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Overview

Uri S. ten Brink is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics. Their research spans multiple subfields, including geophysics, atmospheric science, geology, management, monitoring, policy and law, and earth-surface processes.

Their work addresses several main topics including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Geological and geophysical studies worldwide
  • Geology and paleoclimatology research
  • Geological and tectonic studies in Latin America
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Landslides and related hazards

Uri S. ten Brink has collaborated frequently with other researchers such as C. H. Flores, Jason D. Chaytor, J.L. Granja-Bruña, Brian D. Andrews, and Laura Gómez de la Peña.

Their recent publications include:

  • "Along-strike segmentation in the northern Caribbean plate boundary zone (Hispaniola sector): Tectonic implications" (2020), published in Tectonophysics
  • "The Role of Premagmatic Rifting in Shaping a Volcanic Continental Margin: An Example From the Eastern North American Margin" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Mysterious tsunami in the Caribbean Sea following the 2010 Haiti earthquake possibly generated by dynamically triggered early aftershocks" (2020), published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Earthquake Magnitude Distributions on Northern Caribbean Faults From Combinatorial Optimization Models" (2021), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Crustal Structure Across the Central Dead Sea Transform and Surrounding Areas: Insights Into Tectonic Processes in Continental Transforms" (2023), published in Tectonics

Their research has appeared in several publication venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Tectonics
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts
  • Tectonophysics

In addition to journal publications, Uri S. ten Brink is the author of a book published by Berghahn Books titled THE POWER OF THE STORY: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean (2023).

Best Publications

  • Crustal structure, flexure, and subsidence history of the Hawaiian Islands

    A. B. Watts;U. S. ten Brink

  • Flexural uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains

    Tim A. Stern;Uri S. ten Brink

  • A multichannel seismic study of lithospheric flexure across the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain

    A. B. Watts;U. S. ten Brink;P. Buhl;T. M. Brocher

  • Lithospheric strength variations as a control on new plate boundaries: examples from the northern Red Sea region

    Michael S. Steckler;Uri S. ten Brink

  • Size distribution of submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic margin

    Jason D. Chaytor;Uri S. ten Brink;Andrew R. Solow;Brian D. Andrews

  • Size distribution of submarine landslides and its implication to tsunami hazard in Puerto Rico

    Uri S. ten Brink;Eric L. Geist;Brian D. Andrews

  • Assessment of tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast using relationships between submarine landslides and earthquakes

    Uri S. ten Brink;Homa J. Lee;Eric L. Geist;David Twichell

  • The anatomy of a pull‐apart basin: Seismic reflection observations of the Dead Sea Basin

    Uri S. ten Brink;Zvi Ben-Avraham

  • Multichannel seismic evidence for a subcrustal intrusive complex under Oahu and a model for Hawaiian volcanism

    Uri S. Ten Brink;Thomas M. Brocher

  • Structure of the Dead Sea Pull-Apart Basin From Gravity Analyses

    U. S. Ten Brink;Z. Ben-Avraham;Robin E. Bell;M. Hassouneh

  • Morphology of late Quaternary submarine landslides along the U.S. Atlantic continental margin

    David C. Twichell;Jason D. Chaytor;Uri S. ten Brink;Brian Buczkowski

  • Uplift of the Transantarctic Mountains and the bedrock beneath the East Antarctic ice sheet

    Uri S. ten Brink;Ron I. Hackney;Stephen Bannister;Tim A. Stern

  • New seismic images of the Cascadia subduction zone from cruise SO108 — ORWELL

    Ernst R Flueh;Michael A Fisher;Joerg Bialas;Jonathan R Childs

  • Significant earthquakes on the Enriquillo fault system, Hispaniola, 1500-2010: Implications for seismic hazard

    William H. Bakun;Claudia H. Flores;Uri S. ten Brink

  • Three‐dimensional modeling of pull‐apart basins: Implications for the tectonics of the Dead Sea Basin

    Rafael Katzman;Uri S. ten Brink;Jian Lin

  • Rift flank uplifts and Hinterland Basins: Comparison of the Transantarctic Mountains with the Great Escarpment of southern Africa

    Uri ten Brink;Tim Stern

  • Far field tsunami simulations of the 1755 Lisbon earthquake: Implications for tsunami hazard to the U.S. East Coast and the Caribbean

    Roy Barkan;Uri S. ten Brink;Jian Lin

  • Salt diapirs in the Dead Sea basin and their relationship to Quaternary extensional tectonics

    Abdallah Al-Zoubi;Uri S. ten Brink

  • A new view into the Cascadia subduction zone and volcanic arc: Implications for earthquake hazards along the Washington margin

    Tom Parsons;Anne M. Trehu;James H. Luetgert;Kate C. Miller

  • Anatomy of the Dead Sea transform: Does it reflect continuous changes in plate motion?

    Uri S. ten Brink;Michael Rybakov;Abdallah S. Al Zoubi;Mohammed Hassouneh

  • The dead sea, the lake and its setting

    Uri S. ten Brink

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Brocher
Thomas M. Brocher United States Geological Survey
Eric L. Geist
Eric L. Geist United States Geological Survey
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher University of Manchester
Tom Parsons
Tom Parsons United States Geological Survey
Anne M. Tréhu
Anne M. Tréhu Oregon State University
Ernst R. Flueh
Ernst R. Flueh GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel
Tim Stern
Tim Stern Victoria University of Wellington
Ray E. Wells
Ray E. Wells United States Geological Survey
David C. Twichell
David C. Twichell United States Geological Survey
David W. Scholl
David W. Scholl United States Geological Survey

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