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Joan
Gomberg Research Geophysicist, US Geological Survey Office : US Geological Survey, University of Washington, Dept. of Earth & Space Sciences, Box 351310, Seattle, WA 98195 Phone : 206-616-5581 Cell : 206-941-7498 Fax : 206-553-8350 email : gomberg@usgs.gov |
| Research Interests Earthquake hazard assessment, earthquake interactions, wave propagation, source scaling. |
| Related
links USGS Pacific Northwest Website Pacific Northwest Seismic Network 2008 Aseismic Slip, Nonvolcanic Tremor, & Earthquakes Workshop 2009 Cascadia 2007 and Beyond Workshop 3d_def Boundary Element Software |
| Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Geophysics B.Sc., 1979 University of California, San Diego Geophysics Ph.D., 1986 Positions Held Post-doc, University of California, San Diego 1986-87 Post-doc, University of Nevada, Reno 1987-88 Visiting Scholar, Inst, Geol. & Nuclear Sci., New Zealand Winter, 2002 Visiting Scholar, Ist. Naz. di Geofisica e Vulc., Italy Spring, 2002 Research Geophysicist, US Geological Survey, Golden, CO 1988-1994 Research Geophysicist, US Geological Survey, Memphis,TN 1994-2006 Adjunct Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Memphis,, Memphis,TN 1994-2006 Research Geophysicist, U.S. Geological Survey, Seattle, WA 2006-present Affiliate Assoc. Prof., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA 2006-present |
| Recent/Current Research NonVolcanic Tremor, Aseismic Slip, and Earthquakes Observational study of dynamically triggered tremor and earthquakes in Cascadia. With Paul Bodin, Ken Creager,Honn Kao, Garry Rogers, Justin Rubinstein,John Vidale. Observational study of dynamically triggered tremor in California. With Paul Bodin, Ken Creager,Zhigang Peng, Justin Rubinstein, John Vidale Search for tremor associated with aseismic slip events in California. With Roland Burgmann, Elizabeth Cochran, Justin Rubinstein, John Vidale Earthquake Triggering Probability and Ground-motion Scaling. With Karen Felzer. Dynamic NonLinearity and Earthquake Triggering Laboratory acoustic loading experiments. With Matt Knuth, Paul Johnson, Chris Marone, Heather Savage Modeling constrained by in situ and laboratory data. With Xiaoping Jia, Paul Johnson Aftershock Characterization in the Pacific Northwest. With Paul Bodin, Olivier Lengline, David Marsan, Amy Wright Slumgullion Landslide Seismic Signature Experiment. With Paul Bodin, Dick Iverson, Bill Schulz. Pacific Northwest Scenario Development Working group coordination for ShakeMap PNW validation and enhancement. With Paul Bodin, Renate Hartog, Steve Malone, Tom Pratt, Bill Steele, David Wald, Craig Weaver, John Vidale and partners Ivan Wong, Doug Bausch CREW, Washington EMD scenario ground motions. With Art Frankel, Craig Weaver. Development of 'SeisSim' Numerical Earthquake Simulator. With Sandy Steacy, John McClosky Mount Rainier Characterization of 2006 M4.5 Cowlitz Chimneys earthquake sequence. With Renate Hartog, Karen Meagher, Seth Moran Dynamic triggering observations. With Renate Hartog, John Vidale, Maise In Situ Non-linear Ground Motion Measurement using NEES Vibrator Trucks. With Paul Bodin, Xiaoping Jia, Farn-Yu Meng, Paul Johnson, Zack Lawrence, Fred Pearce Editorial Service 2002 – present: Assoc. Editor - Journal of Geophysical Research. 2004-2005: Co-Editor – Journal of Geophysical Research Special Vol., “Stress Transfer, Earthquake Triggering, and Time-dependent Seismic Hazard” 2008 - present: Co-Editor – Journal of Geophysical Research Special Vol., “Aseismic Slip, Non-volcanic Tremor, and Earthquakes” Professional Organization Activities American Geophysical Union Member 1979 - present Seismological Society of America Member
