Karen Luttrell
Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Geophysicist Karen has moved!  now  at:          Volcano Science Center          U.S. Geological Survey          345 Middlefield Rd. MS 910          Menlo Park, CA 94025          kluttrell_at_usgs_dot_gov          (650) 329-4986          profile.usgs.gov/kluttrell

Education
B.S. Physics, Texas A&M University, 2002
B.S. Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 2003
Ph.D. Earth Sciences (Geophysics), University of California, San Diego, 2010

Publications
Tong, X., D. Sandwell, K. Luttrell, B. Brooks, M. Bevis, M. Shimada, J. Foster, R. Smalley Jr., H. Parra, J. C. Báez Soto, M. Blanco, E. Kendrick, J. Genrich, and D. J. Caccamise II (2010), The 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake: Downdip rupture limit revealed by space geodesy, Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2010GL045805. (pdf)

Luttrell, K., and D. Sandwell (2010), Ocean loading effects on stress at near shore plate boundary fault systems, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B08411, doi:10.1029/2009JB006541. (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, doi:10.1029/2006JB004752. (pdf)

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

Conferences
Luttrell K., X. Tong, D. Sandwell, and B. Brooks (2010), Estimates of stress drop from the 27 February 2010 Chile earthquake and tectonic stress in the crust: Implications for fault strength, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G33A-0840.

Tong, X., D. Sandwell, K. Luttrell, B. Brooks, M. Bevis, M. Shimada, J. Foster, R. Smalley Jr., H. Parra, J. C. Báez Soto, M. Blanco, E. Kendrick, J. Genrich, and D. J. Caccamise II (2010), The Mw8.8 2010 Maule, Chile Earthquake: Significant slip occurred only above the continental Moho, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract G331-0839.

Luttrell, K. and D. Sandwell (2010), Using 3D models of stress from topography to understand the global stress field, GLADE 2010: Geodynamics of the Lithosphere and Deep Earth, La Jolla, CA.

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.

Kilb, D., D. Brothers, K. Luttrell, G. Lin, N. Driscoll, G. Kent, and R. Newman (2009), Faulting, Seismicity and Stress Interaction in the Salton Sea Region of Southern California, EOS Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T31A-1786.

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 (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.

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., 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.

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.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., 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.

Awards
USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Research Fellow (begin 2011)
NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow (2007-2010)