Seismology in Schools – new Facebook Page April 2011 Seismology in Schools has set up a new Facebook Page. (There is also plans to set up a Twitter page which will be live soon). The page was set… Read More

29 March, 2011 (11am), 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Speaker: Thomas Kalscheuer (ETH Zurich)Title: A new object-oriented inverse code with two case examples.

24 March, 2011 (13:00), 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Speaker: David Chew and Ian Sanders, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Title: High-pressure metamorphism in 475 Ma arc-continent collision in NW Ireland:  can geological observations ground-truth the results of numerical… Read More

New pattern of continental deformation identified March, 2011 Media in Ireland have reported on the discovery of a previously unknown pattern of deformation of continental lithosphere, made by Sergei Lebedev and Celine Tirel (Geophysics Section, DIAS) and their… Read More

Earthquake in NE Coast of Japan, 11th March 2011 This morning March 11th, at 05:46 (GMT) a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the North East Coast of Japan. It has caused fatalities and there is a widespread flooding… Read More

14 January, 2011 (16:00), 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Speaker: Alan D. Chave, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, U.S.A Title: A Tale of Three Patents Abstract: Over the past three years, the presenter has served as an expert witness… Read More

22 – 26 November, 2010 – Short Course on Continental Anisotropy. Presenter: Dr. Walter Mooney, United States Geological Survey Location: Geophysics Library, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin

24 November, 2010 – School of Cosmic Physics Statutory Public Lecture.  Location: Swift Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin. Presenter: Dr. Walter Mooney, United States Geological Survey Title: The Gathering Storm: Mitigating the effects of Earthquakes, Tsunamis and… Read More

Geophysics Section holds a number of different types of events every year: seminars (seminar organisers: Andrea Licciardi and Sarah Blake) workshops short courses Some of the talks will be streamed live and information about the video/audio streams will… Read More

3 November, 2010 (16:00), 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Speaker: Jan Hagedoorn, Helmholtz Center Potsdam, GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Telegrafenberg, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany. Title: The core-mantle coupling contribution to the excitation of the Earth’s rotation variation… Read More