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Prof. Lynn R. Sykes
Higgins Professor Emeritus
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Seismology Geology and Tectonophysics
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230C Seismology
61 Route 9W - PO Box 1000
Palisades
NY
10964-8000
US
Phone: 
(845) 365-8880
sykes@ldeo.columbia.edu
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Fields of interest: 
Earthquake Studies, Control of Nuclear Weapons, Tectonics, Natural Hazards.

Please view my personal web site for more information about my publications list, research interests and background. On that site you will also find links to long and short vitas of me, the Pacheco-Sykes catalog of large global earthquakes, and electronic scans of many newspaper features of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. More content will be added soon.

Education
List of degrees from highest to lowest:
Ph.D.
Columbia
1964
Master of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960
Bachelor of Science
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1960
Lamont Projects: 
Earthquakes in the Greater New York -Philadelphia area: Catalog and Tectonic Setting
Pacheco-Sykes Earthquake Catalog
IGY Calibration
Calibration of Long-Period Seismographs at Thirteen Stations Throughout the World
Earthquakes and Faulting
Featured in the Following Videos: 
The 100th Anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
The 100th Anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
Earthquake Research