Office: Earth & Marine Sci. C360
Email: gafarge@ucsc.edu
Research interests: I use microseismicity to probe minute processes in faults and volcanoes. I am very interested in how fluid flows in faults, and what microseismic activity can tell us about it. My work relies on analyzing the statistical properties of seismic observations and event catalogs, and trying to understand their spatio-temporal patterns using simple physical modeling.
Doron Morad
Office: Earth & Marine Sci. C364
Email: domorad@ucsc.edu
Will Steinhardt
Office: Earth & Marine Sci. C366
Email: wisteinh@ucsc.edu
Research Interests: Many problems in geology and geophysics occur over extreme spatial or temporal scales. My research involves developing scaled-down laboratory systems to try to study these problems and utilizing field measurements to better connect these analog systems to nature. I am especially interested in exploring the role of heterogeneity in determining the dynamics, complexity and roughness of both faults and fractures, as well as problems related to damage, wear, and granular dynamics.