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Freshman & Transfer Open House October 30, 2024 12-2PM Geology 3680
Freshman & Transfer Open House October 30, 2024 12-1PM Geology 3680 Come meet other EPSS …
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Assistant Professor (Tenure-Track) Faculty Position in Geobiology at UCLA
EPSS is Hiring! Applications Welcome. https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09827
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Geophysics and Tectonics Seminar
Wednesday Nov 20
12:00p.m. - 1:00p.m.
Presented By:
Valeria Villa - Caltech
The San Jacinto Fault Zone of the major San Andreas Fault Zone system holds seismological mysteries along its 210 km strike length. Researchers have long been perplexed by its high seismic rate, profuse deep microseismicity (15-22 km) below the geodetic locking depth, numerous seismic clusters, and rich production of moderate …