| Opportunity Number |
Research Opportunity Title |
Proposed Duty Station(s) |
Research Advisor(s) |
|
1 |
The Impacts of Quaternary Climate Change on Karst Geomorphology
and Hydrology in the Appalachian Region |
Reston, VA
|
Daniel Doctor, David Weary, Christopher Swezey,
and Milan Pavich |
|
2 |
Quantitative Evaluation of Tsunami Hazard to the Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic Coasts |
Woods Hole, MA; Menlo Park, CA
|
Uri ten Brink, Eric Geist, and Homa Lee |
|
3 |
Exploring the Relationship Between Past Atmospheric Dust Composition,
Climate, and Biological Productivity in the Northern Pacific
Ocean |
Woods Hole, MA
|
John Crusius, Dorothy Peteet (Lamont-Doherty Earth
Observatory of Columbia University), and Tim Eglinton (Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution) |
|
4 |
Methane
Hydrates and Global Climate Change |
Woods Hole, MA
|
Carolyn Ruppel |
|
5 |
Geologic Investigation of the Processes Controlling the Northern
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Change |
St. Petersburg, FL
|
James Flocks, Dawn Lavoie, and Mark Kulp (University
of New Orleans) |
|
6 |
Prediction of Coastal Response to Extreme Storms Using High-Resolution
Modeling and Data Assimilation |
St. Petersburg, FL
|
Nathaniel Plant, Abby Sallenger, Peter Howd, and
Hillary Stockdon |
|
7 |
Hydrologic and Geochemical Investigations into Groundwater Conditions
Favorable for Microbial Generation of Methane in Organic-Rich Deposits |
Denver, CO; Reston, VA; Tucson, AZ
|
Peter Warwick, Arthur Clark, Jennifer McIntosh (University
of Arizona), and Edwin Weeks |
|
8 |
Subsidence and Accommodation History of Arctic Alaska |
Reston, VA
|
David Houseknecht, Richard Saltus, Christopher Connors
(Washington and Lee U), Bernard Coakley (University of Alaska–Fairbanks),
and Kenneth Bird |
| 9 |
Integrated
Approaches for Predicting Potential Environmental Effects Associated
with Mineral Mining |
Reston, VA
|
Robert Seal, I-Ming Chou, and John Besser |
|
10 |
Rapidly Assessing and Quantifying Earthquake Hazard and Impact |
Golden, CO
|
David Wald, Paul Earle, Nicolas Luco, and Ross Stein |
|
11 |
Probabilistic Seismic Risk Analysis for Buildings Subjected to
Sequences of Large Earthquakes |
Golden, CO
|
Nicolas Luco, Mark Petersen, David Wald, Mehmet
Celebi, Paolo Bazzurro (AIR Worldwide Corporation), Matt Gerstenberger
(Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand),
and Erdem Karaca (Swiss Re) |
|
12 |
Observation and Analysis of Climate Processes Using Seismic Data
from the Global Seismographic Network |
Golden, CO
|
Daniel McNamara, Charles Hutt, Lind Gee, Shad O’Neel,
Richard Aster (New Mexico Tech University), and Peter D. Bromirski
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California,
San Diego) |
|
13 |
Improving Interpretations
of Paleoseismic Data in the Central United States |
Golden, CO; Memphis, TN
|
Russell Wheeler, Martitia Tuttle (M. Tuttle and
Associates), Eugene Schweig, and Oliver Boyd |
|
14 |
Effects on Forest Ecosystems of Changes in Climate, Insect Infestations,
and Fire Regimes |
Denver, CO
|
Robert Thompson |
|
15 |
Improving Vegetation Model Simulations of Future Climate Change
Effects on Public Lands in the United States |
Corvallis, OR
|
Sarah Shafer and Steve Hostetler |
|
16 |
Seasonal Moisture Source Variability for the Colorado River Basin
during the Late Holocene from Lake and Marine Sediment Archives |
Denver, CO; Menlo Park, CA
|
Lesleigh Anderson and John Barron |
| 17 |
Experimental
and Environmental Study of In
