Dr. Joshua Calkins
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
113 Seismology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8595
Fax: 
(845) 365-8150
jcalkins@ldeo.columbia.edu
Fields of interest: 
earthquake seismology, tectonics, lithospheric structure, subduction zones

My work centers on using earthquake seismology as a tool for investigating the processes by which continental and oceanic plates interact and evolve at subduction zones. I'm currently using converted body waves, surface waves, and ambient noise to constrain lithospheric structure and seismic velocities in active subduction zones on the eastern Pacific margin and beneath the extinct arc of the Coast Mountains of western Canada.

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D. Geophysics
University of Arizona
07/2008
B.S. Geology
Colorado State University
12/1996
Selected Publications: 
Characterization of the crust of the Coast Mountains Batholith, British Columbia, from P to S converted seismic waves and petrologic modeling, Calkins, J.A.; Zandt, G.; Girardi, J.; Dueker, K.; Gehrels, G.; Ducea, M. , Earth and Planetary Science Letters, (Submitted)

Crustal images from San Juan, Argentina, obtained using high frequency local event receiver functions, Calkins, J.A.; Zandt, G.; Gilbert, H.J.; Beck, S.L. , Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 33, (2006), 10.1029/2005GL025516