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Peter J. Haeussler Title: Research Geologist |
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Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests
Ph.D. 1992 University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA Earth Sciences B.S. 1980 Michigan State University Michigan Geology
Professional Experience
- Tectonics and Mineral Deposits of the early Tertiary slab window in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon
- Kodiak Island near-trench magmatism and pluton emplacement
- Life and death of the Resurrection Plate
- Timing of near-trench magmatism along the southern Alaska margin
- Geochronology compilation
- Fission track compilation
- Yakutat region framework geology
- Tyonek quadrangle geologic mapping and framework geology
- Neotectonics and seismic hazards of Alaska
- Denali fault earthquake of November 3, 2004
- surface rupture mapping
- slip distribution
- paleoseismology
- Cook Inlet region neotectonics, structural mapping, geophysical studies
- Uplift of the Alaska Range
- Structural mechanisms for uplift of Mt. McKinley (Denali) and Mt. Foraker
- Slump generated tsunami hazard in Resurrection Bay
- Tectonics of southeastern Alaska
- Tertiary strike-basin formation and deformation
- Mesozoic collisional and deformational events
- Paleozoic/Precambrian deformation
- Geologic mapping
- Pacific Northwest geologic mapping and urban hazards http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/
- Geologic mapping of the Uncas, Wildcat Lake, Bremerton West, and Bremerton East quadrangles
- Eocene magmatic history of the Oregon-Washington margin
Professional Activities and/or Memberships
1994 - present Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska 1992-1994 Postdoctoral Researcher, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska 1992 Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Californiay 1986-1991 Research Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz 1985-1988 Teaching Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz 1985 Geologist, Lancer Energy Corporation, Wilmore, Kentucky
Honors and/or Awards1985-present, American Geophysical Union
1985-present, Geological Society of America
1983-present, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
1992-present, Alaska Geological Society
Significant Recent PublicationsUSGS, Anchorage, Alaska, post-doctoral fellowship (2 years), 1991-1993
Geological Society of America (GSA), Harold T. Stearns award for best student proposal for Circum-Pacific Research, 1990
Websites of Interest
Haeussler in the News
Common Alaska Earthquake Hazard LinksAnchorage Daily News | Earth mover - Front page Anchorage Daily News article ( 11/17/02 ) on the Denali fault earthquake.
Anchorage Daily News | Researchers share less... - Anchorage Daily News article on November 3, 2002 Denali fault earthquake
Anchorage Daily News | Geologists stumble upo... - Anchorage Daily News article on discovery of Susitna Glacier thrust fault in November of 2002
Anchorage Daily News | Hidden faults - Anchorage Daily News article on the paleoseismology of the Castle Mountain fault
Anchorage Daily News | Powerful lesson - Associated Press story on the first anniversary of the November 3, 2002 , Denali fault earthquake
Anchorage Daily News | 2002 quake a bonanza f... - Associated Press story on the November 3, 2002 Denali fault earthquake
Earthquakes in Alaska | USGS Open-File Report... - Poster on earthquake hazards in Alaska
Rupture in South-Central Alaska-The Denali Fa... - USGS Fact Sheet on the November 3, 2002, Denali fault earthquake
AEIC - Are you prepared for the next big eart... - 2004 earthquake awareness pamphlet
The Next Big Earthquake in Alaska May Come So... - Web version of 1994 earthquake awareness pamphlet
Earthquake Hazards Program: NEIC Earthquake S... - search for earthquakes
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Home - Denali fault earthquake photos on USGS server
USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project ... - probabilistic seismic hazard maps
UAF Seismology Laboratory Home Page - Alaska Earthquake Information Center homepage
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - Ewa Beach, H... - NOAA Tsunami warning center web site
GIS Coverages of the Castle Mountain Fault, S... - USGS Web site with maps and GIS files of the Castle Mountain fault
3 November 2002 M7.9 Earthquake, Alaska - slip distribution table and photographs from the November 3, 2002 , Denali fault earthquake
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