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Cafe Sci: "Ocean seismometers & the deep Earth
Monday 29 Jan 2018
19:30 to 21:00
Tea Bar, 13-19 London Street, Basingstoke
RG21 7NT (Map)
England

Basingstoke Cafe Sci would like to extend an invitation to our followers to attend this free talk by Dr. Stephen Hicks, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Passive Source Seismology from the University of Southampton. Tonight's talk will be on the subject of “Ocean bottom seismometers - Listening to the bangs, crackles and hums of Earth's earthquake orchestra: our ears in the deep oceans".

Summary:

The collision and eventual demise of oceans along 55,000 km of Earth’s surface is a vital planetary process; it has the power to cause widespread devastation to life and infrastructure through earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. The frictional locking that resists the coming-together of two tectonic plates in subduction zones is responsible for Earth’s largest earthquakes (e.g. Sumatra, 2004; Chile, 2010; Japan, 2011). 90% of all earthquakes occur under the sea and 70% of Earth’s surface is covered by water; therefore, to truly understand how these earthquakes work, we need to make observations of these earthquakes at the sea-bed of Earth’s deepest oceans.

Dr Hicks and colleagues have taken part in ocean-bottom seismometer projects across the Pacific Ocean and will describe some of the fascinating results and challenges of this exploratory work. Our work is providing unprecedented insights on the structure plate boundaries, which have the potential to host large earthquakes in the future, given us new opportunities to develop successful earthquake and tsunami forecasting and early-warning systems. He will close his talk by moving from away the Pacific Ocean, describing a recent UK-led ocean-bottom project in the one of the Atlantic Ocean’s most seismically and volcanically active region - the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean.

Format and Venue:

The Tea Bar will be open from 6.30pm for you to get drinks and chat with fellow attendees. The talk starts at 7.30pm for around 30 to 40 minutes. After the talk we have a quick break so you can top up your drinks and chat about any questions you may have with other participants. The discussions start after the break and we aim to finish around 9.00pm, though you will be welcome to stay around and have a chat with the speaker afterwards.

Entry is free and open to everyone, but we do encourage you to buy drinks and cakes etc. to show your support for The Tea Bar who sponsor the meeting by providing the venue.

Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore and debate the latest ideas in science and technology.

Basingstoke Cafe Scientifique is sponsored by the Active Hampshire Social Club, The British Science Association and The Tea Bar, Basingstoke.

Event Link:

https://www.meetup.com/CafeSci-Basingstoke/events/245046030/

Contact:	Bob Clifford (info@cafesci-basingstoke.org.uk)
How to find us:	The whole venue is used by Cafe Sci. The hosts for the evening are Bob and Nick.

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