Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Tectonics Observatory - 2008 Annual Meeting - November 4 9:00 – 12:30 Oral Presentations 12:30 – 1:30 Buffet Lunch – Courtyard 1:30 – 6:00 Poster Session 6:00 – 8:00 Dinner November 5 9:00 – 10:30 Discussion-New ideas. Buwalda 1:30 – 4:00 Debriefing TO-Faculty. Buwalda. J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Tectonics Observatory - 2008 Annual Meeting - J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Tectonics Observatory Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Tectonics Observatory - Funding - The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation NSF NASA - Scientific Objective - Improve our understanding of the dynamics of the lithosphere and plate boundary processes over a wide range of time scales from the earthquake rupture to long term geological deformation. J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Tectonics Observatory - Strategy - Stimulate cross-discipline interactions. Use modern techniques and develop new techniques (CGPS, satellite imagery, thermochronology, seismic imaging, isotopic geochemistry …) Take advantage of recent advances computational techniques and hardware. - In-house facilities - Regional multidisciplinary Experiments - Intellectual life J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Technical and Administrative Staff Staff Position Heather Guyett Steele TO Office Manager John Galetzka GPS Field Operations Lisa Christiansen GIS Coordinator Laurie Kovalenko TO Educational Outreach Lionel Keene GIS/Remote Sensing Mark Turner Software Engineer (Comp. Infra.) Jeff Genrich Research Geodesist Faria Chowdhury (60%) Scientific Programmer J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM People 8 staff 15 faculty 22 Graduates students at present (about 10 have already graduated). 6 postdocs, (about 12 have left already). Collaborators from other institutions Visiting faculty J. M. Stock and M. Simons

Draft Moore presentation 9/23/2002 12:24 PM Regional Targets Iran Japan Indo-Asia collision zone Taiwan Sumatra Western North America Here are some examples of project that were funded with seed money. The idea behind doing these projects is to establish the feasibility of more comprehensive projects in these regions. For instance, we need to establish an effective and reliable cooperation with local scientists and/or government organizations, to make sure that the collaboration is of mutual benefit, to make sure that we can deploy the instruments and reliably get data back from them in the long term, and to make sure that the sites are suitable in terms of low noise and correct location to address the problem being studied. Sumatra: real time telemetry, station security and stability in remote locations, Taiwan: how do we best interact in places where there is already an excellent local infrastructure but perhaps lacking the ideal in-country analysis capabilities. In this case we have investigated the approach of bringing Taiwanese students and researchers to Caltech, interacting with them here, teaching Caltech classes in the field in taiwan where both Caltech and Taiwanese students can participate. Mexico: a country with infrastructure but where a few gaps can be filled to dramatically increase the scientific return and our ability to resolve a particular problem. Mexico has excellent scientists, and we already have strong collaborative ties with several groups of researchers. The Tectonics Observatory can involve postdocs, graduate students, and visiting students from Mexico in order to maintain true collaborative efforts on analysing this plate boundary system. Middle America Subduction Zone Peru-Chile Subduction Zone J. M. Stock and M. Simons