Situ Oil-Shale Retorting |
Denver, CO
|
Michael Lewan and Ronald Johnson |
|
18 |
Energy, Geology, and Habitats— Impacts of Future Energy Resource
Production on Ecosystems in Southwest Wyoming |
Denver, CO; Fort Collins, CO
|
Christopher Potter and Zachary Bowen |
|
19 |
Geology and Geochemistry of Shale Gas Systems |
Denver, CO
|
Geoffrey Ellis and Neil Fishman |
|
20 |
Geologic Applications of Airborne Gravity Gradient Measurements |
Denver, CO
|
Jeffrey Phillips, Richard Blakely, Mark Gettings,
and Stephen Malys (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) |
|
21 |
Development of Joint Inverse Methods for Improved Characterization
and Assessment of Groundwater, Mineral, and Petroleum Resources |
Denver, CO
|
Michael Friedel, David Fitterman, Jeffery Phillips,
Seth Haines, and Alyssa Dausman |
|
22 |
Improving Ground Motion Forecasts for Future Earthquakes |
Menlo Park, CA
|
Brad Aagaard, Thomas Brocher, Robert Jachens, Robert
Simpson, Tom Parsons, and Carl Wentworth |
|
23 |
Time-Dependent Earthquake Probabilities |
Pasadena, CA
|
Susan Hough and Ned Field |
|
24 |
Advancing Earthquake Response and Crustal Deformation Research
with Real-Time Data from the Global Positioning System |
Pasadena, CA
|
Nancy King and Kenneth Hudnut |
|
25 |
Cascadia Subduction Zone Seismic and Aseismic Slip Scenarios: Implications
for Public Policy |
Vancouver, WA
|
Evelyn Roeloffs, Nick Beeler, Craig Weaver, Nathan
Wood, and James Goltz (Office of Emergency Services, California) |
|
26 |
Integrated Assessment of GPS and Paleoseismic Slip Rate Indicators
for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis in the Western United
States |
Menlo Park, CA; Golden, CO
|
Wayne Thatcher, Anthony Crone, Mark Petersen, and
Ron Bruhn (University of Utah) |
|
27 |
Investigations of Fluid and Heat Transport in Fractured Hydrothermal
Systems |
Menlo Park, CA
|
Colin Williams, Stephen Hickman, and Steven Ingebritsen |
| 28 |
Discovering
Clues to Impending Explosive Volcanic Eruptions through Geochemical
Microanalysis and Magmatic Process Modeling |
Menlo Park, CA
|
Charles Bacon, Alan Koenig, Frank Mazdab, and Wendy
Bohrson, (Central Washington University) |
|
29 |
Ecosystem Response to Climate Change in the Western United States:
Linking Carbon, Nitrogen, and Water Cycling through Isotopic Studies
of Soils |
Menlo Park, CA
|
Jennifer Harden, Mark Waldrop, Kate Maher (Stanford
University), Carol Kendall, and Jayne Belnap |
|
30 |
Exploring the Significance of Earthquake Families for Volcano Monitoring
at Mount St. Helens and Other Volcanoes |
Vancouver, WA
|
Seth Moran, John Power, and Stephanie Prejean |
|
31 |
Dynamics of Magma Transport, Storage, and Eruption, and Volcano-Tectonic
Interactions at Kílauea Volcano, Hawai‘i |
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory , HI
|
M. Poland, A. Miklius, P. Okubo, J. Murray-Moraleda,
and T. Masterlark (University of Alabama) |
|
32 |
Exploring Tremor, Slow Slip, and Earthquakes in Alaska and the
Aleutian Arc |
Anchorage, AK
|
Stephanie Prejean, Joan Gomberg, Doug Christensen
(University of Alaska Fairbanks), Jeffrey Freymueller (University
of Alaska Fairbanks), and Peter Haeussler |
|
33 |
Modeling Volcanic Ash Plumes and Fallout for Improved Hazard Assessment
and Forecasting |
Anchorage, AK
|
Christopher Waythomas and Larry Mastin |
| 34 |
Continuous
Measurement of Volcanic Gas Emissions: New Opportunities for Interpreting
Magmatic Processes, Reservoir Dynamics, and Environmental Effects |
Vancouver, WA
|
