1. Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :24 PM
Tectonics Observatory Annual Meeting -
November 4
9:00 – 12: 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

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

3. Tectonics Observatory
Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :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

4. Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :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

5. Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :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

6. Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :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

7. Draft Moore presentation
9/23/ :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