Geophysics
Geodynamics
Geodynamics (Geo: Earth and Dynamics: Forces) uses numerical models to quantitatively link our geophysical observations of the Earth's surface to the inaccessible processes at depth. The Numerical Modeling Team investigates natural hazards for a range of global targets.
- Megathrust earthquakes and Tsunami Genesis
- Poroelastic deformation, viscoelastic creep, and triggered aftershocks
- Reservoir impoundment and induced seismicity
- Fluid injection and fracture propagation
- Magma flux and storage within active volcanoes
- Heat flow and thermoelastic systems
- Inverse models of InSAR and GPS data
- Optimization and uncertainty
- Time series analyses, Gaussian Processes, and Kalman Filters
Remote Sensing
- Ground surface deformation measurement using InSAR
- Photogrammetry (both land and drone-based acquisitions)
- Hyperspectral/infrared spectroscopy
Seismology
- Subduction zones dynamics
- Cordilleran tectonics and cyclicity in orogenic systems
- Characterizing the nature and evolution of crustal magma reservoirs
- Advancing joint seismic imaging methods
- Imaging the magmatic plumbing beneath active volcanoes
Faculty
- Ed Duke
Petrology, Infrared spectroscopy, Remote sensing - Kurt Katzenstein
Geohazards, Geomechanics, InSAR - Liangping Li
Groundwater, Statistics, Data assimilation
- Tim Masterlark
Numerical Modeling and Data Analysis - Gokce Ustunisik
Igneous Petrology, Experimental Petrology, Planetary Petrology, High Pressure/Temperature Geo-Chemistry, Chemical Volcanology - Kevin Ward
Seismic imaging, Geophysical inverse problems, Broadband and nodal geophone deployments