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Thorsten W. Becker
Distinguished Chair in Geophysics, University of Texas at Austin
Member, Tectonophysics Fellows Committee; Editor, AGU Advances
Professional Experience
University of Texas at Austin
Distinguished Chair in Geophysics
2016 - Present
University of Southern California
Professor
University of Texas at Austin
Chair of Geophysics
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Education
Harvard University
Doctorate
2002
Honors & Awards
Union Fellow
Received December 2015
Citation
For outstanding contributions to geodynamics at global and regional scales using innovative and interdisciplinary approaches.
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AGU Abstracts
Fault Fabric as a Function of Fault Maturity and its Interaction With Preexisting Structures: Examples From the San Andreas Plate Boundary System
STRUCTURE, MECHANICS, AND HAZARDS OF GEOMETRICALLY COMPLEX FAULT SYSTEMS I ORAL
tectonophysics | 11 december 2024
Deborah L. Kilb, Vera Schulte-Pelkum, Thorsten W. ...
Faults, in the idealized case, are represented as discrete surfaces separating homogeneous blocks of material. In reality, off-fault deformation, faul...
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Depth-Dependent Seismic Azimuthal Anisotropy Beneath the Juan de Fuca-Gorda Plates and the Aleutian Subduction Zone
ADVANCES IN MARINE SEISMOLOGY: EARTH STRUCTURE, DYNAMICS, AND ENVIRONMENT I POSTER
seismology | 11 december 2024
Chuanming Liu, Thorsten W. Becker, Anne Sheehan, M...
Seismic anisotropy is one of the most critical observables for decoding the tectonic history and ongoing dynamics of oceanic plates. Benefiting from r...
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Analysis of slow earthquake recurrences and interactions in Chile: Insights from Decadal Geodetic and Seismic Observations
UNDERSTANDING THE SEISMIC CYCLE AND THE ROLE OF TRANSIENT DEFORMATIONS: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH II POSTER
tectonophysics | 10 december 2024
JUAN CARLOS C. BAEZ, Marcos Moreno, Sergio Ruiz, F...
Anomalous surface motions not associated with traditional earthquakes are increasingly being observed using space geodetic data (GNSS and InSAR) and s...
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Volunteer Experience
2025 - 2027
Member
Tectonophysics Fellows Committee
2020 - 2025
Editor
AGU Advances
2017 - 2019
Editor
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems