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0438A GEOLOGY BUILDING
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521

Cochran, Elizabeth S

Assistant Professor

College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Earth Sciences


Biography

 

Former Institution

UC San Diego

Degrees

Ph D Geophysics and Space Physics 2005

UC Los Angeles

MS Geophysics and Space Physics 2003

UC Los Angeles

BS Geophysics 2000

UC Santa Barbara

Awards

2006 Outstanding Woman in Science Award, Geological Society of America
2004 Young Fellow, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics


Research Area

Observe and model the structure, deformation, and response of the Earth's crust, especially near active faults, using seismology and geodesy. Use interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) to image small-scale crustal deformation over the earthquake cycle. Determine stress levels required to trigger earthquakes using Earth tides.

Publications

Cochran, E.S. and J.E. Vidale 2007, Comment on: "Tidal synchronicity of the 26 December 2004 Sumatran earthquake and its aftershocks" by R.G.M. Crockett et al., GRL, 34, L04303, 10.1029/2006GL028639.

Cochran, E.S., P.M. Shearer 2006, Infrasound events detected with the Southern California Seismic Network, GRL, 33, L19803, doi: 10.1029/2006GL026951.

Cochran, E.S., Y.-G. Li, J.E. Vidale 2006, Anisotropy in the shallow crust observed around the San Andreas Fault before and after the 2004 M6 Parkfield earthquake, BSSA, 96, S364-S375.

Li, Y.-G., P. Chen, E.S. Cochran, J.E. Vidale, and T. Burdette 2006, Seismic evidence for rock damage and healing on the San Andreas fault associated with the 2004 M6 Parkfield Earthquake, BSSA, v. 96 p. S349-S363

Li, Y.G., J.E. Vidale, and E.S. Cochran 2004, Low-velocity damaged structure of the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield from fault-zone trapped waves, Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 31.

Cochran, E.S., J.E. Vidale, and S. Tanaka 2004, Earth tides can trigger shallow thrust fault earthquakes, Science, 306, p. 1164-6.

Li, Y.-G., J.E. Vidale, S.M. Day, D.D. Oglesby, and E.S. Cochran, 2003 , Postseismic fault healing on the rupture zone of the 1999 M 7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake, Bull.Seis.Soc.Am., v. 93.

Li, Y.-G., J.E. Vidale, D.D. Oglesby, S.M. Day, and E.S. Cochran 2003, Multiple-fault rupture of the M7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake from fault zone trapped waves, J. Geophys. Res., v. 108, p. 2165.

Cochran, E.S., J.E. Vidale, and Y.G. Li 2003, Near-fault anisotropy following the Hector Mine earthquake, J. Geophys. Res. , v. 108, p. 2436.

Alex, C.M., L. Gurrola, E.S. Cochran, T. Tyler, C. Nicholson, and R.J. Archuleta, Seismic hazards to the University of California Campus at Santa Barbara. Seism. Res. Lett., 68, 305, 1997.

Cochran, E.S., and R.J. Archuleta, Site amplification in the Santa Ynez Valley, Southern California Academy of Sciences Program and Abstracts, May 1996.