50 years since Plate Tectonics: why do people still die in earthquakes? Image DATE & TIME Friday 26 January 2018 Doors open at 6PM PLACE National Museum of Scotland (Lothian Street entrance) EDINBURGH PRICE £5 DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER James Jackson, Professor of Active Tectonics and former Head of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge. TALK 50 years since Plate Tectonics: why do people still die in earthquakes? ABSTRACT In the 50 years since the discovery of Plate Tectonics there have been huge advances in understanding how our planet works, and an extraordinary growth in observational capability: we can now monitor from space places moving on the Earth’s surface more slowly than our fingernails grow. We now understand much better where and why earthquakes occur, but the Earth’s population is becoming ever more vulnerable to earthquakes, especially in the great earthquake-and-mountain belt stretching from the Mediterranean to China. This lecture will examine the reasons for this, showing how geology and human behaviour have worked together to concentrate populations in the most dangerous places. PROGRAMME Time Description Place - National Museum of Scotland 6-7PM Poster Session South Hall 7-8PM Public Lecture with Q&A Auditorium 8-9PM Drinks reception & networking Events Space Photography & Filming This event may be photographed and/or recorded for promotional or recruitment materials for the University or University approved third parties. This article was published on 2024-07-01
