Diane Doser, Professor
Current Research and Research Interests:
Earthquake seismology, earthquake hazards, seismotectonics (Alaska, New
Zealand, Puerto Rico, Pacific Northwest, Northern California, Bhutan)
Environmental geophysics (El Paso region)
Crustal structure studies (Libya, Alaska, El Paso region)
Recent Publications:
Doser, D.I., R. P. Langford, M.R. Baker, G.M. Kaip and F. Tate, Seasonal
changes in geophysical surveys in alluvial sediments near the Rio Grande, west
Texas, in press, Environ. and Engineer. Geoscience Journ., November, 2002.
Doser, D.I., and T.H. Webb, Source parameters of large historical (19171961) earthquakes, North Island, New Zealand, in press, Geophys. J. Int., October
2002.
Doser, D.I., W.A. Brown and M. Velasquez, Seismicity of the Kodiak Island
region (1964-2001) and its relation to the 1964 great Alaska earthquake, in press,
Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., July 2002.
Doser, D.I., and R. Robinson, Modeling stress changes induced by
earthquakes in the southern Marlborough region, South Island, New Zealand, in
press, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., June 2002.
Doser, D., R. Langford, M. Baker and O. Dena-Ornelas, Studies of grain
size variations in fluvial sediments of the Rio Grande using magnetic techniques,
Proceedings of the Symposium on the Applications of Geophysics to
Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP 2001 – Denver), on CDROM, paper ASP-5.
Doser, D.I., and W. A. Brown, A study of historic earthquakes of the Prince
William Sound, Alaska, region, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 91, 842-857, 2001.
Current Research Grants:
Texas Advanced Research Program:
1/02-12/03, Characterizing fault control of groundwater movement using
geophysical techniques, $83,819.
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (U.S. Geol. Survey):
6/02-5/04, Source parameter studies of historical intraslab and crustal earthquakes
of Washington and Oregon: collaborative research between UTEP and BSU (w/ J.
Zollweg, Boise State University), $55,407.
4/01-3/03, Merging historical and recent records of seismicity to better define
earthquake source zones within the Anchorage, Alaska, region, $69,496
6/03-5/05, Studies of Benioff-Zone earthquakes within the Anchorage, Alaska,
region, $72,171
5/3-4/05, Integrated seismic investigations of historical and recent earthquakes of
the Mendocino triple junction region (w/ Dr. Velasco), $89,098
National Science Foundation:
7/99-6/03, Modeling stress changes induced by earthquakes in the South Island,
New Zealand, and Prince William Sound, Alaska, regions (travel only), $28,303
Defense Threat Reduction Agency:
9/01-8/04, Seismological and lithospheric studies of the Libya region (w/ Dr.
Keller), $225,111
Current Students:
Wesley Brown, (PhD), Seismic and Lithospheric Studies of Libya
Oscar Dena, (PhD), Use of Kalman Filtering for Migration of Ground Penetrating
Radar Data
Claudia Flores, (MS), Crustal Seismicity of the Upper Cook Inlet Region, Alaska
Enayat Kalantarian, (PhD, ESE program), Using Spectral Analysis of Surface
Waves to Locate the Shallow (< 5 m) Water Table at Sites Around El Paso
Salma Khatun, (MS), Modeling Precision Gravity Data to Locate Faults Within the
Mesilla Bolson, West Texas
Leandro Trevino, (PhD), Studies of the 1995 Waitangi Day, Outer Rise
Earthquakes, Offshore of Northeastern New Zealand
Tom VanDemark, (undergraduate), Forensic Seismology Studies of Libyan
Earthquakes
Katy Wiest, (MS), Source Parameter Studies of Historical Earthquakes of the
Pacific Northwest
Recently Graduated Students:
Dowchu Drukpa, MS, Fall 2002, Seismotectonic Studies of Bhutan
Cindy Gillespie, PhD, Fall 2002, (co-chair w/ Dr. Keller) Studies of the Structure
of Basins Within the Rio Grande Rift
Jaime Hincapie, MS, Summer 2001, Stress Modeling of Earthquakes in the Buller
Region, New Zealand
Ekal Imana, PhD, Spring 2003, (co-chair w/ Dr. Langford) Gravity Studies of the
Mesilla Bolson Region
Austin Holland, MS, Spring 2002, Seismicity of the Salton Sea Geothermal Area
Christina Rodriguez, MS, Fall 2001, Relocation of Seismicity in Southwestern
Puerto Rico
Jounada Ouiety, MS, Fall 2002, (co-chair w/ Dr. Keller) Gravity Studies of the
Marfa Basin Region, West Texas
Facilities:
Laboratory for Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (includes 400+ Texan
seismographs, ground penetrating radar unit with 4 antennas, magnetometer,
precision gravimeter, EM31 ground conductivity meter, slim hole logging tools, 24
channel seismic refraction/reflection unit, DC resistivity meter and GPS and
surveying equipment)
Kidd Memorial Seismic Observatory
Operates short period, long period and broadband seismometers within a
seismograph vault on the UTEP campus
Recent Collaborators:
Drs. Terry Webb and Russell Robinson, Inst. Of Geol. and Nucl. Sciences, Lower
Hutt, New Zealand
Dr. Natalia Ratchkovski, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Dr. Peter Haeussler, US Geological Survey, Anchorage
James Zollweg, Boise State University