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Anne F. Sheehan

Ph.D., Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, 1991
Professor of Geophysics

E-mail: afs-at-cires.colorado.edu
Office: ESCI 440A
Phone: 303-492-4597
Web: Sheehan Research Group
Web: Prof. Sheehan (Geological Sciences Department)
Web: Geophysics Program

Research Interests

Seismology, Geophysics, Earth Structure

Current Research

Structure and dynamics of the crust and upper mantle in the western United States from portable and permanent broad-band arrays; mantle discontinuity structure beneath both oceanic and continental regions; crustal thickness variations beneath tectonic regions; role of the mantle in surface tectonics, in particular mountain ranges, hotspots, and midocean ridges; Himalayan seismotectonics; environmental and applied geophysics; New Zealand fault zone studies.

Selected Publications

PDF files of Sheehan publications can be found on the Sheehan Research Group site.

Sheehan is also one of the CIRES Faculty who teach at the University of Colorado at Boulder with teaching loads equivalent to those of CU faculty rostered solely in departments and programs.