Karen Luttrell

Graduate Student Researcher

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225

kluttrell_at_ucsd_dot_edu
(858) 534-4327
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Education
B.S. Physics, Texas A&M University, 2002
B.S. Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 2003

Publications
Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2006), Strength of the lithosphere of the Galilean satellites, Icarus, 183 (1), 159-167. (pdf)

Luttrell, K., D. Sandwell, B. Smith-Konter, B. Bills, and Y. Bock (2007), Modulation of the earthquake cycle at the southern San Andreas fault by lake loading, J. Geophys. Res., 112 (B08411). (pdf)


Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2009), Ocean Loading effects on Stress at Near Shore Plate Boundary Fault Systems, submitted to J. Geophys. Res. March 2009. (pdf)

Conferences
Luttrell, K., B.R. Smith, D.T. Sandwell, and Y. Fialko (2004), Models of Afterslip and Viscoelastic Response following the Landers and Hector Mine Ruptures, EOS Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G13A-0794.

Luttrell, K., D.T. Sandwell, and B.R. Smith (2005), Slip Rate Modulation Caused by Ocean Loading on Glacial Timescales, EOS Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G53A-0865.


Luttrell, K., D. Sandwell, B. Smith-Konter, B. Bills, and Y. Bock (2006), Modulation of the Earthquake Cycle at the Southern San Andreas Fault by Lake Loading, SCEC Annual Meeting.


Luttrell, K., D. Sandwell, B. Smith-Konter, B. Bills, and Y. Bock (2006), Modulation of the Earthquake Cycle at the Southern San Andreas Fault by Lake Loading, EOS Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G43B-0996.


Wei, M., K. Luttrell, A. Van Zandt, D. Sandwell, R. Mellors, Y. Fialko, and K. Hudnut (2007), The October 2006 Superstition Hills Creep Event:  combined observations from creep-meter, field mapping, InSAR, and B4 altimetry, SCEC Annual Meeting.


Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2007), Computation of 3-D static stress in the lithosphere from topographic loads at the surface and base, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13G-02.


Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2008), 3-D Stress Variation at Ridge-Transform Systems From Bathymetry Variations and Plate Driving, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T21B-1966.

Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2009), Estimates of the minimum 3-D stress in the lithosphere needed to support global topography, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T51F-07.

Awards
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship recipient (2007-present)