1986 – present
Assoc. of Women in
Geoscience Member 1987 - 2005SSA/IRIS Distinguished Lecturer Selection Standing Comm. Member 2004 – present Board of Directors Member 2003 – 2006 Vice President 2004 – 2006 Board of Dir. Nominating Comm.Chair 2006 IRIS PASSCAL Standing Comm. Member 2001 – 2004 Council of Natl. Seismic Sys. Board Member 1997 – 2001 Cascadia Regional Earthquake Working Group 2006 - present CPARM 2006 - present City of Seattle Unreinforced Masonry Building 2008 - present Retrofit project Technical and Policy Committees Panel & Workshop Activities USGS Performance Panels 2005 – Central Region Geologic
Hazards Team
2006 – Panel Chair, Central Region Geologic Hazards Team 2007 – Earthquake Hazards Team 2008 – Panel Chair, Earthquake Hazards Team Scientific Workshops (Invited Participant) April, 2002 –
Inst. of Geol. and Nuclear Sci. "Microzoning" - Ground-classing Wkshp, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
October, 2002 – IRIS AllComm Wkshp, College Park, Maryland. January, 2006 – Fourth Internatl. Wkshp on Statistical Seismol., Inst. of Statistical Math. of Japan, Zushi, Japan March, 2007 –
S. Calif. Earthquake Ctr. Working Group on Calif.
Earthquake Probabilities Wkshp, Lake Arrowhead, California
Review Panels February, 2008 - USGS, Earthscope, UNAVCO, Geol. Surv. of Canada, Workshop on "Aseismic Slip, Nonvolcanic Tremor, and Earthquakes", Sidney, British Columbia March, 2008 - UNAVCO Science Workshop, Boulder, Colorado September 2008 – Writing Team, NSF Long Range Science Plan for Seismology Workshop, Lakewood, Colorado October, 2008 – European Science Foundation Conf. on New Challenges in Earthquake Dynamics, Obergurgl, Austria October, 2008 – 7th U.S. Japan Natural Resources meeting, Seattle, Washington January, 2004 – National Res. Council
Comm. meeting to
evaluate the economic benefits of improved seismic monitoring, St.
Louis, MO.
February, 2005 – USGS Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, Reston, Virginia July, 2006 – USGS
NEHRP Ext. Grants Program, CEUS Panel Leader, San Antonio, Texas
Conference, Workshop
PlanningJuly, 2006 – USGS NEHRP External Grants Program, Pacific Northwest Panel Member, San Antonio, Texas 2007-2008 – April 2008 National
Earthquake Conference Planning & Steering Committee Member
2007-2008 - Feb. 2008 USGS/Earthscope/GSC/UNAVCO Workshop on Aseismic Slip, NonVolcanic Tremor and Earthquakes Planning Committe Chair 2008-2009 - March, 2009 Workshop on Cascadia 2007 and Beyond Slow Slip and Tremor 1991 Branch of Geologic Risk Assess. Best Pub. Award 1993 Gilbert Fellowship ("Dynamic Strains and Earthquake Triggering") 1997 “On the Spot” award for organizing workshop on "U.S. seismic networks and the national seismic system" 1998 “Star” award for leadership in responding to the M4.9, southern Alabama earthquake. 1999 “Star” award for liaison activities with the Mid-America Earthquake Center. 2000 “Star” award for leadership in the Central and Eastern U.S. Hazards program 2001 “Star” award for leadership in the Central and Eastern U.S. Hazards program 2003 Central Region Geologic Hazards Team Senior Scientist in Residence Award 2004 “Star” award for leadership in the Central and Eastern U.S. Hazards program “Star” award for service to the Earthquake Hazards Program
Venture Capital Fund Award, “A Multi-facility Approach to Solving
Problems in Earthquake
Hazards”
2007 USGS “Star” award for
leadership in activities related
to episodic tremor and slip.Venture Capital Fund Award, “A GIS Based Decision Support System for Earthquake Risk Mitigation” 2008 USGS “Star” award for leadership in activities related to episodic tremor and slip. |
