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Undergraduate Students

Luke Pajer
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, May 2015
Thesis: Understanding landslides through physical models and fieldwork
Funding: Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
email : pajelp16@wfu.edu
Currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Management at Wake Forest University

Abstract

Pajer, L.P., and Cronin, V.S., 2014, Physical models of landslides for classroom and lab demonstrations: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 502; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper248414.html

Nicky Arellano
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, expected May 2015
Research Project: A dry-powder model of near-homogeneous uniaxial horizontal shortening or stretching of a ~2-D layer
Funding: Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
email : Nicky_Arellano@baylor.edu

Abstract

Arellano, L., and Cronin, V.S., 2014, A physical model of near-homogeneous 1-D horizontal shortening or stretching of a ~2-D layer: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 501; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper248483.html
Video from the digital poster session is accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/PhysModel/Uniax2D_def.html

Jeremy Ashburn
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, expected August 2015
Thesis, defended July 13, 2015: Investigation of a Lineament that Might Mark the Ground-Surface Trace of the Dog Valley Fault, Truckee Area, Northern California
Thesis accessible online via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/AshburnBSThesis2015.pdf
Funding: Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
email : Jeremy_Ashburn@baylor.edu

Abstracts

Ashburn, J.A., Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2014a, In search of the surface trace of the Dog Valley Fault near Truckee, California: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 766; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper248200.html
Cronin, V.S., Ashburn, J.A., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2014, Using SLAM to look for the Dog Valley Fault, Truckee Area, California: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 2014; accessible online via https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/preliminaryview.cgi/Paper12460

Jordan Dickinson
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, expected May 2015
Thesis: SLAM analysis of the earthquakes in the Raton Basin near Trinidad, Colorado
Funding: Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
email : Jordan_Dickinson@baylor.edu

Abstracts

Cronin, V.S., and Dickinson, J., 2014, Finding active faults using earthquake focal mechanisms, geomorphic analysis and field work (SLAM): Structural Geology & Tectonics Forum, Colorado School of Mines, accessible via https://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/structure/2014forumabstracts/82870.html
Dickinson, J.N., Davis, R.M., Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2014, Looking for the source of light-to-moderate earthquakes in the Raton Basin west of Trinidad, Colorado: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 46, no. 6, p. 765; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper248291.html

Structural Geology Graduate Students at Baylor

Kate Hobart
B.S. Geology, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University, 2019
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, December 2021
Thesis: Selecting locations for future geophysical surveys in search of the Dog Valley fault using earthquake, LiDAR, and GPS data ( Download from https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/handle/2104/11697 -- 8.1 MB)

email : Kate_Hobart1@baylor.edu

Abstracts

Hobart, Catherine, Dunbar, J., White, J., and Cronin, V.S., 2020, A preliminary look at whether activity on the Polaris Fault could increase the potential for activity on the Dog Valley Fault near Truckee, California: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 52, no. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-356509, accessible via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2020AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/356509
Hobart, C., Cronin, V.S., White, J., and Dunbar, J., 2020, Dog Valley fault as a potential threat to Stampede, Prosser Creek, and Boca Dams: Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting, accessible via https://aeg.mclms.net/en/package/1878/course/4312/view#course-content

Other web resources are available via http://croninprojects.org/Hobart/

Matthew Strasser
B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University in Idaho, 2015
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, August 2017
Thesis: Spatial Correlation of Selected Earthquakes with the Dog Valley Fault in Northern California using LiDAR and GPS Data (Download from https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/handle/2104/10134 -- 22 MB)

email : mstrasser39@gmail.com

Abstracts

Strasser, M., and Cronin, V.S., 2017, Search for the Dog Valley Fault -- Cause of the M 6 Truckee Earthquake Near the Stampede, Boca, and Prosser Creek Dams: AEG News, 60th Annual Meeting Program with Abstracts, p. 84, accessible via https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/b33307_ae02631d54f943dc95c8d22c491edaa1.pdf
Cronin, V.S., and Strasser, M.P., 2017, Proximity of the Seismogenic Dog Valley Fault to Stampede and Proser Creek Dams Near Truckee, California: American Geophysical Union, Fall meeting, submission proof accessible via http://croninprojects.org/Strasser/Cronin-Strasser-AGU-abs2017.pdf

