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KENT, GRAHAM

Research Geophysicist/

Director, SIO Visualization Center

Degrees:

• B.S., San Diego State University
• Ph.D., UCSD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Research Interests:

• Reflection Seismology
• Mid-ocean ridge processes
• Immersive visualization
• Rifted margins
• Walker Lane tectonics
• Paleoseismology

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO162: Structural Geology
• SIO233: Intro to Computing at SIO

Honors and Awards:

• Valedictorian, San Diego State University, Class of 1985.
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Post Doctoral Scholar, 1992-94.
• NASA Astronaut Candidate Finalist, 1995.
• Wall of Fame, South Tahoe High School, 2007.

Mentoring:

• Brothers, Danny (Graduate; 2006-2009)
• Jacobs, Allison (Graduate; 2003-2007)
• Dingler, Jeffrey (Graduate; 2001-2007)
• Sutherland, Fiona (Graduate; 1999-2006)
• Hallenborg, Eric (Graduate; 1998-2004)

Selected Publications:

2008, Jacobs, A. M., D. Kilb and G. Kent, 3-D interdisciplinary visualization: Tools for scientific analysis and communication, Seis. Res. Lett., pp. 867-876, 79, doi:10.1785/gssrl.79.6.867.

2008, Carbotte, S. M., M. R. Nedimovic, J. P. Canales, G. M. Kent, A. J. Harding, M. Marjanovic, Variable crustal structure along the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Influence of on-axis hot spots and absolute plate motions, G3, pp. 1-23, 9(8), doi:10.1029/2007GC001922.

2008, Morgan, C. W., G. M. Kent, G. G. Seitz, and M. Novak, Glacio-lacustrine stratigraphy, aquifer characterization and contaminant transport: a case study in South Lake Tahoe, California, Hydrogeology Journal, pp. 981-994,16(5), doi: 10.1007/s10040-008-0299-9.

2007, Lizarralde, D., G. J. Axen, H. E. Brown, J. M. Fletcher, A. Gonzalez-Fernadez, A. J. Harding, W. S. Holbrook, G. M. Kent, P. Paramo, F. Sutherland and P. J. Umhoefer, Variations in styles of rifting in the Gulf of California, Nature, 466-469, doi:10.1038/nature06035.

2006, Carbotte, S. M., R. S. Detrick, A. Harding, J. P. Canales, J. Babcock, G. Kent, E. Van Ark, M. Nedimovic, J. Diebold, Rift topography linked to magmatism at the intermediate spreading Juan de Fuca Ridge, Geology, 34, 209-212, doi:10.113/G21969.

2006, Singh, S. C., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, M. C. Sinha, V. Combier, S. Bazin, C. H. Tong, J. W. Pye, P. J. Barton, R. W. Hobbs, R. S. White, and J. A. Orcutt, Seismic reflection images of the Moho underlying melt sills at the East Pacific Rise, Nature, 442, 287-290, doi:10.1038/nature04939.

2005, Kent, G. M., J. A. Babcock, N. W. Driscoll, A. J. Harding, G. G. Seitz, J. A. Dingler, J. V. Gardner, C. R. Goldman, A. C. Heyvaert, P. Gayes, R. Karlin, L. A. Mayer, C. W. Morgan, L. A. Owen, R. C. Richards, “A 60 k.y. record of extension across the western boundary of the Basin and Range Province: Estimate of slip rates from offset shoreline terraces and a catastrophic slide beneath Lake Tahoe”, Geology, 33, 365-368.

2003, Bazin, S., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, J. A. Orcutt, S. C. Singh, C. H. Tong, J. W. Pye, P. J. Barton, M. C. Sinha, R. S. White, R. W. Hobbs, and H. J. A. Van Avendonk, A three-dimensional study of a crustal low velocity region beneath the 9°03’N overlapping spreading center, Geo. Phys. Res. Lett., 30, (11) 14.

