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New (Returning) Employee: Eric Thompson
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Eric Thompson makes waves in
Anchorage, Alaska. During a liquefaction study in Alaska last September, Eric operated a tamper to
create surface waves that were detected and analyzed with spectral-analysis-of-surface-wave (SASW)
equipment.
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Remember this face? That's right, Eric Thompson has returned to the USGS Coastal and Marine
Geology Program in Menlo Park. Eric is a junior transfer from Colorado School of Mines with
a strong interest in engineering geology. He will begin classes at University of California,
Santa Cruz in September. This is Eric's second summer (brave man!) working for Walter Barnhardt
and Rob Kayen on issues pertaining to earthquakes and ground failure in the Pacific Northwest.
He will spend two weeks vibracoring on the Nisqually River delta, epicenter of the February 28th,
2001, earthquake in Washington (see related article in this issue: Mapping Southern Puget
Sound Delta Fronts After the 2001 Nisqually Earthquake). Eric's other tasks are to compile
and analyze geotechnical data from the region to help predict liquefaction and landslides
during large earthquakes.
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July 2001
in this issue:
cover story:
Mapping Puget Sound
Biscayne Nat'l Park
Glacier Bay Cruise
Tripod Deployment
GIS Group Teaches Science
Juneteenth Celebration
Geochemical Processes
Geologic Discipline EMAC
Wetlands Meeting
Closing the Circle
Eric Thompson
NAGT Summer Interns
Woods Hole Interns
Jerry Parker Memorial
Gaye Farris Re-Elected to STC Exec Board
"Natural Gas Hydrates" Book
July Publications List
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U. S. Department of the Interior | U.S. Geological Survey
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