Other web resources are available via http://croninprojects.org/Strasser/

Brandon Rasaka
B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University in Idaho, 2014
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, May 2016
Thesis: Correlation of selected earthquakes with seismogenic faults, central Oklahoma ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9606 )
Funding: Petroleum Student Fellowship, AAPG Foundation, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Seeking full-time employment starting in May, 2016
email : BrandonRasaka@gmail.com

Abstracts

Rasaka, B., and Cronin, V.S., 2015, Preliminary Correlation of Earthquakes with Seismogenic Faults, Central Oklahoma: American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Montreal, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015RasakaCroninAGUJA.pdf
Rasaka, B., and Cronin, V.S., 2015, Looking for seismogenic faults responsible for increased seismicity, central Oklahoma: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 1; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015SC/webprogram/Paper254098.html

Victoria Worrell
B.S. Geology, Middle Tennessee State University, 2014
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, August 2016
Thesis: The Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) applied to the South Napa Earthquake and antecedent events ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9796 )
Funding: Petroleum Student Fellowship, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Internship accepted with Pioneer Oil and Gas Company for summer, 2015
email: Victoria_Worrell@baylor.edu

Abstract

Worrell, V.E., and Cronin, V.S., 2014, Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) applied to the South Napa earthquake: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2014, Special session on the South Napa earthquake.

Tyler Reed
B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University in Idaho, 2011
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, completed December 2013, to be awarded May 2014
Thesis: Spatial correlation of earthquakes with two known and two suspected seismogenic faults, north Tahoe-Truckee area, California ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/9097 )
Funding: SIPES, Ft. Worth Geological Society, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Full-time employment as a petroleum geologist with Devon Energy Corporation
email: Tyler.Reed@dvn.com

Abstracts

Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2013, Including nodal-plane orientation uncertainty in the Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method for finding seismogenic faults: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, 2013 Annual Meeting, Program with Abstracts v. 56, p. 53.
http://www.aegweb.org/docs/default-source/events/aeg_seattle13_program.pdf
Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2013, Using SLAM to search for seismogenic faults, north Tahoe-Truckee area, California: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Denver, Colorado, October 2013), Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7,
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2013AM/finalprogram/abstract_233387.htm
Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., Lindsay, R.D., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Improved Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) to Evaluate Seismogenic Faults, North Tahoe-Truckee Area, California: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, 2012 Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, September 2012), Program with Abstracts, v. 55, p. 51
http://www.aegweb.org/docs/events/slc_aeg2012_pwa.pdf
Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., Lindsay, R.D., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Combining geophysics and geology to search for seismogenic faults, Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada: Geological Society of America annual meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina (November 2012), Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 426.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper210935.html
Reed., T.H., Lindsay, R.D., Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Progress in linking earthquakes to seismogenic faults in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, California (April, 2012)
http://croninprojects.org/Vince/CroninStudents/ReedEtAl2012.html

Ryan D. Lindsay
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, 2008
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, completed December 2011 and awarded May 2012
Thesis: Seismo-lineament analysis of selected earthquakes in the Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8441 )
Funding: Sigma Xi, Samson Resources, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Internship summer 2010: Samson Resources
Full-time employment as a petroleum geologist with Samson Resources
email: ryanl@samson.com

AAPG Short Courses:

Fundamentals of Seismic Stratigraphy, taught by Fred W. Schroeder, November 17, 2009
Deep-Water Salt Tectonics, taught by Martin Jackson, May 20-21, 2009
Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deep-Water Settings, taught by Paul Weimer, July 27-29, 2009

Abstracts and Papers

Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., Lindsay, R.D., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Improved Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) to Evaluate Seismogenic Faults, North Tahoe-Truckee Area, California: Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists, 2012 Annual Meeting (Salt Lake City, September 2012), Program with Abstracts, v. 55, p. 51
http://www.aegweb.org/docs/events/slc_aeg2012_pwa.pdf
Cronin, V.S., Reed, T.H., Lindsay, R.D., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Combining geophysics and geology to search for seismogenic faults, Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada: Geological Society of America annual meeting, Charlotte, North Carolina (November 2012), Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, no. 7, p. 426.
https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2012AM/webprogram/Paper210935.html
Reed., T.H., Lindsay, R.D., Cronin, V.S., and Sverdrup, K.A., 2012, Progress in linking earthquakes to seismogenic faults in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada: Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, San Diego, California (April, 2012)
http://croninprojects.org/Vince/CroninStudents/ReedEtAl2012.html
Using focal mechanism solutions to correlate earthquakes with faults in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee area, California and Nevada, and to help design LiDAR surveys for active-fault reconnaissance: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, December 2011, coauthored with Vince Cronin
Finding probable seismogenic faults using EarthScope (and other) data an the Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method [download pdf of abstract] : Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists National Meeting, South Lake Tahoe, September 2009; coauthored with Vince Cronin.
Data from earthquakes and EarthScope PBO GPS stations used to identify active faults, westernmost Basin and Range [download pdf of abstract] : AAPG/SEG Spring Student Expo, University of Oklahoma, March 2009; coauthored with Vince Cronin.
Can the Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method [SLAM] find the surface trace of faults known to have ruptured during large [and small] earthquakes? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Seacrest, and Vincent S. Cronin
Further tests of the seismo-lineament method for recognizing seismogenic faults at the ground surface : American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, May 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Seacrest, and Vincent S. Cronin

