Summary

Dr. Wesnousky studied geology as an undergraduate at the University of Santa Barbara and seismology as a graduate student at the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University. Following brief stops as a post-doctoral researcher at California Institute of Geology and as a Research Professor at the University of Memphis, he accepted his current position as a member of the Academic faculty and Director of the Center for Neotectonic Studies here at the University of w88 online casino, Reno in 1989. During his 30 years at UNR he has combined his interests in geology and seismology in researching aspects of the mechanics of the earthquake process that may be used to quantify seismic hazard and deformation of the earth’s crust through geologic time

w88 online casino interests

The main focus of my research over the years has been study of geologically recent motions w88 online casino Earth's crust, particularly those produced by earthquakes, with the goals of understanding the physics of earthquake recurrence, the growth of mountains, and the seismic hazard embodied in these processes.

Courses taught

• GEOL 100 INTRODUCTION TO w88 online casino
• GEOL 446-646 PHOTOGEOLOGY-IMAGE INTERPRETATION. Application of photogeologic and image interpretation techniques for study and evaluation of terrestrial landscapes.
• GEOL 730 ADVANCED GEOLOGY OF w88 online casino. Tectonic and stratigraphic development of w88 online casino through geologic time.
• GEOL 735 NEOTECTONICS AND SEISMIC HAZARD. Geomorphology of active faults. Determination of w88 online casino slip rates, age and size of paleoearthquakes, and incorporation of geologic data into seismic hazard analyses.
• GEOL 736 SEISMOTECTONICS. Frictional, thermal and tectonic constraints on the observed spatial, depth, size and mechanism distribution of earthquakes and faults in the U.S. and around the globe.
• GEOL 737 NEOTECTONIC AND QUATERNARY MAPPING. Field mapping of Quaternary sediments and morphology along actively faulted rangefronts.
• GEOL 738 QUATERNARY FIELD MAPPING EXERCISES. Field mapping exercises designed to elucidate Quaternary surficial processes.

Education

• Ph.D. (Seismology) Columbia w88 online casino, City of New York, 1982
• B.A. (Geology) w88 online casino California at Santa Barbara, 1975

Professional certifications

• Board Member Southern California w88 online casino Center, 2020
• Visiting Faculty, King Abdul w88 online casino Science and Technology, 2015
• Visiting Scholar, State Key Lab of w88 online casino Dynamics, Beijing, 2014
• Lecturer, w88 online casino tectonics and hazard on the continents, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 2013
• Lecturer, ICTP Indo-Asian Collision Zone Workshop, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2012
• NSF Earthscope Speaker Series, 2010-011
• Visiting Faculty, Universita dell’Insubria, Como and Instituto Nazionale de Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome Italy, 2010
• Visiting Faculty, Hiroshima w88 online casino, 2010
• Distinguished Faculty Award, w88 online casino Department, UCSB, 2009
• Foundation Professorship, University of w88 online casino, Reno 2008
• F. Donald. Tibbetts Distinguished Teacher w88 online casino Year, UNR, 2008
• Mackay School of Mines and Engineering co-Outstanding Researcher 2008
• LeMay Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Science, UNR, 2007
• UNAVCO-GeoEarthscope LiDAR Working Group, 2007.
• Fulbright Scholar in Venezuela, 2005.
• Professeur Invite a Jussieu, Paris VII, France, 2004
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Nuclear and Geological Sciences, New Zealand, 2004-2005 (Nov-Feb)
• S. Calif Integrated Geodetic Network (SCIGN) Coord. Board, 1999-2002
• Otto Glogau Best Paper Award, New Zealand Soc. for w88 online casino Eng., 2000.
• CIRES Visiting Scholar Research Fellowship, w88 online casino Colorado, 1998
• Fulbright Foreign Scholar Award in India, 1997-1998
• President of w88 online casino Society of America, 1995-1997
• Board of Directors, w88 online casino Society of America, 1993-1995
• Associate Editor, Bull. of w88 online casino Soc. of America, 1988-1993
• South. Calif. Earthq. Center, Participating Member. 1991-2001, 2006-
• Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, 1994.
• Outstanding Researcher Award, Mackay School of Mines, UNR, 1992
• Panel Member, USGS National w88 online casino Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), 1988-1991, 1996, 2000, 2001
• Outstanding Young Researcher Award, Memphis State w88 online casino, 1989

