Prof. Kim Blisniuk
at SJSU
Department of Geology
News!!
11/2022: Steady Long-Term Slip Rate on the Blue Cut Fault: Implications for Strain Transfer Between the San Andreas Fault and Eastern California Shear Zone is published in Geophysical Research Letters! Download it here: GRL Blue Cut Fault slip rate paper
9/2022: Temblor article on the Rodger's Creek Fault is published for the public, https://temblor.net/earthquake-insights/rodgers-creek-fault-shakes-bay-area-not-for-the-first-time-14424/
9/2022: Kim becomes a Kavli Science Fellow! Attends the Frontiers of Science Symposium, http://www.nasonline.org/programs/kavli-frontiers-of-science/past-symposia/2022-jagfos.html
8/2022: Congrats to Ali Walker, she just completed her thesis on the Rodgers Creek Fault, way to go!
4/2022: Congrats to Jesse Waco, he just won SJSU's 2021-22 Outstanding Thesis Award, you make us all so proud!
3/2022: Congrats to Simone Yaeger, she just received a 2022-23 SJSU Research and Innovation Student RSCA Fellowship and a Summer Internship with the USGS!!
11/2021: The transport history of alluvial fan sediment inferred from multiple geochronometers, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, published
3/2021: Southern San Andreas fault paper, published in Science Advances, receives worldwide media coverage!
Mercury News: https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/17/new-san-andreas-fault-research-might-change-how-damage-shakes-out/
SJSU Transform Magazine: https://www.sjsu.edu/transform/spartan-spotlight/kim-blisniuk.php
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HELLO!
I am a field geologist and geochronologist interested in landscape evolution, earthquake geology, and tectonic reconstructions of dynamic processes in the upper crust. I am particularly interested in how crustal deformation at depth and changes in Earth’s climate are archived on Earth’s surface, as this information is critical for understanding regional climate and tectonics. My research implements a variety of field and laboratory tools aimed at characterizing and quantifying rates of active landscape processes. These tools include geochronology (specifically terrestrial cosmogenic radionuclides and U-series dating), structural and geomorphic mapping, the analysis of high-resolution topography data, GIS, Lidar acquisition and analysis and the application of mechanical models to simulate the behavior of the structures observed in the field.
Virtual Field Trips:
Streetcar to Subduction is launched for AGU's Centennial in San Francisco, learn more here: https://www.agu.org/learn-and-develop/learn/streetcar2subduction/streetcar2subduction
Early Career Award:
If you are interested in pursuing graduate work in Active Tectonics, please contact me at kimberly.blisniuk@sjsu.edu. I'm always looking for motivated and enthusiastic students.
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SJSU Geology Department homepage: http://www.sjsu.edu/geology/index.html