Looking back from one extreme to another

With this heat wave, it helps to look back at cooler time.  This was taken during a refraction survey to support a seismic site classification from Vp / Vs.  Single digits and windy.  At least when its cold you can layer up and get warm.  Doesn't work in reverse when it is hot; there are practical limits to layering down.

The vertical fingerprint of earthquake cycle loading in southern California

Howell et al find a coherent pattern of uplift and subsidence straddling the San Andreas fault system in southern California using vertical velocities derived from global positioning system data, improving the quantification of seismic hazards in southern California and beyond.

http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2741.html

Update on September 13, 2016 by Xenon Geosciences, Inc.

Sam Howell's research of San Andreas fault system earned a spot in the 2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Awards!

Earthquake-Induced Ground Motion

Attended an excellent workshop in earthquake seismology for engineering applications. Offered by ASCE and presented by Dr. Praveen Malhotra, PE.  All continuing education should be this caliber!