Luelseged Emishaw, a new graduate student of the Tectonics and Geophysics Group, will investigate the anomalous width of the South Main Ethiopian Rift. The rift formed in an overlap area of the northward propagating Kenya Rift and the southward propagating Main Ethiopian Rift. There are various geological processes that favour broadly rifted zones. However, he will determine whatContinue reading “New student, Luel Emishaw, will investigate the South Main Ethiopian Rift”
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ABC News interviews Dr. Laó Dávila
Colleen Curry from ABC news interviewed Dr. Laó Dávila about Oklahoma earthquakes. The story can be found in this link: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/04/oklahoma-had-nearly-150-earthquakes-in-one-month/
News channels interview Dr. Laó Dávila regarding Guthrie earthquakes
Earthquakes in central Oklahoma are a concern for people and the news media. Watch the latest news clip about earthquakes in Oklahoma where Dr. Laó Dávila is interviewed by Channel 2, Tulsa. http://www.kjrh.com/news/local-news/earthquakes-continue-to-rock-guthrie-edmond-area-of-oklahoma-osu-geologists-looking-into-cause Channel news 9 also interviewed Dr. Laó Dávila: http://www.news9.com/story/24756974/guthrie-earthquakes-draw-concern-spark-questions The story also was featured at RFD TV: http://www.rfdtv.com/story/24757959/earthquakes-rattle-oklahoma
Interview at the Stillwater News Press
Dr. Laó Dávila was interviewed by the Stillwater News Press. Access the interview at this url: http://www.stwnewspress.com/local/x1767991310/QUICK-5-Big-quake-unlikely-in-Stillwater
Abstract accepted to the Annual Meeting of the GSA South-Central 2014
Our abstract titled: “Magnetic Survey of a Fault Splay of the Wilzetta Fault in Central Oklahoma” has been accepted for presentation in this year’s Geological Society of America South-Central Section’s Annual Meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Louis will be presenting a poster on Monday March 17 2014 at 1:00 PM. The abstract is shown below: MagneticContinue reading “Abstract accepted to the Annual Meeting of the GSA South-Central 2014”
Geophysical study to image faults in central Oklahoma
Louis Steigerwald leads a group of undergraduates from the Boone Pickens School of Geology on a research project to characterize the fault that produced the magnitude 5.6 Prague earthquake on November 5 2011. The students will use a magnetometer to image the fault at the subsurface. Louis seeks to understand whether the fault that produced the earthquake isContinue reading “Geophysical study to image faults in central Oklahoma”
Dr. Laó Dávila participated in a Twitter chat about earthquakes in Oklahoma
I was invited to answer questions about earthquakes in Oklahoma through a 1-hour long Twitter chat. Here is the link to the conversations: http://www.kochcomm.com/blog/2013/11/earthquake-hashout-rehash/
Congratulations to Erin Roehrig!
M.S. student Erin Roehrig successfully defended her M.S. thesis defense today. Her thesis title is Petrography, mineralogy, and serpentinization of the Río Guanajibo serpentinite body, Puerto Rico. Erin will begin her career as a geologist working with Marathon Oil in the next month. Congratulations Erin for a job well done!
Abstract accepted for GSA Annual Meeting in Denver
My abstract titled: “Kinematic model of the Northern Puerto Rico Fault Zone: Transpression, strain partitioning, and lateral extrusion” has been accepted for presentation in this year’s Geological Society of America’s Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado. I will be presenting a poster on Sunday October 27. The abstract is shown below: Kinematic model of the NorthernContinue reading “Abstract accepted for GSA Annual Meeting in Denver”
Two abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2013 Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting
The following two abstracts will be presented in the upcoming GSA Southeastern Section Meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico. TIMING OF CRYSTALLIZATION AND EMPLACEMENT OF THE TWO-PYROXENE BASALT IN SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO FROM CROSS-CUTTING RELATIONSHIPS AND AR40/AR39 DATING LAÓ-DÁVILA, Daniel A., Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, 105 Noble Research Center, Stillwater, OK 74078 andContinue reading “Two abstracts accepted for presentation at the 2013 Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting”
