EAS News Article
I feel the earth move...
Hersh Gilbert's research in the Sierra Nevada has been highlighted by an National Science Foundation (NSF) advisory committee as significant earth science in NSF's goal for improving research infrastructure. Gilbert, an assistant professor in earth and atmospheric sciences, was recognized along with fellow researchers, including Craig Jones, University of Colorado;Tom Owens, University of South Carolina; and George Zandt, University of Arizona, for their work, using NSF EarthScope Seismic data, to identify a region where the mantle lithosphere is currently being stripped from beneath the Sierra Nevada batholith. Full story.