Kerry SIEH
Founding Director Emeritus, EOS
Principal Investigator
Professor Emeritus
Email:
Sieh@ntu.edu.sg
Additional Website:
Research Group:
- Tectonics
Team:
Education:
- 1977 PhD (Geology), Stanford University, “Late Holocene Displacement History along the South-Central Reach of the San Andreas Fault"
- 1972 A.B. with highest honors (Geology), University of California, Riverside
Professional Experience:
- 2020 — 2022: Distinguished Chair Professor for Research, National Taiwan University
- 2020: Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
- 2020 — present: Founding Director Emeritus, Earth Observatory of Singapore
- Sep 2020 — present: Professor Emeritus, Nanyang Technological University
- 2012 — 2019: AXA-Nanyang Chair in Natural Hazards
- 2008 — 2019: Director, Earth Observatory of Singapore
- 2008 — 2020: Professor, Nanyang Technological University
- 2003 — 2009: Robert P. Sharp Professor of Geology, Caltech
- 1977 — 2009: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Caltech
Professional Activities:
- Singapore:
- Member, Local Evaluation Panel (LEP) for Singapore NRF Fellowship Award (June 2012–May 2014)
- Member, International Scientific Advisory Panel (ISAP), Centre for Climate Research
- Singapore (CCRS) (1 October 2011-September 2013)
- Member, Committee on Sustainable Earth, NTU (21 Dec 2009-present)
- International:
- Member, Advisory Panel, Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2000-2013)
- Member, Assessment Committee, Department of Geosciences, National Taiwan University,Taiwan (2004)
- Caltech:
- Chair, Division GIS Committee (1996-2000; 2005-2008)
- Member, Geology Search Committee (1998- 2005)
- Chair, Division Visiting Professor Committee (2003-2004)
- Division Post-doctoral Fellowship Committees (1995-2003)
- Caltech Faculty Board, (2000-2001)
- U.S. National:
- Member, U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (2000-2003)
- Member, Committee on the Science of Earthquakes, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (1996-1998)
- Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Basic Research, Committee on Science (April 24, 1997)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union
- Fellow, Geological Society of America
- Seismological Society of America
- National Academy of Sciences
Honours and Awards:
- 2018: Honorary member, Association of Engineering Geologists
- 2017: Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2013: Harry Fielding Reid Medal, Seismological Society of America
- 2012: Best Paper Award, Geological Society of America, Structural Geology Divison (for Yule and Sieh, 2003)
- 2001: Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
- 1999: Member of the National Academy of Sciences
- 1996: Fellow of the Geological Society of America
- 1982: National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research
- 1978: E.B. Burwell, Jr., Memorial Award of the Engineering Geology Division, Geological Society of America. In recognition of published paper, Sieh 1978
Publications:
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(1996). The repetition of large-earthquake ruptures. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 93, 3764-3771.
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(1996). The Geology of Earthquakes. 586.
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(1995). The transfer of slip between two en echelon strike-slip faults : a case study from the 1992 Landers earthquake, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 100, 15281-15301.
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(1995). Prospects for larger or more frequent earthquakes in the Los-Angeles metropolitan region. Science. 267, 199-205.
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(1995). Geologic investigations of a “slip gap” in the surficial ruptures of the 1992 Landers earthquake, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 100, 543-559.
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(1994). Wilshire fault: Earthquakes in Hollywood?. Geology. 22(4), 291-294.
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(1994). Paleoseismic evidence of clustered earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 99, 6819-6841.
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(1993). Stratigraphic evidence for seven meters of dextral slip on the San Andreas fault during the 1857 earthquake in the Carrizo Plain. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 83, 619-635.
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(1993). Holocene slip rate of the Central Garlock Fault in southeastern Searles Valley, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 98, 14217-14231.
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(1993). The use of paleomagnetic analysis to assess nonbrittle deformation within the San Andreas Fault Zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 98, 17965-17979.
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(1993). Geomorphic evidence for active faulting along the southern margin of the central Transverse Ranges, Southern California. Bulletin of the Association of Engineering Geologists. 30(4), 521-523.
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(1993). Near-field investigations of the Landers earthquake sequence, April to July 1992. Science. 260, 171-176.
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(1992). Tectonic geomorphology of the northern Los Angeles basin: Seismic hazards and kinematics of young fault movement. Engineering Geology Field Trips: Orange County, Santa Monica Mountains, Malibu. B20-26.
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(1992). Paleomagnetic Measurement of Nonbrittle Coseismic Deformation Across the San Andreas Fault at Pallett Creek. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 97, 12457-12470.
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(1992). Implications of the precise chronology of earthquakes produced by the San Andreas Fault at Pallett Creek. Engineering Geology Practice in Southern California: Assoc. Eng. Geol. Special Publ. 4, 195-198.
