Lindsay Lowe Worthington
Curriculum Vitae - May 2011
Contact
Texas A&M University
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Halbouty Bldg, MS 3115
College Station, TX 77840
Phone: (512) 779-4565
Email: l.worthington@tamu.edu
Education
Ph.D., Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
December 2010
Structural Evolution and Geodynamic Processes in the Gulf of Alaska
Advisor: Sean Gulick
Committee: Harm van Avendonk, Terry Pavlis, Brian Horton, Luc Lavier, Mark Cloos
B.A., Geophysics, University of California at Berkeley
Advisor: Doug Dreger
May 2004
Research Positions and Experience
Post-doctoral Research Associate
1/2011Texas A&M University
Advisor: Kate Miller
Joint active-passive seismic experiment across the Bighorns Arch in northern Wyoming
Graduate Research Assistant
2005-2010
Institute for Geophysics, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Supervisors: Sean Gulick, Harm van Avendonk
NSF-Continental Dynamics STEEP (St. Elias Erosion and Tectonics Project)
Incorporation of seismic reflection and refraction data to constrain crustal structure and
extent of deformation within the leading edge of the Yakutat microplate, offshore
southeast Alaska
Research Assistant
8/2004-5/2005
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Supervisor: Bill Walter
Seismic waveform modeling and discrimination analysis of explosive source earthquakes
in South Africa
Research Assistant
4/2003-8/2003
Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Supervisors: Doug Dreger, Chi Wang
Frequency spectrum analysis and correlation of earthquake aftershock data to
groundwater anomalies during the 1999 Chi Chi earthquake, Taiwan
Field Experience
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, co-leader
Summer 2010
Bighorn Arch Seismic Experiment (NSF-Earthscope)
Co-led active-source seismic acquisition, coordinated 50 volunteers in installation
of 1800 seismometers over two days, trained volunteers in station installation and
GPS navigation
Bighorn Mountains, WY, USA
Watch-stander, graduate research assistant
Fall 2008
St. Elias Erosion and Tectonics Project (NSF-Continental Dynamics)
Assisted in survey planning, seismic reflection acquisition, deployment and
recovery of ocean bottom seismometers
R/V Marcus Langseth
Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer
Research Applications for Active-Source Seismic Techniques
Introduction to Geophysics
Texas A&M University
4/2011
Guest Lecturer
4/2010 and 4/2009
The Right Tool for the Job: Research Applications in Marine Geophysics
Tectonics II: Marine Tectonics
University of Texas
GK-12 Graduate Teaching Fellow
Sponsored by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office
Blanton Elementary School 4th Grade
Austin, TX
Spring 2009
Instructor
University of Texas High School Outreach Program
GEOForce 10th Grade Young Geoscientist Field Course
South Padre Island, TX
Summer 2009
Teaching Assistant
Spring 2008
Introduction to Geophysics (Instructor: Clark Wilson)
University of Texas
Named Outstanding Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geological Sciences
Teaching Assistant
Sustaining a Planet (Instructor: Jay Banner)
University of Texas
Fall 2007
Assistant Instructor
University of Texas High School Outreach Program
GEOForce 9th Grade Academy
Washington, DC
Summer 2007
Scholarships and Awards
 Gail White Fellowship
UT Institute for Geophysics
 GK-12 Teaching Fellowship
Texas State Energy Conservation Office
 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
UT Jackson School of Geosciences
 Chevron Scholarship
 Gale White Fellowship
UT Institute for Geophysics
 Bloomer Fellowship for Motivated Students
UT Jackson School of Geosciences
Spring 2010
Spring 2009
Spring 2008
Spring 2006
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Publications
Worthington, Lindsay L., Gulick, S.P.S., van Avendonk, H.J., Christeson, G.L., Pavlis,
T.L, in review, Crustal structure of the Yakutat Terrane: New constraints for
understanding the evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska, submitted to
Journal of Geophysical Research
Chapman, James B., Worthington, L.L., Pavlis, T.L., Bruhn, R.L., Gulick, S.P.S., in
review, The Suckling Hills Fault, Kayak Island Zone, and Accretion of the Yakutat
Microplate, Alaska, submitted to Tectonics
Chapman, James B., Pavlis, T.L., Bruhn, R.L., Worthington, L.L., Gulick, S.P.S.,
Berger, A.L., in review, Structural relationships in the eastern syntaxis of the St. Elias
