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Sarah R Hall, PhD

Sarah Hall is an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow working in the Landslide Hazards Program Office assisting with the implementation of components of the National Landslide Preparedness Act. She has expertise in geomorphology and geology with interests in questions arising at the intersection of Earth processes and human society.

Professional Experience

  • 2012-2023: Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Chair of Earth Systems and Geoscience, College of the Atlantic 

  • 2009-2012: Assistant Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University 

  • 2005-2008: University Education Partnership Program (UEPP) Fellow, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

  • 2003-2009: Graduate Research Assistant, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz 

  • 2004-2008: Teaching Assistant, Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz 

  • 2002-2003: AmeriCorps, “EcoWatch” Team Member, Atlanta Outward Bound Center 

  • 2001-2002: Staff Geologist, Atlanta Environmental Management, Inc., Atlanta, GA 

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D. Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz

    Diss.: "10Be geochronology of geomorphic features within the western Central Andean margin: Tectonic and climatic implications"

  • B.A. Geology, Hamilton College 

    Thesis: "Petrogenesis of xenoliths in Miocene basalts of northeastern Oregon"

  • Semester Study, New Zealand, School for International Training 

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • Hudson Museum, University of Maine – Co-operating Curator 

  • Climate Change Institute, University of Maine - Adjunct Faculty Researcher 

  • School of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Maine - Adjunct Faculty 

  • Geological Society of America – Member 

  • Geological Society of Washington – Member 

  • National Association for Geoscience Teachers - Member 

  • American Geophysical Union - Member 

Honors and Awards

  • Visiting Teacher Campaign, Scholar, ISTerre, Grenoble France 

  • Waters Award for Thesis Proposal Excellence, University of California, Santa Cruz 

  • Outstanding Teachers Assistant, University of California, Santa Cruz 

  • Emerson Grant Scholar, Hamilton College 

  • Payne Hills Prize, Excellence in Field Geology, Hamilton College 

Science and Products

Non-USGS Publications**

Benavente, C., Palomino, A., Wimpenny, S., García B., Rosell, L., Aguirre, E., Macharé, J., Rodriguez Padilla, A.M., and Hall, S.R., 2022. Paleoseismic evidence of the 1715 C.E. earthquake on the Purgatorio Fault in Southern Peru: Implications for seismic hazard in subduction zones, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229355.
Farrell, A., Buckman, K., Hall, S.R., Muñoz, I., Bieluch, K., Zoellich, B., and Disney, J., 2021. Adaptations to a secondary school-based citizen science project to engage students in monitoring well water for arsenic during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of STEM Outreach 4(2), doi: 10.15695/jstem/v4i2.05.
Benavente, C., Zerathe, S., Audin, L., Hall, S.R., Robert, X., Delgado, F., Carcaillet, J., ASTER Team, 2017. Active transpressional tectonics in the Andean forearc of southern Peru quantified by 10Be surface exposure dating of an active fault scarp, Tectonics, 36(9), doi:10.1002/2017TC004523.
Saillard, M., Audin, L., Rousset, B., Avouac, J.-P., Chlieh, M., Hall S.R., Husson L., Farber, D.L., 2017. From the seismic cycle to long-term deformation: linking seismic coupling and Quaternary coastal geomorphology along the Andean Megathrust, Tectonics, 36(2), p. 241-256. doi: 10.1002/2016TC004156.
Michalak, M.K., Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Audin, L., and Hourigan, J.K., 2015. (U-Th)/He Thermochronology records late Miocene accelerated cooling in the north-central Peruvian Andes, Lithosphere, 8(2), p.103–115, doi: 10.1130/L485.1.
Margirier, A., Robert X., Audin, L., Gautheron, C., Bernet, M., Hall, S.R., and Simon-Labric, T., 2015. Slab flattening, magmatism, and surface uplift in the Cordillera Occidental (northern Peru), Geology, 43(11), p. 1031-1034, 10.1130/G37061.1.
Rodríguez, M.P., Carretier, S., Charrier, R., Saillard, M., Regard, V., Hérail, G., Hall, S.R., Farber, D. and Audin, L., 2013. Geochronology of pediments and marine terraces in north-central Chile and their implications for Quaternary uplift in the Western Andes, Geomorphology, 180-181, 33-46, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.003.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D. L., Audin, L., Finkel, R.C., 2012. Recent contractile deformation in the forearc of southern Peru, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 337-338, 85-90, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.007.
Saillard, M., Hall S.R., Audin, L., Farber D.L, Regard, V., Hérail, G., 2011. Andean coastal uplift and active tectonics in southern Peru: 10Be surface exposure dating of differentially uplifted marine terrace sequences (San Juan de Marcona, ~15.4°S), Geomorphology, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.004.
Rood, D.H., Hall, S.R., Guilderson, T.P., Finkel, R.C., and Brown, T.A., 2010. Challenges and opportunities in high-precision Be-10 measurements at CAMS, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268, 730-732, doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.016.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Ramage, J.M., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., Kassel, C., 2009. Geochronology of LLGM through Holocene glaciations from the tropical Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, 2009. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2991-3009, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.08.004.
Saillard, M., Hall S.R., Audin, L., Hérail, G., Farber D.L., Finkel, R.C., Martinod, J., Bondoux, F., and Regard,V., 2008. Pleistocene marine terrace development and non-steady long-term uplift rates along the Andean margin of Chile (31°S). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277(1-2), 50-63, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.039.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Audin, L., Finkel, R.C., Meriaux, A-S., 2008. Geochronology of pediment surfaces in southern Peru: Implications for Quaternary deformation of the Andean forearc. Tectonophysics, 459,186-205, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.073.
Audin, L., David, C., Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Hérail, G., 2006. Geomorphic evidences of recent tectonic activity in the forearc, southern Peru. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 61(4), 545-554.

