Research Activities

Biogeography, Landscape Ecology, Conservation Biology

Fire regimes and dynamics of California forests and shrublands; alien plant invasions of California shrublands and desert scrub communities; habitat fragmentation and connectivity, land-use planning at the wildland/urban interface; vegetation ordination and wildlife-habitat relationships with Geographic Information Systems; Holocene fire history in the Mojave Desert.

Researchers: Minnich, Scott

Earthquake Physics

Earthquake dynamics and strong ground motion; observational and numerical studies of faults and fault processes; experimental studies of deep earthquakes; seismic refraction and reflection; magnetics; gravity; DC-resistivity, magnetotellurics; terrestrial heat transfer; rock physics, fault zone characterization; earthquake prediction; crustal studies, regional tectonics; GPS and GIS applications to geologic studies.

Researchers: Green, Lee, Oglesby, Park