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Geologists find earthquakes felt today in central U.S. are aftershocks from 1811-1812 New Madrid quakes
When small earthquakes shake the central U.S., citizens often fear the rumbles are signs a big earthquake is coming. Fortunately, new research instead shows that most of these earthquakes are aftershocks of big earthquakes (magnitude 7) in the New Madrid seismic zone that struck the Midwest almost 200 years ago. The study was conducted by researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Missouri-Columbia.
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New summer institute offers scholarships for study abroad in China
The Department of Geological Sciences and the MU International Center will offer a 3½-week, 6-credit program in China that will provide training for undergraduate students on earthquake studies, including ~2 weeks of fieldwork with the PIs, graduate students, and Chinese partners, and including opportunities to see and learn about Chinese history and culture.
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$4.6 million gift supports Geological Sciences
Gift establishes the Robert N. "Bud" Weiser Endowed Geology Research Fund
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Undergraduate research program established
This Fall we began a departmental Undergraduate Research Program. The program will be funded from three Opportunities for Excellence in Geology Endowments (the John and Betty Marshall, Walter D. Keller, and Norman E. Smith funds).
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Archives
NSF awards $2.16 million for intraplate earthquake studies to Liu, Sandvol, Gomez, Cormier, and colleagues
Mian Liu and Shimin Wang, Geological Sciences, find motion of Earth's plates consistent for 40 million years
Michael Underwood, Geological Sciences, part of research team to drill into undersea earthquake zone
Ken MacLeod: Study of ancient climate can help predict future patterns
Eric Sandvol and international team measure earth structure beneath eastern Turkey
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