Geophysics faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students work in the areas of global seismology, reflection seismology, geodynamics, geodesy, and paleomagnetism. A major research focus of the seismology group is field-based studies of the seismic structure and fabric of the Earth's crust, lithosphere, and mantle, with a geographic emphasis on mountain belts in the western US and South America. The geodynamics group covers a wide range of topics with an overall focus on plate tectonics, continental deformation, and surface uplift.

Faculty

Susan Beck - Global seismology and tectonics
Rick Bennett - Geodesy, tectonics
Roy Johnson - Reflection seismology, crustal and lithospheric structure
Randy Richardson - Solid-earth geophysics
George Zandt - Global geophysics and tectonics

Emeritus Faculty
Clem Chase

Faculty with related interests
George Davis - Structural geology
Peter DeCelles - Sedimentology, tectonics
Mihai Ducea - Tectonics
Paul Kapp - Structure, tectonics
Robert Kursinski - Remote Sensing, Hydrology
Mary Poulton - Geophysics, geosensing

Researchers

Berk Biryol - Global Seismology
Noah Fay - Geodesy
Tank Ojha - Paleomagnetism

Facilities, Equipment, and Resources

• Global Seismology and Tectonics
• Reflection Seismology Program
• Tectonic Geodesy Laboratory