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**Cancelled** Seismo Lab Seminar

Friday, January 10, 2025
4:00pm to 5:00pm
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South Mudd 256 (Benioff Room)
4-Dimensional Seismic Interferometry: New Perspectives on Aquifer Monitoring and Beyond
Shujuan Mao, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas at Austin,

With climate change and population growth, humanity faces critical challenges associated with water security and clean energy transition. Tackling these issues requires high-resolution monitoring and a refined understanding of fluid systems, such as groundwater and geothermal reservoirs, hidden in the Earth's shallow subsurface. In this seminar, I will introduce a novel, cost-effective approach for aquifer monitoring using passive seismic interferometry. The validity and promise of this approach will be demonstrated through case studies of aquifers across Greater Los Angeles. I will showcase how the seismic approach offers new insights into the understanding of aquifer dynamics in response to climate extremes and anthropogenic activities. Lastly, I will present ongoing efforts that advance the use of seismic interferometry and scattered wavefields to analyze 4-dimensional changes in subsurface systems.