University of Texas Institute for Geophysics

@utgeophysics

23 tuit

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Shuai Yan

Shuai Yan

April 10, 2026 60 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

AntarcticaIce CoresGeophysics

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Grounding Zone Processes at the Limits of Marine Ice Sheet Stability

Lindsay Prothro

April 3, 2026 62 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

AntarcticaIce SheetGrounding Zone

Life & Natural Systems Earth Sciences & Geography

Improving Earthquake Stress Drop Estimates to Constrain Rupture Dynamics and Fault Heterogeneity

Rachel Abercrombie

March 27, 2026 64 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Earthquake SeismologyStress DropRupture Dynamics

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Craig Martin

Craig Martin

March 13, 2026 57 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

PaleomagnetismCoralsGeomagnetic Field

Applied Sciences & Engineering Physics

Beyond ice thickness: Toward spatially-distributed measurements of 3D englacial structure, ice-sheet vertical velocity, and crystal-orientation fabric

Andrew Hoffman

March 6, 2026 61 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Radar GlaciologyIce SheetsEnglacial Structure

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Mark Lever

Mark Lever

February 27, 2026 65 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

MethanogensSubseafloor SedimentsMethane Cycle

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Elizabeth Spiers

Elizabeth Spiers

February 20, 2026 61 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

EuropaPlanetary OceansHabitability

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Insights into Mars’s magnetic history from meteorite and impact basin magnetism

Sarah Steele

February 6, 2026 50 min

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MarsPaleomagnetismDynamo

Life & Natural Systems Physics

The power of tiny earthquakes: Low-frequency earthquakes track the motion of a captured slab fragment at the Mendocino Triple Junction

David Shelley

January 30, 2026 55 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Low-Frequency EarthquakesMendocino Triple JunctionSubduction

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Jinbo Wang

Jinbo Wang

January 23, 2026 68 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

SWOTSatellite AltimetrySubmesoscale

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

Spring 2026 UTIG Seminar Series: Ann Chen

Ann Chen

January 16, 2026 68 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

InSAREarthquake CycleSolomon Islands

Applied Sciences & Engineering Physics

High-Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing of Geohazards from Volcanoes to Wildfires

James Thompson

December 5, 2025 63 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Infrared Remote SensingVolcano MonitoringWildfire Science

Life & Natural Systems Physics

UTIG Seminar Series: Xian Wu, The University of Texas at Dallas

Xian Wu

November 24, 2025 61 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Decadal PredictionTropical PacificVolcanic Forcing

Life & Natural Systems Earth Sciences & Geography

Tropical high-altitude climate conditions during and after the last glacial maximum

Meredith Kelly

November 14, 2025 62 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

PaleoclimatologyGlaciologyTropical Climate

Life & Natural Systems Earth Sciences & Geography

UTIG Seminar Series: Sophie Nowicki, University at Buffalo

Sophie Nowicki

November 10, 2025 56 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Ice SheetsSea Level RiseAntarctica

Applied Sciences & Engineering Physics

UTIG Seminar Series: Michael Young, The University of Texas at Austin

Michael H Young

October 24, 2025 65 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Life Cycle AssessmentElectricity GenerationEnvironmental Impact

Life & Natural Systems Earth Sciences & Geography

Greenland Ice Sheet Variability and its Implications for Sea-level Projections

Lizz Ultee

October 17, 2025 62 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

GreenlandIce SheetSea-Level Rise

Life & Natural Systems Physics

Novel Regional Modeling Approaches for Current and Future Tropical Weather and Climate

Kelly Nunez Ocasio

October 10, 2025 58 min

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Tropical MeteorologyAfrican Easterly WavesConvection-Permitting Models

Life & Natural Systems Physics

A New Subduction Zone in the Northeast Pacific? Seismic Imaging of the Queen Charlotte Plate Boundary

Collin Brandl

October 3, 2025 60 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Subduction InitiationSeismic ReflectionQueen Charlotte Fault

Formal & Physical Sciences Physics

The Lifecycle of Planetary Magnetic Fields

Peter Driscoll

September 26, 2025 66 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Planetary MagnetismDynamo TheoryEarth's Magnetic Field

Applied Sciences & Engineering Physics

UTIG Seminar Series: Jiaxuan Li, University of Houston

Jiaxuan Li

September 19, 2025 61 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

Fiber-Optic SensingVolcano MonitoringGeodesy

Formal & Physical Sciences Astronomy & Cosmology

Shattered Fragments: Origins and Evolution of Asteroid (101955) Bennu and the OSIRIS-REx Mission

Erica Jawin

September 12, 2025 61 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

OSIRIS-RExBennuAsteroid

Life & Natural Systems Earth Sciences & Geography

Not So Permanent Permafrost

Louise Farquharson

September 8, 2025 62 min

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4/5

PermafrostArcticClimate Change