2012 workshop application is closed
2012 Workshop Information Information
Dr. Robert S.
Nelson
Department of Geography-Geology
Illinois State University
Felmley Hall of Science Annex 443
Normal, IL 61790
E-Mail:
rsnelso@ilstu.edu
Phone: (309) 438-7808
EarthScope (http://www.earthscope.org/)
is the largest continental geology project ever funded by the National Science
Foundation in partnership with the United States Geological Survey, and with the
collaboration of UNVARCO Inc., Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
(lRIS), and NASA. The initial 5 year (2003-2008) budget of $200 million was for
construction of; 39 Advanced National
Seismic System (Backbone) seismic station, 875 ultra-high resolution GPS
Stations (Plate Boundary Observatories), 5 long-line laser strain meters
stations and the purchase of 2,400 portable seismic stations (Transportable
Array and Flex Array) (EarthScope is funded at about $12 million/year) The
Transportable Array consists of 400 portable seismic stations in a 400-500 mile
wide north-south rolling band. The Transportable Array is currently in Missouri
and Illinois. The Flex Array is deployed in specific research projects. Central
United States EarthScope is a collaborative workshop for middle and high school
science teachers that brings
together the resources of a major research investigation (The Structure and
Dynamics of the North American Craton -An EarthScope swath from the Ozarks to
the Grenville Front funded by the National Science Foundation directed by
Drs. Gary Pavlis and Michael Hamburger at Indiana University, with collaborators
at Purdue University, the University of Illinois, The Indiana Geological Survey
and the Illinois State Geological Survey) and Illinois EarthScope workshop for
teachers funded by the United State Department of Education through the Illinois
Board of Education. Illinois EarthScope is directed by Dr. Nelson at Illinois
State University.
Location of seismometers for EarthScope investigation.
2010 Summer Teacher Workshop Photos
Information about the 2012 workshop
Application for the 2012 Workshop is Closed
EarthScope 2012 Workshop Application Form
EarthScope PowerPoint
August 2008
Illinois Earthscope I pilot Teacher workshop
PowerPoint presented at
Geological Society of America Meeting in Portland Oregon, October 2009
Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 2010
Illinois EarthScope Workshop 2011
EarthScope Home Page http://www.earthscope.
