Research Activities

Links to some of the Newman Crew’s ongoing and past research. Please visit the Publications link to see primarily peer-reviewed products.

Research Projects

• Near-Trench Deformation along Alaskan and Cascadian Megathrusts
• Transient tectonics of the Kivu Rift System in Rwanda
• Characterization of Earthquake energy:
  • Near-real-time solutions at teleseismic distances (with focal mechanism estimation)
  • Post-processed solutions at teleseismic distances (using gCMT focal mechanism estimation)
• Constraining deformation across the seismic cycle along the Nicoya Megathrust
• Deformation at Santorini Caldera
• Machine learning for earthquake source characterization and association (soon.)

Community Activities

• Development of seafloor geodetic resources
• Georgia educational seismic network
• Open-Source kinematic modeling software: GTDef (Matlab-based)
• Open-Source earthquake energy software: RTergPy (Python-based)
• Cooperation in SZ4D Initiative

From the Field

• Field Photos from our 2022 Rwandan Field campaign