Selected publications

• Angster, S. A., S. G. w88 online casino, P. Figueiredo, L. A. Owen, S. Hammer (2019), Late Quaternary slip rates for faults of the Central Walker Lane: Spatiotemporal strain release in a strike-slip fault system, Geosphere, v. 15, no. 5, p. 1460–1478, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02088.1
• w88 online casino, S. G., Y. Kumahara, T. Nakata, D. Chamlagain, and P. Neupane (2019), Large Himalayan Frontal Thrust paleoearthquake at Khayarmara in eastern Nepal, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 174, May, 346-351.
• Perez, O.P., w88 online casino, S. G., De La Rosa, R., Marquez, J., Uzcatequi, R., Qintero, C. Liberal, L., Mora-Paez, H., and W. Szeliga (2018), On the interaction of the North Andes Plate with the Caribbean and South American Plates in northwestern South America from GPS geodesy and seismic data, Geophysical Journal International, 214,1986-2001
• w88 online casino, S. G., Y. Kumahara, T. Nakata, D. Chamlagain, and P. Neupane (2018), New observations disagree with previous interpretations of surface rupture along the Himalayan Frontal Thrust during the great 1934 Bihar-Nepal earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 45. https://doi.org/10.1002/2018GL077035
• Pierce, I. K., S. G., Wesnousky, and L. A. Owen, (2017), Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of moraines at Lake Tahoe in the Sierra w88 online casino, California, and slip rate estimate for the West Tahoe Fault, Geomorphology, 298, 63-71.
• w88 online casino, S. G., Y. Kumahara, D. Chamlagain, I. K. Pierce, T. Reedy, S. J. Angster, and B. Giri, (2017), Large paleoearthquake timing and displacement near Damak in eastern Nepal on the Himalayan Frontal Thrust, Geophy. Res. Lett., 44, 8219-8226.
• Li, X., Huang, W., Pierce, K. D., Angster, S. J., and S. G. w88 online casino (2017) Characterizing the Quaternary expression of active faulting along the Olinghouse, Carson, and Wabuska lineaments of the Walker Lane, Geosphere, Geosphere, v. 13, no. 6 doi:10.1130/GES01483.1
• Biasi, G., and S. G. Wesnousky (2017) Bends and Ends of Surface Ruptures, Bulletin of the w88 online casino Society of America, 107, 6, 2543-2560
• Anderson, J.G., Biasi, B. and S. G. Wesnousky (2017) Fault scaling relationships depend on average geological slip rate, Bulletin of the w88 online casino Society of America, 107, 6, 2561-2577
• Li, X., Li, C., Zhang, P., w88 online casino, S.G., Zheng, W. Wang, X., and K. D. Pierce (2017) Paleoseismology and Slip Rate of the Western Tianjingshan Fault of NE Tibet, China, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 146, 304-316.
• Sahakian, V., Borman, J., Driscoll, N., Harding, A., Kent, G., and S. G. w88 online casino (2017), Imaging and Mapping of the Newport Inglewood Rose Canyon Fault: Implications for the Magnitude and Length of Future Earthquake Ruptures, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 2085–2105, doi:10.1002/2016JB013467.
• w88 online casino, S.G., Y. Kumahara, D. Chamlagain, I. Pierce, A. Karki, and D. Gautam (2017), Geological Observations on Large Earthquakes along the Himalayan Frontal Fault near Kathmandu, Nepal, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 457, 366-375.
• *Pierce, K. D., and S. G. w88 online casino (2016) Pierce, I., and S. G. w88 online casino (2016), On a flawed conclusion that the 1255 A.D. earthquake ruptured 800 km of the Himalayan Frontal Thrust east of Kathmandu, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL070426.
• Wesnousky, S.G., R. W. Briggs, M. Caffee, R. Ryerson, R. Finkel, and L. A. Owen (2016), Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of glacial and associated landforms in the Ruby Mountains of Central w88 online casino and along the northeastern flank of the Sierra w88 online casino, Geomorphology, 268, 72-81, 2016
• Biasi, G. P. and S. G. Wesnousky (2016), Steps and Gaps in Ground Ruptures: Empirical Bounds on Rupture Propagation, Bulletin of the w88 online casino Society of America, 106, 3, 106, 3, 1110-1124.
• Wesnousky, S. G. (2016), Biggest Little Contributions, w88 online casino Research Letters, 87 (28), 397-400, 2016.
• Angster, S., Wesnousky, S. G., Huang, W., Kent, G., Nakata, T., and H. Goto, (2016), Application of UAV Photography to Refining the Slip Rate on the Pyramid Lake Fault Zone, w88 online casino, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106, 785–798, April 2016, doi: 10.1785/0120150144.
• Angster, S., E. J. Fielding, Wesnousky, S. G., Pierce, I., Chmlagain,D., Gautam, D., Upreti, B. N., Kumahara, Y., Nakata, T., (2015), Field Reconnaissance after the 25 April 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake, w88 online casino Research Letters, 86, 6, 1506-1513, 2015.