Research

 


 
    Sedimentology
    Diagenetic and depositional controls on permeability in the Miocene Oficina Formation, Eastern Venezuela Basin.
James Boles, Melissa Morse (Grad)
 
    Constraints on quartz, feldspars, carbonates, and clay diagenesis in Tertiary basins of California and Texas.
James Boles
 
    The origin of the San Onofre Breccia, Southern California: evidence for crustal deformation.
James Boles
 
    Diagenesis of Mesozoic sandstone reservoirs, North Slope Alaska: the influence of meteoric water on marine sandstones.
James Boles
 
    Depositional Setting and Stratigraphy of Highly-Confined Marine Turbidites in Outcrop and Subsurface, Rosario Embayment, Coastal Baja Mexico.
Cathy Busby, Michael Richey (Grad)
 
    Correlation of 3-D Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper-Fan Turbidite Deposits in Outcrop to Subsurface; Republic and Stevens Sandstones, Kern & San Luis Obispo Counties, California.
Cathy Busby, Michael Richey (Grad)
 
    Pre-Mesozoic ice ages throughout geological time.
John Crowell
 
    A stochastic sediment delivery model for a semi-arid, mountainous landscape.
Thomas Dunne, Emmanuel Gabet (Grad)
 
    Sediment erosion and transportation of Mississippi river System during deglaciation of Laurentide Ice Sheet.
James Kennett, Paul Brown (Grad)
 
    Soft sediment deformation in Sisquoc Formation: possible effects of methane hydrate activity.
James Kennett, Ben Fackler-Adams (Grad)
 



 
    Seismology
    Nonlinear site response and nonlinear soil dynamics.
Ralph Archuleta, Fabian Bonilla (Grad)
 
    The dynamics of dip-slip faulting.
Ralph Archuleta, David Oglesby (Grad)
 
    Garner Valley downhole seismic array.
Ralph Archuleta
 
    Strong motion database.
Ralph Archuleta
 
    Empirical time-series simulation of phase III scenario earthquakes.
Ralph Archuleta
 
    Estimation of the ground motion exposure from large earthquakes at four UC campuses in southern California.
Ralph Archuleta
 
    Crustal structure and three dimensional ground motion modeling in the San Francisco Bay region.
Ralph Archuleta
 
    Investigation of seismic and aseismic behavior of active fault segments: integration of UCSB nearfield geodetic arrays.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Centroid Moment Tensor Inversion Methods.
Toshiro Tanimoto, Carey Marcinkovich (Grad)
 
    Lithospheric Velocity Structure.
Toshiro Tanimoto, Carey Marcinkovich (Grad)
 
    Large-scale oceanic upper mantle structure and constraints on ridges and hotspots.
Toshiro Tanimoto
 
    Correlation between surface and borehole site characteristics (including geology, P- and S-wave velocity, depth to bedrock, etc...) with ground motion amplification.
Jamison Steidl (Researcher)
 
    Establishing the "reference" site in seismic hazard estimation. Is a surface rock site a good reference site?
Jamison Steidl (Researcher)
 
    Site response study using aftershocks from the 1994 Northridge earthquake and instruments from the SCEC portable deployment.
Jamison Steidl (Researcher)
 



 
    Stratigraphy
    Syntectonic deposition in collisional mountain belts, Spain, Kyrgyzstan, China
Douglas Burbank
 
    Depositional response to transtension in the Owens Valley, California
Douglas Burbank
 
    Depositional Setting and Stratigraphy of Highly-Confined Marine Turbidites in Outcrop and Subsurface, Rosario Embayment, Coastal Baja Mexico.
Cathy Busbyy, Michael Richey (Grad)
 
    Correlation of 3-D Architecture and Sequence Stratigraphy of Upper-Fan Turbidite Deposits in Outcrop to Subsurface; Republic and Stevens Sandstones, Kern & San Luis Obispo Counties, California.
Cathy Busby, Michael Richey (Grad)
 
    Facies Modeling and process volcanological studies in an oceanic arc terrane.
Cathy Busby
 
    Development of basins and calderas in extensional and transtentional arc settings.
Cathy Busby
 
  Early Mesozoic Vertebrates Of Western Madagascar.
Andy Wyss, Kurt Burmeister (Grad), Robin Whatley (Grad)
 
  Fossil Mammals From The Chilean Andes.
Andy Wyss, Darin Croft (U. of Chicago)
 



 
    Structural Geology
    Scaling and displacement in thrust fault systems (New Zealand and Kyrgyzstan)
Douglas Burbank
 
    Intracontinental deformation in the Tien Shan, Kyrgystan and China
Douglas Burbank
 
    Continental transtension in the Owens Valley and White Mtns., California & Nevada
Douglas Burbank
 
    Reconstruction of sequential fold growth in the Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain
Douglas Burbank
 
    Geology and tectonics of the Central Transverse Ranges, southern California.
John Crowell
 
    Geometry and kinematics of extensional fault systems - including detachment faults.
Phillip Gans
 
    Interplay between extension and magmatism.
Phillip Gans
 
    Driving forces for continental extension.
Phillip Gans
 
    Spatial and temporal patterns of extension and magmatism in western North America.
Phillip Gans
 
    Exhumation of high grade metamorphic rocks (gneiss domes) in orogenic belts.
Phillip Gans, Andy Calvert (Grad)
 
    Cenozoic extension and magmatism in Sonora, Mexico.
Phillip Gans
 
    Cretaceous crustal evolution of Arctic Alaska and Northeast Russia.
Phillip Gans
 
    Origin of gneiss domes in southern Tibet.
Phillip Gans
 
    Cenozoic-Mesozoic evolution of the eastern Great Basin.
Phillip Gans
 
    Thermal evolution of extensional fault blocks.
Phillip Gans
 
  Time scales and rates of orogenic events.
Bradley Hacker
 
    Studies in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.
Bruce Luyendyk
 
    Tectonic deformation of the sea-floor and its relation to ridge segmentation.
Ken Macdonald, Marc Byrne (Grad)
 
    Origin of sea-floor topography.
Ken Macdonald
 
    Strain partitioning in Los Angeles-Ventura region, southern California: evidence from precise leveling across active folds.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Investigation of seismic and aseismic behavior of active fault segments: integration of UCSB nearfield geodetic arrays.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Near field geodetic investigations of strain across faults in southern California.
Arthur Sylvester
 



 
    Surface Processes
    Fluid/rock interaction in the Mission and Tecolote Tunnels: a 40 to 80 year record of carbonate cementation.
James Boles
, James Kennett
 
    Interactions of tectonics, erosion, and climate in shaping the Himalaya, central Nepal
Douglas Burbank
 
    Measurement of modern climate across the Nepalese Himalaya
Douglas Burbank
 
    Differential uplift and landscape responses, Transverse Ranges, DEM and fission-track dating
Douglas Burbank
 
    Steady-state and pre-steady-state topographic characteristics of collisional orogens
Douglas Burbank
 
    A stochastic sediment delivery model for a semi-arid, mountainous landscape.
Thomas Dunne, Emmanuel Gabet (Grad)
 
    Stable isotopic stratigraphy and chronology of uplifted marine terraces, Southern California.
James Kennett, Edward Keller, M. Murphy
 
    Earthquake hazard of the Ventura-Santa Barbara fold belt.
Edward Keller
 



 
    Tectonics
  Animations of the tectonic history of western North America.
Tanya Atwater
 
  Neogene plate kinematics of the eastern Pacific.
Tanya Atwater
 
    The origin of the San Onofre Breccia, Southern California: evidence for crustal deformation.
James Boles
, Martha Wulftange (Undergrad)
 
    Cementation related to fluid flow in faults and fractures, Southern Califoria: constraining the timing, duration, magnitude, and origin of calcite cements.
James Boles

 
    Intracontinental deformation in the Tien Shan, Kyrgystan and China
Douglas Burbank
 
    Continental transpression in the Owens Valley and White Mtns., California & Nevada
Douglas Burbank
 
    Reconstruction of sequential fold growth in the Catalan Coastal Ranges, NE Spain
Douglas Burbank
 
    Development of basins and calderas in extensional and transtentional arc settings.
Cathy Busby
 
    Geology and tectonics of the Central Transverse Ranges, southern California.
John Crowell
 
    Driving forces for continental extension.
Phillip Gans
 
    Spatial and temporal patterns of extension and magmatism in western North America.
Phillip Gans
 
    Exhumation of high grade metamorphic rocks (gneiss domes) in orogenic belts.
Phillip Gans, Andy Calvert (Grad)
 
