Reading the Earthquake Record: A Field Course in Paleoseismology
Issued by
EarthScope Consortium
The earner of this badge completed a five-day, field-based technical short course in paleoseismology from the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), focused on field methods for investigating past earthquakes. Participants were exposed to age-dating techniques, methods for measuring Earth surface displacement, and their application to determining slip rate, vertical land motion, and earthquake timing through fault trench and coastal estuary investigations.
- Type Experience
- Level Intermediate
- Time Days
Skills
- Attention To Detail
- Collecting Sediment Cores
- Data Collection
- Describing Sediment Cores
- Earthquake History Reconstruction
- Ensuring Field Safety
- Field Skills
- Flexibility
- Paleoseismic Trench Logging and Interpretation
- Photogrammetry for Geologic Documentation
- Professionalism
- Soil and Sediment Characterization
- Teamwork
- Terrestrial LiDAR Data Collection and Analysis
- Tidal Marsh Stratigraphy Interpretation
- Verbal Communication
Earning Criteria
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Issued upon attending 100% of the course sessions and participating in all assigned activities and group discussions.