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.