IRIS Notices

2012 IRIS Workshop - Boise, Idaho - June 13-15 - SAVE THE DATES!
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IRIS News

02/03/2012
National Science Foundation Selects IRIS to Manage the Ocean-Bottom Seismic Instrument Pools Program
IRIS is pleased to receive an award to manage the Ocean-Bottom Seismic Instrument Pools (OBSIP) program through the formation of an OBSIP Management Office.
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01/30/2012
Western Idaho Shear Experiment Completes 2nd Phase of Station Installation
This EarthScope Flexible Array experiment utilizes the direct burial technique for sensor emplacement and is collecting data to examine Earth's structure in the eastern Oregon-western Idaho region.
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01/09/2012
Download the Report from the “Autonomous Polar Observing Systems” Workshop
The goal of this NSF-supported workshop was to review the scientific motivations and discuss measurement requirements for instrument deployment and data collection at high latitudes.
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12/27/2011
AGAP Project Reveals Details of Hidden Antarctic Mountain Range
Results are now emerging from the AGAP Project which has been probing Antarctica's Gamburtsev mountain range.
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12/20/2011
Activities Enabled by IRIS and IRIS/PASSCAL were Presented Throughout the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting
Highlights include technical papers, the annual Membership Meeting, and the exhibit booth.
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12/12/2011
2011 Board of Directors Election Results
The IRIS Consortium is very pleased to announce the results of the 2011 Board of Directors election.
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11/17/2011
NSF Issues Letter Outlining Plans for SAFOD Component of EarthScope
After extensive review and consultation, the National Science Foundation announced its intention to develop a new plan for the SAFOD component of the EarthScope Facility.
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Recent Major Earthquakes

February 2, 2012
Vanuatu - 7.1

January 10, 2012
Off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra - 7.3

December 14, 2011
Eastern New Guinea Reg, Papua New Guinea - 7.1

October 23, 2011
Eastern Turkey - 7.2

October 21, 2011
Kermadec Islands Region - 7.4

Full Lists of Recent Earthquakes

PASSCAL/Flex Array Experiments

40m OAF
The LIGO gravitational-wave detectors are extremely sensitive to low-frequency seismic noise... Read more

Early Rifting
The passive seismic experiment is part of a NSF Continental Dynamics project trying to understand the early stage of rifting... Read more

W IdahoShear/VA Tech
The project investigates the structure and tectonics of the edge of the continental craton through the entire lithosphere at the Salmon River Suture Zone... Read more

UWyo Field Camp
Summer field camp with 32 students. Read more

Map of PASSCAL Experiments
Current and future experiments.

EarthScope / USArray Status

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