Karl J. Mueller
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Colorado, Boulder
Professor
Expertise: Active Tectonics and Geodynamics
About Me
Publications
Rockwell, T. K., Fletcher, J. M., Teran, O. J., Mueller, K. J., Salisbury, J. B., Akciz, S. O., Stepancikova, P., & Hough, S. E. (2014). Reassessment of the 1892 Laguna Salada earthquake - fault kinematics and rupture patterns. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 1961
Kier, G., Mueller, K. J., & Rockwell, T. K. (2001). Origin of Regional Uplift across Southern California and Northern Baja California. Tectonics, (submitted). SCEC Contribution 580
Mueller, K. J. (2001). Geomorphic Criteria for Establishing the Kinematics of Active Fault-Bend Folds. Journal of Structural Geology, (under review). SCEC Contribution 428
Lopez, W. H., & Mueller, K. J. (2024, 09). Application of photogrammetry to produce pre-urbanized DEMs of metropolitan areas: Uncovering a major new dextral fault system in San Diego, CA. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13833
Mueller, K. J., & Lopez, W. H. (2024, 09). A Newly Recognized Dextral Fault System in Metropolitan San Diego. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13791
Sheehan, S., Mueller, K. J., & Schwarz, M. F. (2022, 09). Displacement-Length Scaling of Resurfaced Normal Faults in Iceland and Implications for Fault Growth in Large Igneous Provinces. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12590
Schwarz, M. F., Mueller, K. J., & Sheehan, S. D. (2022, 09). Automating measurement of extensional fault/fold scarp geometry and resurfacing in Reykjanes, Iceland: Implications for fault scaling and growth. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12457
Schulte-Pelkum, V., Ross, Z. E., Mueller, K. J., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2020). Tectonic Inheritance With Dipping Faults and Deformation Fabric in the Brittle and Ductile Southern California Crust. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8). doi: 10.1029/2020JB019525. SCEC Contribution 10822
Reitman, N. G., Mueller, K. J., & Tucker, G. (2020, 08). How does climate affect the evolution of offset channels on strike-slip faults? Insights from landscape evolution models. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10704
Reitman, N. G., Mueller, K. J., Tucker, G., Gold, R. D., Briggs, R., & Barnhart, K. (2019, 08). Offset channels are incomplete records of strike-slip fault displacement. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9531
Reitman, N., Mueller, K. J., Tucker, G. E., & Barnhart, K. R. (2018, 08). Are offset channels accurate representations of strike-slip fault displacement? Implications from landscape evolution modeling. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8735
Schulte-Pelkum, V., Ross, Z. E., Mueller, K. J., & Ben-Zion, Y. (2018, 08). Dipping fault structures near the brittle-ductile transition and deep foliation fabric in southern California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8605
Mueller, K. J., & Anthony, R. (2017, 08). Revised (lower) slip rate for the Northern Death Valley Fault based on a new method for restoring alluvial fan cutoff lines. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7848
Schulte-Pelkum, V., Mueller, K., Brownlee, S. J., Becker, T. W., & Mahan, K. H. (2017, 08). Constraints on seismic anisotropy in ductile rock fabric and application to imaging fault roots in southern California . Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7652
Schulte-Pelkum, V., & Mueller, K. (2016, 08). Fault-parallel shear fabric in the ductile crust of Southern California imaged using receiver functions. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6823
Fletcher, J. M., Teran, O. J., Rockwell, T. K., Oskin, M. E., Hudnut, K. W., Mueller, K. J., Spelz, R. M., Akciz, S. O., Masana, E., Faneros, G., Stock, J. M., Elliott, A. J., Gold, P. O., Liu, J., Gonzalez-Ortega, A. A., & Lynch, D. K. (2014). Assembly of a large earthquake from a complex fault system: surface rupture kinematics of the April 4, 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah Mw7.2 earthquake . Geosphere, 10(4), 797-827. doi: 10.1130/GES00933.1 . SCEC Contribution 1697
Lee, J., Chen, Y., Sieh, K., Mueller, K. J., Chen, W., Chu, H., Chan, Y., Rubin, C. M., & Yeats, R. S. (2001). A Vertical Exposure of the 1999 Surface Rupture of the Chelungpu Fault at Wufeng, Western Taiwan: Structural and Paleoseismic Implications for an Active Thrust Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(5), 914-929. doi: 10.1785/0120000742. SCEC Contribution 644
Rubin, C. M., Sieh, K., Chen, Y., Lee, J., Chu, H., Yeats, R. S., Mueller, K. J., & Chan, Y. (2001). Surface rupture and behavior of thrust faults probed in Taiwan. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 82(47), 565-569. doi: 10.1029/01EO00331. SCEC Contribution 633
Rivero, C., Shaw, J. H., & Mueller, K. J. (2000). The Oceanside and Thirtymile Bank Thrusts: Implications for Earthquake Hazards in Coastal Southern California. Geology, 28(10), 891-894. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<891:OATBBT>2.0.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 975
Grant Ludwig, L. B., Mueller, K. J., Gath, E. M., Cheng, H., Edwards, L. R., Munro, R., & Kennedy, G. L. (1999). Late Quaternary Uplift and Earthquake Potential of the San Joaquin Hills, Southern Los Angeles Basin, California. Geology, 27(11), 1031-1034. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1999)027<1031:LQUAEP>2.3.CO;2. SCEC Contribution 433
Walls, C., Rockwell, T. K., Mueller, K. J., Bock, Y., Williams, S., Pfanner, J. L., Dolan, J. F., & Fang, P. (1998). Escape Tectonics in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Region and the Implications for Seismic Risk. Nature, 394, 356-360. doi: 10.1038/28590. SCEC Contribution 400
Mueller, K. J., & Suppe, J. (1994). Paleoseismology of Blind Thrusts Through Analysis of their Fault-Related Folds. , : . SCEC Contribution 192
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
