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Overview

James F. Dolan is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a notable concentration in Geophysics.

The scientist's work spans various subfields including Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric Science, Ocean Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering, reflecting a broad multidisciplinary approach within Earth sciences.

Their research covers several main topics, prominently:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Earthquake and Tsunami Effects

Recent publications by James F. Dolan include the following papers:

  • "Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures," 2020, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • "Documentation of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features Produced by the 4 and 5 July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence," 2020, Seismological Research Letters
  • "Bookshelf Kinematics and the Effect of Dilatation on Fault Zone Inelastic Deformation: Examples From Optical Image Correlation Measurements of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Latest Pleistocene-Holocene Incremental Slip Rates of the Wairau Fault: Implications for Long-Distance and Long-Term Coordination of Faulting Between North and South Island, New Zealand," 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Islands of chaos in a sea of periodic earthquakes," 2023, Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Their publishing pattern reveals frequent collaboration with several coauthors, including:

  • Edward J. Rhodes
  • Judith Gauriau
  • Robert Zinke
  • Russ Van Dissen
  • Alexandra E. Hatem

James F. Dolan's work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues with multiple contributions, such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Seismica
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

  • Community Fault Model (CFM) for Southern California

    Andreas Plesch;John H. Shaw;Christine Benson;William A. Bryant

  • Characterizing arid region alluvial fan surface roughness with airborne laser swath mapping digital topographic data

    Kurt L. Frankel;James F. Dolan

  • Long-range and long-term fault interactions in Southern California

    James F. Dolan;David D. Bowman;Charles G. Sammis

  • How well do surface slip measurements track slip at depth in large strike-slip earthquakes? The importance of fault structural maturity in controlling on-fault slip versus off-fault surface deformation

    James F. Dolan;Ben D. Haravitch

  • Prospects for larger or more frequent earthquakes in the los angeles metropolitan region.

    James F. Dolan;Kerry Sieh;Thomas K. Rockwell;Robert S. Yeats

  • Quantifying near‐field and off‐fault deformation patterns of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake

    Christopher W. D. Milliner;James F. Dolan;James Hollingsworth;Sebastien Leprince

  • Tectonics and hydrogeology of the northern Barbados Ridge: Results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 110

    J. Casey Moore;Alain Mascle;Elliott Taylor;Patrick Andreieff

  • Active tectonics of the north-central Caribbean: Oblique collision, strain partitioning, and opposing subducted slabs

    James F. Dolan;Henry T. Mullins;David J. Wald

  • Cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl geochronology of offset alluvial fans along the northern Death Valley fault zone: Implications for transient strain in the eastern California shear zone

    Kurt L. Frankel;Katherine S. Brantley;James F. Dolan;Robert C. Finkel

  • A mutually consistent seismic-hazard source model for southern California

    Edward H. Field;David D. Jackson;James F. Dolan

  • Puente Hills Blind-Thrust System, Los Angeles, California

    John H. Shaw;Andreas Plesch;James F. Dolan;Thomas L. Pratt

  • Refining the shallow slip deficit

    Xiaohua Xu;Xiaopeng Tong;David T. Sandwell;Christopher W.D. Milliner

  • The 1999 İzmit, Turkey, Earthquake: A 3D Dynamic Stress Transfer Model of Intraearthquake Triggering

    Ruth A. Harris;James F. Dolan;Ross Hartleb;Steven M. Day

  • Recognition of paleoearthquakes on the Puente Hills blind thrust fault, California.

    James F. Dolan;Shari A. Christofferson;John H. Shaw

  • Spatial variations in slip rate along the Death Valley-Fish Lake Valley fault system determined from LiDAR topographic data and cosmogenic 10Be geochronology

    Kurt L. Frankel;Kurt L. Frankel;James F. Dolan;Robert C. Finkel;Lewis A. Owen

  • Eustatic and Tectonic Controls on Deposition of Hybrid Siliciclastic/Carbonate Basinal Cycles: Discussion with Examples

    James F. Dolan

  • Surface slip and off‐fault deformation patterns in the 2013 MW 7.7 Balochistan, Pakistan earthquake: Implications for controls on the distribution of near‐surface coseismic slip

    Robert Zinke;James Hollingsworth;James Hollingsworth;James F. Dolan

  • Extreme multi-millennial slip rate variations on the Garlock fault, California: Strain super-cycles, potentially time-variable fault strength, and implications for system-level earthquake occurrence

    James F. Dolan;Lee J. McAuliffe;Edward J. Rhodes;Edward J. Rhodes;Sally F. McGill

  • Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures

    Christopher B. DuRoss;Ryan D. Gold;Timothy E. Dawson;Katherine M. Scharer

  • Escape tectonics in the Los Angeles metropolitan region and implications for seismic risk

    Christian Walls;Christian Walls;Thomas Rockwell;Thomas Rockwell;Karl Mueller;Karl Mueller;Yehuda Bock;Yehuda Bock

  • Late Holocene slip rate for the North Anatolian fault, Turkey, from cosmogenic 36Cl geochronology: Implications for the constancy of fault loading and strain release rates

    Özgür Kozaci;James Dolan;Robert Finkel;Ross Hartleb

Frequent Co-Authors

Edward J. Rhodes
Edward J. Rhodes University of Sheffield
John H. Shaw
John H. Shaw Harvard University
Robert C. Finkel
Robert C. Finkel Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lewis A. Owen
Lewis A. Owen North Carolina State University
Charles G. Sammis
Charles G. Sammis University of Southern California
Thomas K. Rockwell
Thomas K. Rockwell San Diego State University
R. Van Dissen
R. Van Dissen GNS Science
Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Andrew T. Fisher
Andrew T. Fisher University of California, Santa Cruz
Jean Philippe Avouac
Jean Philippe Avouac California Institute of Technology

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