The University of Texas at Austin received a two-year, $292,433 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant funds basic research examining the impact of upper-plate splay faults on stress state and strength of the megathrust and fluid budgets in accreting sediments. This research directly supports the goals of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through support of basic...
The University of Texas at Austin was awarded a $358,157 project grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences. The grant is part of the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to expand understanding of the integrated Earth system. Under the award, UT Austin will conduct collaborative research on vertical signatures of lithospheric deformation in the western United States from August 1, 2021 to July 31, 2024. The research is expected to...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $352,839 to the University of Texas at El Paso from April 2021 through September 2023. The funding supports analysis of a high-quality aftershock data set from the 2017 Tehuantepec (M8.2) offshore Mexico earthquake. As part of basic research into integrated earth systems, the University will leverage the unique data to gain insights into seismic processes within subduction zones. Results from the...
The National Science Foundation (NSF), through its Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), awarded a $272,664 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin to conduct collaborative research on subduction megathrust rheology. The research aims to quantify how the deformation behavior and spatial heterogeneity of subduction zone rocks affect fault slip behavior, including the occurrence of slow earthquakes and slip events. The project will involve new laboratory experiments on subduction zone...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) received a two-year, $253,492 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences on September 1, 2021 to conduct research on the role of subducting seamounts in fault stability and slip behavior throughout the seismic cycle. MIT will use the funding to support basic research exploring the integrated Earth system through studying how subducting seamounts, underwater volcanoes formed over hotspots, impact fault...
The National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences awarded a $299,130 Project Grant to the University of Texas at Austin on July 15, 2021 for collaborative research titled "Dynamics of Seasonal Forecast Uncertainty: Cross-Basin Ocean-Atmosphere Interactions." The research is being conducted under the NSF's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), which supports basic research to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system. The University of Texas at...
This $125,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support research at the University of Texas at Austin to develop a Bayesian inference framework for learning earthquake cycle deformation processes across scales. The project aims to create an advanced framework capable of assimilating multi-modal observational data into high-resolution forward models to infer...
This two-year, $354,309 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports research to develop a new three-dimensional subsurface framework model of the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest. The awardee, the University of Texas at Austin, will analyze seismic data collected during the 2021 Cascadia Seismic Imaging Experiment to study the geometry of the plate interface along the margin, variations in plate interface properties, the...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) Project Grant award of $220,803 to Texas A&M University aims to investigate the complex behavior of earthquake swarms and their relationship to aseismic processes and fault zone heterogeneity in volcanic and geothermal areas. The research team will analyze seismic and geodetic data, develop computational models, and study major earthquake swarms in Hawaii and California to gain insights that can improve earthquake...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $192,083 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin for collaborative research titled "Behavior of Boron During Prograde Diagenesis and Metamorphism of Pelagic Sediments from the Nankai Trough." The two-year award runs from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2023 under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050). The research will strengthen fundamental knowledge of integrated Earth system processes by examining boron behavior during the alteration...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $167,851 project grant to the University of Texas at Austin under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) for research titled "Collaborative Research: The Role of Subducting Seamounts in Fault Stability and Slip Behavior Throughout the Seismic Cycle." The two-year award beginning September 1, 2021 will support basic research into understanding the integrated Earth system through studying the influence of underwater volcanoes on fault behavior and earthquake activity. As the prime awardee, the University of Texas at Austin will conduct the research and provide findings to strengthen fundamental knowledge in atmospheric, earth and ocean sciences as outlined under the NSF program's purpose. The University of Texas System will oversee administration of funding as the identified parent organization.