Sumatran Plate Boundary Project at Caltech

Funded in part by
NSF grant 0538333

An important aspect of the Sumatran Plate Boundary Project is our interaction with the outside world. That diverse world includes the people of western Sumatra, officials at various levels of the Indonesian and U.S. governments, and students and teachers outside Caltech. This page is an introduction to information that we hope will be interesting and useful to that wide range of individuals.

Educational Outreach

Currently, our educational outreach efforts focus on distributing posters, brochures and GPS station data sheets to people living on the Mentawai and Batu islands during our field sessions, beginning in July 2004. These materials explain why many of the islands are slowly sinking, in the decades between large earthquakes and also why the islands suddenly spring up during the infrequent large earthquakes. Furthermore, the materials explain the purpose of our GPS stations, present the data, and give some suggestions of how to limit damage and losses during future earthquakes and tsunamis.

updated 8 August 2006	Poster		Brochure
print sizes >	23"x33"	US letter 8"x10"	US letter	A4
Mentawai Islands	Mentawai-v1.2 (43MB) Indonesian-v1.2 English-v1.2 (46MB)	Mentawai-v1.2 (3MB) Indonesian-v1.2 English-v1.2 (2.6MB)	English-v1.2 (5.5MB)	Mentawai Indonesian-v1.2 (12MB)
Nias/ Simeulue ISLANDS	Indonesian-v1.2_2006 (3MB) English-v1.2_2006 (2.9MB)	Indonesian-v1.2_2006 (500k) English-v1.2_2006 (480k)	n/a
WEst Sumatran Coast	in development
Sumatran Fault	n/a		n/a	Indonesian-v1 (1.6MB)
GPS Station Data Sheets	These one page handouts summarize GPS station location data for a specific period of time.		coming soon...

This research has been supported in large part by NSF Grants EAR-9628301, EAR-9804732, EAR-9804970, EAR-9903301, and EAR-0208508. Our initial explorations of the possibilities in Sumatra were bank-rolled by a generous, spontaneous gift from the several members of the Caltech Associates.

updated 8 August 2006

updated
8 August 2006