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Member Since 1992
David W S Eaton
Professor, University of Calgary
Member, Seismology Fellows Committee
Professor David Eaton is a seismologist who held the NSERC/Chevron Industrial Research Chair in Microseismic System Dynamics in the Department of Earth, Energy & Environment at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on induced earthquakes and the lithosphere-asthenosphere boundary beneath continents. His work has been recognized by the 2020 J. Tuzo Wilson medal from the Canadian Geophysical Union, a Killam Annual Professorship and a 2019 NSERC Synergy Award for Innovation.
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University of Calgary
Professor
2007 - Present
University of Calgary
NSERC/Chevron Industrial Research Chair
2015 - 2020
University of Calgary
Head, Department of Geoscience
2007 - 2012
University of Western Ontario
Professor
1997 - 2007
Geological Survey of Canada Ottawa
Research Scientist
1993 - 1997
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Education
University of Calgary
Doctorate
1992
David's AGU Research
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Temporal Smoothing and Hysteresis in Fluid-Induced Seismicity: Insights From Numerical and Analytical Studies in the Peace River Region, Alberta, Canada
ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING AND MITIGATING INDUCED SEISMICITY IN GEOENERGY SYSTEMS IV ORAL
seismology | 19 december 2025
Leveraging the International Geological Congress 2028 to Promote Indigenous Geoscience, Business, Culture, and Education
INDIGENOUS SCIENCE TO ACTION: TRANSFORMING GEOSCIENCE THROUGH INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT WITH INDIGENOUS PEOPLES I POSTER
science and society | 17 december 2025
Connecting Geoscience with the Public for the International Geological Congress 2028 (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
WE NEED A HERO! WE NEED EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE PUBLIC! ORAL
union sessions | 15 december 2025
Distributed Acoustic Sensing in Borehole Geophysics
AGU BOOK SERIES
09 december 2024
Separating Hydraulic Fracturing Microseismicity From Induced Seismicity by Bayesian Inference of Non‐Linear Pressure Diffusivity
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
26 july 2023
DAS Signatures of Aseismic Slip During Hydraulic Fracturing: Field Observations and Modeling
HOW DO EARTHQUAKES START? I ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
seismology | 16 december 2022
Extended Finite Element Analysis of Injection-induced Seismicity on a Rate-and-State Fault
FROM ROCK PHYSICS TO EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS: INSIGHTS FROM THE FIELD, THE LAB, AND IN BETWEEN I ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2022
Spatiotemporal Clustering of Seismicity in the Kiskatinaw Seismic Monitoring and Mitigation Area
INDUCED AND TRIGGERED EARTHQUAKES: THEORY, OBSERVATIONS, IMPACT V ONLINE POSTER DISCUSSION
seismology | 15 december 2022
Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Member
Seismology Fellows Committee
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2024