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The links below give a flavor of the style of research projects undertaken by the Sheehan geophysics research group. These pages are not often updated, and Sheehan's publication list is the best source for recent research results.

thumbnail: Bighorn Mountains MapWyoming Bighorn Mountains Experiment
Formation of Basement-involved Foreland Arches: An Integrated EarthScope Experiment

thumbnail: simplified geology mapNew Zealand Ocean Bottom Seismic Project
Constraining mantle rheology, mantle flow, and crust/mantle coupling beneath New Zealand .

thumbnail: GPS measurement site near Great Sand Dunes National ParkRio Grande Rift GPS
Measurements of Crustal Deformation and a Multidisciplinary Geophysical Investigation of the Rio Grande Rift

thumbnail: Himalayan station mapHimalaya Seismotectonics Project
Seismotectonics and Structure of Creeping Thrusts and Mountain Building of the Himalaya

thumbnail: mountains in Boulder Creek watershedBoulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory
Weathered profile development in a rocky environment and its influence on watershed hydrology and biogeochemistry

thumbnail: CDROM location mapContinental Dynamics of the Rocky Mountains Experiment (CDROM)
Lithospheric Structure and Evolution of the Rocky Mountain Transect of the Western U.S: An Integrated Geological and Geophysical Investigation

thumbnail: field instruments, Huddle MountainsNew Zealand Plate Boundary Experiment
Deformation of the lower crust beneath strike-slip faults: Array studies of anisotropy and converted phases in the Marlborough Fault zone of New Zealand

thumbnail: Sample Coso common midpoint receiver function east-west profileDeep Discontinuity Imaging
High Resolution Imaging of Seismic Velocity Discontinuities