Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences (Geophysics)

Harvard-Radcliffe College, B.A. (Physics), 1992
Stanford, Ph.D. (Geophysics), 1998

Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 1998-present Miller Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, (1998-1999) Research Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, (1992-1993)

Active tectonics and volcanism Modeling crustal deformation Space-based geodetic methods (GPS, InSAR)

Interaction of volcanism and tectonics, Long Valley Caldera, with Elissa Koenig (ASU) Co-seismic and post-seismic deformation related to the October 16, 1999 M7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake, with Duncan Agnew (Scripps) and Zheng-Kang Shen (UCLA)  Link to pictures of Hector Mine fieldwork (page done by Greg Anderson at Scripps) Kinematics and dynamics of Kilauea Volcano, with Paul Segall (Stanford) and Roland Burgmann (Berkeley) Active extension in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, with Juliet Crider (Bryn Mawr)  Link to Teresa Baker's Canyonlands Field Work 2000 Page Comparing Mechanical and Geodetic Models of Los Angeles Basin Faults, with Michele Cooke (UMass)

List of Publications and Recent Abstracts

Geophysics at USC

GPS receiver on Wheeler Crest, overlooking Long Valley Caldera. Click on image for an expanded picture.

Introduction to Geophysics (Geol 440) Geodynamics (Geol 540) Current Topics in Geodesy (Geol 599)

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Susan E. Owen
Science Hall, Room 125
USC Earth Sciences
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0740
email: owen@earth.usc.edu
phone: (213) 740-6308
fax: (213) 740-8801

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