Current/Upcoming Seismic Research

Galápagos Seismic Experiment (2023-2024)

Map of planned OBS deployment

With colleagues Emilie Hooft (lead PI), Garrett Apuzen-Ito (Univ. Hawaii) and Yang Shen (Univ. Rhode Island), we will be conducting an ocean bottom seismic experiment to discover the nature of plume-lithosphere-ridge interactions in the Galápagos hotspot and ridge system. Please contact us if you are a quantitatively and computationally inclined early career student.

Santorini Seismic Experiment

The Santorini Seismic Experiment is using seismic methods to examine the entire crustal magma plumbing system beneath Santorini volcano. Santorini is unique for this study because it recently experienced significant unrest; inflation of the ground and intense earthquake swarms during 2011-2013. It is also geologically well-studied. It is an ideal location because is a semi-submerged volcanic system which makes it possible to collect dense 3D marine-land seismic data.

Cascadia Initiative

The Cascadia Initiative (CI) is an onshore/offshore seismic and geodetic experiment that takes advantage of an Amphibious Array to study questions ranging from megathrust earthquakes to volcanic arc structure to the formation, deformation and hydration of the Juan De Fuca and Gorda plates.

Toomey, D.R., R.M. Allen, A.H. Barclay, S.W. Bell, P.D. Bromirski, R.L. Carlson, X. Chen, J.A. Collins, R.P. Dziak, B. Evers, D.W. Forsyth, P. Gerstoft, E.E.E. Hooft, D. Livelybrooks, J.A. Lodewyk, D.S. Luther, J.J. McGuire, S.Y. Schwartz, M. Tolstoy, A.M. Tréhu, M. Weirathmueller, and W.S.D. Wilcock. 2014. The Cascadia Initiative: A sea change in seismological studies of subduction zones. Oceanography 27(2):138–150