Stephen Secrest
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, 2008
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, August 2011
Thesis: Analysis of calcite-filled faults in carbonate strata, Balcones Trend near Waco, Texas ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8243 )
Thesis successfully defended May 12, 2011
Thesis research funding: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Full-time employment as a petroleum geologist with Samson Resources
email: ssecrest@samson.com

AAPG Short Courses:

Fundamentals of Seismic Stratigraphy, taught by Fred W. Schroeder, November 17, 2009
Deep-Water Salt Tectonics, taught by Martin Jackson, May 20-21, 2009
Introduction to the Petroleum Geology of Deep-Water Settings, taught by Paul Weimer, July 27-29, 2009

Abstracts

Analysis of calcite-filled faults in carbonate strata, Balcones trend near Waco, Texas : Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2010, co-authored with Steve Dworkin and Vincent S. Cronin
Analysis of calcite-filled faults in carbonate strata, Balcones Trend near Waco, Texas : AAPG/SEG Spring Student Expo, University of Oklahoma, March 2009
Can the Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method [SLAM] find the surface trace of faults known to have ruptured during large [and small] earthquakes? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Secrest, and Vincent S. Cronin
Further tests of the seismo-lineament method for recognizing seismogenic faults at the ground surface : American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, May 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Secrest, and Vincent S. Cronin

Daniel Lancaster
B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University in Idaho, 2009
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, August 2011
Thesis: Correlation of earthquakes with seismogenic faults along the Northern Arizona Seismic Belt, southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/8228 )
Thesis research successfully defended on April 26, 2011
Thesis funding: Geological Society of America, Baylor University, Ellis Exploration
Internship summer 2010: SandRidge Energy, Oklahoma City
Summer 2011: Pioneer Oil & Gas
Full-time employment with Pioneer Oil & Gas, Fort Worth, Texas
email: Dan.Lancaster@pxd.com

AAPG Short Courses:

Fundamentals of Seismic Stratigraphy, taught by Fred W. Schroeder, November 17, 2009

Abstracts and Papers

Seismo-lineament analysis of the Kanab-Fredonia area of the southern Colorado Plateau : Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2010, co-authored with David Brumbaugh (University of Northern Arizona) and Vincent S. Cronin
Correlation of earthquakes with faults along the southwestern margin of the Colorado Plateau, northern Arizona : American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, December 2010, co-authored with David Brumbaugh (University of Northern Arizona) and Vincent S. Cronin

Mark Millard
B.S. Geology, Brigham Young University in Idaho, 2005
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, August 2007
Thesis: Linking onshore and offshore data to find seismogenic faults along the Eastern Malibu coastline ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5109 )
Funding thus far: AAPG Thesis Grant, Sigma Xi
Internship summer 2006: XTO Energy
Full-time employment with SM Energy in Billings, Montana
email: mmillard@sm-energy.com

Paper

Cronin, V.S., Millard, M., Seidman, L, and Bayliss, B., 2008, The Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) -- A Reconnaissance Tool to Help Find Seismogenic Faults: Environmental and Engineering Geology, v. 14, no. 3, p. 199-219. Available via GeoScience World at http://eeg.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/3/199

Abstracts

SLAM -- A method for finding seismogenic faults, and its application to the central Santa Monica Mountains and northeastern Santa Monica Bay, California Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Lauren E. Seidman, Brian G. Bayliss, and Vincent S. Cronin
Can the Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method [SLAM] find the surface trace of faults known to have ruptured during large [and small] earthquakes? Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Seacrest, and Vincent S. Cronin
Further tests of the seismo-lineament method for recognizing seismogenic faults at the ground surface : American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, May 2007, co-authored with Ryan D. Campbell, Ryan D. Lindsay, Stephen H. Seacrest, and Vincent S. Cronin
Earthquakes, Geomorphic Analysis and Field Work Yield Previously Unmapped Faults and a New Understanding of Active Tectonics, Santa Monica Mountains, California : American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting 2007, co-authored with L. E. Seidman, B. G. Bayliss and V. S. Cronin

