The new Science Plan identifies high-priority, new, and emerging areas of scientific exploration for the EarthScope Program from a broad range of Earth science disciplines emphasizing transformative, interdisciplinary science and includes some areas that may be speculative today, but have a high potential return.
Unlocking the Secrets of the North American Continent: Science Plan for 2010-2020
Science Plan [Low-Res PDF 17.7 MB]
Email earthscope@asu.edu for a printed copy.
Presentations from the 2009 Workshop for an EarthScope Science Plan
Selected presentations, talks, and summaries from breakout groups from the October 7-9, 2009 workshop held at Snowbird, Utah. Documents are in PDF format and are organized according to the session for which they were presented (Workshop Agenda).
Wednesday Morning - Facilities Highlights
The EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory - SAFOD
M. Jackson (PBO Director, UNAVCO)
PDF Document [4.8 MB]
Wednesday Morning - Building on Breaththroughs - The Next Milestone for EarthScope
Making, shaping and breaking a continent Structure and evolution of North America
R. Allen (UC Berkeley)
PDF Document [5.3 MB]
Wednesday Afternoon - Panel and Discussion: Making Interdisciplinary Collaborations Work
The High Lava Plains Experiment: Investigating the Processes of Crust Formation and Intraplate Continental Volcanism in the High Lava Plains, Oregon
M. Long (Yale University), R. Keller (University of Oklahoma)
PDF Document [30.1 MB]
The Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP): Rift Processes and Earthquake Hazards in the Salton Trough
J. Hole (Virginia Tech), Joann Stock (Caltech)
PDF Document [1.4 MB]
Mantle Dynamics and Magmatism Across the Basin & Range
T. Plank (Columbia University)
PDF Document [2.1 MB]
Wednesday Afternoon - New Research Directions
Geomorphology and Earthscope: Landscape evolution in the service of geodynamics!
E. Kirby (Penn State University)
PDF Document [2.7 MB]
Structure of the Lithosphere and the Sedimentary Record: Where do they Meet?
M. Kominz (Western Michigan University)
PDF Document [15.8 MB]
Linking EarthScope to the Hydrosphere (And Cryosphere)
J. Famiglietti (UC Irvine)
PDF Document [3.6 MB]
Thursday Morning - New Regions to Explore
Linking mantle structures to surface deformation through time across the U.S.
M. Gurnis (Caltech)
PDF Document [6.2 MB]
Appalachian Geology: Key Questions for EarthScope
J. Hibbard (NC State University)
PDF Document [22.5 MB]
Continental Rifting and Passive Margin Development
C. Ebinger (University of Rochester; MARGINS Steering Committee)
PDF Document [25.2 MB]
Thursday Afternoon - Reports From Breakouts and Early Career Caucus
Building on Breaththroughs (breakouts Wednesday morning)
Fault Properties and Slip Processes Breakout Group Summary What do we want to know about earthquakes?
Breakout Leaders: J. Evans, J. Gomberg
PDF Document [2.7 MB]
Burning Questons in Plate Boundary Dynamics and Rheology
Breakout Leaders: B. Hager, J. Stock
PDF Document [70 KB]
The Structure and Evolution of the North American Lithosphere and Asthenosphere
Breakout Leaders: G. Egbert, D. Foster
PDF Document [180 KB]
Interdisciplinary Collaborations and New Research Directions (breakouts Wednesday afternoon)
Integrating Geological and Geophysical Contraints to Study Crust and Mantle Processes
Breakout Leaders: G. Fuis, J. Vervoort
PDF Document [78 KB]
Earth surface processes: linking Earthscope to the hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmospheric sciences, geomorphology
Breakout Leaders: K. Larson, J. Sauber
PDF Document [33 KB]
New opportunities in education and outreach
Breakout Leaders: J. Davis, D. Mogk
PDF Document [434 KB]
Hazards Breakout: Earthquakes, Volcaneos, and Landslides
Breakout Leaders: T. Heaton, S. McNutt
PDF Document [418 KB]
Early Career Scientist Discussion Summary
Breakout Leaders: K. Huntington, L. Wagner
PDF Document [33 KB]
New Regions To Explore (breakouts Thursday morning)
The Appalachians, the passive margin, the Gulf Coast, & the Mississippi Embayment
Breakout Leaders: C. Bailey, D. Harry, J. Pulliam
PDF Document [533 KB]
