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Welcome to the Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology.
HIGP is a multi-disciplinary institute engaging in advanced research, teaching, and service in cutting-edge oceanographic, atmospheric, geophysical, geological, and planetary sciences. We are a part of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) at the Manoa (Honolulu) campus of the University of Hawai‘i. Our Institute is home to over 130 faculty, staff, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students with access to state-of-the-art laboratories and instrumentation. HIGP expertise spans the globe from pole to pole, from the depths of the seas to the tops of volcanoes and extends to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.
Upcoming Seminar:
Speaker: Myriam Telus, HIGP Graduate Student
Title: Iron Isotopic Fractionation During Continental Crust Differentiation
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Time: 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Location: POST 544 (HIGP Planetary Seminar Series)
HIGP Associate Professor of Geophysics and Seismology, Cecily Wolfe comments on the recent clustering of large earthquakes in the western Pacific and Indonesia, and the idea that cycles of quakes may occur in a kind of domino sequence. "One idea is that some fault systems are critically stressed and ready to rumble," Wolfe explains, "so that only a very tiny stress change from another earthquake is all it takes to cause a domino effect. ... We know that the bigger the earthquake is, the bigger the trigger it has." Read more in Helen Altonn's Nov. 2, 2009 Honolulu Star Bulletin article.
HIGP Researcher, Margo Edwards has been named the 2009 Scientist of the Year by ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists) Honolulu chapter in recognition of her research group's work in advancing understanding of the sea floor. Dr. Edwards will be giving a lecture, "Hawai'i Undersea Military Munitions Assessment" on Tuesday, November 10 at 5 p.m. in POST 127. Read more in the U.H. Manoa press release.
Find out what else is happening through the SOEST News and Press Releases.
HIGP Mission Statement
HIGP solves fundamental problems in Earth and Planetary Science by the development and application of state-of-the-art exploration, measurement, and data analysis technologies. HIGP serves society and the State of Hawai‘i by acquiring and disseminating new knowledge about the Earth and other planetary bodies, and developing and introducing leading edge technologies and a highly trained workforce to the State economy.
Hawai‘i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
University of Hawai‘i
1680 East-West Road, POST 602
Honolulu, HI 96822
Office Phone: 808.956.8760
Fax: 808.956.3188 Dr. Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, Director
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Updated 3 Nov 2009.
