Earthquake Geology
Director Kerry Sieh’s principal research interest is earthquake geology, which uses geological layers and landforms to understand the geometries of active faults, the earthquakes they generate, and the crustal structure their movements produce. His early work on the San Andreas fault led to the discovery of how often and how regularly it produces large earthquakes in southern California.
More recently, his group has begun a study of the earthquake geology of Myanmar and New Guinea. Current research is especially focused on the subduction megathrust that produced the devastating giant Aceh-Andaman earthquake and Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004.
Latest Publications
Coulomb stress perturbation after great earthquakes in the Sumatran subduction zone: Potential impacts in the surrounding region." Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 180 (2019). "
A 3-D Shear Wave Velocity Model for Myanmar Region." Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth 124 (2019): 504-526. "
Revised earthquake sources along Manila trench for tsunami hazard assessment in the South China Sea." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 19 (2019): 1565-1583. "
Reassessment of the 1907 Sumatra "Tsunami Earthquake" Based on Macroseismic, Seismological, and Tsunami Observations, and Modeling." Pure and Applied Geophysics 176, no. 7 (2019): 2831-2868. "