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Member Since 1993
Eric Kirby
Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chair, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee; President-Elect, Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Executive Committee; Section President-Elect, Council
Professional Experience
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Professor
2020 - Present
Oregon State University
Associate Dean of Academic Programs
2017 - 2020
Oregon State University
Professor, R.S. Yeats Chair of Earthquake Geology and Active Tectonics
2017 - 2020
Oregon State University
Associate Professor, R.S. Yeats Chair of Earthquake Geology and Active Tectonics
2013 - 2017
Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Associate Professor
2008 - 2013
Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Assistant Professor
2002 - 2008
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Education
Doctorate
2001
University of New Mexico Main Campus
Masters
1994
Hamilton College
Bachelors
1992
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Doctorate
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Publications
Quantifying the Structure and Extension Rate of the Linfen Basin, Shanxi Rift System Since the Lates...
The formation of magma‐poor continental rifts is an enigmatic process, as the weakening mechanism(s) for cratonic lithosphere remains uncerta...
September 26, 2023
Evaluating Models for Lithospheric Loss and Intraplate Volca...
October 11, 2021
Seismic Reflection Imaging of the Low‐Angle Panamint Normal ...
November 06, 2020
AGU Abstracts
Orographic precipitation modulates landscape response to differential uplift across the southern Cascadia forearc
FLUVIAL DYNAMICS, SEDIMENT TRANSPORT, AND LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION IN MOUNTAIN RANGES I POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 11 december 2024
William Hefner, Eric Kirby, Paul R. Bierman, Lee B...
The linkage between topography in tectonically active landscapes and differential rock uplift can be challenging to disentangle from the competing dri...
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Four destructive October 2023 earthquakes in Herat, Afghanistan: A rare quadruplet of M6.3 earthquake sequence
TECTONIC SETTINGS AND EARTHQUAKE POTENTIAL OF STRIKE-SLIP FAULT ZONES I POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2024
Hamid Sana, Robert W. Zinke, Eric Kirby, Eric J. F...
A rare quadruplet of Mw 6.3 destructive earthquakes struck near the city of Herat in northwestern Afghanistan within a span of 8 days in October 2023....
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Cryptic Evidence in the Landscape for Extreme Vertical Tectonism at the Mendocino Triple Junction
TECTONIC AND GEODYNAMIC PROCESSES ENCODED IN LANDSCAPES II POSTER
earth and planetary surface processes | 10 december 2024
Kevin P. Furlong, Kirsty A. McKenzie, Matthew W. ...
The Mendocino triple junction (MTJ) represents a fundamental plate boundary transition from Cascadia subduction (north) to San Andreas translation (so...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2026
Chair
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Fellows Committee
2025 - 2026
President-Elect
Earth and Planetary Surface Processes Executive Committee
2025 - 2026
Section President-Elect
Council
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