James Gaherty

Professor of Geology at Northern Arizona University. Seismologist, marine scientist, outdoor enthusiast. He/him/his, tweets are my own. @nau_ses

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@AZSnowbowl Not using your updates channel to notify when the road is shut down and shuttles are so delayed as to be useless is rude. I understand that you can’t control accidents. But you can control communication. Have some consideration for your customers.

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@dougwiens Looking like a DJ! Nobody dancing though. Hope the rocks deliver!

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@drrocks1982 I’ll take a code if you still have some. Basically have stopped using this platform, but haven’t yet replaced it for work stuff.

[Seismica @WeAreSeismica]

Could partially molten rock lie beneath the tectonic plate in the Western United States?

Byrnes et al. use seismic wave propagation to reveal insights from the asthenosphere in this area, providing novel evidence of its partial molten composition.

More: https://t.co/8ogALBbYwv

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

#sEARSworkshop is a wrap! Field trip into the Zomba graben on Thursday followed by a final set of talks and discussion of effective strategies for international geoscience collaboration in Africa. #NSFfunded ⁦@fracturedfola⁩ ⁦@djshillington⁩

[Dr Paul Wallace @Paul_A_Wallace]

Super first day at the @GeoPRISMS workshop in Malawi on rifting processes & hazards in the southern East African Rift #sEARSworkshop2023

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

Fantastic day 1 of the Southern East Africa Rift workshop in Blantyre, Malawi. 56 earth scientists from 14 countries and 4 continents (plus New Zealand!), discussing and debating mechanisms of continental breakup in east Africa. #sEARSworkshop2023 #nsffunded @nau_ses

[Donna Shillington @djshillington]

Excited to head to Malawi for the long awaited NSF-GeoPRISMS Southern East Africa Rift System workshop! We received funding from @NSF in March 2020 (what timing!) and now its finally happening! @Rafiki_PN @atekwanae @jim_gaherty #nsffunded https://t.co/P39vIr3YD8

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

Congratulations to @DrRockDoctor for a fantastic thesis defense on imaging the Indo-Burman subduction system in Bangladesh. Good luck at @carnegiescience! @LamontEarth

[NAU SES @nau_ses]

Epic geology, white water, scenery, and socializing during the 4th NAU Geology Alumni River Trip. Thanks to CRATE for safely navigating us down the river, Wayne Ranney for guiding us through Grand Canyon geology, and for @ralphleehopkins for the fabulous photos!

[NAU SES @nau_ses]

Congratulations to all our graduates from the SES bachelors, masters and PhD programs. We are so proud of you!

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

Bucket-list trip for me! Ground truthing my seismic imag(in)ing of the drivers of Colorado plateau uplift.

[NAU SES @nau_ses]

The NAU geology alumni Grand Canyon trip kicked off today with vistas of the Grand Canyon, Little Colorado River and Sunset Crater, petroglyphs, kissing the Kaibab fm for good luck, and prep for getting on the river. Tomorrow we launch from Lees Ferry!

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@KeepItRheol I was late to the game -- just listened to it as an audiobook on a cross-country drive last year. A bit dated in the details, but remarkable (and a bit depressing) how relevant it remains.

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@JudithGeology The Global CMT's quick solution (next day) gave Mw 7.7. Still, crazy amount of slip on a pretty small area to get to that moment.

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@geosmx @KeepItRheol NAU implemented "service teams" in 2020 under a previous president. Terrible, lots of people quit. New prez dialed it back a bit, but not totally. Everyone hates it, and little to no evidence of increased efficiency, even anecdotally. We're waiting for them to kill it.

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@geosmx Awesome Diego. Given the large slip on the M7.6, I've been wondering about its total moment -- the GCMT has 2x more moment than the USGS solutions (a much bigger difference than the M7.8). Are slip models matching either?

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@geosmx In response to the same instagram post, @porterrc and I received similar versions of the first two questions from PolitiFact. Answering the first one accurately would require significant nuance. Given the ridiculous underlying premise, I focused on the second...

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@derek_schutt @SShawnWei I keep track of them in a (crappily formatted) master document. The most recent 5-10 go on the CV as evidence of recent activity and new projects/topics not yet in the publication list. I number them to reflect where they stand in the career total

[James Gaherty @jim_gaherty]

@geophysichick @derek_schutt can you explain it to me? 😀

[Donna Shillington @djshillington]

📢 Apply to attend the NSF-funded Southern East African Rift System Workshop in Blantyre, Malawi, July 25-28, 2023! https://t.co/P39vIr3YD8