**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

Non-USGS Publications**

Benavente, C., Palomino, A., Wimpenny, S., García B., Rosell, L., Aguirre, E., Macharé, J., Rodriguez Padilla, A.M., and Hall, S.R., 2022. Paleoseismic evidence of the 1715 C.E. earthquake on the Purgatorio Fault in Southern Peru: Implications for seismic hazard in subduction zones, Tectonophysics, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229355.
Farrell, A., Buckman, K., Hall, S.R., Muñoz, I., Bieluch, K., Zoellich, B., and Disney, J., 2021. Adaptations to a secondary school-based citizen science project to engage students in monitoring well water for arsenic during the Covid-19 pandemic. Journal of STEM Outreach 4(2), doi: 10.15695/jstem/v4i2.05.
Benavente, C., Zerathe, S., Audin, L., Hall, S.R., Robert, X., Delgado, F., Carcaillet, J., ASTER Team, 2017. Active transpressional tectonics in the Andean forearc of southern Peru quantified by 10Be surface exposure dating of an active fault scarp, Tectonics, 36(9), doi:10.1002/2017TC004523.
Saillard, M., Audin, L., Rousset, B., Avouac, J.-P., Chlieh, M., Hall S.R., Husson L., Farber, D.L., 2017. From the seismic cycle to long-term deformation: linking seismic coupling and Quaternary coastal geomorphology along the Andean Megathrust, Tectonics, 36(2), p. 241-256. doi: 10.1002/2016TC004156.
Michalak, M.K., Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Audin, L., and Hourigan, J.K., 2015. (U-Th)/He Thermochronology records late Miocene accelerated cooling in the north-central Peruvian Andes, Lithosphere, 8(2), p.103–115, doi: 10.1130/L485.1.
Margirier, A., Robert X., Audin, L., Gautheron, C., Bernet, M., Hall, S.R., and Simon-Labric, T., 2015. Slab flattening, magmatism, and surface uplift in the Cordillera Occidental (northern Peru), Geology, 43(11), p. 1031-1034, 10.1130/G37061.1.
Rodríguez, M.P., Carretier, S., Charrier, R., Saillard, M., Regard, V., Hérail, G., Hall, S.R., Farber, D. and Audin, L., 2013. Geochronology of pediments and marine terraces in north-central Chile and their implications for Quaternary uplift in the Western Andes, Geomorphology, 180-181, 33-46, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.09.003.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D. L., Audin, L., Finkel, R.C., 2012. Recent contractile deformation in the forearc of southern Peru, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 337-338, 85-90, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.007.
Saillard, M., Hall S.R., Audin, L., Farber D.L, Regard, V., Hérail, G., 2011. Andean coastal uplift and active tectonics in southern Peru: 10Be surface exposure dating of differentially uplifted marine terrace sequences (San Juan de Marcona, ~15.4°S), Geomorphology, doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2011.01.004.
Rood, D.H., Hall, S.R., Guilderson, T.P., Finkel, R.C., and Brown, T.A., 2010. Challenges and opportunities in high-precision Be-10 measurements at CAMS, Nuclear Instruments and Methods B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268, 730-732, doi: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.10.016.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Ramage, J.M., Rodbell, D.T., Finkel, R.C., Smith, J.A., Mark, B.G., Kassel, C., 2009. Geochronology of LLGM through Holocene glaciations from the tropical Cordillera Huayhuash, Peru, 2009. Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2991-3009, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.08.004.
Saillard, M., Hall S.R., Audin, L., Hérail, G., Farber D.L., Finkel, R.C., Martinod, J., Bondoux, F., and Regard,V., 2008. Pleistocene marine terrace development and non-steady long-term uplift rates along the Andean margin of Chile (31°S). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 277(1-2), 50-63, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.09.039.
Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Audin, L., Finkel, R.C., Meriaux, A-S., 2008. Geochronology of pediment surfaces in southern Peru: Implications for Quaternary deformation of the Andean forearc. Tectonophysics, 459,186-205, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.11.073.
Audin, L., David, C., Hall, S.R., Farber, D.L., Hérail, G., 2006. Geomorphic evidences of recent tectonic activity in the forearc, southern Peru. Revista de la Asociación Geológica Argentina, 61(4), 545-554.

**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.

*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government