Rajani Shrestha

Oct 30, 2024 | blogs.egu.eu | Rajani Shrestha

How do earthquakes nucleate? How do they arrest? Can we predict or control them? How do fault zone structure and rheology influence rupture? What do earthquakes in the lab tell us? How does fluid injection modulate seismicity? The Institut des Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse (IESC) premise in Corsica, France was abuzz with discussions about these and many other related questions this October.

Sep 6, 2023 | blogs.egu.eu | Kuan-Yu Lin |Rajani Shrestha

With love for geoscience comes a zest for exploring the natural world. What we want to explore might not always be close to us. But science finds a way, even if it means sailing to the middle of the ocean. This week, we are going to dive into the nuts and bolts of how research cruises work in this blog post by Kuan-Yu Lin from the University of Delaware. Kuan-Yu recently sailed as an igneous petrologist for the IODP Expedition 399 aboard the JOIDES Resolution which is set to retire next year.

Feb 23, 2023 | blogs.egu.eu | Rajani Shrestha

Search all blogs Search this blog only Search all blogs Search this blog only EGU Blogs » Divisions » Geodynamics » Ambient seismic wavefield: how noise can be a signal Every now and then, the surface of our planet shakes violently during earthquakes like the recent magnitudes 7.8 and 7.5 Kahramanmaraş Earthquake Sequence in Türkiye. These vibrations are recorded by instruments called seismometers and are then processed and analyzed by seismologists to study the earthquake processes...