Seismometer, HLP Project, OR ©Silverheels Photography
Interests
I am interested in understanding the relationships between upper mantle flow dynamics and crustal plate tectonics, particularly in regions undergoing extension. My primary tool is the broadband seismometer.
I am currently working on Shear Wave Splitting (SWS) analysis of seismic anisotropy in the Great Basin region of western North America, and attempting to relate the strain fields revealed by SWS analysis with the extensional processes that region has undergone in geologically recent times.
I am also working with Matt Fouch on transitioning his Upper Mantle Anisotropy Database from a flat file to a web-based database system with a variety of query and graphical interfaces.
I am an active participant in field work on the High Lava Plains Project in central Oregon, and expect to be working with data from that experiment once more seismometers are installed and operational.