    Cenozoic extension and magmatism in Sonora, Mexico.
Phillip Gans
 
    The lower Colorado River extensional corridor -
a failed Miocene rift.
Phillip Gans
 
    Cretaceous crustal evolution of Arctic Alaska and Northeast Russia.
Phillip Gans
 
    Origin of gneiss domes in southern Tibet.
Phillip Gans
 
    Cenozoic-Mesozoic evolution of the eastern Great Basin.
Phillip Gans
 
    Thermal evolution of extensional fault blocks.
Phillip Gans
 
    Middle Miocene Tectonism and Volcanism, Santa Monica Mountains, California.
Phillip Gans, Ivan Kozak (Grad)
 
  Ultrahigh-pressure tectonics.
Bradley Hacker
 
  Ultrafast ophiolite emplacement in Oman .
Bradley Hacker
 
    Stable isotopic stratigraphy and chronology of uplifted marine terraces, Southern California.
James Kennett, Edward Keller, M. Murphy
 
    Earthquake hazard of the Ventura-Santa Barbara fold belt.
Edward Keller
 
    Tectonic studies in the western Transverse Ranges, and offshore southern and central California.
Bruce Luyendyk
 
    Studies in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica.
Bruce Luyendyk
 
    GPS measurements of crustal strain in the western Transverse Ranges.
Bruce Luyendyk
 
    Tectonic deformation of the sea-floor and its relation to ridge segmentation.
Ken Macdonald, Marc Byrne (Grad)
 
    Origin of sea-floor topography.
Ken Macdonald
 
    Strain partitioning in Los Angeles-Ventura region, southern California: evidence from precise leveling across active folds.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Investigation of seismic and aseismic behavior of active fault segments: integration of UCSB nearfield geodetic arrays.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Near field geodetic investigations of strain across faults in southern California.
Arthur Sylvester
 
    Large-scale oceanic upper mantle structure and constraints on ridges and hotspots.
Toshiro Tanimoto
 
  Fossil Mammals From The Chilean Andes.
Andy Wyss, Darin Croft (U. of Chicago)
 
    Changes imposed on composition and structure of lithosphere and asthenosphere during high-magnitude extension: Geochemical and petrological investigation of the Eldorado Mountains, Nevada. Petrology and geochemistry of volcanic rocks from the Southern Sierra Juarez, Baja California.
Wendy Bohrson (Researcher), Jeffrey Lee (Researcher), Meghan Miller (Central Washington University)
 
    Using marine magnetic and bathymetric data to solve for relative plate motions of the Cocos, Nazca, and Pacific plates through the Neogene.
Doug Wilson (Researcher)
 
    Using worldwide plate motion solutions to calibrate the Cenozoic time scale. Rather than using a spline to prevent abrupt rate changes on a single plate pair, I am trying to minimize simultaneous accelerations on unrelated plate pairs.
Doug Wilson (Researcher)
 
    Reconstructing the tectonic setting of California volcanic fields and sedimentary basins
Doug Wilson (Researcher), P. McCrowry (USGS), R. Stanley
 



 
    Volcanology
    Facies Modeling and process volcanological studies in an oceanic arc terrane.
Cathy Busby
 
    Development of basins and calderas in extensional and transtentional arc settings.
Cathy Busby
 
    Interplay between extension and magmatism.
Phillip Gans
 
    Spatial and temporal patterns of extension and magmatism in western North America.
Phillip Gans
 
    Middle Miocene Tectonism and Volcanism, Santa Monica Mountains, California.
Phillip Gans, Ivan Kozak (Grad)
 
    Petrogenesis of Mt. Etna, Sicily.
Frank Spera, Julie Bryce (Grad)
 
    Processes and time scales of silicic magma genesis: Th isotope disequilibria and dynamical modeling of zoned ignimbrites from the Phlegrean Fields, Italy.
Wendy Bohrson (Researcher), Frank Spera, Benedetto DeVivo (University of Naples), Harvey Belkin (USGS).
 
    Timing and mechanism of contamination of basaltic magmas from Mount Etna, Italy: Constraints from crystal size distribution and microsampling of phenocrysts for Sr and Pb isotopes.
Wendy Bohrson (Researcher), Frank Spera
 
    Dynamics of basaltic magma reservoirs: Th isotope disequilibria on historical basalt eruptions from Mount Etna, Italy.
Wendy Bohrson (Researcher), Frank Spera, David Graham
(Oregon State University)
 
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