| Presentations Washington Emergency Management Assoc., Aug. 2007, "Natural Hazards - Change We Can Take to the Bank" USGS Menlo Park Weekly Seminar, March 2007, "The Pacific Northwest - An Earth Scientist's Candy Shop" SCEC WGCEP Workshop, March 2007, "Overview of Evidence for Dynamic Triggering" Partners in Emergency Preparedness Conference, Feb. 2007, "Earthquake Hazard Mitigation & Response & the Science They’re Built On" UNAVCO Science Workshop, Mar. 2008, "Aseismic Slip and Nonvolcanic Tremor - Implications for Earthquake Hazard and Opportunities to Educate" American Geophysical Union Annual Conference, Dec. 2008, "Triggered Tremor as a Slow Slip Meter?" European Science Foundation Conference on New Challenges in Earthquake Dynamics, Sept. 2008, “Connecting Slow Slip, Tremor and Earthquakes ” Northwest Warning, Alert and Response Network quarterly meeting, Feb. 2009, "The Wenchuan earthquake: Lessons for the Pacific Northwest" Seimological Society of America Annual Meeting, April 2009, "A Post-Loma Prieta Progress Report on Earthquake Triggering by a Continuum of Deformations" Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, October 2009, "Sleuting Slow Slip Phenomena" |
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Publications Gomberg,
J., 2009, Understanding (Triggered) Tremor: Journal of
Geophysical Research, 47 p., submitted Smith, E.F. and
J. Gomberg,
2009, A Search in Strainmeter Data for Slow Slip Associated with
Triggered and Ambient Tremor near Parkfield, California: Journal of
Geophysical Research, 37 p., in press. The Cascadia 2007 and Beyond Working Group, 2009, Slow Slip Phenomena in Cascadia from 2007 and Beyond: Geological Society of America Bulletin, submitted. 2009 Johnson, P., Bodin, P., J. Gomberg,
Pearce, F., Z.
Lawrence,, X. Jia,
and F-Y. Meng, Inducing in situ, nonlinear soil response applying an
active source: Journal of Geophysical
Research, 114, B05304, doi:10.1029/2008JB005832. Download Lay (ed.), T.,
R. Aster, D. Forsyth, B. Romanowicz, R. Allen, V. Cormier, J. Gomberg,
J. Hole, G. Masters, D. Schutt, A. Sheehan, J. Tromp, M. Wysession,
2009, Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth's Dynamic
Systems, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Report to
the National Science Foundation, 74 p. Download Rubinstein, J.,
J. Gomberg , J. Vidale , A. Wech , H. Kao , K. Creager , G. Rogers,
2009, Dynamic Triggering of Non-Volcanic Tremor, ETS, and Earthquakes
on
Vancouver Island: Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B00A01,
2008 Gomberg, J., E.
Roeloffs, A. Trehu, H. Dragert, C. Meertens, 2008, Report on the
“Aseismic Slip, Tremor, and Earthquakes” Workshop, USGS Open-File
Rept., 2008-1343, 72 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1343/.
Gomberg, J.,
J.L. Rubinstein, Z. Peng, K.C. Creager, J.E. Vidale, and P. Bodin,
2008, Widespread Triggering of Non-volcanic Tremor in California,
Gomberg, J., J.L. Rubinstein, Z. Peng, K.C. Creager, J.E. Vidale, and
P. Bodin, 2008, Widespread Triggering of Non-volcanic Tremor in
California, Science, v. 319, p. 173. Download Hartog, R., J.
Gomberg, S. Moran, A. Wright, K. Meagher, The October 8, 2006 M4.5
Cowlitz Chimney earthquake in Mount Rainier National Park,
Seismological Research Letters, v. 79, p. 186-193. Download Johnson, P.A., Savage, H., Knuth, M.,
Gomberg, J. and Marone, C., 2008. Effects of acoustic waves on
stick–slip in granular media and implications for earthquakes, v. 451|3
January 2008| doi:10.1038/nature06440 , p. 57-60. Download Peng, Z., JE Vidale,
KC Creager, JL Rubinstein, J
Gomberg, P Bodin, 2008, Strong tremor near Parkfield, CA excited by the
2002 Denali earthquake, Geophys. Res. Letts, 35, L23305,
doi:10.1029/2008GL036080. Download |
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