Cynthia Werner, Jeff Sutton, and Ulrich Platt (University
of Heidelberg, Germany) |
|
35 |
Development of a Process-Based Numerical Modeling System for Predicting
Coastal Hazards |
Santa Cruz, CA; Woods Hole, MA
|
Patrick Barnard, John Warner, and Jeff List |
|
36 |
Margin-Scale Sedimentation – Carbon Sequestration by Marine Geological
Processes |
Santa Cruz, CA
|
Jon Warrick and Rob Wheatcroft (Oregon State University) |
| 37 |
Spatial
Ecohydrologic Modeling in the Semi-Arid Southwest |
Menlo Park, CA
|
David Bedford, Jayne Belnap, and David Miller |
|
38 |
Linking the Yakima Fold Belt to Its Forearc Analogs Through the
Cascade Arc |
Menlo Park, CA
|
Ray Wells, Richard Blakely, Russ Evarts, Brian Sherrod,
Ralph Haugerud, Craig Weaver, and Steve Reidel (Washington State
University) |
|
39 |
Defining the Interplay Among Geochemistry, Biology, and Physics
on the Cycling of Metals and Nutrients in an Aquatic Ecosystem
Affected by Mining Activities and Urbanization |
Seattle, WA
|
Laurie Balistrieri and James Kuwabara |
| 40 |
Paleolatitudes
and Paleoclimates of Laurentia and Its Accreted Terranes since
1.8 Ga |
Anchorage, AK |
Dwight Bradley |
| 41 |
Understanding the Physical Properties and Dynamics
of Permafrost: An Important Link Among Changes in Climate, Hydrology,
and the Ecology of Northern High Latitudes |
Denver, CO; Reston, VA; Menlo Park, CA |
Michelle Walvoord, Clifford Voss, and John Nimmo |
| 42 |
Rainfall-Infiltration-Runoff Processes for Soil Affected
by Wildfire |
Boulder, CO |
John Moody, Deborah Martin, and Roger Smith (Colorado
State University) |
| 43 |
The Role of Lakes, Ponds, and Reservoirs in the Freshwater
Carbon Budget |
Denver, CO; Boulder, CO |
Robert Striegl, David Clow, Randy Hunt, and Lesleigh
Anderson |
| 44 |
Stimulating Interactive Responses of Stream Flow and
Temperature Distributions to Climate Change at the Watershed Scale |
Denver, CO |
Lauren Hay and Steve Regan |
| 45 |
Groundwater Dynamics at an Active Stratovolcano |
Menlo Park, CA; Vancouver, WA; Denver, CO |
Steve Ingebritsen, Jon Major, Bill Evans, Shaul Hurwitz,
and Gary Landis |
| 46 |
Fluxes and Fate of Water and Contaminants Affected
by Preferential Flow in the Unsaturated Zone |
Menlo Park, CA |
John Nimmo, Chris Green, and Barbara Bekins |
| 47 |
The Influence of Natural Organic Matter on the Fate
and Transport of Metal Sulfide Complexes, Clusters, and Nanocolloids
in the Aquatic Environment |
Boulder, CO |
George Aiken and Joseph Ryan (University of Colorado) |
| 48 |
Impact of In Situ Chemical Oxidation on the
Biogeochemistry of a Sand and Gravel Aquifer |
Boulder, CO |
Richard Smith, Doug Kent, Denis LeBlanc |
| 49 |
Spatial Patterns of Land Use and Stormwater Mitigation
Practices in Suburban and Urban Environments: Impacts on Water Quality
and Quantity |
Reston, VA |
Dianna Hogan |
| 50 |
An Interdisciplinary (Geographic, Biologic, Geologic,
and Hydrologic) Effort to Simultaneously Monitor and Quantify Diverse
Ecosystem Services in the Prairie Pothole Region |
Sioux Falls, SD |
Shuguang Liu and Ned Euliss |
| 51 |
Integrated Thermal and Spectral Remote Sensing of
Evapotranspiration, Drought, and Ecosystem Production in the United
States |
Sioux Falls, SD |
Shuguang Liu |
| 52 |
Qualitative and Quantitative Tools, Techniques, and
Frameworks for Linking Driving Forces to Land Change Events |
Sioux Falls, SD |
Thomas Loveland |
| 53 |
Characterizing the Dynamics of Coupled Human-Environmental
Systems That Create Social Vulnerability to Natural Hazards |
Vancouver, WA; Menlo Park, CA |
Nathan Wood |
