School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)
EAS observes, understands, quantifies, and predicts the earth system and its components, and so
- conducts fundamental and innovative research in earth, marine, and atmospheric sciences as well as in interdisciplinary research areas that include the intersection with human systems
- educates those who will pioneer the advancement of knowledge in earth and atmospheric sciences and be the future leaders of academia, government and industry
- contributes to the general education of Georgia Tech students so as to promote knowledge and awareness of the environment in all aspects of their future endeavors
- provides, through outreach and partnerships, the foundations for improved health, environmental sustainability, prosperity, and security, both locally and internationally.
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Earthquake Music [4]
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School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences OSP Research Reports [194]
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School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Theses and Dissertations [450]
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School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Research Option Theses [5]
Research Thesis Option for Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Majors
Recent Submissions
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Timing of deglacial Atlantic meridional overturning variability from a high-resolution seawater cadmium reconstruction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-08-01)A new, high-resolution record of benthic seawater Cd (Cdw) was generated from a Florida Straits-region sediment core. The record provides additional evidence for Cdw below modern values at this location during the Younger ... -
Interaction of Energetic Solar Plasma with the Hermean Magnetosphere during Nominal and ICME Conditions
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-05-23)This dissertation combines work done in modeling plasma interactions in Mercury's near-space environment with MESSENGER observations to create new tools that can be used to further analyze the interactions between the solar ... -
Time and length scales of crust-magma interaction in rift settings
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-27)Understanding the processes that lead to magma emplacement and differentiation in the crust is of fundamental importance to science and society, as these magma bodies are important components of crustal growth and erupted ... -
SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF EARTHQUAKE TRIGGERING USING MICROEARTHQUAKES DETECTED BY THE MATCHED FILTER TECHNIQUE
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-06-18)Earthquakes can be promoted or inhibited by surprisingly small stress perturbations, known as earthquake triggering. The stress perturbations can stem from various natural and anthropogenic processes. The most common stress ... -
Triggered earthquakes and tremor: Their characteristics and physical mechanisms
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-07)Dynamic triggering of earthquakes is investigated and compared among three geothermal/volcanic regions of California, and dynamic triggering of tremor is investigated and compared among several strike-slip faults in the ... -
Understanding the mechanisms of dissolved oxygen trends and variability in the ocean
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-04-08)A widely observed tracer in the field of oceanography is dissolved oxygen (O2). A tracer crucial to ocean biogeochemical cycles, O2 plays an active role in chemical processes, marine life, and ecosystems. Recent advances ... -
Optimizing yield with agricultural climate and weather forecasts
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2016-02-22)Weather affects agriculture more than any other variable. For centuries, growers had to depend upon small bits and pieces of local climatological data collected and passed down in almanacs. Over the last 100 years, however, ... -
Extreme temperature regimes during the cool season: Their trends, variability, triggers and physical connections to low frequency modes
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-04-03)During the boreal cool season (December – February) extreme temperature regimes (ETRs), including cold air outbreaks (CAOs) and warm waves (WWs), affect regional economies and human safety via their significant impacts on ... -
Radical chemistry over sunlit snow at Summit, Greenland
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US GLOBEC NEP phase IIIb-CGOA : Synthesis of biophysical observations at multiple trophic levels using spatially nested, data-assimilating models of the Coastal Gulf of Alaska
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An instrument for real time speciation of water soluble tracers in atmospheric particulate matter
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Enhanced dissolved organic matter recovery from saltwater samples with coupled electrodialysis and solid phase extraction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-12-01)Complexities associated with dissolved organic matter (DOM) isolation from seawater have hampered compositional characterization of this key component of global carbon and nutrient cycles. Two techniques, Electrodialysis ... -
Detecting deep tectonic tremor in Taiwan using dense arrays
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-08-06)Deep tectonic tremor has been observed in major subduction zones, strike-slip faults, inland faulting systems, and arc-continent collision environments around the Pacific Rim. However, detailed space-time evolution of its ... -
Dynamics of ocean climate changes in the Gulf of Alaska
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The thermal evolution and dynamics of pyroclasts and pyroclastic density currents
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-07-24)The thermal evolution of pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) is the result of entrainment of ambient air, particle concentration, and initial eruptive temperature, which all impact PDC dynamics and their hazards, such as ... -
Dynamical and thermodynamical influences of the tropics and midlatitudes on arctic hydroclimate variability
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-05-11)The Arctic is an important component of the Earth’s climate system, and it is a region dynamically coupled to climate phenomena at lower latitudes, through both atmospheric and oceanic paths. The coupling has significant ... -
Transport Pathways of Shelf Source Micronutrients to the Southern Ocean
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-08-18)We use a numerical ocean model to evaluate the hypothesis that the continental shelves are significant sources of dissolved iron to the Southern Ocean. We simulate the distribution of passive tracers released from the 18 ... -
Interactions between nitrogen fixation and methane cycling in boreal peat bogs
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-04-27)Microbial nitrogen (N2) fixation supplies important nitrogen inputs to boreal peatlands, extremely oligotrophic ecosystems dominated by Sphagnum mosses. In this study, we coupled major and trace nutrient analyses and rate ... -
Reconciling diatom productivity and iron flux in the southern ocean
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-04-24)Iron plays an important role in the regulation of biological productivity and the carbon cycle of the Southern Ocean. Recently, synchrotron X-ray spectromicroscopy revealed that molar iron to silicon (Fe:Si) ratios in ... -
Regional hydrology captured in northern Borneo rainwater and dripwater isotope variability
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015-04-08)Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes (δ18O, δD) are increasingly powerful tools for reconstructing past hydroclimate variability. The utility of δ18O- and δD-based paleoclimate records, however, depends on our understanding of how ...
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