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Sinan O. Akciz

CSF430
Assoc. Professor

Expertise: Structural Geology, Paleoseismology
 
 
sakciz@fullerton.edu
About Me Publications
Lozos, J. C., Akciz, S. O., & Ladage, H. (2023). Modeling the rupture dynamics of strong ground motion (> 1 g) in fault stepovers. Tectonophysics, (under review). SCEC Contribution 13434
Salisbury, J. B., Arrowsmith, R., Sims, J., Grant Ludwig, L., & Akciz, S. O. (2016). Refining the south-central San Andreas fault slip rate at the millennial timescale using reconstructed offset paleo-channels in the Carrizo Plain, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 7154
Witkosky, R., Adams, P. M., Akciz, S. O., Buckland, K., Harvey, J. C., Johnson, P. D., Lynch, D. K., Sousa, F. J., Stock, J. M., & Tratt, D. M. (2016, 03). Geologic Swath Map of the Lavic Lake Fault from Airborne Thermal Hyperspectral Imagery. Poster Presentation at 8th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Remote Sensing (WHISPERS). SCEC Contribution 6185
Sousa, F. J., Stock, J. M., Scharer, K. M., Hudnut, K. W., Akciz, S. O., Witkosky, R. D., & Harvey, J. C. (2015). Re-evaluating offset measurements in the maximum slip zone of the 1999 Hector Mine Earthquake surface rupture. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (under review). SCEC Contribution 6121
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
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L. B., Zielke, O., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2013). Post-1857 fracturing and deflection of an apparent offset channel along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, (under review). SCEC Contribution 1544
Kirby, M. E., Hippard, S. K., Martinez, L. N., Serrato, D., Carlin, J., Bonuso, N., Akciz, S. O., & Novich, C. (2024). Little Ice Age flood events recorded in sag pond sediments in the Carrizo Plains National Monument, CA.. Journal of Paleolimnology, 71, 193-213. doi: 10.1007/s10933-024-00312-4. SCEC Contribution 13320
Akciz, S. O., & Zabcı, C. (2023, 09). Looking beyond the Great Southern California Shakeout: The February 06, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake sequence reminds us to expect the unexpected. Oral Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13299
Ault, A. K., Akciz, S. O., Newell, D. L., Balkaya, M., DiMonte, A. A., Hirth, G., & Zabcı, C. (2023, 09). The 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, earthquake sequence surface ruptures modified multi-earthquake cycle fault damage and spring hydrology. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13144
Lozos, J. C., Akciz, S. O., & Ladage, H. (2023, 09). Modeling the rupture dynamics of strong ground acceleration in strike-slip fault stepovers. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13132
Marshall, S. T., Hatem, A., Akciz, S. O., Su, M., Maechling, P. J., Huynh, T. T., & Pauk, E. (2023, 09). The SCEC Earthquake Geology Database (EGD). Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13125
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L., Arrowsmith, R. J., Capaldi, T. N., & Rhodes, E. J. (2023). Channel Incision Ages to the Rescue: An Improved Age for the Penultimate Earthquake That Ruptured the Carrizo Section of the South-Central San Andreas Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 113(2), 877-887. doi: 10.1785/0120220189. SCEC Contribution 12645
Marshall, S. T., Akciz, S. O., Hatem, A., Su, M., Maechling, P. J., Huynh, T. T., & Pauk, E. (2022, 09). The SCEC Community Paleoseismic Database (CPD). Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12172
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L., Arrowsmith, R., & Rhodes, E. J. (2022, 09). Channel incision ages to the rescue: An improved age for the penultimate earthquake that ruptured the Carrizo Plain section of the southern San Andreas Fault. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12089
Kirby, M. E., Akciz, S. O., Carlin, J., Serrato, D., & Hippard, S. K. (2022, 09). Sedimentological evidence for a possible channel incision event in the Carrizo Plain, California: The 1861-1862 ARkStorm event? . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11997
