As part of my PhD at Washington University I got to work on a seismic project in Antarctica called TAMSEIS. In the course of my work on this project I spent about six months in Antarctica over the course of three years.
Research: The Transantarctic Mountain Seismic Experiment (TAMSEIS) was designed, deployed, and utilized to analyze differences in upper mantle and crustal structure using various seismic techniques. I personally employed receiver functions, surface waves, differential attenuation, and then compared the results with flexural models, topography, and gravity.
MY PHOTO GALLERY: I documented my Antarctic travels with a series of photo travel journals.
- Nov 2000: Laywaid in
Christchurch, NZ
Nov 2000: Arrive in Antarctica
Dec 2000: Exploring Antarctica
LINKS:
Anya Reading put together a great web sight on Antarctic science, AnSWeR.
ANTEC (ANTarctic TECtonics) is an arm of SCAR, the Scientific Committee for Antarctic Research.
NSF has an Office of Polar Programs (OPP), which controls funding for the Antarctic Sciences Section (ANT). If you are interested in conducting research in Antarctica, this is the place to start.
US Antarctic Program USAP.
OTHER EXPERIMENTS:
LEARNING LINKS:
RELATED PUBLICATIONS:
Surface Wave Study of the Transantarctic Mountains Lawrence et al., 2005a (JGR) in press.
Attenuation/Temperature Anomaly Lawrence et al., 2005b (GRL) in press.
RESOURCES:
My Antarctic Resources: only a few files for GMT plotting at the moment.
BEDMAP: A new ice thickness and subglacial topographic model of the Antarctic.
ADGRAV: Antarctic digital gravity synthesis