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Member Since 2002
Christie D. Rowe
Director, University of Nevada, Reno
Member, Seismology Honors Canvassing Committee
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Professional Experience
University of Nevada, Reno
Director
2024 - Present
McGill University
Associate Prof
2011 - 2024
Education
University of California Santa Cruz
Doctorate
2007
Smith College
Bachelors
2000
Christie's AGU Research
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Thermal Reactions of Smectite Minerals at Earthquake Timescales
GEOCHEMISTRY, GEOPHYSICS, GEOSYSTEMS
05 december 2025
Ductile to Brittle Progression During Exhumation Controlled the Architecture of the Naukluft Nappe Complex, Namibia
TECTONICS
02 august 2025
Field Evidence of Coseismic Pore Pressure Spikes from the Muddy Mountain Thrust, Southern Nevada, USA
SHALLOW FAULT ZONE DEFORMATION OVER THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE: OBSERVATIONS, EXPERIMENTS, AND MODELS II ORAL
tectonophysics | 12 december 2024
Carbonation of Serpentinite in the San Andreas Fault Drives a Transition from Creeping to Locked Slip Behaviour
TECTONIC SETTINGS AND EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL OF STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ZONES II ORAL
tectonophysics | 11 december 2024
The Nevada Seismological Laboratory – Improving Seismic Network Operations within a Multi-Hazard Monitoring Operation
EARTHQUAKE MONITORING AND BEYOND IV POSTER
seismology | 10 december 2024
Localization and Delocalization During Seismic Slip
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
23 november 2024
Architecture and Composition of the San Andreas Fault in Tomales Bay, Northern California
CONTROL OF FAULT ZONE HETEROGENEITY AND FAULT ROUGHNESS ON MULTISCALE DEFORMATION AT INTER- AND INTRAPLATE FAULT ZONES I ORAL
tectonophysics | 13 december 2023
Localization and delocalization during earthquakes
BRIDGING FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES TO UNVEIL THE MECHANISMS OF UNSTABLE FAULT SLIP I ORAL
tectonophysics | 12 december 2023
Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2026
Member
Seismology Honors Canvassing Committee
Honors & Awards
Francis Birch Lecture
Received December 2020
Lecture Title Walking the seismogenic zone: A field geology perspective on earthquakes Field Photo  
Lecture Title Walking the seismogenic zone: A field geology perspective on earthquakes Field Photo  
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