Mary Lou Zoback

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Mary Lou Chetlain Zoback (born July 5, 1952 in Sanford (Florida) ) is an American geophysicist and geologist.

Zoback studied geology and geophysics at Stanford University , where she received her bachelor's degree in 1974, her master's degree in 1975 and her doctorate in geophysics in 1978. She has been with the United States Geological Survey since 1979 , initially as a Fellow of the National Research Council of the USA 1978/79, where she studied geothermal fluxes. In 1990/91 she spent a sabbatical year at the University of Karlsruhe as a Gilbert Fellow of the US Geological Survey.

Zoback deals with tectonic issues and earthquakes, in particular the in situ stress field of the earth's crust and its relationship to deformation caused by earthquakes. From 1986 to 1992 she directed the World Stress Map Project of the International Lithosphere Program. She investigated the tensions at the San Andreas Fault and was part of the investigation team for the planned US nuclear waste repository in the Yucca Mountains from 1990 to 1992 .

Zoback is involved in outstanding positions in earthquake safety issues. She was Chief Scientist of the Earthquake Hazards Team for the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park and was the regional coordinator of the Northern California Earthquake Hazards Program. In 2006 she headed the organizing committee for the activities (Earthquake Centennial Alliance) to commemorate the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. She advises on earthquake risk issues (Vice President Earthquake Risk Applications) at Risk Management Solutions in Newark, California . In 2006 she received the Leadership, Innovation, and Outstanding Accomplishments in Earthquake Risk Reduction Award from the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute.

From 1985 to 1989 she was a member of the Geodynamics Committee of the National Research Council.

She has been married to Mark Zoback since 1973 .

In 1987 she received the James B. Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union and in 2007 the Public Service Award and the Arthur L. Day Medal from the Geological Society of America . She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union , the Geological Society of America (of which she was on the council and of which she was President in 2000) and the National Academy of Sciences (1995).

Fonts

  • State of stress in the conterminous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 85, 1980, pp. 6113-6156
  • New evidence on the state of stress on the San Andreas fault system. Science, Volume 238, 1987, pp. 1105-1111
  • Global patterns of tectonic stress. Nature, Vol. 341, 1989, pp. 291-298
  • First and second order patterns of stress in the lithosphere: the World Stress Map project. Journal Geophysical Research, Volume 97, 1992, pp. 11703-11728
  • Abrupt along-strike change in tectonic style: San Andreas fault zone, San Francisco Peninsula. Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol 104, 1999, pp 10719-10,742
  • Analysis of the tsunamis generated by the Mw7.8 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Geology, Vol. 27, 2000, pp. 15-18
  • Grand challenges in earth and environmental sciences: science, stewardship, and service for the 21st century. GSA Today, Vol. 11, 2001, pp. 41-46
  • The 1906 earthquake and a century of progress in understanding earthquakes and their hazards , GSA Today. On-line

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography of Zoback
  2. ↑ Online . Presidential Address of the Geological Society of America. GSA Today is the membership magazine of the Geological Society of America.
personal data
SURNAME Zoback, Mary Lou
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zoback, Mary Lou Chetlain (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American geophysicist and geologist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th July 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Sanford (Florida)