CRUSTAL DYNAMICS AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

Brendan J. Meade,  Associate Professor

Plate boundary zones are home to the majority of global earthquake activity and the Earth's greatest mountain ranges.  We work to understand what contemporary fault system activity tells us about earthquake cycle processes, seismic hazard, lithospheric rheology, and the tectonic development of continents. Our efforts are focused on using GPS data to image present-day fault system activity, understanding the migration of plate boundary zone activity, and modeling the mechanics and evolution of orogenic belts.

Brendan J. Meade

Associate Professor

Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences

Harvard University

meade@fas.harvard.edu

B.A. Johns Hopkins University, 1998

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004

Graduate students Meredith Langstaff and Kristian Bergen awarded NSF graduate research fellowships.