Uri ten Brink, PhD
My research focuses on quantifying tectonic and morphological processes and their impacts on the assessments of tsunami, landslide, and earthquake hazards. I am also interested in bridging gaps between disciplines in earth sciences. I am the Project Chief of the USGS Marine Geohazards Sources and Probability Project and in charge of the USGS Ocean Bottom Seismometers.
FIELD EXPERIENCE
41 cruises (26 as chief scientist)
3 over-ice land traverses, Antarctica (co-chief scientist)
4 Airborne magnetic, land gravity, and land seismic surveys (co-chief scientist)
Professional Experience
1991-present Research geophysicist, USGS, Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center
2015-2019 Editor in Chief, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
1999-present Adjunct Scientist, The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
2013-2016 Professor and Chairman, Department of Marine Geosciences, University of Haifa
2016-present Affiliate Professor, University of Haifa
Education and Certifications
1981-1986 Ph.D. Geological Sciences Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
1977-1980 B.Sc. Geology and Physics, The Hebrew University, Israel
1991-1996 Consulting Associate Professor, Stanford University
1987-1991 Post-doctoral scholar, Stanford University
1986-1987 Post-doctoral scholar, Tel Aviv University
Affiliations and Memberships*
Chairman, U.S.-Israel Bi-National Science Foundation panel for Earth and Atmospheric sciences, 2015
Member - Netherlands Science Foundation panel on Caribbean natural and social sciences, 2014
Member, ITU-WMO-UNESCO/IOC Joint Task Force on Submarine Cables for Tsunami Warnings and Scientific Research, 2013
Co-convenor, Workshop on landslide tsunami probability, 2011
Member, NSF panel evaluating the management structure of the ocean bottom seismometer facilities, 2011
Guest editor- Marine Geology "Assessment of tsunami hazards to the U.S. Atlantic coast", 2009
Honors and Awards
2016 – Fellow, American Geophysical Union
2010 – Senior Scientist (ST), Federal government
2007/8 – Distinguished Lecturer – Seismological Society of America/ IRIS
1996 - Fellow, Geological Society of America
1990 - Royal Society of New Zealand annual prize for Geophysics
Science and Products
Three-dimensional models of deformation near strike-slip faults
Los Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE), California, off-shore seismic refraction data
Gravity field over the Sea of Galilee: Evidence for a composite basin along a transform fault
Three-dimensional models of deformation near strike-slip faults
Images of crust beneath southern California will aid study of earthquakes and their effects
Crustal structure of a transform plate boundary: San Francisco Bay and the central California continental margin
EAST93: Geophysical traverse from the Transantarctic Mountains to the Wilkes Basin, East Antarctica
Three-dimensional modeling of pull-apart basins: implications for the tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin
Glacial morphology and depositional sequences of the Antarctic Continental Shelf
Morpholoy and stratal geometry of the Anarctic continental shelf: insights from models
Tectonic subsidence and the stratigraphy of the Antarctic continental margins and intracontinental basins
Glacial processes affecting the stratigraphy of the Antarctic Continental Shelf: Results from modeling
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.
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Three-dimensional models of deformation near strike-slip faults
We use three-dimensional elastic models to help guide the kinematic interpretation of crustal deformation associated with strike-slip faults. Deformation of the brittle upper crust in the vicinity of strike-slip fault systems is modeled with the assumption that upper crustal deformation is driven by the relative plate motion in the upper mantle. The driving motion is represented by displacement thAuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Rafael Katzman, Jian LinLos Angeles Region Seismic Experiment (LARSE), California, off-shore seismic refraction data
No abstract available.AuthorsUri S. ten Brink, R.M. Drury, G.K. Miller, T. M. Brocher, D. A. OkayaGravity field over the Sea of Galilee: Evidence for a composite basin along a transform fault
The Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret) is located at the northern portion of the Kinneret-Bet Shean basin, in the northern Dead Sea transform. Three hundred kilometers of continuous marine gravity data were collected in the lake and integrated with land gravity data to a distance of more than 20 km around the lake. Analyses of the gravity data resulted in a free-air anomaly map, a variable density BouAuthorsZ. Ben-Avraham, Uri S. ten Brink, R. Bell, M. ReznikovThree-dimensional models of deformation near strike-slip faults
We use three-dimensional elastic models to help guide the kinematic interpretation of crustal deformation associated with strike-slip faults. Deformation of the brittle upper crust in the vicinity of strike-slip fault systems is modeled with the assumption that upper crustal deformation is driven by the relative plate motion in the upper mantle. The driving motion is represented by displacement thAuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Rafael Katzman, J. LinImages of crust beneath southern California will aid study of earthquakes and their effects
The Whittier Narrows earthquake of 1987 and the Northridge earthquake of 1991 highlighted the earthquake hazards associated with buried faults in the Los Angeles region. A more thorough knowledge of the subsurface structure of southern California is needed to reveal these and other buried faults and to aid us in understanding how the earthquake-producing machinery works in this region.AuthorsG. S. Fuis, D. A. Okaya, R.W. Clayton, W. J. Lutter, T. Ryberg, T. M. Brocher, T.M. Henyey, M.L. Benthien, P.M. Davis, J. Mori, R. D. Catchings, Uri S. ten Brink, M.D. Kohler, Kim D. Klitgord, R. G. BohannonCrustal structure of a transform plate boundary: San Francisco Bay and the central California continental margin
Wide-angle seismic data collected during the Bay Area Seismic Imaging Experiment provide new glimpses of the deep structure of the San Francisco Bay Area Block and across the offshore continental margin. San Francisco Bay is underlain by a veneer (AuthorsW.S. Holbrook, T. M. Brocher, Uri S. ten Brink, J.A. HoleEAST93: Geophysical traverse from the Transantarctic Mountains to the Wilkes Basin, East Antarctica
The East Antarctic Seismic Traverse (EAST93) was a geophysical traverse designed to image the bedrock under the East Antarctic ice cap. The traverse started 10 km west of the Taylor Dome drill site and 25 km west of the exposed bedrock of the Transantarctic Mountains at Lashly Mt. and ended 323 km west of the drill site over the Wilkes subglacial basin (Fig. 1). The traverse was located subparalleAuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Stephen BannisterThree-dimensional modeling of pull-apart basins: implications for the tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin
We model the three-dimensional (3-D) crustal deformation in a deep pull-apart basin as a result of relative plate motion along a transform system and compare the results to the tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin. The brittle upper crust is modeled by a boundary element technique as an elastic block, broken by two en echelon semi-infinite vertical faults. The deformation is caused by a horizontal dispAuthorsRafael Katzman, Uri S. ten Brink, Jian LinGlacial morphology and depositional sequences of the Antarctic Continental Shelf
We propose a simple model for the unusual depositional sequences and morphology of the Antarctic continental shelf. Our model considers the regional stratal geometry and the reversed morphology of the Antarctic continental shelf to be principally the results of time-integrated effects of glacial erosion and sedimentation related to the location of the ice grounding line. The model offers several gAuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Christopher SchneiderMorpholoy and stratal geometry of the Anarctic continental shelf: insights from models
No abstract available.AuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Christopher Schneider, Aaron H. JohnsonTectonic subsidence and the stratigraphy of the Antarctic continental margins and intracontinental basins
No abstract available.AuthorsUri S. ten BrinkGlacial processes affecting the stratigraphy of the Antarctic Continental Shelf: Results from modeling
No abstract available.AuthorsUri S. ten Brink, Christopher SchneiderNon-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.
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