U019
AGU Union Awards and Prizes

Tuesday, 15 December 2020: 05:30-06:30
Primary Convener:  Nic Galvin, AUT Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
Primary Liaison:  Nic Galvin, AUT Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
05:30
Introductory Remarks: Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth Science
D. Sarah Stamps, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Geosciences, Blacksburg, United States
05:31
Transient fluid induced lower crustal earthquakes beneath the Ethiopian Rift: Constraints from thermo-rheological modelling (785817)
Ameha Atnafu Muluneh, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, Derek Keir, University of Southampton, Ocean and Earth Science, Southampton, SO14, United Kingdom and Giacomo Corti, CNR, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse, Florence, Italy
05:38
Discussion
05:42
Introductory Remarks:Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Science
Anthea Coster, MIT Haystack Observatory, Westford, MA, United States
05:43
Pattern of Latitudinal Distribution of Ionospheric Irregularities in the African Region and the effect of March 2015 St. Patrick's Day Storm (785818)
Segun Bolaji, Ionospheric and Space Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Lagos, Nigeria., Physics, Lagos, Nigeria, Shola Adebiyi, Landmark University, Industrial Physics, Omu-Aran, Nigeria, J.B. Fashae, Bowen University, Iwo, Nigeria, H.A. Adenle, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, S.O. Ikubani, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Nigeria and Owolabi OLADEJO Charles II, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AKURE, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, AKURE, Nigeria
05:50
Discussion
05:54
Introductory Remarks: Science for Solutions Award
Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States
05:55
Greenland’s potential role in the growing global demand for sand (785814)
Mette Bendixen, University of Copenhagen, Department for Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, København K, Denmark, Irina Overeem, University of Colorado, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Iversen Lars Lonsmann, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, AZ, United States, Jim Best, Univ. Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Geology, Geography & GIS, Mechanical Science and Engineering and Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Champaign, IL, United States and Christopher R Hackney, Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
06:02
Discussion
06:06
Introductory Remarks: Devendra Lal Medal Memorial Medal
Praveen Kumar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Urbana, IL, United States
06:07
Feedback from Human-Natural Land Processes to Indian Monsoon (785927)
Subimal Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Civil Engineering, Mumbai, India and Anjana Devanand, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
06:14
Discussion
06:18
Introductory Remarks: Asahiko Taira International Scientific Ocean Drilling Research Prize
Millard F Coffin, University of Tasmania, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Hobart, TAS, Australia
06:19
Insights into Miocene to Quaternary Antarctic ice sheet variability from Scientific Drilling (785843)
Robert M Mckay, Victoria University of Wgtn, Wellington, New Zealand
06:26
Discussion
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