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Peter J. Haeussler Title: Research Geologist Address: 4210 University Dr., Anchorage, AK 99508-4626 Phone: (907) 786-7447 Fax: (907) 786-7401 Email: pheuslr@usgs.gov Curriculum Vitae

Education and/or Training

Ph.D.	1992	University of California Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	Earth Sciences
B.S.	1980	Michigan State University Michigan	Geology

Areas of Specialization and/or Research Interests

• Tectonics and Mineral Deposits of the early Tertiary slab window in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon
• Kodiak Island near-trench magmatism and pluton emplacement
• Life and death of the Resurrection Plate
• Timing of near-trench magmatism along the southern Alaska margin
• Geochronology compilation
• Fission track compilation
• Yakutat region framework geology
• Tyonek quadrangle geologic mapping and framework geology
• Neotectonics and seismic hazards of Alaska
• Denali fault earthquake of November 3, 2004
• surface rupture mapping
• slip distribution
• paleoseismology
• Cook Inlet region neotectonics, structural mapping, geophysical studies
• Uplift of the Alaska Range
• Structural mechanisms for uplift of Mt. McKinley (Denali) and Mt. Foraker
• Slump generated tsunami hazard in Resurrection Bay
• Tectonics of southeastern Alaska
• Tertiary strike-basin formation and deformation
• Mesozoic collisional and deformational events
• Paleozoic/Precambrian deformation
• Geologic mapping
• Pacific Northwest geologic mapping and urban hazards http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/wgmt/pacnw/
• Geologic mapping of the Uncas, Wildcat Lake, Bremerton West, and Bremerton East quadrangles
• Eocene magmatic history of the Oregon-Washington margin

Professional Experience

1994 - present	Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska
1992-1994	Postdoctoral Researcher, U.S. Geological Survey, Anchorage, Alaska
1992	Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, Californiay
1986-1991	Research Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz
1985-1988	Teaching Assistant, University of California Santa Cruz
1985	Geologist, Lancer Energy Corporation, Wilmore, Kentucky

Professional Activities and/or Memberships

1985-present, American Geophysical Union
1985-present, Geological Society of America
1983-present, American Association of Petroleum Geologists
1992-present, Alaska Geological Society

Honors and/or Awards

USGS, Anchorage, Alaska, post-doctoral fellowship (2 years), 1991-1993
Geological Society of America (GSA), Harold T. Stearns award for best student proposal for Circum-Pacific Research, 1990

Significant Recent Publications

Haeussler Publication List

Websites of Interest

Haeussler in the News

Anchorage Daily News | Earth mover - Front page Anchorage Daily News article ( 11/17/02 ) on the Denali fault earthquake.

Anchorage Daily News | Researchers share less... - Anchorage Daily News article on November 3, 2002 Denali fault earthquake

Anchorage Daily News | Geologists stumble upo... - Anchorage Daily News article on discovery of Susitna Glacier thrust fault in November of 2002

Anchorage Daily News | Hidden faults - Anchorage Daily News article on the paleoseismology of the Castle Mountain fault

Anchorage Daily News | Powerful lesson - Associated Press story on the first anniversary of the November 3, 2002 , Denali fault earthquake

Anchorage Daily News | 2002 quake a bonanza f... - Associated Press story on the November 3, 2002 Denali fault earthquake

Common Alaska Earthquake Hazard Links

Earthquakes in Alaska | USGS Open-File Report... - Poster on earthquake hazards in Alaska

Rupture in South-Central Alaska-The Denali Fa... - USGS Fact Sheet on the November 3, 2002, Denali fault earthquake

AEIC - Are you prepared for the next big eart... - 2004 earthquake awareness pamphlet

The Next Big Earthquake in Alaska May Come So... - Web version of 1994 earthquake awareness pamphlet

Earthquake Hazards Program: NEIC Earthquake S... - search for earthquakes

USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Home - Denali fault earthquake photos on USGS server

USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project ... - probabilistic seismic hazard maps

UAF Seismology Laboratory Home Page - Alaska Earthquake Information Center homepage

Pacific Tsunami Warning Center - Ewa Beach, H... - NOAA Tsunami warning center web site

GIS Coverages of the Castle Mountain Fault, S... - USGS Web site with maps and GIS files of the Castle Mountain fault

3 November 2002 M7.9 Earthquake, Alaska - slip distribution table and photographs from the November 3, 2002 , Denali fault earthquake