The Supersized Science podcast highlights research and discoveries nationwide enabled by advanced computing technology and expertise at the Texas Advanced Computing Center of the University of Texas at Austin. TACC science writer Jorge Salazar hosts Supersized Science. Supersized Science is part of the Texas Podcast Network, brought to you by The University of Texas at Austin. Podcasts are produced by faculty members and staffers at UT Austin who work with University Communications to craft content that adheres to journalistic best practices. The University of Texas at Austin offers these podcasts at no charge. Podcasts appearing on the network and this webpage represent the views of the hosts and not of The University of Texas at Austin.
18-05-2015
Host Jorge Salazar interviews scientists Min Chen of Rice University and Jeroen Tromp of Princeton University.
An international science team reported a discovery of gigantic rock structures hidden deep under East Asia, centered on the Tibetan Plateau. Scientists used supercomputers to process earthquake data and make images in 3-D down to depths of about 900 kilometers, or about 560 miles below ground. Scientists from China, Canada, and the U.S. worked together to publish their results March of 2015 in the American Geophysical Union Journal of Geophysical Research, Solid Earth.
The study area is a hotspot for earthquakes. And it's surrounded by networks of seismographic stations, 1869 stations in all. That's where scientists got their data to take cat scans of the Earth using the supercomputer model they developed.
The science team says their research could potentially help discover hidden pockets of hydrocarbon resources like oil and gas. More broadly they say their work will help explore the Earth hidden miles under East Asia and elsewhere.
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