Press releaeses, newspaper articles
The seismology group was leading in two press conferences which lead to a great echo in press, radio and television:
- Press conference on the kickoff of the International Quality Network: Georisik
on February 7, 2002. (see press release)
- Press conference on the kickoff of the EU Research Training Network SPICE on Jnauary 16, 2004
(see press releases)
Articles and reports about the observatory at Fürstenfeldbruck and
the seismometer stations spread throughout Bavaria (Süddeutsche
Zeitung, local press media):
- Appearances of Prof. Igel on radio and television after devastating earthquakes (e.g. live interviews for ARD Brennpunkt after the quake in italy in October 2002, and in Bam, Iran, December 2003)
- Focus article, November 2001, about supercomputing mentioning the seismology group
- National Geographic, 8/2002 , containing a short notice about wave simulation by the Munich seismology group (www.nationalgeographic.de)
- LMU magazine Einsichten : Große Beben sind Individualisten, H. Igel
- Münchner Uni Magazin MUM, title story about SPICE und Munich geophysics, 1/2004.
- Report
about the swarmquake area Bad Reichenhall, October 14, 2004, Bavarian
Television as part of the series „Faszination Wissen“ („Fascination
Science“)
- 30 minute report about the SPICE network on the
Bavarian Television as part of the series „Spitzenforschung in Bayern“
(„Cutting-edge research in Bavaria“), December 2004.