Katherine (Kate) Scharer, PhD
Dr. Scharer holds a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon and a B.S. in Geological Sciences from the University of Washington.
Prior to coming to the USGS, she was a professor at Appalachian State University in North Carolina. Dr. Scharer studies the timing and size of pre-historic earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault and other active faults in southern California, Alaska, and the Dominican Republic. She also investigates the deformation produced by tectonic motion through a combination of field mapping, lidar analysis, and Quaternary geochronologic methods.
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Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault near Coachella, California Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault near Coachella, California
The Coachella paleoseismic site is located on the San Andreas Fault along the northeast edge of the Coachella Valley in southern California east of Dillon Road and south of Avenue 44. Three benched trenches, a total of more than 950 m, were excavated across the fault zone as part of an Alquist-Priolo fault investigation study. These trenches exposed a thick section of latest Holocene...
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Belle Philibosian, Thomas E. Fumal, Ray J. Weldon, Katherine J. Kendrick, Katherine M. Scharer, Sean P. Bemis, Reed J. Burgette, Beth A. Wisely
Past and future earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault Past and future earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault
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Ray J. Weldon, Thomas E. Fumal, Glenn Biasi, Katherine M. Scharer
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Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault near Coachella, California Photomosaics and logs of trenches on the San Andreas Fault near Coachella, California
The Coachella paleoseismic site is located on the San Andreas Fault along the northeast edge of the Coachella Valley in southern California east of Dillon Road and south of Avenue 44. Three benched trenches, a total of more than 950 m, were excavated across the fault zone as part of an Alquist-Priolo fault investigation study. These trenches exposed a thick section of latest Holocene...
Authors
Belle Philibosian, Thomas E. Fumal, Ray J. Weldon, Katherine J. Kendrick, Katherine M. Scharer, Sean P. Bemis, Reed J. Burgette, Beth A. Wisely
Past and future earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault Past and future earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault
No abstract available.
Authors
Ray J. Weldon, Thomas E. Fumal, Glenn Biasi, Katherine M. Scharer