Sam Mitchell

Earthquake Geologist 🗻💥 BBK/UCL London NERC DTP PhD Student (he/him)

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Very happy to announce the publication of my first lead author paper 🎉
Proud to contribute to earthquake hazard research by investigating the rupture relationships between 2 across-strike faults using field observations! Huge thanks to everyone involved.

https://t.co/SYs25g1PqB

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Last week at the European Seismological Commission in Corfu, I presented my work on slip relationships between two faults using 36Cl dating & rupture observations. Great to discuss new advances in earthquake research. #ESC2024 @London_NERC_DTP @BirkbeckUoL @UCLRDR

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

@billy_andrews @EliasRugen @GeoJenni @ZoeMildon Haha thanks Billy! Those woods have left scars and it was definitely worth it.

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Very happy to announce the publication of my first lead author paper 🎉
Proud to contribute to earthquake hazard research by investigating the rupture relationships between 2 across-strike faults using field observations! Huge thanks to everyone involved.

https://t.co/SYs25g1PqB

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

@MarcoMeschis @EliasRugen @GeoJenni @ZoeMildon Thanks Marco!

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

@EliasRugen Scrambling scree slopes, scratching through never ending thorny bushes and splitting up to find the fault.. it doesn’t get better than this

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Excited to share that my first scientific paper as a contributing author is out! 📄 Grateful for the opportunity to contribute to this new article in the Journal of Structural Geology:
https://t.co/aIp2Iy3X0W

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

@billy_andrews @BirkbeckUoL @UCLIRDR @GeoJenni Thanks Billy, looking forward to seeing what you do with your incredible dataset!

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Enjoyed doing my first conference presentation at #INQUARoma2023 showing my findings on the 1981 earthquake ruptures.
Also, great getting to know so many earthquake researchers and see the exciting work that’s coming out of this community.
@BirkbeckUoL @UCLIRDR

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Great pleasure to discuss my research on earthquakes and surface displacement hazard at the IRDR annual conference. I learnt so much from an inspiring day of talks with the theme of risk without borders #IRDR13

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Attica region Holocene active fault mapping ✅

Highlights😄:
-Finding some elusive faults, e.g. the Afidnai fault.
-Runs in the mountains.
Lowlights😳:
-Police pulling us over with guns for showing “suspicious activity” in Athens (fault hunting).
-Bad fall on the Skinos Fault.

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

10-day whirlwind fieldtrip of Central Greece completed ✅ Discovered some new faults sites that I can’t wait to publish 🏔️ The fiat panda served us well (just about).
@London_NERC_DTP @BirkbeckUoL @UCLIRDR

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Day 4 mapping: Identified the Thermopylae Fault, Greece, (notice the proximity to a railway line in the top left). Visited the location of the 480 BC battlefield (which the film 300 was based on) including the statue of Leonidas and hot springs which may be sourced at the fault.

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Day 2 and 3:
Finding the Atalanti and Kamena Vourla Fault whilst getting inventive with field work including:
⁃extra waterproof socks
⁃using a fault as a slide (not recommended)
⁃hand signals for distance measurements

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Greece Holocene fault mapping (between Gulfs of Evia and Corinth) begins with Matthew Morris from ICL.
Day 1: Akontio Fault.
Holocene throw profile ✅
slip vectors ✅

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

2nd year Birkbeck undergraduate field trip to the Perachora Peninsula, Greece. Lovely bunch of hard working students.
A year since starting my earthquake geology PhD and already teaching my research in Holocene active faults and historical ruptures - could be worse.
@BirkbeckUoL

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

Earthquake data collections are made easier with a Swiss Army Field Assistant @EliasRugen

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

The challenge of finding an earthquake rupture (commonly identified in the form of cm-scale soil steps).

Yellow waypoints = rupture locations
Red line = trekking up and down thorny overgrown slopes

[Sam Mitchell @structuralsam]

An exceptional fieldtrip to the rapidly extending tectonic setting of central Greece.

Begin detailed rupture mapping of the 1981 earthquakes for my first paper on throw variation ✅
Locate fault scarp sample sites ✅
Mapping paleoshorelines and finding corals for dating ✅