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Unit 6: Applying GPS strain and earthquake hazard analyses to different regions
Students select their own set of three stations in an area of interest to them, conduct a strain analysis of the area between the stations, and tie the findings to regional tectonics and societal impacts in a 5–7 ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Structural Visualizations, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geodynamics, Geodesy, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geophysics and Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Tectonics, Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Geography:Geospatial, Physical
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Algebra, Vectors and Matrices, Graphs, Geometry and Trigonometry, Spreadsheets, Arithmetic/Computation
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:GPS/GNSS, Data:GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: GETSI

Unit 3: Getting started with GPS data
This unit provides essential background information on GPS (global positioning system) and reference frames. Students learn how to access GPS location and velocity data from the Network of the Americas (NOTA). They ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geography:Physical
Resource Type: Course Module, Activities
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Probability and Statistics:Data Trends, Vectors and Matrices, Arithmetic/Computation, Algebra, Problem Solving:Equations, Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, Geophysics Data, Data:GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: GETSI

Unit 4: GPS and infinitesimal strain analysis
Students work with GPS velocity data from three stations in the same region that form an acute triangle. By investigating how the ellipse inscribed within this triangle deforms, students learn about strain, strain ...

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Structural Visualizations, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:GIS/Mapping/Field Techniques, Physics:General Physics:Vector Algebra, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology:Landscape Evolution, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
Resource Type: Activities, Course Module
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Spreadsheets, Algebra, Problem Solving:Equations, Vectors and Matrices, Geometry and Trigonometry
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: GETSI

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