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Offset in the Richardson Highway, Alaska produced by the 2002 Mw 7.9 Denali earthquake

 

 

 

SG&T scientists employ a broad spectrum of tools and techniques to develop a better understanding of the mechanics and dynamics of earthquakes and faulting.  These techniques include laboratory and experimental studies of rock and fault mechanics, numerical models of earthquake dynamics, and observational studies of earthquake nucleation, seismic slip, and ground shaking.  To assist in these efforts in the northeastern region, Lamont (with support from the US Geological Survey) operates the Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network, a component of the Advanced National Seismic System.  SG&T scientists and students also contribute to the Earth Institute's Center for Hazards and Risk Research.

 

Faculty and Scientists
John Armbruster, Staff Associate
Göran Ekström, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Mitchell Gold, Staff Associate
Vala Hjorleifsdottir, Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Klaus Jacob, Special Research Scientist

Won-Young Kim, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, LCSN Director
Arthur Lerner-Lam, Doherty Senior Research Scientist
William Menke, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Meredith Nettles, Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Paul Richards,  Mellon Professor of Natural Sciences
David Schaff, Doherty Associate Research Scientist
Chris Scholz, Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Leonardo Seeber, Doherty Senior Research Scientist
Bruce Shaw, Doherty Research Scientist
Elizabeth Starin, Research Staff Assistant
Lynn Sykes, Higgins Professor Emeritus
Felix Waldhauser, Doherty Research Scientist
 
Graduate Students
Dalia Bach
Ashley Shuler
Jian Zhang
 
Data Downloads
Calibration of Long-Period Seismographs at Thirteen Stations Throughout the World

 

 
Highlights
Center for Hazards and Risk Research
Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network
The Global Centroid-Moment-Tensor (CMT) Project

 

 
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