Lauren (Seidman) Robinson
B.A. Geology, Smith College, 2004
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, May 2007
Thesis: Seismo-lineament analysis of the Malibu Beach quadrangle, southern California ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5108 )
Funding: SIPES Foundation, Sigma Xi, Roy Shlemon Scholarship, GSA Field Grant, Baylor Geology
Internship summer 2006: Nexen Petroleum USA Inc.
Full-time employment as a petroleum geologist with EP Energy in Houston
email: Lauren.Robinson@epenergy.com

Paper

Cronin, V.S., Millard, M., Seidman, L, and Bayliss, B., 2008, The Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) -- A Reconnaissance Tool to Help Find Seismogenic Faults: Environmental and Engineering Geology, v. 14, no. 3, p. 199-219. Available via GeoScience World at http://eeg.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/3/199

Abstracts

SLAM -- A method for finding seismogenic faults, and its application to the central Santa Monica Mountains and northeastern Santa Monica Bay, California Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Mark A. Millard, Brian G. Bayliss, and Vincent S. Cronin
Earthquakes, Geomorphic Analysis and Field Work Yield Previously Unmapped Faults and a New Understanding of Active Tectonics, Santa Monica Mountains, California : American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting 2007, co-authored with M. A. Millard, B. G. Bayliss and V. S. Cronin
Analysis of seismo-lineaments, DEMs and fieldwork leads to different ideas about active deformation in the Santa Monica Mountains, southern California , coauthored with Vince Cronin

Brian Bayliss
B.S. Geology, Wright State University, 2004
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, May 2007
Thesis: Test of a method to recognize seismogenic faults ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/5035 )
Funding thus far: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Baylor Geology
Internship summer 2006: Devon Energy Corporation
Full-time employment as a petroleum geologist with Devon Energy Corporation
1200 Smith Street
Houston, Texas 77002
Office phone: (713) 495-7026; cell (832) 330-5712
email: brian.bayliss@dvn.com

Paper

Cronin, V.S., Millard, M., Seidman, L, and Bayliss, B., 2008, The Seismo-Lineament Analysis Method (SLAM) -- A Reconnaissance Tool to Help Find Seismogenic Faults: Environmental and Engineering Geology, v. 14, no. 3, p. 199-219. Available via GeoScience World at http://eeg.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/14/3/199

Abstracts

SLAM -- A method for finding seismogenic faults, and its application to the central Santa Monica Mountains and northeastern Santa Monica Bay, California Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Denver, October 2007, co-authored with Lauren E. Seidman, Mark A. Millard, and Vincent S. Cronin
Earthquakes, Geomorphic Analysis and Field Work Yield Previously Unmapped Faults and a New Understanding of Active Tectonics, Santa Monica Mountains, California : American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Annual Meeting 2007, co-authored with L. E. Seidman, M. A. Millard and V. S. Cronin
Progress report on development of methods for recognition of seismogenic faults , coauthored with Vince Cronin, Lisa Zygo and Bruce Byars
Test of a method for recognizing previously unmapped seismogenic faults , coauthored with Vince Cronin

Alison Nguyen
B.S. Biology with a minor in Geology, Baylor University
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, December 2006
Thesis: Analysis of fracture system geometry on the Salt Valley Anticline, Paradox Basin, Utah ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4986 )
email: alison-nguyen@excite.com

Alison has worked for several years as a consultant with Shell Oil Company. She took a break from consulting to finish her thesis, which she began under the direction of Mike Hudec (currently with the Texas Bureau of Economic Geology). She is interested in full-time employment as a petroleum geologist. Alison lives in Houston.

Bill Walker
B.S. Geology, Baylor University, 2004
M.S. in Structural Geology from Baylor University, May 2006
Thesis: Structural setting of the Criner Hills fault, south-central Oklahoma ( Download from http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4205 )
Funding: Shlemon Scholarship
Full-time employment with Exxon-Mobil
email: william.m.walker@exxonmobil.com

Abstracts

A reassessment of the possible activity of the Criner Hills fault, south-central Oklahoma , coauthored with Bryan Sralla and Vince Cronin

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