The Basin Research group will be well represented at the upcoming 7th International Conference on Mass Movements and Their Consequences in Wellington, New Zealand in November, 2015.

Derek Sawyer will present ” Tiny fossils, big impact: the role of foraminifera-enriched condensed section in arresting the movement of a large retrogressive submarine landslide in the Gulf of Mexico”

Joshua DeVore will present “Shear Strength of Siliciclastic Sediments from Passive and Active Margins (0-100 meters below seafloor): Insights into Seismic Strengthening”

Levent Akinci will present “Salt Diapirism and Slope Failure in the Carolina Trough, Eastern North American Margin”

Sawyer visited Rice University on March 12-13 to present a talk at the Industry-Rice Earth Science Symposium and collaborate with Prof. Jeff Nittrouer’s research group. Sawyer presented an overview talk on the initial results of the NSF-funded Geo-PRISMS Community Seismic Experiment “New Seismic Imaging of the Eastern North Atlantic Margin Offshore North Carolina and Virginia.”