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Chris Goldfinger is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular attention to subfields such as Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Earth-Surface Processes, and Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Goldfinger's work covers a variety of topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, geology and paleoclimatology research, seismology and earthquake studies, geological formations and processes, landslides and related hazards, and high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Goldfinger include A. E. Morey, J. R. Patton, Valerie J. Sahakian, M. A. L. Walton, and Lydia Staisch.

The scientist's recent papers demonstrate a focus on seismic activity and geological processes:

  • "Toward an Integrative Geological and Geophysical View of Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes" (2021), published in Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • "Sedimentary Records in the Lesser Antilles Fore-Arc Basins Provide Evidence of Large Late Quaternary Megathrust Earthquakes" (2024), published in Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Sedimentary record of historical seismicity in a small, southern Oregon lake" (2024), published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • "A 2700-year record of Cascadia megathrust and crustal/slab earthquakes from Acorn Woman Lakes, Oregon" (2024), published in Natural hazards and earth system sciences
  • "Late Pleistocene charcoal-rich sediments in the Puerto Rico Trench, possible remnants of gigantic wildfires in North-Eastern South America" (2024), published in Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

Goldfinger frequently publishes in journals such as Natural hazards and earth system sciences, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, and Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology.

Best Publications

  • Turbidite Event History—Methods and Implications for Holocene Paleoseismicity of the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Ann E. Morey;Joel E. Johnson

  • HOLOCENE EARTHQUAKE RECORDS FROM THE CASCADIA SUBDUCTION ZONE AND NORTHERN SAN ANDREAS FAULT BASED ON PRECISE DATING OF OFFSHORE TURBIDITES

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

  • Sea Floor Methane Hydrates at Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Margin

    E. Suess;M.E. Torres;G. Bohrmann;R.W. Collier

  • Rotation and plate locking at the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Robert McCaffrey;Maureen D. Long;Chris Goldfinger;Peter C. Zwick

  • Holocene earthquake record offshore Portugal (SW Iberia): testing turbidite paleoseismology in a slow-convergence margin

    Eulalia Gracia;Alexis Vizcaino;Carlota Escutia;Alessandra Asioli

  • GPS‐determination of along‐strike variation in Cascadia margin kinematics: Implications for relative plate motion, subduction zone coupling, and permanent deformation

    M. Meghan Miller;Daniel J. Johnson;Charles M. Rubin;Herb Dragert

  • Superquakes and Supercycles

    Chris Goldfinger;Yasutaka Ikeda;Robert S. Yeats;Junjie Ren

  • Rupture lengths and temporal history of significant earthquakes on the offshore and north coast segments of the Northern San Andreas Fault based on turbidite stratigraphy

    Chris Goldfinger;Ann E. Morey;C. Hans Nelson;Julia Gutiérrez-Pastor

  • Submarine Paleoseismology Based on Turbidite Records

    Chris Goldfinger

  • Transverse structural trends along the Oregon convergent margin: Implications for Cascadia earthquake potential and crustal rotations

    Chris Goldfinger;LaVerne D. Kulm;Robert S. Yeats;Bruce Appelgate

  • Late Holocene Rupture of the Northern San Andreas Fault and Possible Stress Linkage to the Cascadia Subduction Zone

    Chris Goldfinger;Kelly Grijalva;Roland Bürgmann;Ann E. Morey

  • Geophysical constraints on the surface distribution of authigenic carbonates across the Hydrate Ridge region, Cascadia margin

    Joel E Johnson;Chris Goldfinger;Erwin Suess

  • The importance of site selection, sediment supply, and hydrodynamics: A case study of submarine paleoseismology on the northern Cascadia margin, Washington USA

    Chris Goldfinger;Steve Galer;Jeffrey Beeson;Tark Hamilton

  • Oblique strike-slip faulting of the central Cascadia submarine forearc

    Chris Goldfinger;LaVerne D. Kulm;Robert S. Yeats;Lisa McNeill

  • Super-scale failure of the southern Oregon Cascadia margin

    Chris Goldfinger;Laverne D. Kulm;Lisa C. Mcneill;Phillip Watts

  • Tectonics of the Neogene Cascadia forearc basin: Investigations of a deformed late Miocene unconformity

    Lisa C. McNeill;Chris Goldfinger;LaVerne D. Kulm;Robert S. Yeats

  • A seismic reflection profile across the Cascadia Subduction Zone offshore central Oregon: New constraints on methane distribution and crustal structure

    Anne Martine Tréhu;Guibiao Lin;Edward Maxwell;Chris Goldfinger

  • Deep-water turbidites as Holocene earthquake proxies: the Cascadia subduction zone and Northern San Andreas Fault systems

    Chris Goldfinger;C. Hans Nelson;Joel E. Johnson

  • Confidence levels for tsunami-inundation limits in northern Oregon inferred from a 10,000-year history of great earthquakes at the Cascadia subduction zone

    George R. Priest;Chris Goldfinger;Kelin Wang;Robert C. Witter

  • Active deformation of the Gorda plate: Constraining deformation models with new geophysical data

    Jason D. Chaytor;Chris Goldfinger;Robert P. Dziak;Christopher G. Fox

Frequent Co-Authors

Joel E. Johnson
Joel E. Johnson University of New Hampshire
C. Hans Nelson
C. Hans Nelson Spanish National Research Council
Kelin Wang
Kelin Wang Geological Survey of Canada
Robert S. Yeats
Robert S. Yeats Oregon State University
LaVerne D. Kulm
LaVerne D. Kulm Oregon State University
Robert C. Witter
Robert C. Witter United States Geological Survey
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Carlota Escutia
Carlota Escutia University of Granada
Christopher G. Fox
Christopher G. Fox National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Robert P. Dziak
Robert P. Dziak Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory

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