Robin Lacassin @RobinLacassin@qoto.org
- My IPGP page
- http://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin
- Tectoldies blog
- https://tectoldies.mystrikingly.com/
Geology, tectonics, earthquakes, seismotectonics, hazard epistemology & sci com.
Senior researcher at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP - CNRS - Univ. Paris Cité). Tektonika DOAJ executive editor.
Joined Nov 2022
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@hildabast @RobinLacassin I deactivated my bird account yesterday, it feels great and anecdotally (I have no data), I’m finding many more scientists here! So far, I think @mastodon is a better home for scientists and people interested in science and knowledge! So civilized!
Interesting article by @hildabast on the big Mastodon migration, and more specifically about academics, scholars migrating from twitter to science mastodon instances.
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τeκτoniκa is a community-led Diamond Open Access journal publishing peer-reviewed research in structural #geology and #tectonics.
We offer an alternative to traditional publishing models, which hide scholarly work behind expensive paywalls. τeκτoniκa is part of an expanding movement within academia focused on breaking the barriers inherited from the pre-internet publishing era, to ensure free and open access to knowledge for all. #openaccess #openscience
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Hello everyone!
New here; escaping the hellscape of Twitter.
Here is a short intro. I'm Kaja a #Quaternary Scientist based at University of Liverpool.
I work on:
• developing #chronology using #luminescence dating (#OSL)
• understanding sediment #provenance using #geochemistry
• #dust records of environmental change (#loess)
I also bake, climb, hike, row, and absolutely love rocks 🪨🖤
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Why is it important that Early Career Researchers (#ECRs) engage on #social media ?
A #thread ⤵️
Academic #research is a very #competitive activity. ECR needs to promote their #work if they want to find #jobs.
They also need to interact / collaborate with other #researchers. For that, #networking is something EXTREMELY important.
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I came here following the mass migration from science/academic Twitter, and hope to reconnect with my network.
I am a sedimentologist (geoscientist) living in the high arctic. I talk about diversity and equity in academia, family life, leadership, personal reflections and science.
The Ka or Ca family of Diamond Open Access Journals DOAJ launched by the community:
• Volcanica (are they on the fediverse?)
• Tektonika (soon on the fediverse)
• Seismica @weareseismica
• Sedimentologika just open !
• and soon Geomorphica
A dude created a poll to allow everybody voting to continue banning Trump from the birdsite ⛔️. Will not RT his tweet, but you may easily find it on the birdsite: the account is from a guy named Elon M 🤔
Sedimentologika is officially open for submission - #DOAJ Diamond Open Access Journal #openscience #openaccess
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Hi! I’m a research scientist at the Geological Survey of Canada and adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria. I study #earthquakes and focus mostly on #SeismicRisk and #ActiveTectonics. I’m interested in #Paleoseismology #Neotectonics #Seismology #Geodesy and #SeismicHazard.
I’m also chair of the #AGU Hazards Equity Working Group, a Fast Reports editor at @weareseismica and a Building Equity & Capacity committee member for #SZ4D.
Focal Mechanisms Explained: What are those “beach balls”? by
IRIS Earthquake Science
https://youtu.be/MomVOkyDdLo
A magnitude Mw6.9 #earthquake offshore south-central #Sumatra.
Mechanism and location suggest rupture on the shallow part of the #subduction #megathrust close to the trench (on the very shallow dipping fault plane). However, modelled depth of ~19km, if true, seems little too deep given the closeness with the trench (USGS gives same depth and mechanism). This means that we cannot exclude a rupture on the steep fault plane within the oceanic plate.
Map with source time function from Geoscope IPGP
http://geoscope.ipgp.fr/index.php/en/catalog/earthquake-description?seis=us7000iqpn
Larger map with epicenter of this event in red from USGS (both not yet on fediverse it seems)
Three other mysterious sketches. Now you know these are geographic maps to be completed. What are they showing ? 3/4
Answer tomorrow 😉
Yesterday I posted the sketch to the right asking "what is this?" Now you have the answer 👇🏼
It's from a 56 years old French book of #cartography exercises, to learn #geography at primary school. Now an amazing #sciart. 1/4
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I hope we can make this platform a better disaster communication tool than what we had on Twitter. Getting good information out during crises is one of the most important pieces of disaster science comms, & I think the length of these posts is going to be a big asset.
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So this is my first post on Mastodon.
Part of my work as a volcanologist with the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, INGV) is the real-time surveillance of seismic and volcanic activity in the volcanic areas of Sicily. This is done in 8-hour shifts in the Operations Room of the INGV seat in Catania, the Osservatorio Etneo. This is me making a stupid face during my latest shift, on 5 November 2022.
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Is there a #geotwitter equivalent here? For example, is it #geomastodon I wonder?
Well, well, happy to be there !
In an another world, a dude is trying to crash a 44 billion $ bird-shaped electric car 👇
- My IPGP page
- http://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin
- Tectoldies blog
- https://tectoldies.mystrikingly.com/
Geology, tectonics, earthquakes, seismotectonics, hazard epistemology & sci com.
Senior researcher at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP - CNRS - Univ. Paris Cité). Tektonika DOAJ executive editor.
Joined Nov 2022
