RESEARCHERS

• Crustal deformation studies using space geodesy.
• Instrumentation to detect continuous and long-term crustal deformation.

• Development of space geodetic methods.
• Crustal deformation studies using space geodesy.
• Positioning of dynamic geophysical platforms.
• SOPAC

• Rock deformation and fracture mechanics.
• Magma transport in the lithosphere.
• Physics of earthquakes.
• Mid-ocean ridge tectonics.
• Satellite geodesy (InSAR).

• Propagation and attenuation of seismic waves.
• Nuclear monitoring by seismic means.
• Applications of space geodesy to the study of plate motions and deformation.
• Intermediate-term earthquake prediction.
• Precise airborne and spaceborne laser altimetry.

• Thermal and mechanical structure of the oceanic lithosphere.
• Geodynamic applications of satellite altimetry.
• Subduction zones and tectonics on Venus.
• Intraplate deformation.
• Charting remote southern ocean areas with satellite altimeters.
• Marine Gravity Anomaly from Satellite Altimetry.
• Predicted and Measured Seafloor Topography.

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Bridget Smith-Konter
(858) 534-3571

• 3-D elastic & viscoelastic fault deformation models
• Crustal deformation studies using GPS and InSAR
• Coulomb stress models of the San Andreas Fault System

GRADUATE STUDENTS

• Models of lithospheric stress due to surface loading
• Effect of surface loading on the earthquake cycle

• Seafloor roughness
• Ocean mixing
• Global topographic data fusion

• Crustal deformation observations with InSAR
• Oceanic heat flow

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