2002, Hallenborg, E., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, and D. S. Wilson, “Seismic structure of 15 Ma oceanic crust formed at an ultra-fast spreading East Pacific Rise: Evidence for kilometer-scale fracturing from dipping reflectors”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, EPM(11) 1-22.

2002, Hussenoeder, S. A., R. S. Detrick, G. M. Kent, H. Schouten, and A. J. Harding, “Fine-scale seismic structure of young upper crust at 17°20’S on the fast spreading East Pacific Rise”, J. Geophys Res., 107, EPM(2) 1-29.

2002, Korenaga, J., W. S. Holbrook, G. M. Kent, P. B. Kelemen, R. S. Detrick, H.-C. Larsen, J. R. Hopper, and T. Dahl-Jensen, “Crustal structure of the Southeast Greenland margin from joint refraction and reflection seismic tomography, J. Geophys Res., 105, 21,591-21,614.

2001, Bazin, S., Harding, A. J., Kent, G. M., Orcutt, J. A., Tong, C.H., Pye, J. W., Singh, S. C., Barton, P. J., Sinha, M. C., White, R. S., Hobbs, R. W., Van Avendonk, H. J. A., Three-dimensional shallow crustal emplacement at the 9°03'N overlapping spreading center on the East Pacific Rise: Correlations between magnetization and tomographic images, J. Geophys. Res. 106 , 16,101-16,118.

2000, Kent, G. M., Singh, S. C., Harding, A. J., Sinha, M. C., Orcutt, J. A., Barton, P. J., White, R. S., Bazin, S., Hobbs, R. W., Tong, C. H., and Pye, J. W., Evidence from three-dimensional seismic reflectivity images for enhanced melt supply beneath mid-ocean-ridge discontinuities, Nature, 614-618, 406.

1999, Singh, S. C., J. S. Collier, A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, and J. A. Orcutt, “Seismic evidence for a hydrothermal layer above the solid roof of the axial magma chamber at the southern East Pacific Rise”, Geology, 27, 219-222.

1998, Singh, S. C., G. M. Kent, J. S. Collier, A. J. Harding, and J. A. Orcutt, “Melt to mush variations in crustal magma properties along the ridge crest at the southern East Pacific Rise”, Nature, 394, 874-878.

1997, Kent, G. M., R. S. Detrick, S. A. Swift, J. A. Collins, and I. I. Kim, “Evidence from Hole 504B for the origin of dipping events in oceanic crustal reflection profiles as out-of-plane scattering from basement topography”, Geology, 25, 131-134.

1996, Kent, G. M., S. A. Swift, R. S. Detrick, J. A. Collins, and R. A. Stephen, “Evidence for active normal faulting on 5.9 Ma crust near Hole 504B on the southern flank of the Costa Rica rift”, Geology, 24, 83-86.

1996, Kent, G. M., I. I. Kim, A. J. Harding, R. S. Detrick, and J. A. Orcutt, “Suppression of sea-floor-scattered energy using a dip-moveout approach—Application to the mid-ocean ridge environment”, Geophysics, 61, 821-834.

1994, Kent, G. M., A. J. Harding, J. A. Orcutt, R. S. Detrick, J. C. Mutter, and P. Buhl, “Uniform accretion of oceanic crust south of the Garrett transform at 14°15’S on the East Pacific Rise”, J. Geophys Res., 99, 9097-9116.

1993, Harding, A. J., G. M. Kent, and J. A. Orcutt, “A multichannel seismic investigation of upper crustal structure at 9°N on the East Pacific Rise: Implications for crustal accretion”, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 13,925-13,944.

1993, Detrick, R. S., A. J. Harding, G. M. Kent, J. A. Orcutt, J. C. Mutter, and P. Buhl, “Seismic Structure of the Southern East Pacific Rise”, Science, 259, 499-503.

1990, Kent, G. M., A. J. Harding, and J. A. Orcutt, “Evidence for a smaller magma chamber beneath the East Pacific Rise at 9°30’N”, Nature, 344, 650-653.