Lorraine Leon, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California,
lorrainl@usc.edu
Research Interests:
Active tectonics, paleoseismology, structural geology, and seismic hazard analysis.
Education:
Ph.D., in progress, Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Dr. James F. Dolan - advisor
Research Topic: Paleoseismology of blind-thrust faults: Implications for system-wide earthquakes to occur in active fold and thrust belts.
B.S., 2002, (magna cum laude) Geological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
Publications:
Leon, L. A., S. A. Christofferson, J. F. Dolan, J. H. Shaw, and T. L. Pratt (2007), Earthquake-by-earthquake fold growth above the Puente Hills blind thrust fault, Los Angeles, California: Implications for fold kinematics and seismic hazard, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B03S03, doi:10.1029/2006JB004461.
Abstracts:
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F.., Shaw, J.H., Pratt, T.L., 2006, Paleoseismology of blind thrust faults in the Los Angeles basin, California: AEG Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F.., Shaw, J.H., Pratt, T.L., 2006, Borehole and high-resolution seismic reflection evidence for Holocene activity on the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California: EOS Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H51C-1143.
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F., Shaw, J.H., Pratt, T.L..,2006, Borehole and high-resolution seismic reflection evidence for Holocene activity on the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California: SCEC Annual Meeting Proceedings and Abstract, v. XVI, p. 118.
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F., Shaw, J.H., Pratt, T.L.,2005, High-resolution seismic reflection data to determine Holocene activity of the Compton blind-thrust fault, Los Angeles basin, California: SCEC Annual Meeting Proceedings and Abstract, v. XV, p. 144.
Dolan, J. F.,
Leon, L. A., Christofferson, S. A., Shaw, J. H., and Pratt, T. L., 2005, Earthquake-by-earthquake reconstructions of fold development above a major blind thrust fault: The Puente Hills thrust fault beneath metropolitan Los Angeles, California: Proceedings With Abstracts, International Conference on Theory and Application of Fault-related Folding in Foreland Basins, Research Institute of Petroleum exploration and Development (PetroChina), Beijing, China, August, 2005.
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F., Shaw, J.H., Christofferson, C. and Pratt, T.L., 2004, Paleoseismology of a major blind thrust fault; the Puente Hills thrust fault, Los Angeles, California: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting Abstracts.
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F., Hoeft, J.S., Shaw, J.H., and Hartleb, R.D., 2003, Three-dimensional geometry of buried fold scarps associated with ancient earthquakes on the Puente Hills blind thrust fault: EOS Transactions: AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract S12B-0389.
Hoeft, J.S.,
Leon, L.A., Dolan, J.F., Shaw, J.H., and Hartleb, R.D.,2003, Three-dimensional geometry of buried fold scarps associated with ancient earthquakes on the Puente Hills blind thrust fault: Preliminary observations: SCEC Annual Meeting Proceedings and Abstract, v. XIII.