Rockwell, T. K., Akciz, S. O., & Gath, E. M. (2021, 08). New age data constrain the recurrence interval on the Whittier fault. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11655
Akciz, S. O., & Kirby, M. (2021, 08). Multidisciplinary investigation of determining channel incision ages in the Carrizo Plain, California.. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11522
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
Ladage, H., Lozos, J. C., & Akciz, S. O. (2020, 08). Modeling the Rupture Dynamics of Strong Ground Acceleration (>1g) in Fault Stepovers. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10685
Fletcher, J. M., Teran, O. J., Rockwell, T. K., Oskin, M. E., Hudnut, K. W., Spelz, R. M., Lacan, P., Dorsey, M. T., Ostermeijer, G., Mitchell, T. M., Akciz, S. O., Hernandez-Flores, A., Hinojosa, A., Peña-Villa, I., & Lynch, D. K. (2020). An analysis of the factors that control fault zone architecture and the importance of fault orientation relative to regional stress. GSA Bulletin, 132(9-10), 2084-2104. doi: 10.1130/B35308.1. SCEC Contribution 10004
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
Williams, A. M., Pierce, I., Koehler, R. D., Akciz, S. O., Chupik, C., & Bormann, J. M. (2019, 08). Detailed fracture map and orthophoto of the southern portion of the M6.4 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9886
Brackman, A., Torres, J. A., Schwartz, J., Miranda, E. A., & Akciz, S. O. (2019, 08). Dating the duration of deformation along a major shear zone within the Eastern Peninsular Ranges Batholith. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9866
Miranda, E. A., Zamora-Tamayo, M., Schwartz, J., Bautista, J., & Akciz, S. O. (2019, 08). Rheology of the Borrego Springs Shear Zone segment of the Eastern Peninsular Ranges Mylonite Zone: implications for the development of the Community Rheology Model. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9863
Inserra, N. J., & Akciz, S. O. (2019, 08). Late Holocene Rupture History of the South-Central San Andreas Fault at Van Matre Ranch, California. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9832
Padilla, S. E., Akciz, S. O., Hatem, A. E., Dolan, J. F., & Mapping Group, R. (2019, 08). Fault slip distribution along the southern 15 km of the M7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake surface rupture. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9817
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
Pierce, I., Williams, A. M., Koehler, R. D., Akciz, S. O., Chupik, C., & Bormann, J. M. (2019, 08). Detailed fracture map and orthophoto of the southern portion of the M7.1 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake . Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9587
Grant Ludwig, L., Akciz, S. O., Arrowsmith, J., & Salisbury, J. (2019). Reproducibility of San Andreas Fault Slip Rate Measurements at Wallace Creek in the Carrizo Plain, CA. Earth and Space Science, 6(1), 156-165. doi: 10.1029/2017EA000360. SCEC Contribution 8145
Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Goulet, C. A., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A. M., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., & Kishida, T. (2019). Preliminary report on engineering and geological effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence. Geotechnical Extreme Event Reconnaissance Association, 1-69. doi: 10.18118/G6H66K. SCEC Contribution 10141
Inserra, N. J., & Akciz, S. O. (2018, 08). Late Holocene Rupture History of the South-Central San Andreas Fault at the Van Matre Ranch site, Carrizo Plain, California. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8779
Williams, A. M., Arrowsmith, R., Rockwell, T. K., Akciz, S. O., & Grant Ludwig, L. (2018, 08). Refining the earthquake chronology of the last millennium along the Cholame segment of the San Andreas fault. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8609
Salisbury, J. B., Arrowsmith, R., Brown, N. D., Rockwell, T. K., Grant Ludwig, L., & Akciz, S. O. (2018). The age and origin of small offsets at Van Matre Ranch along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(2), 639–653. SCEC Contribution 7152
Williams, A. M., Arrowsmith, R., Rockwell, T. K., Grant Ludwig, L., Akciz, S. O., & Gontz, A. M. (2017, 08). Testing the shorter and variable recurrence interval hypothesis along the Cholame segment of the San Andreas Fault. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7860
