EarthScope is offering a technical short course on:
Magnetotelluric Instrumentation and Data Processing
October 28-November 1 (travel October 27)
This 5-day course will provide instruction in basic *Magnetotelluric (MT) theory and application, including hands-on experience with MT instruments managed by the EarthScope Primary Instrument Center (EPIC) and the evolving landscape of software tools for developing research products with MT datasets. The short course will combine field demonstrations, lectures, guided exercises, and group discussion. Instruction and training will be provided by EPIC technical staff and experts from the MT science community. We welcome participants from a variety of backgrounds and career stages (graduate student and beyond), and are especially keen to engage potential future users of EPIC facility portable MT instrument pool. Course enrollment will be capped at around 15 attendees.
Funding to attend is available for individuals currently based at a U.S. academic institutions and for U.S. citizens doing research work abroad, and will support costs related to domestic travel, room, and board.
*Commercial uses for MT include hydrocarbon (oil and gas) exploration, geothermal exploration, carbon sequestration, mining exploration, as well as hydrocarbon and groundwater monitoring. Research applications include experimentation to further develop the MT technique, long-period deep crustal exploration, deep mantle probing, sub-glacial water flow mapping, and earthquake precursor research.
MT is very complementary when paired with seismic data because MT is really good at detecting fluids (highly conductive) and seismic is particularly bad at detecting fluids. If you have both data types from a given area, you can do a joint inversion for a more accurate subsurface model.
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Beth Pratt-Sitaula, PhD
Engagement Project Manager III
beth.pratt-sitaula@earthscope.org | 509-899-3480 |
www.earthscope.org------------------------------