Seismology — Federal Grants

CAREER: Quantifying the effects of earthquake-induced landslides on mountain erosion and organic carbon mobilization

Gen Li · University of California-Santa Barbara

CAREER: A Computational Framework for Rare-Event Resilience Planning and Education in Infrastructure Systems

Luis Ceferino · University of California-Berkeley

Stochastics for generative modeling and applications to inverse problems

Knut Solna · University of California-Irvine

Hydrothermal Effects on calcite in faults

Rosa Espinosa-Marzal · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Conference: 8th Biennial Structural Geology and Tectonics Forum

Sarah Titus · Carleton College

RAPID: Increased activity and risk for volcanic hazard at the Laguna del Maule volcanic field, Chile

Basil Tikoff · University of Wisconsin-Madison

Collaborative Research: CAIG: Multi-Task and Multi-Scale Deep Learning Inversion for Geophysical Imaging and Monitoring

Yapeng Tian · University of Texas at Dallas

Collaborative Research: Novel Designs of GNSS-Acoustic Surveying for Low-Cost Seafloor Geodesy

Mark Zumberge · University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography

Collaborative Research: Novel Designs of GNSS-Acoustic Surveying for Low-Cost Seafloor Geodesy

Surui Xie · University of Houston

Collaborative Research: CAIG: Space-time completeness of seismic ground motions via non-intrusive model order reduction

Dave May · University of California-San Diego Scripps Inst of Oceanography

Collaborative Research: CAIG: Multi-Task and Multi-Scale Deep Learning Inversion for Geophysical Imaging and Monitoring

Hongyu Sun · University of Texas at El Paso

TRAILBLAZER: Leveraging Extreme Environment Experimental Mechanics to Decipher Deep-Focus Earthquake Faulting Mechanisms

Owen Kingstedt · University of Utah

GENERAL ATOMICS

IN THE 2012 CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT, CONGRESS APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO DOE FOR THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ATF IN RESPONSE TO THE INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED AT THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN FOLLOWING THE MARCH 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. THE FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI INCIDENT, ALONG WITH PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED MATERIALS, PROVIDED THE IMPETUS TO IMPROVE NUCLEAR FUEL PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY, THEREBY MITIGATING THE EFFECTS OF A SEVERE ACCIDENT. TO SUPPORT THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ADVANCED ATF, NE, UNDER 2012 GUIDANCE, INITIATED AN INDUSTRY-ORIENTED PROGRAM TO ACCELERATE IMPROVEMENTS TO LWR FUEL PERFORMANCE AND SAFETY. THE RESULT OF THE ATF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, IF SUCCESSFUL, WILL BE ONE OR MORE COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS THAT ARE UTILIZED IN EXISTING AND FUTURE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS. WHILE THE END USER OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL BE THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY, THE GOVERNMENT HAS A MAJOR ROLE IN FACILITATING THE INITIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND DEPLOYMENT (RD&D) TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT, BECAUSE THE EFFORT IS PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE CONTINUED USE OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY WITH ENHANCED SAFETY THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST.