Inserra, N. J., Nelems, C., Muthala, R., Torres, J., & Akciz, S. O. (2017, 08). Paleoseismic Investigation of Van Matre Ranch Site Along the Carrizo Plain Section of the San Andreas Fault. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7859
Salisbury, J. B., Arrowsmith, R., Rockwell, T. K., Akciz, S. O., Brown, N. D., & Grant Ludwig, L. (2016, 08). Investigating the age and origin of small offsets at Van Matre Ranch along the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain, California. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6931
Williams, A. M., Arrowsmith, R., Akciz, S. O., Rockwell, T. K., Grant Ludwig, L., & Branscomb, S. (2016, 08). Testing the shorter and variable recurrence interval hypothesis along the Cholame segment of the San Andreas Fault. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6827
Akciz, S. O., Marino, J., Olsen, J. O., Marquez, E., Salisbury, J. B., Williams, A. M., Rockwell, T. K., Arrowsmith, R. R., & Grant Ludwig, L. (2015). Filling the paleoseismic gap between Bidart and Frazier Mountain: Exploration of Van Matre Ranch (VMR) paleoseismic site in the Carrizo Plain. Poster Presentation at 2015 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6061
Chen, T., Akciz, S. O., Hudnut, K. W., Zhang, D., & Stock, J. M. (2015). Fault slip distribution of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine Earthquake, California, estimated from post-earthquake airborne LiDAR data. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105(2a). doi: 10.1785/0120130108. SCEC Contribution 1973
Teran, O. J., Fletcher, J. M., Oskin, M. E., Hudnut, K. W., Spelz, R. M., Akciz, S. O., Hernández Flores, A. P., & Morelan, A. E. (2015). Geologic and structural controls on rupture zone fabric: A field-based study of the 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor–Cucapah earthquake surface rupture. Geosphere, 11(3), 899-920. doi: 10.1130/GES01078.1. SCEC Contribution 1963
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L. B., Zielke, O., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2014). 3D investigation of a 5m deflected channel along the San Andreas fault in the Carrizo Plain. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 104(6). doi: 10.1785/0120120172. SCEC Contribution 1846
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
Haddad, D. E., Akciz, S. O., Arrowsmith, R. R., Rhodes, D. D., Oldow, J., Zielke, O., Toke, N. A., Haddad, A., Mauer, J., & Shilpakar, P. (2012). Applications of airborne and terrestrial laser scanning to paleoseismology. Geosphere, 8(4), 771-786. doi: 10.1130/GES00701.1. SCEC Contribution 1631
Zielke, O., Arrowsmith, J. R., Grant Ludwig, L. B., & Akciz, S. O. (2012). High Resolution Topography-Derived Offset Along the 1857 Fort Tejon Earthquake Rupture Trace, San Andreas Fault. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102(3), 1135-1154. doi: 10.1785/0120110230. SCEC Contribution 1505
Zielke, O., Arrowsmith, J. R., Grant Ludwig, L. B., & Akciz, S. O. (2010). Slip in the 1857 and Earlier Large Earthquakes Along the Carrizo Plain, San Andreas Fault. Science, Science Express, online. doi: 10.1126/science.1182781. SCEC Contribution 1310
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L. B., Arrowsmith, J. R., & Zielke, O. (2010). Century-long average time intervals between earthquake ruptures of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain. Geology, 38(9), 787-790. doi: 10.1130/G30995.1. SCEC Contribution 1307
Grant Ludwig, L. B., Akciz, S. O., Noriega, G. R., Zielke, O., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2010). Climate-Modulated Channel Incision and Rupture History of the San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain. Science, Science Express, online. doi: 10.1126/science.1182837. SCEC Contribution 1305
Akciz, S. O., Grant Ludwig, L. B., & Arrowsmith, J. R. (2009). Revised dates of large earthquakes along the Carrizo section of the San Andreas Fault, California, since A.D. 1310±30. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114. doi: 10.1029/2007JB005285. SCEC Contribution 1049

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