orogen, Alaska, submitted to Geosphere
Reece, Robert S., Gulick, S.P., Horton, B.K., Christeson, G.L., Worthington, L.L., in
press, Tectonic and climatic influence on the evolution of the Surveyor Fan and Channel
system, Gulf of Alaska, Geosphere
Worthington, Lindsay L., Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., 2010, Coupled Structural and
Stratigraphic Evolution of a Glaciated Orogenic Wedge, offshore St. Elias Mountains,
Alaska, Tectonics 29, TC6013, doi: 10.1029/2010TC002723
Christeson, Gail L., Gulick S.P., van Avendonk, H.J, Worthington, Lindsay L., Reece,
R.S., Pavlis, T.L., 2010, The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness across
the Transition fault, Alaska, Geology 38(10), p. 895-898, doi: 10.1130/G31170.1
Worthington, Lindsay L., Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., 2008, Localized deformation
zones in the offshore leading edge of the Yakutat microplate, Gulf of Alaska, AGU
Monograph 179: Active Tectonics and Seismic Potential of Alaska
Chapman, James B., Pavlis, T.L., Gulick, S.P., Berger, A.L., Lowe, Lindsay A., Spotila,
J., Bruhn, R., Vorkink, M., Koons, P., Barker, A., Picornell, C., Ridgway, K., Hallet, B.,
Jaeger, J., McCalpin, J., 2008, The Yakutat terrane: Dramatic change in crustal thickness
across the Transition fault, Alaska, AGU Monograph 179: Active Tectonics and Seismic
Potential of Alaska,
Berger, Aaron L., Gulick, S.P.S., Spotila, J.A., Upton, P., Jaeger, J.M., Chapman, J.B.,
Worthington, Lindsay L., Pavlis, T.L., Ridgway, K.D., Willems, B.A., McAleer, R.J.,
2008, Quaternary tectonic response to intensified glacial erosion in an orogenic wedge,
Nature Geoscience 1, p. 793-799, doi:10.1038/ngeo334
Gulick, Sean P. S., Lowe, Lindsay L., Pavlis, T., Mayer, L., 2007, Gardner, J., 2007,
Geophysical insights into the Transition fault debate: Propagating strike-slip in response
to stalling Yakutat block subduction in the Gulf of Alaska, Geology 35(8), p. 763-766;
doi: 10.1130/G23585A.
Conference Presentations and Abstracts
(*denotes undergraduate trainee)
Worthington, Lindsay L., van Avendonk, H.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Christeson, G.L., Pavlis,
T.L., Crustal Structure of the Yakutat microplate: New constraints for understanding the
evolution of subduction and collision in southern Alaska, contributed talk, American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, Abstract # T12C-04
*Terbush, B.R., Worthington, Lindsay L., Miller, K.C., Erslev, E., Anderson, M.L.,
Siddoway, C.S., Preliminary Results of the Active Source Portion of the Bighorns Array
Seismic Experiment (BASE), North-Central Wyoming, USA, contributed poster, American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, Abstract # T51C-2070
O’Rourke, C.T., Sheehan, A.F., Yang, Z., Harder, S.H., Miller, K.C., Worthington, L.L.,
Implementing Dense Array of Single-Channel Seismic Recorders to Detect Global
Telesisms, contributed poster, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, Abstract
# T51C-2074
Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., Bruhn, R.L., Christeson, G.L., Freymueller, J.T., Hansen,
R.A., Koons, P.O., Pavlis, G.L., Roeske, S., Reece, R.S., van Avendonk, H.J.,
Worthington, L.L., Flat-slab subduction, whole crustal faulting, and geohazards in
Alaska: Targets for EarthScope, invited talk, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
2010, Abstract # G14A-02
Harder, S.H., Miller, K.C., Worthington, L.L., Snelson, C.M., Bighorns Arch Seismic
Experiment (BASE): Amplitude Response to Different Seismic Charge Configurations,
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, Abstract # S43B-2069
Miller, K.C., Erslev, E., Sheehan, A.F., Anderson, M.L., Siddoway, C.S., Harder, S.H.,
Worthington, L.L., Yeck, W.L., Shulte-Pelkum, V., Aydinian, K., Genesis of BasementCored Foreland Arches: Insights from the EarthScope Bighorns Project, American
Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, Abstract # T42C-08
Worthington, L.L., Christeson, G.L., van Avendonk, H.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Crustal
Structure of the Yakutat Microplate: New Parameters for Understanding the Evolution of
the Chugach-St. Elias Orogeny, contributed talk, American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting 2009, Abstract # T53F-03
Reece, R.S., Gulick, S.P.S., Christeson, G.L., Worthington, L.L., Intraplate shearing
and basin deformation in the Pacific Plate as a result of the Yakutat Block collision with
