BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:88a84c61-c897-4f2a-9cc8-01a9a7fe6cf1.205405@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20200127T175654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T175654Z LOCATION:Roy Blunt Hall 345 SUMMARY:GGP Seminar: Dr. Jonathan Obrist Farner - "A sleeping giant - The forgotten tectonic system of Guatemala" DESCRIPTION:Dr. Jonathan Farner\, assistant professor\, geology and geophy sics at Missouri S&T\, Rolla\, Missouri\, will present. \n\n\nAbstract: M otion along continental transforms is primarily accommodated by recurrent large earthquakes. These earthquakes are catastrophic and pose significa nt threats to economic vitality and cause substantial infrastructural dam age and considerable loss of human life. Such geohazards require that we take steps to understand and monitor such locations and increase societal awareness and preparedness in case of future catastrophic events. Wherea s most major strike-slip plate boundaries in highly populated regions (e. g.\, San Andreas Fault\, North Anatolian Fault) are subject to intense mo nitoring\, similar efforts are lacking for the Polochic-Motagua Fault Sys tem (PMFS)\, the North American and Caribbean plate boundary in Guatemala .\n\n\nA 7.5 magnitude earthquake along the PMFS in 1976\, claimed more t han 20\,000 lives and left nearly 1.5 million people homeless\, illustrat ing the need to better understand this plate boundary. In this talk\, Far ner will review the tectonic system of Guatemala\, highlight some of the most important unanswered questions and remaining puzzels\, and summarize the work that has been carried out to answer some of these outstanding t ectonic questions. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Dr . Jonathan Farner\, assistant professor\, geology and geophysics at Misso uri S&amp\;T\, Rolla\, Missouri\, will present.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Abstract: Motion along continental transforms is primarily accommodated by recurren t large earthquakes. These earthquakes are catastrophic and pose signific ant threats to economic vitality and cause substantial infrastructural da mage and considerable loss of human life. Such geohazards require that we take steps to understand and monitor such locations and increase societa l awareness and preparedness in case of future catastrophic events. Where as most major strike-slip plate boundaries in highly populated regions (e .g.\, San Andreas Fault\, North Anatolian Fault) are subject to intense m onitoring\, similar efforts are lacking for the Polochic-Motagua Fault Sy stem (PMFS)\, the North American and Caribbean plate boundary in Guatemal a.</p>\n<p>A 7.5 magnitude earthquake along the PMFS in 1976\, claimed&nb sp\;more than&nbsp\;20\,000 lives and left nearly 1.5 million people home less\, illustrating the need to better understand this plate boundary. In this talk\, Farner will&nbsp\;review the tectonic system of Guatemala\, highlight some of the most important unanswered questions and remaining p uzzels\, and summarize the work that has been carried out to answer some of these outstanding tectonic questions.</p></body></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20200207T153000 SEQUENCE:0 URL:http://geosciences.missouristate.edu CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR