Timothy Dawson
California Geological Survey
Seismic Hazards Program Manager
Expertise: Paleoseismology, neotectonics, earthquake geology
About Me
Publications
Manager, CGS Seismic Hazards Program
Specialist in active fault studies, paleoseismology, seismic source characterization and probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis.
Member, Executive Committee on the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP).
SCEC Executive Committee, Member (2023 - Present)
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2017 - Present)
SCEC CEO Planning Committee, Member (2017 - Present)
Specialist in active fault studies, paleoseismology, seismic source characterization and probabilistic fault displacement hazard analysis.
Member, Executive Committee on the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities (WGCEP).
SCEC Participation
SCEC Board of Directors, Chair (2023 - Present)SCEC Executive Committee, Member (2023 - Present)
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2017 - Present)
SCEC CEO Planning Committee, Member (2017 - Present)
Jordan, T. H., Anderson, J. G., Biasi, G., Campbell, K., Dawson, T., DeShon, H., Gerstenberger, M., Gregor, N., Kelson, K., Lee, Y., Luco, N., Marzocchi, W., Rowshandel, B., Schwartz, D., Shome, N., Toro, G., Weldon, R., Wong, I., & Abrahamson, N. (2023). Panel Review of the USGS 2023 Conterminous U.S. Time-Independent Earthquake Rupture Forecast. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 114(1), 572-607. doi: 10.1785/0120230140. SCEC Contribution 13329
Scott, C. P., Adam, R. N., Arrowsmith, R., Madugo, C. M., Gray, B., Koehler, R. D., Thompson, S., Sarmiento, A., Dawson, T., Kottke, A. R., Young, E. K., Kozaci, O., Oskin, M. E., Burgette, R. J., Streig, A. R., Seitz, G. G., Baden, C. W., & Zuckerman, M. G. (2023, 09). Evaluating How Well Active Fault Mapping Predicts Earthquake Surface Rupture Locations. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13248
Young, E. K., Thomas, K., & Dawson, T. (2022, 09). Post earthquake response application: a new and improved method for data collection using ArcGIS Field Maps. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12058
Rosa, C., Kakaria, R., & Dawson, T. (2021, 08). Preliminary Mapping of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features of the 2019 M6.4 and M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence from Post-Earthquake Lidar and Orthoimagery Datasets. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11557
Milliner, C., Avouac, J., Aati, S., Chen, R., Chiou, B., Dawson, T., Donnellan, A., & Dolan, J. F. (2021, 08). Characterizing the Deformation and Hazard of Fault Zones Using Geodetic Imaging Data. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11135
Ponti, D. J., Morelan, A. E., Padilla, S. E., Oskin, M. E., Olson, B., O'Neal, M., Nevitt, J. M., Nale, S., Mongovin, D. D., Philibosian, B., Milliner, C., McPhillips, D., McDonald, J., Mareschal, M., Madugo, C. M., Leeper, R. J., Ladinsky, T., patton, j. R., Pierce, I., Koehler, R. D., Jobe, J., Zimmerman, J., Zachariasen, J., Xu, X., Williams, A. M., Vanderwal, J., Valencia, F. N., Treiman, J. A., Swanson, B. J., Pridmore, C., Spangler, E., Smith-Konter, B. R., Singleton, D. M., Seitz, G. G., Scharer, K. M., Sandwell, D. T., Roth, N., Kozaci, O., Kendrick, K. J., Blair, J., Barth, N. C., Burgess, P., Bullard, T., Brooks, B. A., Bork, S., Blake, K., Bennett, S. E., Bacon, S., Dawson, T., Bachhuber, J. L., Avouac, J., Angster, S. J., Akciz, S. O., Pickering, A., Thomas, K., Rosa, C., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Hudnut, K. W., Graehl, N. A., Holland, P., Hitchcock, C., Hernandez, J. L., Helms, J., Hatem, A., Haddon, E. K., Gutierrez, C., Gold, R. D., Delano, J., Funning, G. J., Frost, E., Ericksen, T., DuRoss, C. B., Donnellan, A., Dolan, J. F., DeLong, S., & Zinke, R. (2020). Documentation of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features Produced by the 4 and 5 July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2942-2959. doi: 10.1785/0220190322. SCEC Contribution 10852
Milliner, C., Avouac, J., Chen, R., Aati, S., Chiou, B., Donnellan, A., Dawson, T., & Dolan, J. F. (2020, 08). Development of a Geodetic-based Probabilistic Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis Using Near-field Geodetic Imaging Data. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10551
