Cliff Thurber

Research

Professor Thurber is an international leader in research on three-dimensional seismic imaging ("seismic tomography") using earthquakes. His primary research interests are in the application of seismic tomography to fault zones, volcanoes, and subduction zones, with a long-term focus on the San Andreas fault in central California and volcanoes in Hawaii and Alaska. Other areas of expertise include earthquake location (the topic of a book he edited), geophysical inverse theory (the topic of a book he co-authored), and nuclear explosion monitoring.

Teaching

At the undergraduate level, Professor Thurber has taught General Geology, Environmental Geology, and Applied Geophysics. At the graduate level, Professor Thurber has taught Physics of the Earth, Geophysical Inverse Theory, Tectonophysics, and a variety of seminars on faults and volcanoes. In fall 2010, he will be leading the Geophysics Research Seminar. In spring 2011, he will be teaching Geophysical Inverse Theory. In academic year 2011-2012, he will be on sabbatical.

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