• 2023
• Stephan Mueller Medal

The 2023 Stephan Mueller Medal is awarded to Richard G. Gordon in recognition for his outstanding and innovative contribution to global tectonics, in particular, for his leadership of the NUVEL (Northwest University Velocity) and MORVEL (Mid-Ocean Ridge Velocity) global plate motion projects.

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Afonso Gomes

• 2023
• Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Afonso Gomes 2D numerical modelling of Tethyan-type ophiolite emplacement: The role of overriding plate age, serpentinization, and OCT width.

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Caroline Haslebacher

• 2023
• Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award

The 2023 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award is awarded to Caroline Haslebacher Mapping linear surface features on Europa using a deep learning framework

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Jessica McBeck

• 2023
• Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists

The 2023 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded to Jessica McBeck for developing a new and unique understanding of strain localization mechanisms that control failure across scales, with the application of novel investigation techniques and modelling tools.

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