Berkeley Seismological Laboratory PhD Theses

2022

William Davis Stochastic Models of Geodynamo Simulations

Advisor: Bruce Buffett
Patcharaporn Maneerat Short- and Long- Term Tectonics across the Indo-Burma Range

Advisor:
Yuexin Li Illuminating seismic and aseismic fault slip from satellite geodesy: focus on continental creeping faults

Advisor:

2019

Nathaniel J. Lindsey Fiberoptic Seismology in Theory and Practice

Advisor: Douglas Dreger and Michael Manga
Kathryn Materna Geodetic and Seismological Investigations of Earthquake Cycle Deformation and Fault Zone Properties

Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Noah Randolph-Flagg The Role of Groundwatwr in Volcanic and Fault Zone Processes

Michael Manga
Robert I. Citron Early Mars Geodynamics: Giant Impacts, Super-Plumes, and Vast Oceans

Advisor: Michael Manga
Robert Michael Martin-Short Seismic Investigation of Subduction in Cascadia and Alaska and Simulating the Ability of MyShake Networks to Detect and Locate Earthquakes

Advisor: Richard M Allen

2018

Sierra Boyd Analysis of Seismic Moment Tensors, In-Situ Stress, and Finite-Source Scaling of Earthquakes at The Geysers Geothermal Field, California

Advisor: Doug Dreger
Qingkai Kong MyShake – Building a global smartphone seismic network

Advisor: Richard Allen

2017

Chris Johnson Stress modulation of earthquakes : A study of long and short period stress perturbations and the crustal response

Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Brent Gregory Delbridge Constraints on Slow Slip from Landsliding and Faulting

Advisor: Roland Burgmann
Seth A Saltiel The seismic signature of fractures and faults: Low-frequency shear anelasticity measurements toward determining stress and frictional conditions of reservoir fractures in situ

Advisor: Bruce Buffett

2015

Andrea Chiang Investigating Source Processes of Isotropic Events

Advisor: Douglas Dreger
Shan Dou Field and Laboratory Investigations on Seismic Properties of Unconsolidated Saline Permafrost Advisor: Douglas Dreger

2014

Scott French Global full-waveform tomography using the spectral element method: New constraints on the structure of the Earth's interior

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Mong-Han Huang Crustal deformation during co- and postseismic phases of the earthquake cycle inferred from geodetic and seismic data

Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Zhao Zheng Refining Constraints on Seismic Discontinuities and Elastic Structure in the Earth's Upper Mantle Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

2013

Saane Cottaar Heterogeneity and Flow in the Deep Earth


Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Rob Porritt Tracing the Farallon plate through seismic imaging with USArray Advisor: Richard Allen

2012

Holly Moore Brown Evaluating and Improving the ElarmS Earthquake Early Warning Algorithm


Advisor: Richard Allen
Amanda Thomas Fact or friction: Inferring rheology from nonvolcanic tremor and low-frequency earthquakes on the deep San Andreas fault

Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Kelly Wiseman The Far Reach of MegaThrust Earthquakes: Evolution of Stress, Deformation, and Seismicity Following the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman Rupture Advisor: Roland Bürgmann

2011

Edwin (Trey) Apel Shells on a Sphere: Tectonic Plate Motion and Plate Boundary Deformation


Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Aurélie Guilhem Analysis of unusual earthquake and tremor seismicity at the Mendocino triple junction and Parkfield, California Advisor: Doug Dreger

2010

Gilead Wurman Earthquake Early Warning and the Physics of Earthquake Rupture

Advisor: Richard Allen
Yder Jean Masson Computing the Seismic Attenuation in Complex Porous Materials

Advisor: Michael Manga

2009

Vedran Lekic Inferring the Elastic Structure of the Earth's Mantle using the Spectral Element Method

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Ahyi Kim Investigating Rupture Process of Parkfield Seismicity Advisor: Douglas Dreger
Nestor Herman Cuevas Electrokinetic coupling in hydraulic fracture propagation

Advisor: James Rector

2008

Sean Ford Isotropic Sources and Attenuation Structure: Nuclear Tests, Mine Collapses, and Q

Advisor: Douglas Dreger
Karl Kappler Long Term Electromagnetic Monitoring at Parkfield, CA

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

Mei Xue

Using Seismic Methods to Constrain Mantle Convection Processes Advisor: Richard Allen

2007

Dennise Christine Templeton Exotic Seismic Sources: Nearly Identically Repeating Events and Non-Double-Couple Earthquakes

Advisor: Roland Bürgmann and Douglas Dreger

2006

David Dolenc Results From Two Studies in Seismology: I. Seismic Observations and Modeling in the Santa Clara Valley, California
II. Observations and Removal of the Long-Period Noise at the Monterey Ocean Bottom Broadband Station (MOBB)



Advisor: Douglas Dreger
Ingrid Johanson Slip Characteristics of San Andreas Fault Transition Zone Segments

Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Junkee Rhie Studies on tiny and huge seismic sources using long period surface waves: From the hum to 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Akiko To Elastic and viscoelastic properties of the solid earth using normal mode based and numerical methods in 1D and in 3D Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

2005

Aimin Cao Seismological Constraints on Inner Core Properties Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

2004

Matthew d'Alessio The Thermal and Mechanical Behavior of Faults


Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Dennise Templeton Exotic Seismic Sources: Nearly Identically Repeating Events and Non-Double-Couple Earthquakes

Advisor: Roland Bürgmann
Mark Panning Deep Earth Seismic Structure and Earthquake Source Processes from Long Period Waveform Modelling Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

2003

Wu-Cheng Chi From subduction to collision : results from seismic profiling, gravity modeling, and earthquake finite fault inversions in Taiwan region

Advisor: Doug Dreger
Yuan-Cheng Gung Lateral Variations in Attenuation and Anisotropy of the Upper Mantle from Seismic Waveform Tomography Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

2002

David Schmidt The Kinematics of Faults in the San Francisco Bay Area Inferred from Geodetic and Seismic Data Advisor: Roland Bürgmann

2001

Hrvoje Tkalčić Study of deep Earth structure using body waves Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

1999

Ludovic Bregér New constraints on deep earth heterogeneity and anisotropy


Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Chanicy Kuo Three-dimensional Density Structure of the Earth: Limits to Astrophysical and Seismological Approaches

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Christiane Wilson Stidham Three-dimentional crustal structure influences on wave propagation and generation of strong ground motion in the greater San Francisco Bay Area Advisor: Doug Dreger

1998

Janine Weber-Band Neotectonics of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta area, east-central Coast Ranges, California Advisor Doug Dreger

1997

Peggy Johnson Source processes of small earthquakes, M 1-5: studies of the San Andreas fault and Parkfield and Long Valley Caldera, California Advisor Doug Dreger

1996

Michael Pasyanos Regional Moment Tensors and the Structure of the Crust in Central and Nothern California

Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz
Michael Antolik New results from studies of three outstanding problems in local, regional, and global seismology Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz

1990

Xian-Dong Li The Asphericity of the Earth from Free Oscillations Advisor: Barbara Romanowicz