Faculty Associates

John Shaw

Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology; Department Chair, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

 
Office: Geological Museum 215
Assistant: Elizabeth Busky
Email: shaw@eps.harvard.edu
Web:  http://structure.harvard.edu/

Research Interests: 

Structure of the earth's crust; active faulting and folding; earthquake hazards assessment; petroleum exploration methods; remote sensing.

Related Publications: 

Seismically active wedge structure beneath the Coalinga anticline, San Joaquin basin, California. (2006)

Investigation of growth fault-bend folding using discrete element modeling: implications for signatures of active folding above blind-thrust faults. (2006)

Structural styles in deepwater foldand- thrust belts of the Niger Delta. (2005)

Seismic interpretation of contractional fault-related folds: An AAPG seismic atlas. (2005)

Faculty Department: 

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Environmental Courses: 

Earth and Planetary Sciences 109. Earth Resources and the Environment
GENED 1085. Energy Resources and the Environment
[Earth and Planetary Sciences 272. Topics in Structural Geology]
Earth and Planetary Sciences 171. Structural Geology and Tectonics

Research Areas: 

Harvard University
Center for the Environment
Address: 26 Oxford Street, 4th Floor, Cambridge
Email: huce@environment.harvard.edu
Phone: (617) 495-0368

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