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE CENTER: RESEARCH PROGRAM IN EARTHQUAKE SYSTEM SCIENCE, 2017-2022

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

PROJECT TITLEOPERATION MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE WEST COAST 20242027COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WITH UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY UNIV. OF WASHINGTON AND UNIV. OF OREGONPROJECT PERIOD8 15 2024 THROUGH 8 14 2027AWARD PURPOSEOPERATION MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE WEST COAST. THE REGIONAL GEOPHYSICAL NETWORKS ON THE U.S. WEST COAST IN CALIFORNIA CA OREGON OR AND WASHINGTON WA WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY USGS AND PROVIDE DATA EXPERTISE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE USGS SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDCOMPLETE THE NETWORK OF SENSOR STATIONS REMEDIATE UNDERPERFORMING STATIONS AND OPERATE AND MAINTAINSTATIONS. ENSURE CONTINUOUS AND SECURE DATA FLOW TO THE REGIONAL CENTRAL PROCESSING CENTERS BY MAINTAINING ANDCONFIGURING VARIOUS KINDS OF TELEMETRY DEVICES OPTIMIZING DATA ROUTES AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTINGREDUNDANT DATA PATHS. CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF STATION HEALTH DATA QUALITY AND DATA FLOW. MAINTENANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH OF THE REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTERS WHERESHAKEALERT ALERT PRODUCTS ARE GENERATED. INCREMENTALLY REPLACE THE INTERNAL MESSAGE BROKERS AND MAKE OTHER SYSTEM CHANGES INTENDED TO INCREASEROBUSTNESS AND FLEXIBILITY. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CORE ALGORITHMS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON VERY LARGEEARTHQUAKES EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES AND OFFSHORE EARTHQUAKES. EVALUATE WHETHER ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS SUCH AS BACKAZIMUTH AND POLARIZATION ESTIMATES AND SPHASEARRIVAL TIMES MAY FURTHER IMPROVE THE SYSTEM S RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY. INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE SYSTEMS RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY MIGHT BE IMPROVED BY COMBINING THE RESULTS FROMTHE THREE CORE ALGORITHMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE INVESTIGATE WHETHER GFAST PGD WHICH ISIMPORTANT FOR VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKES AND WHICH IS BASED ON PEAK GROUND DISPLACEMENTS SHOULD ESTIMATE ITSDISTANCE TO THE FINITE SOURCE ESTIMATE RATHER THAN THE POINT SOURCE ESTIMATE. TAKE INITIAL STEPS TOWARD INCORPORATING NEW TYPES OF DATA SUCH AS DATA FROM SMALL APERTURE ARRAYS AND DATAACQUIRED USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESTIMELY AND ACCURATE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNINGS FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION OR INFRASTRUCTUREEXPERIENCING STRONG SHAKING DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE IN OR NEAR CA OR OR WA. IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING AND TUNING OF THE SYSTEM WITH EACH SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE AND PROACTIVE TESTINGUSING SCENARIOS AND PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DATA. WELLARTICULATED EXPLANATIONS OF THE SYSTEM S STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS THAT ALLOW USERS INCLUDING THIRDPARTYALERT DISTRIBUTORS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. INCREASED AWARENESS AND USE OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.INTENDED BENEFICIARYIESTHE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INHABITANTS OF CA OR AND WA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATE AGENCIES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WISHING TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES UPON NOTIFICATION OF IMMINENT GROUNDSHAKING DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIESNOT APPLICABLE

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, THE

PROJECT TITLEOPERATION MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE WEST COAST 20242027PROJECT PERIOD8 15 2024 THROUGH 8 14 2027AWARD PURPOSEOPERATION MAINTENANCE SUPPORT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR THE WEST COAST. THE REGIONAL GEOPHYSICAL NETWORKS ON THE U.S. WEST COAST IN CALIFORNIA CA OREGON OR AND WASHINGTON WA WILL CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH EACH OTHER AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY USGS AND PROVIDE DATA EXPERTISE AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE USGS SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLYWARNING SYSTEM.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMEDCOMPLETE THE NETWORK OF SENSOR STATIONS REMEDIATE UNDERPERFORMING STATIONS AND OPERATE AND MAINTAINSTATIONS. ENSURE CONTINUOUS AND SECURE DATA FLOW TO THE REGIONAL CENTRAL PROCESSING CENTERS BY MAINTAINING ANDCONFIGURING VARIOUS KINDS OF TELEMETRY DEVICES OPTIMIZING DATA ROUTES AND DESIGNING AND IMPLEMENTINGREDUNDANT DATA PATHS. CONTINUOUS MONITORING OF STATION HEALTH DATA QUALITY AND DATA FLOW. MAINTENANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND IT INFRASTRUCTURE AT EACH OF THE REGIONAL PROCESSING CENTERS WHERESHAKEALERT ALERT PRODUCTS ARE GENERATED. INCREMENTALLY REPLACE THE INTERNAL MESSAGE BROKERS AND MAKE OTHER SYSTEM CHANGES INTENDED TOINCREASE ROBUSTNESS AND FLEXIBILITY. CONTINUOUS EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE CORE ALGORITHMS WITH A SPECIAL FOCUS ON VERY LARGEEARTHQUAKES EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES AND OFFSHORE EARTHQUAKES. EVALUATE WHETHER ADDITIONAL MEASUREMENTS SUCH AS BACKAZIMUTH AND POLARIZATION ESTIMATES AND SPHASEARRIVAL TIMES MAY FURTHER IMPROVE THE SYSTEM S RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY. INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE SYSTEMS RELIABILITY AND ACCURACY MIGHT BE IMPROVED BY COMBINING THE RESULTSFROM THE THREE CORE ALGORITHMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS. FOR EXAMPLE INVESTIGATE WHETHER GFAST PGD WHICHIS IMPORTANT FOR VERY LARGE EARTHQUAKES AND WHICH IS BASED ON PEAK GROUND DISPLACEMENTS SHOULDESTIMATE ITS DISTANCE TO THE FINITE SOURCE ESTIMATE RATHER THAN THE POINT SOURCE ESTIMATE. TAKE INITIAL STEPS TOWARD INCORPORATING NEW TYPES OF DATA SUCH AS DATA FROM SMALL APERTURE ARRAYS ANDDATA ACQUIRED USING DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMESTIMELY AND ACCURATE EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNINGS FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION OR INFRASTRUCTUREEXPERIENCING STRONG SHAKING DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE IN OR NEAR CA OR OR WA. IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING AND TUNING OF THE SYSTEM WITH EACH SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE AND PROACTIVE TESTINGUSING SCENARIOS AND PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DATA. WELLARTICULATED EXPLANATIONS OF THE SYSTEM S STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS THAT ALLOW USERS INCLUDING THIRDPARTYALERT DISTRIBUTORS TO MAKE INFORMED DECISIONS. INCREASED AWARENESS AND USE OF THE SHAKEALERT EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM.INTENDED BENEFICIARYIESTHE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY INHABITANTS OF CA OR AND WA EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STATE AGENCIES PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES WISHING TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES UPON NOTIFICATION OF IMMINENT GROUNDSHAKING DUE TO AN EARTHQUAKE.SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIESNOT APPLICABLE

UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS

PROJECT TITLE: UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS, GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE (UAF-GI)PROJECT PERIOD: 6 1 2024 THROUGH 5 31 2029AWARD PURPOSE: THIS COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT SUPPORTS THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTESPARTICIPATION IN THE ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY. THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS WILL PERFORM GEOLOGICAL, GEOCHEMICAL, GEOPHYSICAL, AND REMOTE SENSING WORK RELATED TO VOLCANO MONITORING AND VOLCANIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT FOR ALASKA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANAS.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS WILL PERFORM A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS COOPERATIVEAGREEMENT, INCLUDING: COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT INVOLVEMENT OF PERSONNEL IN ROUTINE AVO ACTIVITIES FIELD DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING ADVANCING DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION SEISMOLOGY AND SEISMIC MONITORING NEAR REAL-TIME SATELLITE SUPPORT FOR VOLCANO MONITORING PHYSICS- AND DATA-BASED MODELING, INFRASOUND AND INFRASOUND MONITORING GEODESY AND GEODETIC MONITORING GAS MONITORING AND ERUPTION DETECTION GEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF VOLCANIC HAZARDS INFORMATION EXCHANGE WITH MONITORING PARTNERS IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT INVOLVING OF GRADUATE STUDENT IN RESEARCH, MONITORING, AND REGULAR OBSERVATORY ACTIVITIES.DELIVERABLES AND EXPECTED OUTCOMES: THE UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS WILL HELP PROVIDE RELEVANT VOLCANO MONITORING DATA, INCLUDING GEOPHYSICAL (SEISMIC, INFRASOUND, AND GEODETIC), REMOTE SENSING, AND GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICALSAMPLES. NUMEROUS DERIVED MONITORING AND RESEARCH PRODUCTS WILL BE PRODUCED AND MADE AVAILABLE TO OBSERVATORY PARTNERS FROM THESE DATA. MULTIPLE REPORTS AND PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS WILL ALSO BE PRODUCED. THESE DATA AND PRODUCTS WILL ADVANCE KNOWLEDGE OF VOLCANIC UNREST, ERUPTION, AND ERUPTION HISTORIES IN THE REGION.INTENDED BENEFICIARY(IES): THE POPULATION OF ALASKA..SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: N A

UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

TITLE SEISMIC MONITORING OF WA AND OR VOLCANOESPERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 11 1 2022 THRU 4 30 2025AWARD PURPOSE THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMIC NETWORK PNSN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UW AND THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY S USGS CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY CVO WILL CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR GROUND SHAKING AT HIGH-THREAT VOLCANOES IN WASHINGTON WA AND OREGON OR . MONITORING HAS THE DUAL PURPOSE OF DETECTING CHANGES THAT COULD INDICATE IMMINENT VOLCANIC ACTIVITY AND GAINING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE VOLCANIC SYSTEMS IN GENERAL. ALL DATA COLLECTED ARE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AND ARE USED BY SCIENTISTS TO FURTHER THEIR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE VOLCANIC SYSTEMS IN CASCADIA AND VOLCANIC SYSTEMS IN GENERAL.ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED THE PNSN OPERATES SEISMIC STATIONS THAT CONTINUOUSLY RECORD GROUND VIBRATIONS IN THE REGION AND SEND THE RAW DATA TO THE UW IN REAL-TIME, 24 7. AT UW, COMPUTER SOFTWARE AUTOMATICALLY DETECTS EARTHQUAKES AND OTHER TYPES OF EVENTS. ALL DETECTIONS ARE REVIEWED, LABELED, AND BETTER LOCATED BY AN ANALYST. THE LATITUDE, LONGITUDE, DEPTH, MAGNITUDE, ORIGIN TIME, AND FOCAL MECHANISM OF EACH REASONABLY WELL-LOCATED EVENT, ALONG WITH THE ARRIVAL TIMES AND AMPLITUDE MEASUREMENTS OF THE SEISMIC PHASES THAT WERE USED TO DETERMINE THOSE, ARE SENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE CATALOG OF THE ADVANCED NATIONAL SEISMIC SYSTEM. ALL EVENTS, POORLY LOCATED OR WELL-LOCATED, ARE SAVED IN A LOCAL DATABASE. UW PERMANENTLY ARCHIVES ALL THE COLLECTED SEISMIC DATA BY SENDING IT TO THE DATA MANAGEMENT CENTER OF THE INCORPORATED RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS FOR SEISMOLOGY, A NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION-FUNDED FACILITY THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO SEISMIC DATA FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN STANDARDIZED FORMATS. UW MAINTAINS THE PNSN WEBSITE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC ABOUT EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANIC HAZARD IN THE REGION AND INCLUDES PAGES SPECIFIC TO EACH VOLCANO WITH ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS SPECTROGRAMS THAT SHOW THE SHAKING ENERGY IN DIFFERENT FREQUENCY BANDS OVER TIME AND CUMULATIVE COUNTS OF EARTHQUAKES AT A PARTICULAR VOLCANO OVER TIME. THE RECIPIENT CONTINUE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS SOFTWARE WILL BE APPLIED TO STUDY THE SEISMICITY PATTERNS AT MT. HOOD IN GREATER DETAIL. THE PLAN IS TO EXPAND THIS ANALYSIS TO SOME OF THE OTHER CASCADE VOLCANOES. THE RECIPIENT WILL ALSO START USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF THE SEISMIC WAVE SPEEDS IN THE EARTH S CRUST TO PREDICT THE TRAVEL TIMES OF SEISMIC WAVES. PREDICTED TRAVEL TIMES ARE NEEDED TO LOCATE EARTHQUAKES, AND UP UNTIL NOW, THE PNSN HAS USED SIMPLIFIED MODELS IN WHICH THE SEISMIC VELOCITIES ONLY VARY WITH DEPTH. THE PNSN WILL UPDATE ITS PUBLIC-FACING WEBSITE AND ENSURE THAT ALL VOLCANO-RELATED INFORMATION REMAINS AVAILABLE DURING AND AFTER THIS PROCESS. THE RECIPIENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE SEISMIC NETWORK AND KEEP THE DATA FLOWING 24 7. IN ADDITION, THEY WILL FINISH UPGRADES OF OLD SITES FROM ANTIQUATED EQUIPMENT TO MODERN EQUIPMENT AT MT. SAINT HELENS, MT. RAINIER, MT. BAKER, MT. ADAMS, GLACIER PEAK, AND MT. HOOD.EXPECTED OUTCOMES THE CATALOG AND PRODUCTS WILL BE USED BY CVO SCIENTISTS IN ADDITION TO INTERNAL TOOLS TO MONITOR VOLCANO ACTIVITY LEVELS IN WA AND OR. THE ENHANCED CATALOG FOR MT. HOOD WILL PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO WHETHER SEISMICITY ON THE TECTONIC FAULTS AND THE HYDROTHERMAL AND MAGMATIC SYSTEMS ARE LINKED. USING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL EARTH CRUST MODEL WILL IMPROVE THE EARTHQUAKE LOCATIONS IN OUR CATALOG AND ENHANCE THE ABILITY TO TIE SEISMICITY TO SPECIFIC GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES. UPGRADED SEISMIC SITES PRODUCE DATA THAT WILL BE USED FOR MORE SOPHISTICATED ANALYSIS TO ADVANCE OUR COLLECTIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE CASCADE VOLCANOES AND VOLCANOES IN GENERAL.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN WA, OR, AND BEYOND.