Our work from the 2015 Malawi Fieldwork in Karonga, northern Malawi has been published in Tectonophysics. You can access the paper until December 27, 2017, via this link: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1W0RH98wdi4d6 Here is abstract of the paper: Precambrian shear zones have been recognized as regions that affect the propagation, segmentation, and location of continental rifts. However, it is stillContinue reading “Our 2015Malawi Rift Work is now Published in Tectonophysics”
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Fieldwork in the South-Central Malawi Rift, 2017
One student from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, and four students and two faculty from the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University, along with colleagues from the Malawi Geological Survey Department and Malawi University of Science and Technology, conducted a 1 month fieldwork in southern Malawi to better understand the role ofContinue reading “Fieldwork in the South-Central Malawi Rift, 2017”
Increasing Seismic Activity in Oklahoma: Are Historic Buildings at Risk?
Our new paper was presented at the AEI Conference in Oklahoma City. You can access the it here. Summary of the project: Induced earthquakes constitute a hazard to Oklahoma buildings. Oklahoma averaged about 1 earthquake magnitude ≥3 per year from 1974 to 2008. However, over 100 earthquakes magnitude ≥3 occurred per year in 2013 and 2014. BasedContinue reading “Increasing Seismic Activity in Oklahoma: Are Historic Buildings at Risk?”
New Paper Accepted for Publication in Tectonophysics
Luel Emishaw, Daniel A. Laó Dávila, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Estella A. Atekwana, and Steve Gao received news that the manuscript submitted to Tectonophysics was accepted for publication. The article can be accessed following this link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X1630351X Title: Evolution of the Broadly Rifted Zone in southern Ethiopia through gravitational collapse and extension of dynamic topography Abstract: The Broadly Rifted ZoneContinue reading “New Paper Accepted for Publication in Tectonophysics”
Summer IRES Work Highlighted in AAPG Spheres of Influence
This summer’s IRES work has been highlighted in the AAPG Spheres of Influence. Here is the link: http://www.aapg.org/publications/news/spheresofinfluence/details/Articleid/36730/beauty-in-geology
New Paper accepted for Publication in Journal of African Earth Sciences
Shawna Parks, Jeffrey Byrnes Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Daniel A. Laó Dávila, Estella A. Atekwana, and Magdy A. Atyaand received news that the manuscript submitted to the Journal of African Earth Sciences was accepted for publication. The article can be accessed following this link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X1630351X Title: Assessing groundwater accessibility in the Kharga Basin, Egypt: A remote sensingContinue reading “New Paper accepted for Publication in Journal of African Earth Sciences”
Fieldwork in the Southern Malawi Rift 2016
Two students from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, and two students and one faculty from the Boone Pickens School of Geology at Oklahoma State University, along with colleagues of the Malawi Geological Survey Department and Malawi University of Science and Technology, conducted a 1 month fieldwork in southern Malawi to better understand the role of pre-existingContinue reading “Fieldwork in the Southern Malawi Rift 2016”
Enrollment now open for Field Course to Puerto Rico
Applications are Open for Malawi 2017
New Paper published in the International Journal of Earth Sciences
Our most recent paper has been published in the International Journal of Earth Sciences. Access it here. Title: Structural analysis of hanging wall and footwall blocks within the Río Guanajibo fold‐and‐thrust belt in Southwest Puerto Rico Abstract: The Río Guanajibo fold-and-thrust belt (RGFT), composed of Cretaceous serpentinite and vol- cano-sedimentary rocks, represents the deformation front ofContinue reading “New Paper published in the International Journal of Earth Sciences”
