EarthScope Chronicles: The SPREE Project Overview

EarthScope Chronicles Series

The SPREE Project (Superior Province Rifting Earthscope Experiment is using data from multiple seismometers placed along transects in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Canada to study a failed rift system. PIs are Suzan van der Lee (Northwestern University, NSF EAR 0952345), Douglas Weins (Washington University, NSF EAR 0952154), and Justin Revenaugh (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, NSF EAR 0952232).

SPREE Project Overview
Featuring Suzan van der Lee and Emily Wolin (Northwestern University)

SPREE Project information - http://www.earth.northwestern.edu/spr...

The SPREE (Superior Province Rifting EarthScope Experiments) project studies the ancient geologic rifting events in the Superior Province - north and surrounding Lake Superior in the northeastern United States/southeastern Canada. Participating organizations include Northwestern University, Illinois. Visit the website above for more information on the SPREE project!!

Video produced by McLean Media, and images are provided by Google Earth, Suzan van der Lee, and Ben Rice. Additional images provided by Erin White (Northwestern University Relations). Emily Wolin (Visible Earth, visit at visible earth.nasa.gov).

Music provided by Flying Hands Music

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Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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