Geology of Earthquakes and Sea Level - Aron Meltzner

I am looking to build a research group at EOS that bridges earthquake geology and sea-level research, because, in so many ways, the two problems cannot be studied independently. I am a geologist by training, and I focus on collecting high-quality geological data to answer key questions in the field. However, I also routinely collaborate with modelers to more rigorously interpret the geological data that I collect.

You can read more about the research I’m currently involved in by following the links below:

Luzon Paleoseismology and Paleogeodesy

Rising Seas and Earthquakes

I currently seek outstanding, motivated PhD students and postdoctoral scholars who are interested in any of these lines of research. If this describes you, please e-mail me with your CV, a brief description of how you envision fitting into my research group, and some thoughts on why the topic(s) interest you. Full funding is available for qualified candidates.

My research group and collaborators discussing a field of fossil coral microatolls in the Philippines. Our working hypothesis is that the microatolls were killed due to uplift in an earthquake (Source: Aron Meltzner)

 

 

Latest Publications

Paterne, Martine, Nathalie Feuillet, Guy Cabioch, Elsa Cortijo, Dominique Blamart, Jennifer Weill-Accardo, and Lucile Bonneau. "Reservoir Ages in the Western Tropical North Atlantic from One Coral Off Martinique ( Lesser Antilles)." Radiocarbon 60, no. 2 (2018): 639-652.
Morgan, Paul M., Lujia Feng, Aron J. Meltzner, Eric O. Lindsey, Louisa L. H. Tsang, and Emma M. Hill. "Sibling earthquakes generated within a persistent rupture barrier on the Sunda megathrust under Simeulue Island." Geophysical Research Letters 44 (2017): 2159-2166.
Meltzner, Aron J., Adam D. Switzer, Benjamin P. Horton, Erica Ashe, Qiang Qiu, David F. Hill, Sarah L. Bradley, Robert E. Kopp, Emma M. Hill, Jędrzej M. Majewski et al. "Half-metre sea-level fluctuations on centennial timescales from mid-Holocene corals of Southeast Asia." Nature Communications 8, no. 14387 (2017).
Meltzner, Aron J., Thomas K. Rockwell, R Y. Tsang, and Paula M. Figueiredo. "Slip variability and temporal clustering along the Imperial fault at Mesquite Basin, Imperial Valley, California, and possible through-­going rupture to the San Andreas fault." In Southern California Earthquake Center Annual Meeting. Palm Springs, California, 2016.

Latest Projects

Sea-level and land-level change in Southeast Asia: a geological approach to quantifying hazard from rising seas and earthquakes
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Luzon paleoseismology and paleogeodesy: constraining short- and long-term tectonic deformation above the Manila Trench and in Western Luzon, Philippines
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