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Research Interests
Professor Stein’s research focuses on investigating plate boundary processes and deformation within the lithosphere using a range of techniques including seismology, space-based geodesy, and marine geophysics. At present, one major effort focuses on the evolution of North America's Midcontinent rift and of rifting processes worldwide. Another looks at a variety of topics dealing with earthquake hazard mitigation science and policy, including the fact that commonly used earthquake hazard mapping methods sometimes fail to predict what happens in large destructive earthquakes. Prof. Stein and colleagues are exploring how to assess how well these maps work, what causes the large uncertainties involved, and how to do better. Other topics include ongoing or past studies of earthquakes and earthquake zones that give insight into tectonic processes. These include the New Madrid seismic zone, the 2011 Virginia earthquake, the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in India, the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, 2011 Tohoku earthquake, and the Andes. Some studies, focusing on the thermal evolution of oceanic lithosphere, are cooperative projects with his wife Carol, who is on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Geophysics, PhD, California Institute of Technology
… → 1978
Geophysics, MS, California Institute of Technology
… → 1977
Earth and Planetary Sciences, BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
… → 1975
Research interests keywords
- Earthquake hazard mapping
- North America's midcontinent rift
- Tectonic processes
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Grants
- 13 Finished
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IPA Agreement
Stein, S. A. (PD/PI)
United States Geological Survey
7/15/21 → 9/30/21
Project: Research project
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Probabalistic Seismic Hazard Map testing in Nepal: A cooperative agreement between the USGS and Northwestern University
Stein, S. A. (PD/PI)
United States Geological Survey
9/24/19 → 7/31/22
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Evolution of the Midcontinent Rift as a Rift/Lip Hybrid
Stein, S. A. (PD/PI)
6/1/16 → 5/31/19
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Geophysical Investigation of the Mid-Continent Rift System
Stein, S. A. (PD/PI) & van der Lee, S. (Co-PD/PI)
10/1/12 → 9/30/16
Project: Research project
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Participant Support Costs for CMG Workshop on the Formulation of a Multi-Institutional Semi-Virtual Math-Geo Institute in Chicago
Stein, S. A. (PD/PI)
10/1/10 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
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A More Realistic Earthquake Probability Model Using Long-Term Fault Memory
Neely, J. S., Salditch, L., Spencer, B. D. & Stein, S., Apr 2023, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 113, 2, p. 843-855 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations -
Joint Inversion of SPREE Receiver Functions and Surface Wave Dispersion Curves for 3-D Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure Beneath the U.S. Midcontinent Rift
Aleqabi, G. I., Wysession, M. E., Wiens, D. A., Shen, W., Van der Lee, S., Darbyshire, F. A., Frederiksen, A. W., Stein, S., Jurdy, D. & Revenaugh, J., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 128, 12, e2023JB026771.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
A study on the effect of site response on California seismic hazard map assessment
Gallahue, M. M., Salditch, L., Lucas, M. C., Neely, J., Stein, S., Abrahamson, N., Williams, T. & Hough, S. E., Sep 26 2022, In: Frontiers in Earth Science. 10, 931340.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Consistency of Non-Double-Couple Components of Seismic Moment Tensors with Earthquake Magnitude and Mechanism
Rösler, B. & Stein, S., May 2022, In: Seismological Research Letters. 93, 3, p. 1510-1523 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
11 Scopus citations -
Constraining the isotopic endmembers contributing to 1.1 Ga Keweenawan large igneous province magmatism
Rooney, T. O., Konter, J. G., Finlayson, V. A., LaVigne, A., Brown, E. L., Stein, C. A., Stein, S. & Moucha, R., Apr 2022, In: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 177, 4, 49.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Scopus citations
Datasets
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Geochemical, petrographic, and stratigraphic analyses of the Portage Lake Volcanics of the Keweenawan CFBP: implications for the evolution of main stage volcanism in Continental Flood Basalt Provinces
Davis, W. R. (Creator), Collins, M. A. (Contributor), Rooney, T. O. (Contributor), Brown, E. L. (Contributor), Stein, C. A. (Contributor), Stein, S. (Contributor) & Moucha, R. (Contributor), Geological Society of London, 2021
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5424758.v2, https://geolsoc.figshare.com/collections/Geochemical_petrographic_and_stratigraphic_analyses_of_the_Portage_Lake_Volcanics_of_the_Keweenawan_CFBP_implications_for_the_evolution_of_main_stage_volcanism_in_Continental_Flood_Basalt_Provinces/5424758/2
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Data for: The 1952 Kern County, California Earthquake: A Case Study of Issues in the Analysis of Historical Intensity Data for Estimation of Source Parameters
Salditch, L. (Creator), Hough, S. E. (Contributor), Stein, S. (Contributor), Spencer, B. D. (Contributor), Brooks, E. M. (Contributor), Neely, J. S. (Contributor) & Lucas, M. C. (Contributor), Mendeley Data, Sep 13 2018
DOI: 10.17632/jj62xpjv8x.1, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/jj62xpjv8x
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