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Application of Geophysical Techniques for Earthquake Research September 2011 Vol. 16, No. 3 fast|times www.eegs.org Application OF geophysical techniques FOR earthquake research In this issue . • Call for Paper: Special Issue of JEEG • Tucson Hosts SAGEEP 2012 • SERDP AND ESTCP Symposium • The EEGS / Geonics Early Career Award Thermal Integrity Profiler . and more! Services Park Seismic Provides Park Seismic provides a complete field survey and reporting service for seismic investigation of wind turbine sites in a flexible and prompt manner, ranging from the most basic 1-D analysis to a complete 3-D analysis depending on the site conditions and budget availability. Field surveys may be performed by a separate local engineering company according to instructions Park Seismic will provide and then Park Seismic LLC subsequent data processing, interpretation and reporting will be performed at Park Seismic. 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The theme for our next issue EEGS Announces Changes in Membership . 9 will be the development and application of electrical resistivity techniques for From the FastTIMES Editorial Team . 10 near surface investigations . FastTIMES also accepts photographs and brief The JEEG Page . 11 non-commercial descriptions of new Contents of the September 2011 Issue . 11 instruments with possible environmental or engineering applications, news from EAGE’s Near Surface Geophysics Journal, August 2011 . 12 geophysical or earth-science societies, conference notices, and brief reports from recent conferences . Please submit Success with Geophysics . 13 your items to a member of the FastTIMES Seismic and Geotechnical Site Characterizations . 13 editorial team by November 21, 2011 to Electrical Resistivity Variations Before and After the ensure inclusion in the next issue . 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