Geophysics
Research Discussion Group
(formerly known as The Good, the Bad and the
Ugly Journal Club)
Everyone is welcome to attend.
During the academic terms we meet Thursdays
at noon (12:00) in the Munk Conference Room for presentations and discussion of current journal articles or
individual graduate student research projects. There is a one-unit credit class
and it is required for all graduate students starting 2006 or later; all
geophysics students are encouraged to sign up and attend weekly. The
presentation format is very informal and questions and discussion are encouraged.
We currently send announcements out over the
internal gp_seminar e-mail list. If your address is not on this list or to
suggest papers for discussion, please contact Donna Blackman (dblackman@ucsd.edu) or Peter Shearer
(pshearer@ucsd.edu).
Spring 2008 Schedule:
· Apr 10 Karen Weitemeyer: Research Talk
Modeling the
Hydrate Ridge data in 1D and 2D and issues arising
· Apr 17 Brendan
Crowell:
Journal Paper Discussion
A
kinematic model for the East African Rift, D. Sarah Stamps, Eric Calais et al.,
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L05304, doi:10.1029/2007GL032781,
2008. http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0805/2007GL032781/
· Apr 24 Xiaopeng Tong: Journal
Paper Discussion
Control of
rift obliquity on the evolution and segmentation of the main Ethiopian rift,
Giacomo Corti, Nature Geoscience 1, 258 - 262 (2008) doi:10.1038/ngeo160. http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/v1/n4/full/ngeo160.html
· May 1 Danny Brothers: Research
Talk
· May 8 Xiaowei Chen: Journal Paper Discussion
Slow
earthquake in Afghanistan detected by InSAR, M. Furuya & S. P. Satyabala,
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L06309, doi:10.1029/2007GL033049,
2008. http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0806/2007GL033049/
· May 15 Matt Wei: Research talk
· May 22 Jeremy Bassis, visiting
postdoc, will present a Research Talk on glaciology
· May 29 Joseph Ribaudo: Journal Paper Discussion
Spacecraft
observations of electromagnetic perturbations connected with seismic activity,
F. Němec et al.,
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 35, L05109,
doi:10.1029/2007GL032517, 2008. http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0805/2007GL032517/
AND
Janine
Buehler: Journal Paper Discussion
Structural
context of the great Sumatra-Andaman Islands earthquake, Nikolai M. Shapiro,
Michael H. Ritzwoller and E. Robert Engdahl, GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL.
35, L05301, doi:10.1029/2008GL033381, 2008. http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl0805/2008GL033381/
· June 5 Chris Takeuchi: Research talk
· June 12 Brent Wheelock: Journal Paper Discussion
Tidal
Modulation of Nonvolcanic Tremor, JL. Rubinstein, M La Rocca, JE. Vidale KC.
Creager, A G. Wech, Science 11 January 2008:Vol. 319. no. 5860, pp. 186 - 189,
DOI: 10.1126/science.1150558. http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/319/5860/186
Suggested guidelines for Journal Paper Presentations:
- Context of the study: Why is the work interesting/relevant? What is the basic premise and is it sound or is it debatable? Does the work break new ground or does it provide a new step that depends strongly on prior results?
- Background on the authors: What is their field of expertise? Where are they currently? If multi-authored, what types of contribution may each author have made to the work? What range of work on this topic have the main authors done before, if any?
- A brief summary of the paper: (EXPECT that all will have read the paper so this is intended as a start to discussion, not to be exhaustive) What is the new work? What methods were employed? What is(are) the main finding(s)? What are the implications?
- Discussion: Are there parts of the analysis that you find particularly strong or weak? How might one improve on any weak aspects? Does this work provide a comprehensive result (or are there still 'loose ends' that need to be addressed)? Are there related/subsequent studies that would provide additional insights on the specific topic of the paper?