Jamie Farrell
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Utah
M.S., University of Utah, 2007
B.S., Utah State University, 2001

Department of Geology and Geophysics
University of Utah
135 South 1460 East, Room 706
Salt Lake City, UT 84112

Phone: (801) 581-7856
Fax: (801) 581-7065 (departmental office)
Email: farrell@earth.utah.edu
Research group's web page:
Seismology and Active Tectonics Research Group

Research Interests
Space-time characteristics of earthquakes, Seismic Hazard calculations, seismic imaging of crustal structure, stress interactions between volcanic and tectonic regimes.

My current research has focused primarily on 1) modelling the interaction between the volcanic system at Yellowstone with the surrounding large normal faults including the Hebgen Lake fault, site of the 1959 Ms 7.5 Hebgen Lake earthquake and 2) local earthquake tomography of the upper crust of Yellowstone.

Publications

• Farrell, J., S. Husen, and R. B. Smith, Space-time seismicity of the Yellowstone Volcanic System, 1984-2006, in preparation.

• White, B. J. P., R. B. Smith, S. Husen, J. Farrell, and I. Wong, Seismicity and Earthquake Hazard Analysis of the Teton-Yellowstone Region, Wyoming, submitted to JVGR.

• Smith, R. B., M. Jordan, B. Steinberger, C. M. Puskas, J. Farrell, G. P. Waite, S. Husen, W. L. Chang, and R. O'Connell, Geodynamics of the Yellowstone Hotspot and Mantle Plume: Seismic and GPS Imaging, Kinematics, Mantle Flow, submitted to JVGR.

2. Chang, W. L., R. B. Smith, C. Wicks, J. Farrell, and C. M. Puskas (2007), Accelerated uplift and magma intrusion of the Yellowstone caldera, 2004-2006, Science, 318, no. 5852, 952-956.

1. Velasco, A. A., C. J. Ammon, J. Farrell, and K. Pankow (2004), Rupture directivity of the 3 November 2002 Denali fault earthquake determined from surface waves, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, no. 6B, S293-S299.