Aotearoa-Canada Amphibious Plate-Boundary Seismotectonics Workshop

We are pleased to announce the upcoming workshop on the plate-boundary seismotectonics of New Zealand and Canada, from onshore and offshore perspectives, to be held at Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. This workshop will include: 

1) A full day of training in seismological methods for pre-processing and cleaning broadband ocean-bottom seismic data; 

2) Public lectures by international experts: 

• Rachel Abercrombie, Boston University 

• Simon Peacock, University of British Columbia

3) Oral and poster sessions on current research in onshore-offshore seismotectonics of New Zealand and Canada, featuring 4 keynote speakers: Wiebke Heise (Earth Sciences New Zealand), Mladen Nedimovic (Dalhousie University), Andrew Schaeffer (Geological Survey of Canada), and Laura Wallace (GEOMAR, Kiel University).

We invite participants from any New Zealand or Canadian organization, across various research-related occupations and career stages, who are interested in the seismicity, tectonics, and Earth structures around New Zealand and Canada. Space is limited to 50 participants, so we encourage early registration. International participants are welcome to register, but availability isn't guaranteed as space is limited and depends on how many Canadian and New Zealand participants register first. This workshop is partially funded by a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand, Catalyst (International Leaders Fellowship) programme, which seeks to enhance collaboration in offshore seismology between New Zealand and Canada.

Topics covered during the training session:

• Broadband ocean bottom seismic instrumentation and data

• Station orientation on the seafloor

• Vertical-component denoising via compliance and tilt corrections

• Hands-on practicals using open-source Python code