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(1992). Future Seismic Hazards in southern California: Phase I: Implications of the 1992 Landers Earthquake Sequence. California Division of Mines and Geology, Sacramento, CA.
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(1991). Surficial Offsets on the Central and Eastern Garlock Fault Associated With Prehistoric Earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 96, 21597-21621.
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(1991). An offset Holocene stream channel and the rate of slip along the northern reach of the San-Jacinto Fault Zone, San-Bernardino Valley, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 103, 700-709.
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(1991). Short-term Earthquake Hazard Assessment for the Southern San Andreas Fault, Southern California. USGS Open-File Report. 91,
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(1990). Behavior of the southernmost San Andreas Fault during the past 300 years. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 95, 6629-6645.
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(1990). The 3 December 1988 Pasadena, California earthquake: Evidence for strike-slip motion on the Raymond fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 80, 474-482.
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(1989). A more precise chronology of earthquakes produced by the San Andreas Fault in southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 94, 603-623.
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(1989). Range-front faulting and volcanism in the Mono Basin, Eastern California. Journal of Geophysical Research. 94(15), 587-609.
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(1989). Behavior of the Superstition Hills fault during the past 330 years. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 79, 304-329.
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(1989). Slip on the Superstition Hills fault and on nearby faults associated with the 24 November 1987 Elmore Ranch and Superstition Hills earthquakes, southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 79, 362-375.
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(1986). Slip rate across the San Andreas fault and prehistoric earthquakes at Indio, California. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 67, 1200.
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(1986). Most recent eruption of the Mono Craters, eastern central California. Journal of Geophysical Research. 91(12), 539-571.
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(1985). Holocene rate of slip and tentative recurrence interval for large earthquakes on the San Andreas fault, Cajon Pass, southern California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 96, 793-812.
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(1984). Research in progress. Engineering & Science. 47(4), 29-30.
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(1984). Lateral offsets and revised dates of large prehistoric earthquakes at Pallett Creek, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 89, 7641-7670.
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(1984). Holocene activity of the San Andreas fault at Wallace Creek, California. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 95, 883-896.
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(1984). Most recent eruptions of the Mono Craters, Eastern Central California (USGS Open File Report 84-939). Proceedings of Workshop XIX: Active Tectonic and magmatic processes beneath Long Valley Caldera, eastern California. 96-129.
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(1984). Earthquake geology in Yunnan Province. China Exchange News. 12, 3-6.
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(1984). Red River and associated faults, Yunnan Province, China: Quaternary Geology, Slip Rate and Seismic Hazard. Geological Society of America Bulletin. 95, 686-700.
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(1984). Study of the Quaternary activities of the Red River fault (I) -- General survey of its contemporary activities and evidence of the active faulting. Journal of Seismological Research. 7(1), 39-51.
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(1984). Study of the Quaternary activities of the Red River fault (II) -- Its features of activity, slip rate and recurrence intervals of earthquakes. Journal of Seismological Research. 7(2), 171-186.
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(1982). Surface faulting in the central Imperial Valley: in The Imperial Valley, California Earthquake of October 15, 1979. Evaluating Earthquake Hazards in the Los Angeles Region- An Earth Science Perspective: US Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1254, 119-144.
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(1982). Forecasting southern California earthquakes. Science. 217, 1097-1104.
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(1981). A Review of Geological Evidence for Recurrence Times of Large Earthquakes. Earthquake Prediction. 181-207.
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(1981). Geological studies of the Holocene behavior of the San Andreas Fault, California. International Research Conference on Intraplate Earthquakes. 209-218.
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(1981). Is California "Overdue" for a great earthquake?. Engineering and Science. 44(4), 4-8.
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(1980). Disturbance of trees by the 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 85, 3225-3238.
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(1980). A search for great prehistoric earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault, California. Earthquake Prediction Research Symposium.
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(1978). Slip along the San Andreas fault associated with the great 1857 earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 68, 1421-1448.
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(1978). Pre-historic large earthquakes produced by slip on the San Andreas Fault at Pallett Creek, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 83(B8), 3907–3939.
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(1978). A documentary study of the felt effects of the great California earthquake of 1857. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 68, 1717-1729.
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(1978). Central California foreshocks of the great 1857 earthquake. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 68, 1731-1749.
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(1977). Late Holocene displacement history along the south-central reach of the San Andreas Fault. Stanford University. PhD,
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(1973). Geological Investigations of the San Jacinto Fault Zone, and Aspects of the Socio-economic Impact of Earthquakes in the Riverside-San Bernardino area, California. Geological Investigations of the San Jacinto Fault Zone, San Bernardino, California. 1-49.