Lorraine A. Leon
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Southern California
University of Southern California
Ph.D. Student
Expertise: Paleoseismology
About Me
Publications
Salinas, M. P., Leon, L. A., Anthonissen, C., Dolan, J. F., Shaw, J. H., & Pratt, T. L. (2026, 08). Assessing potential multi-segment large-magnitude paleo-earthquakes on the Compton blind thrust fault beneath metropolitan Los Angeles. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15471
Leon, L. A. (2009). Evidence for Large Holocene Earthquakes on the Compton Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, (accepted). SCEC Contribution 1294
Anthonissen, C., Wolfe, F. D., Leon, L. A., Don, J., Dolan, J. F., Shaw, J. H., Rittenour, T. M., Rhodes, E. J., & Ivester, A. (2021, 08). Back-limb and fore-limb folding of the Puente Hills blind-thrust fault with implications for late Pleistocene slip-rate estimates and seismic hazard analysis in the Los Angeles Basin, southern California. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11515
Leon, L. A., Dolan, J. F., Shaw, J. H., & Pratt, T. L. (2009). Evidence for Large Holocene Earthquakes on the Compton Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California. Journal of Geophysical Research,. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB006129, 2009. SCEC Contribution 1351
Leon, L. A., Christofferson, S., Dolan, J. F., Shaw, J. H., & Pratt, T. L. (2007). Earthquake-by-Earthquake Fold Above the Puente Hills Blind Thrust Fault, Los Angeles, California: Implications for Fold Kinematics and Seismic Hazard. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112(B03S03). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006JB004461. SCEC Contribution 1001
Last updated Aug 10, 2026.
