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Department of Geological Sciences
18111 Nordhoff Street
Northridge
CA 91330-8266
Phone: (818) 677-3541
E-mail: geology@csun.edu
Hours:
Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm
Department News and Events
Fritsche's Geotrek III!
Hiking the rim of the San Fernando Valley: Geology in five mountain ranges.
CSUN 50th anniversary Field Frolic!
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Our Newest Faculty
The Department of Geological Sciences welcomes its two newest faculty members: Drs. Elena Miranda and Dayanthie Weeraratne. Elena received her BS degree in Geology from Southern Methodist University and PhD in Geology from University of Wyoming. Elena’s specialty is structural geology and petrology, and conducts research on rifting at mid-ocean ridges. Dayanthie received her BS & MS degrees from University of Oregon and PhD from Brown University, and conducts research on mantle & core evolution, seismology, and geophysical fluid dynamics.
Elena Miranda named Jerome Richfield Scholar for 2007-2008
Dr. Elena Miranda was named the Jerome Richfield Scholar for 2007-2008. The Richfield award is presented annually to an outstanding faculty member in the arts, sciences or humanities. The annual award is given in memory of former Dean and Philosophy professor Jerome Richfield, salutes an outstanding faculty member conducting research. To celebrate her award, Dr. Miranda presented the results of her current research during the Provost’s Colloquium Series. Congratulations Elena!
Yule awarded NSF grant for work in Pakistani Himalaya
Understanding the mechanics of the earthquake cycle is critical for establishing the seismic hazards in areas of active tectonism, and is particularly important along the heavily populated front of the Himalaya. Here, the Mw 7.6 Kashmir earthquake of 8 October 2005 caused the greatest loss of life of any earthquake in the Indian subcontinent, even though it was far from the largest earthquake there. Along with researchers at Oregon State University, Dr. Doug Yule has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to characterize the slip rate and recurrence of potentially devastating earthquakes using the paleoseismic record of faulting along the Pakistani Himalaya.