Member Since 2016
Folarin Kolawole
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
I do research in structural geology, basin tectonics, geomechanics, and applied geophysics. My current interests are in 1.) the structure and processes of early-stage continental rifting [Natural Laboratories: East Africa, Basin & Range, and Rio Grande Rift], and 2.) the structural styles and reactivation mechanics of basement-rooted faults associated with induced seismicity [Natural Laboratory: Central U.S.], and 3.) Intraplate Seismicity [Natural Laboratories: West, East, and southern Africa].
Professional Experience
Columbia University
Assistant Professor
2022 - Present
BP America
Structural Geologist
2020 - 2022
Education
University of Oklahoma
Doctorate
2020
Oklahoma State University Main Campus
Masters
2017
Federal University of Technology Akure
Bachelors
2008
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Current Roles
Member
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth and Ocean Sciences Committee
Member
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Sciences Committee
Publications
The Intraplate Stress Field of West Africa
West Africa continues to host a growing number of low and intermediate‐magnitude earthquakes (M2‐5) along its passive margins, and its ...
June 04, 2024
Seismogenic Fault Reactivation in Western Central Africa: In...
November 05, 2022
Deciphering the Stress State of Seismogenic Faults in Oklaho...
December 04, 2019
AGU Abstracts
Minimal Downward Saline Fluid Migration Near the Largest Injection-Induced Earthquake, Oklahoma
FAULT ZONE FLUID MIGRATION AND INDUCED SEISMICITY POTENTIAL IN GEOENERGY TECHNOLOGIES I POSTER
hydrology | 15 december 2023
Huy Le, Folarin Kolawole, Kerry Key, Micah Mayle, ...
The intriguing surge in widespread seismicity in the central and eastern US between 2009 2019 has been attributed to wastewater disposal associated w...
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Frictional behavior of hydrothermally-altered gouges: implications for fault stability of geothermal carbonate reservoirs
RUPTURE AND DEFORMATION PROCESSES, FROM SLOW TO FAST AND FROM MICRO TO MACRO III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2023
Jacob A. Tielke, Alessandro Verdecchia, Chelsea Pe...
Hydrothermally altered carbonate deposits are being targeted for geothermal reservoirs in much of Europe, and in particular in the Bavarian Molasse Ba...
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Evolution of Continental Rift Faulting: New Insights from the Incipient Okavango-Makgadikgadi Rift Zone, Botswana
FROM CONTINENTAL RIFTS TO RIFTED MARGINS III POSTER
tectonophysics | 11 december 2023
Cameron Grant, Folarin Kolawole, Jack N. Williams
Key questions remain on how fault scaling relationships evolve during the life of a continental rift from inception to break-up. We investigate the pa...
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Volunteer Experience
2024 - 2025
Member
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Earth and Ocean Sciences Committee
2024 - 2025
Member
Africa Award for Research Excellence in Space Sciences Committee
2021 - 2024
Associate Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
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