Seth Stein

William Deering Professor
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

1850 Campus Drive

Northwestern University,  Evanston, IL 60208

Telephone: (847) 491-5265   FAX:(847) 491-8060

email: seth AT earth.northwestern.edu
(substitute "@" for AT)

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Carol and me at the Loma Prieta earthquake epicenter
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David and Rachel, December 2005
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View across the Dead Sea transform from Masada, Israel

My research focuses on investigating plate boundary processes and deformation within the lithosphere using a range of techniques including space-based geodesy, seismology, and marine geophysics. These include ongoing studies of the New Madrid seismic zone, the 2001 Bhuj earthquake in India, the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, earthquake recurrence and hazards, and the Andes. Some studies, focusing on the thermal evolution of oceanic lithosphere , are cooperative projects with my wife Carol, who is on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Chicago. We try to do science, teach, advise students, and survive as the working parents of two school-age children, which is a bit hectic at times.

Short biography

Full c.v. and publications, some downloadable

Graduate advising

Class material for Earth & Planetary Sciences 107: Our Dynamic Planet

Class material for Earth & Planetary Sciences 202: Earth's Interior

Class material for Earth & Planetary Sciences 324: Earthquakes and Tectonics

Class material for Earth & Planetary Sciences 326: Data analysis for the earth & planetary sciences

Glacial Park and Volo Bog field trip

Presentations:

IRIS/SSA lecture: "Giant earthquakes: Why, Where, When, and What We Can Do"

Lectures for IRIS summer intern orientation on earthquakes, earth structure, earthquake prediction and hazards, and the Sichuan earthquake

Lecture series: "Studying neotectonics with plate motion, seismological & GPS data"