Elliott, A. J., Dee, S., Koehler, R. D., Barnhart, W. D., Briggs, R., Collett, C., Dawson, T., DeLong, S., Gold, R. D., Haddon, E. K., Hartsorn, E., Hatem, A. E., Milliner, C., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Seitz, G. G., Trexler, C., Wicks, C., Xu, X., & Zachariasen, J. (2020, 08). Comparison of ground-based and space-based surface rupture mapping of the May 15, 2020 M6.5 Monte Cristo Range earthquake, Nevada. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10489
Philibosian, B., Thompson Jobe, J., Chupik, C., Dawson, T., Bennett, S. E., Gold, R. D., DuRoss, C. B., Ladinsky, T., Kendrick, K. J., Haddon, E. K., Pierce, I., Swanson, B. J., & Seitz, G. G. (2020, 07). Evidence of previous faulting along the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake ruptures. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10205
Hudnut, K. W., Brooks, B. A., Scharer, K., Hernandez, J. L., Dawson, T. E., Oskin, M. E., Ramon Arrowsmith, J., Goulet, C. A., Blake, K., Boggs, M. L., Bork, S., Glennie, C. L., Fernandez-Diaz, J., Singhania, A., Hauser, D., & Sorhus, S. (2020). Airborne Lidar and Electro-Optical Imagery along Surface Ruptures of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence, Southern California. Seismological Research Letters, 91(4), 2096-2107. doi: 10.1785/0220190338. SCEC Contribution 10111
DuRoss, C. B., Gold, R. D., Dawson, T., Scharer, K. M., Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bacon, S., Bennett, S. E., Blair, L., Brooks, B. A., Bullard, T., Burgess, W. P., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., Dolan, J. F., Frost, E., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Thompson Jobe, J., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Olson, B., patton, j. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Treiman, J. A., Valencia, F. N., Williams, A. M., & Zinke, R. (2020). Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(4), 1400-1418. doi: 10.1785/0120200058. SCEC Contribution 10110
Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., Kishida, T., Brooks, B. A., Gold, R. D., Ponti, D. J., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Ericksen, T., Hernandez, J., Patton, J. R., Olson, B., Dawson, T., Treiman, J. A., DuRoss, C. B., Blake, K., Bachhuber, J. L., Madugo, C. M., Sun, J., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Conway, E. M., & Goulet, C. A. (2019, 08). Engineering and Geological Effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9907
Seitz, G. G., Mareschal, M., Dawson, T., & Milliner, C. (2019, 08). The Origin of Surface Cracks from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence M6.4 and M7.1 Fault Zones: Primary Faulting, Triggered Slip or Shaking Related; Can we tell the difference?. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9847
Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Avouac, J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bennett, S. E., Blake, K., Bork, S., Brooks, B. A., Burgess, P., Chupik, C., Dawson, T., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., DeLong, S., Dolan, J. F., DuRoss, C. B., Ericksen, T., Frost, E., Gold, R. D., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A. E., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., Mareschal, M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Nevitt, J., Olson, B., Padilla, S. E., Patton, J. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Pridmore, C., Rosa, C., Roth, N., Scharer, K. M., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Thompson Jobe, J., Treiman, J. A., Williams, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2019, 08). Geologic observations of surface fault rupture associated with the Ridgecrest M6.4 and M7.1 earthquake sequence by the Ridgecrest Rupture Mapping Group. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9779
Milliner, C., Donnellan, A., Chen, R., Zinke, R., Xu, X., Morelan, A. E., Dawson, T., Madugo, C. M., Dolan, J. F., Sarmiento, A., Bozorgnia, Y., & Ansar, A. (2019, 08). OR-Corr a New Outlier-Resistant Image Correlation Method: Examples of Surface Deformation and Complex Fracturing from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence Imaged by High-resolution Optical and Radar Imagery . Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9732
