In search of Africa's superplume
In the field in Cameroon, 2006.Courtesy Angela Marie Larson
Geoscience graduate student Angela “Mouse” Larson is in Tanzania this month to install seismic stations for Penn State's AfricaArray initiative. She recently spoke by phone with Research Penn State associate editor Melissa Beattie-Moss and told us how her mission is going.
Larson describes the ups and downs of her installation mission to date, including tracking a non-existent village; the balance between access and security; and speaking Swahili with the local people.
Listen to an update from the field.