*I am actively recruiting PhD students for all of these projects, so if any or all of these interest you, please contact me at dolan@usc.edu
- Documentation and analysis of incremental fault slip rates from the major strike-slip faults (San Andreas, San Jacinto, Elsinore, and Garlock faults) that comprise the plate-boundary fault system in southern California – Towards a system-level understanding the collective behavior of the mechanically complementary faults in the Pacific-North America plate boundary
- Analysis and modeling of the relationship between constancy (or lack thereof) of elastic strain accumulation and release rates on continental faults as a function of observable fault parameters, such the structural maturity and complexity of major strike-slip fault around the world, and the use of such data in updated probabilistic seismic hazard assessment
- How is surface deformation in large-magnitude earthquakes made manifest in the landscape? Analysis of high-resolution digital landscape data and implications of for the structural evolution of faults and the predictability of future ground-deformation hazards
- The structural evolution, geomorphic manifestation, and seismic hazards of blind thrust faults and their associated folds.