Seismology at multiple scales helps me (1) seek natural but anomalous soil properties beneath flood protection levees (2) test for the causes of Pleistocene faulting in deltas (3) investigate hydraulic fracture propagation rates.

My undergraduate and graduate students tackle these issues through either analysis of field or laboratory studies in a seismic sand tank

Papers

Missississippi Valley Reports

Alluvial Aquifer Seismic Tests (2012)

Holocene Meander Belt (2007) 

Seismology and Archaeology (2004)

Abstract Index

• Hydraulic fracturing
• New Orleans levees
• Seismic Physical Modeling
• Growth faults 
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