Near-Surface Geophysics. Applications of ground penetrating radar and
electromagnetic, and resistivity methods to environmental studies (for example
near-surface groundwater flow) and volcanological studies. Numerical simulations of
ground penetrating radar response to geologic materials and structures. 

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Geometry of the Trachyte Mesa Intrusion, Henry Mountains, Utah: Implications for the Emplacement of Small Melt Volumes Into the Upper Crust (with Paul H. Wetmore, Charles B. Connor, Sean Callihan, Geoffrey Pignotta, Ciprian Stremtan, and Andrea Burke), Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2009)

The Trachyte Mesa intrusion is one of several small satellite bodies to the larger intrusions...

 

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Sinkhole Structure Imaging in Covered Karst Terrain (with M. Grasmueck, M. Weiss, and D. Viggiano), Geophysical Research Letters (2006)

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) and resistivity techniques have been widely used to map the locations...

 

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Spectral Analysis of Ground Penetrating Radar Response to Thin Sedimentary Layers (with S. Guha, E. E. Wright, and U. E. Kruse), Geophysical Research Letters (2005)

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems utilized in studies of sedimentary deposits generate wavelengths (tens of...

 

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Comparisons of Gravity Anomalies at Pseudofaults, Fracture Zones, and Nontransform Discontinuities from Fast to Slow Spreading Areas (with S. F. Tebbens, D. F. Naar, Q. Y. Lou, and R. T. Bird), Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (2000)

Published mechanisms for rift tip propagation at spreading centers include extensional deformation and an initial...

 

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Effective Elastic Thickness of the Lithosphere Along the Easter Seamount Chain (with Z. R. J. Liu, D. F. Naar, and R. A. Duncan), Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (1997)

Bathymetry and gravity data collected during Legs 5, 6, and 7 of the 1993 GLORIA...