North America, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2009, Abstract # T33C-1924
Berger, A.L., Gulick, S.P.S., Spotila, J.A., Worthington, L.L., Upton, P., Jaeger, J.M.,
Pavlis, T.L., Orogenic Response to Augmented Erosion Associated with Northern
Hemisphere Glaciation: The St. Elias Orogen of Alaska, American Geophysical Union,
Fall Meeting 2009, Abstract # G53B-0675
Worthington, Lindsay L., Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., Christeson, G.L., Reece, R.S.,
Structural Evolution of the Submarine Pamplona Zone Fold-Thrust Belt, St. Elias Orogen,
Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting 2009, Paper No. 108-19
Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., Christeson, G.L., Jaeger, J.M., Ridgway, K.D., Worthington,
L.L., Reece, R.S., Horton, B.K., Marine Records of Flat Slab Subduction Influenced by
Temperate Glaciation in the St. Elias Orogen, Gulf of Alaska, Geological Society of
America, Annual Meeting 2009, Paper No. 108-17
Christeson, G.L., van Avendonk, H.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Worthington, L.L., Pavlis, T.L.,
Crustal Structure of the Yakutat Block: Constraints from STEEP Wide-Angle Seismic
Data, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting 2009, Paper No. 108-18
Reece, R.S., Gulick, S.P.S., Jaeger, J.M., Christeson, G.L., Worthington, L.L., Pavlis,
T.L., Erosion and Deposition by Cross-Shelf Glacial Advance as a Mechanism for
Channel Inception in the Surveyor Fan, Gulf of Alaska, Geological Society of America,
Annual Meeting 2009, Paper No. 108-20
Lowe (Worthington), L.A., Gulick, G.L., Christeson, G.L., van Avendonk, H.J., Reece,
R.S., Elmore, R., Pavlis, T.L., Crustal Structure and Deformation of the Yakutat
Microplate: New Insights From STEEP Marine Seismic Reflection Data, contributed
poster, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, Abstract # T53B-1941
Christeson, G.L., van Avendonk, H.J., Gulick, S.P.S., Worthington, L.L., Pavlis, T.L.,
Crustal Structure of the Yakutat Microplate: Constraints from STEEP wide-angle Seismic
Data, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2008, Abstract # T53B-1942
Worthington, Lindsay L., Gulick, S.P.S., Pavlis, T.L., Temporal and Spatial Shifts in
Deformation Pattern of a Glacially Impacted Submarine Fold-Thrust Belt, Northern Gulf
of Alaska, contributed talk, Geological Society of America, Annual Meeting 2008, Paper
No. 320-6
Pavlis, T.L., Chapman, J.B., Berger, A.L., Spotila, J.A., Enkelmann, E., Bruhn, R.L.,
Ridgeway, K.D., Worthington, L.L., Active Tectonics of An Onshore-Offshore FoldThrust Belt Undergoing Intense Mass Redistribution by Erosion and Deposition: Initial
Results from the St. Elias Erosion and Tectonics Project (STEEP), Society of America,
Annual Meeting 2008, Paper No. 320-4
Lowe, Lindsay A., Gulick, S. P.S., Pavlis, T., Bruhn, R., Mann, P., Localized
deformation zones in the offshore leading edge of the Yakutat microplate, Gulf of Alaska,
contributed poster, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2006, Abstract # T23B0492
Gulick, S.P.S., Jaeger, J.M., Willems, B., Powell, R.D., Lowe, L.A., Glacial climate
driven sedimentation overwhelms tectonics in the battle for control of margin
architecture: Southeast Alaska, St. Elias Orogeny, American Geophysical Union, Fall
Meeting 2006, Abstract # T42B-05
Ruppert, N.A., Hansen, R.A., Estes, S.A., LaFevers, M., Sandru, J., Fowler, M., Pavlis,
G., Bauer, M., Growden, M.A., Lowe, L., Seismic Component of the STEEP Project,
Alaska: Results of the Second Field Season, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
2006, Abstract # S11A-0192
Lowe, Lindsay A., Gulick, S. P.S., Mann, P., Pavlis, T., Freymueller, J.T., Seismicity
Patterns and High Resolution Bathymetry Define Active Structures on Yakutat
Microplate Continental Shelf and Slope, contributed poster, Geological Society of
America Backbone of the Americas Conference, Mendoza, Argentina, 2006
Lowe, Lindsay A., Gulick, Sean P.S., Mann, Paul, Pavlis, Terry, Seismicity Patterns and
High Resolution Bathymetry Constrain Extent of Deformation in Yakutat Microplate’s
Leading Edge, invited poster, AGU Chapman Conference on Active Tectonics and
Seismic Potential of Alaska, Girdwood, AK, 2006
Miscellaneous
Judge
2011
Geology and Geophysics Student Research Symposium
Texas A&M University
Student-Faculty Liaison
Graduate Student Executive Committee
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Texas
2006-2007