Dr. Rick Aster, Geophysics Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

December 10th, 2007 andrea Posted in interviews, news, sounds | Comments Off on Dr. Rick Aster, Geophysics Professor, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

I had the great good fortune to catch Dr. Rick Aster before he left McMurdo. In this interview, Dr. Aster explains the science behind the Iceberg B15A recording in the previous post and several other iceberg recordings he and his colleagues have created. He also talks about the complex movement of waves in earth and the benefits of listening:

Here is a link to more sound files, seismic tremors on Mt. Erebus:
http://www.ees.nmt.edu/Geop/mevo/seismic/tremor.html