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John A. Power

Title: Research Geophysicist
Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626
Phone: (907) 786-7426
Fax: (907) 786-7425
Email: jpower@usgs.gov


Education and/or Training

Ph.D.1998University of Alaska Fairbanks,Fairbanks, AKGeophysics
M.S.1988University of Alaska Fairbanks,Fairbanks, AKGeophysics
B.A.1982University of Montana, Missoula, MTGeology/Geography

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

Volcano Seismology
Volcano Geophysics

Significant Recent Publications

Power, J.A., 2004, Reneweed unrest at Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska, EOS, v. 85, #43, P. 434.

Power, J.A., Stihler, S.D., White, R.A., Moran, S.C., 2004, Observations of deep long-period (DLP) seismic events beneath Aleutian arc volcanoes: 1989 – 2002, J. of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 138, 243 – 246.

Lu, Z., Wicks, C., Dzurisin, D., Power, J., Thatcher, W., Masterlark, T., 2003, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar studies of Alaska volcanoes, Earth Observation Magazine, 12, No. 3.

Lu, Z., Wicks C., Dzurisin, D., Power, J., Moran, S., Thatcher, W., 2002, Magmatic Inflation at a Dormant Stratovolcano: 1996-98 Activity at Mount Peulik Volcano, Alaska, Revealed by Satellite Radar Interferometry, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, no. B7, 2134, doi:10.1029/2001JB000471, 2002.

Power, J.A., Jolly A.D., Nye, C.J., Harbin, M.L., 2002, A conceptual model of the Mount Spurr magmatic system from seismic and geochemical observations of the 1992 Crater Peak eruption sequence, Bulletin of Volcanology, 64, 206 – 218.

Power, J.A., Moran, S.C., McNutt, S.R., Stihler, S.D., Sanchez, J.J., 2001, Seismic response of the Katmai Volcanoes to the 6 December 1999 magnitude 7.0 Karluk Lake earthquake, Alaska, Bull. Seismolo. Soc. Of Am., 91, 57 - 63.

Lu, Z., Wicks, C., Power, J.A., Dzurisin, D., 2000, Ground deformation associated with the March 1996 earthquake swarm at Akutan Volcano, Alaska, revealed by satellite radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 105,21,483 – 21,495.

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