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Maps and models of seismic and tsunami risk are constructed from a variety of measurements taken in Indonesia, which have the potential to reduce loss of life and infrastructure. The first study uses the multichannel analysis of surface waves (MASW) method to calculate the time-…

Basin and Petroleum System Modeling (BPSM) is coupled-physics approach that tracks over the course of basin history, the evolution of basin geometry, compaction, pressure, fluid flow, temperature, and chemical transformation of organic matter to quantitatively predict petroleum …

Despite Venus showing no evidence of a global system of tectonic deformation, a variety of tectonic landforms across Venus suggests a complex and active geologic history that is not fully understood. One of the most ubiquitous tectonic landforms identified are linear to arcuate,…

The transition from the Trenton Group to the Utica Shale in the eastern Mohawk Valley, New York State, marks a basin-wide transgression within the Taconic foreland basin and rise of an orogenic belt along the margin of Laurentian in the Late Ordovician. This area has been studie…

Determining plate boundary kinematics and fault slip rates is critical to gaining an understanding of the seismogenic nature of the faults. The kinematics of plate boundaries vary widely and are a reflection of plate boundaries history, current tectonic regime, geology, and crus…

Subduction zones host the world’s largest earthquakes, but seismic slip is only one style of deformation along the subduction interface. The deformation processes above and below the seismogenic zone are equally fundamental to understanding how relative motion is accommodated du…

Planetary surfaces provide a window into the geologic past of planets and can offer clues into their history of deformation. For example, endogenic forces such as tectonic activity resulting from secular planetary cooling can produce fault-driven topography that can be investiga…

The ability to accurately and efficiently track material properties in a Lagrangian sense during geodynamical flows, as well as evaluate how they evolve through both space and time, is of vital importance to our understanding of the structure, dynamics and evolution of Earth’s m…

The Nanaimo Group of southwestern British Columbia has been the source of significant scientific interest due to its relationship with the Baja British Columbia (Baja BC) hypothesis -- the idea that the Nanaimo Group, along with much of western British Columbia, was originally l…