This thesis focuses on determining how forearc strain was and is accommodated by ancient and active faults in the northern forearc of the Cascadia subduction zone on southern Vancouver Island, Canada. By examining these faults, permanent forearc strain can be resolved, helping u…
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The southern Wadi 'Arabah Valley in Jordan provides an ideal location to investigate both the paleoseismology and archaeoseismology of the region because it is situated directly along the active Dead Sea transform, and because the area has a long history of human occupation. The…
The behavior of major active faults at various temporal and spatial scales is one of the most fundamental, unresolved problems in modern tectonics. Determining the degree to which fault loading and strain release rates are constant (or non-constant) and documenting past earthqua…