Would it be worthwhile for you all to get a glimpse into my experiences this summer in parallel to yours? I'm thinking the answer is a very strong maybe, so I welcome any comments or questions as a periodically blog about my doings.

Howdy interns. I've had this entry on my mind since the orientation, but since then I've been on a whirlwind run from Socorro to Tucson to Seattle and the IRIS workshop and it's been tough to get some quiet time with the intertubes to pound out this post.

With the AGU abstract deadline a little over a month away, and some of you already working on posters, please feel free to post drafts of your abstracts, figures, and posters for group review. As I've just done with Kristen's abstract, I'm happy to offer revisions and comments.

I'll also post an example poster from the Earthscope meeting this year, generally AGU style, just a bit larger.

So did the four of you living in the Bay Area feel your first earthquake today?http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/20/sanfrancisco.earthquake/index.html

Certainly a nice bonus to the internship experience if you did.

Cheers, Andy

Howdy interns,

My initial impressions from your postings are that your internships have provided a good level of interest and engagement. We hope that continues for the remainder of the summer. If for whatever reason you are having a difficult time, please let Michael or I know and we'll try to help you get the wheels back on.

For now, I encourage you all to post a figure relevant to your research. Anything related to your project will do, either a schematic of the seismic technique or some analyzed data showing early results. Maybe a map of the geology or tectonics of the research area with your specific dataset placed into context. For AGU it will be exceptionally important to visually communicate your research, and simple but informative figures are the cornerstone of a good poster. Please include a caption providing the basic explanation for your posting.

When ready, make a new blog entry with your figure and caption and any additional thoughts. I have included one of the major figures on my internship AGU poster as an example. If it's still too early for me to be asking this, just post when you finally have something suitable.

Cheers,

Andy

Caption: Receiver functions from 6 broadband seismic stations in Arizona. Arrows mark the arrival of the P to S wave converted phase generated at the Moho. Notice how the arrival time varies between stations. This is a function of crustal thickness and shear wavespeed variations between stations.