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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.
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
- Earthquake hazard mapping
- North America's midcontinent rift
- Tectonic processes
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Grants
- 10 Finished
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Probabalistic Seismic Hazard Map testing in Nepal: A cooperative agreement between the USGS and Northwestern University
United States Geological Survey
9/24/19 → 9/30/20
Project: Research project
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Collaborative Research: Evolution of the Midcontinent Rift as a Rift/Lip Hybrid
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. & van der Lee, S.
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
10/1/10 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
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CMG Workshop on the Formulation of a Multi-Institutional Semi-Virtual Math-Geo Institute in Chicago
10/1/10 → 12/31/15
Project: Research project
Research Output
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A compilation of igneous rock volumes at volcanic passive continental margins from interpreted seismic profiles
Gallahue, M. M., Stein, S., Stein, C. A., Jurdy, D., Barklage, M. & Rooney, T. O., Dec 2020, In: Marine and Petroleum Geology. 122, 104635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
California Historical Intensity Mapping Project (CHIMP): A consistently reinterpreted dataset of seismic intensities for the past 162 Yr and implications for seismic hazard maps
Salditch, L., Gallahue, M. M., Lucas, M. C., Neely, J. S., Hough, S. E. & Stein, S., Sep 2020, In: Seismological Research Letters. 91, 5, p. 2631-2650 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Earthquake supercycles and Long-Term Fault Memory
Salditch, L., Stein, S., Neely, J., Spencer, B. D., Brooks, E. M., Agnon, A. & Liu, M., Jan 5 2020, In: Tectonophysics. 774, 228289.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
9 Scopus citations -
Large uncertainties in earthquake stress-drop estimates and their tectonic consequences
Neely, J. S., Stein, S. & Spencer, B. D., Jul 1 2020, In: Seismological Research Letters. 91, 4, p. 2320-2329 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Neoproterozoic sedimentation and tectonics of the Laurentian midcontinent: Detrital zircon provenance of the Jacobsville Sandstone, Lake Superior Basin, USA and Canada
Malone, D. H., Stein, C. A., Craddock, J. P., Stein, S. & Malone, J. E., Dec 2020, In: Terra Nova. 32, 6, p. 442-449 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review