Danny Brothers
I currently lead a project called "U.S. West Coast and Alaska Marine Geohazards" and I spend about 6-10 weeks per year at sea collecting marine geophysical data.
I received my Ph.D. from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, then moved to Woods Hole, MA, for a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship. In 2013, I moved to Santa Cruz, CA, where I currently work as a Research Geophysicist at the USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center. I grew up in Colorado and spent four years at CU Boulder for undergraduate studies in geophysics.
My research is focused on the following topics:
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Development and application of geophysical approaches to offshore earthquake, landslide and tsunami hazard assessments
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Marine paleoseismology
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Understanding the interplay between tectonic, sedimentary, climatic processes along continental margins
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Combining basic and applied research to study the geomorphic development of continental margins, including substrate fluid flow
News and Outreach
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February 1, 2016, Anchorage Daily News, "New technology lets scientists pinpoint underwater landslide that triggered deadly 1964 tsunami"
February 2, 2016, FOX NEWS, "USGS discovers source of Alaska tsunami that decimated village in 1964"
January, 2016, USGS Soundwaves, "Investigating the Offshore Queen Charlotte-Fairweather Fault System in Southeastern Alaska, and its Potential to Produce Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Submarine Landslides"
January, 2016, USGS Soundwaves, "Artificial-Gas-Seep Test Produces 3D Images of Bubble Plumes in the Ocean"
August 24, 2014 NY Times, "Methane is discovered seeping from seafloor off East Coast, scientists say"
October, 2011, USGS Soundwaves, "High-Resolution Multibeam Mapping of Mid-Atlantic Canyons to Assess Tsunami Hazards"
July 6, 2011 LA Times, “Scientists tie Colorado River flooding to San Andreas Quakes”
July 3, 2011 San Francisco Chronicle, “Big quake near Salton Sea may be long overdue”
June 29, 2011 Discovery News, “Smaller Salton Sea silences seismic shocks”
June 29, 2011 USA Today, “Salton Sea floods flipped San Andreas earthquake trigger”
January 9, 2010 Nature News, “Floods linked to San Andreas quakes”
July 28, 2009 LA Times feature “More earthquake faults discovered at the Salton Sea”
May 15, 2009 CBS 5, “Lake Tahoe may be due for huge quake, tsunami”
Science and Products
Sediment core data from the northern flank of Monterey Canyon, offshore California
Chirp seismic-reflection data from the Baltimore, Washington, and Norfolk Canyons, U.S. mid-Atlantic margin
Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. Atlantic margin
Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin
Sea-level-induced seismicity and submarine landslide occurrence
Geomorphic characterization of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin
Geomorphic process fingerprints in submarine canyons
Geomorphic characterization of four shelf-sourced submarine canyons along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic continental margin
Farallon slab detachment and deformation of the Magdalena Shelf, southern Baja California
Loading of the San Andreas fault by flood-induced rupture of faults beneath the Salton Sea
Duration and severity of Medieval drought in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Tectonic evolution of the Salton Sea inferred from seismic reflection data
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Sediment core data from the northern flank of Monterey Canyon, offshore California
Chirp seismic-reflection data from the Baltimore, Washington, and Norfolk Canyons, U.S. mid-Atlantic margin
Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. Atlantic margin
Seabed fluid expulsion along the upper slope and outer shelf of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin
Sea-level-induced seismicity and submarine landslide occurrence
Geomorphic characterization of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin
Geomorphic process fingerprints in submarine canyons
Geomorphic characterization of four shelf-sourced submarine canyons along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic continental margin
Farallon slab detachment and deformation of the Magdalena Shelf, southern Baja California
Loading of the San Andreas fault by flood-induced rupture of faults beneath the Salton Sea
Duration and severity of Medieval drought in the Lake Tahoe Basin
Tectonic evolution of the Salton Sea inferred from seismic reflection data
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.