Brendan Meade, Assistant Professor
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 495-8921
meade@fas.harvard.edu
Dynamics of plate boundary zones: Modeling of space-based geodetic measurements and geologically constrained fault slip rates; Evolution of fault systems; Relationships between earthquake activity and the long-term behavior of geologic structures
Theoretical geomorphology: Orogen evolution in response to changes in tectonic and climatic forcing; Analysis of high resolution digital elevation models; Numerical modeling of transient landscape evolution.
Regions of active research: Pacific-North America plate boundary, the India-Asia collision zone, Japan, Hawaii, and the North Anatolian fault zone.