Hudnut, K. W., Brooks, B. A., Scharer, K. M., Hernandez, J. L., Dawson, T., Oskin, M. E., Arrowsmith, R., Blake, K., Bork, S., Boggs, M., Glennie, C. L., Fernandez-Diaz, J., Singhania, A., & Hauser, D. L. (2019, 07). Airborne lidar and electro-optical imagery along surface ruptures of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, southern California. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9280
Field, E. H., Jordan, T. H., Page, M. T., Milner, K. R., Shaw, B. E., Dawson, T. E., Biasi, G. P., Parsons, T., Hardebeck, J. L., Michael, A. J., Weldon, R. J., Powers, P. M., Johnson, K. M., Zeng, Y., Felzer, K. R., van der Elst, N. J., Madden, C., Arrowsmith, R., Werner, M. J., & Thatcher, W. R. (2017). A Synoptic View of the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3). Seismological Research Letters, 88(5), 1259-1267. doi: 10.1785/0220170045. SCEC Contribution 7165
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2015). Long‐Term Time‐Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF3). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2A), 511-543. doi: 10.1785/0120140093. SCEC Contribution 2099
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2015). Long-Term Time-Dependent Probabilities for the Third Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast (UCERF 3). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2a), 511-543. doi: 10.1785/0120140093. SCEC Contribution 2066
Rockwell, T. K., Dawson, T., Young, J., & Seitz, G. G. (2015). A 21 event, 4,000-year history of surface ruptures in the Anza Seismic Gap, San Jacinto Fault and implications for long-term earthquake production on a major plate boundary fault. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172(5), 1143-1165. SCEC Contribution 1936
Field, E. H., Biasi, G. P., Bird, P., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Jackson, D. D., Johnson, K. M., Jordan, T. H., Madden Madugo, C. L., Michael, A. J., Milner, K. R., Page, M. T., Parsons, T., Powers, P. M., Shaw, B. E., Thatcher, W. R., Weldon, R. J., & Zeng, Y. (2013). Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 3 (UCERF3)—The Time-Independent Model (1165). , : . SCEC Contribution 1792
Field, E. H., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Frankel, A., Gupta, V., Jordan, T. H., Parsons, T., Petersen, M. D., Stein, R. S., Weldon, R. J., & Wills, C. J. (2009). Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99(4), 2053-2107. doi: 10.1785/0120080049. SCEC Contribution 2109
Field, E. H., Dawson, T., Felzer, K. R., Frankel, A., Gupta, V., Jordan, T. H., Parsons, T., Petersen, M. D., Stein, R. S., Weldon, R. J., & Wills, C. J. (2008). The Uniform California Earthquake Rupture Forecast, Version 2 (UCERF 2) (1437). , : . SCEC Contribution 1138
Eberhart-Phillips, D., Haeussler, P., Freymueller, J. T., Frankel, A., Rubin, C. M., Craw, P., Ruppert, N., Anderson, G., Carver, G., Crone, A. J., Dawson, T., Fletcher, H., Hansen, R., Harp, E., Harris, R. A., Hill, D. P., Hreinsdottir, S., Jibson, R., Jones, L. M., Kayen, R., Keefer, D. K., Larsen, C. F., Moran, S. C., Personius, S. F., Plafker, G., Sherrod, B., Sieh, K., Sitar, N., & Wallace, W. (2003). The 2002 Denali fault earthquake, Alaska: A large magnitude, slip-partitioned event. Science, 300(5622), 1113-1118. doi: 10.1126/science.1082703. SCEC Contribution 839
Rockwell, T. K., Lindvall, S. C., Dawson, T., Langridge, R. M., & Lettis, W. (2002). Lateral Offsets on Surveyed Cultural Features Resulting from the 1999 Izmit and Düzce Earthquakes, Turkey. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(1), 79-94. doi: 10.1785/0120000809. SCEC Contribution 615
Lindvall, S. C., Rockwell, T. K., Dawson, T., Helms, J. G., & Weaver, K. D. (2002). Evidence for Two Surface Ruptures in the Past 500 Years on the San Andreas Fault at Frazier Mountain, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 92(7), 2689-2703. doi: 10.1785/0120000610. SCEC Contribution 599
Rockwell, T. K., Lindvall, S. C., Herzberg, M., Murbach, D., & Dawson, T. (2000). Paleoseismology of the Johnson Valley, Kickapoo, and Homestead Valley Faults: Clustering of Earthquakes in the Eastern California Shear Zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90(5), 1200-1236. doi: 10.1785/0119990023. SCEC Contribution 505
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
