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Member Since 1978
Steve H. Hickman
Research Scientist, USGS Earthquake Science Center
Professional Experience
USGS Earthquake Science Center
Research Scientist
1989 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1989
Honors & Awards
Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service
Received December 2014
Stephen Hickman received the 2014 Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, held 15–19 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given annually to recognize a scientist who has made “outstanding contri...
Stephen Hickman received the 2014 Paul G. Silver Award for Outstanding Scientific Service at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, held 15–19 December in San Francisco, Calif. The award is given annually to recognize a scientist who has made “outstanding contributions to the fields of geodesy, seismology, or tectonophysics through mentoring of junior colleagues, leadership of community research initiatives, or other forms of unselfish cooperation in research.”  
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AGU Abstracts
Strength Recovery and Hydraulic Transmissivity Evolution in Shear Fractures in Westerly Granite at Hydrothermal Conditions
FRICTIONAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND GEOPHYSICAL SIGNATURES OF FAULT HEALING: MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEFORMATION DURING THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE III ORAL
tectonophysics | 14 december 2022
Tamara Jeppson, David A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore...
Fracture healing is a critical component of the earthquake cycle, induced seismicity, and enhanced geothermal systems. Accordingly, there is significa...
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Strength Recovery and Dependence on Normal Stress in Hydrothermal Quartzite Tests
CAN FAULT HEALING CONTROL SLIP STYLE AND THE SEISMIC CYCLE? I
tectonophysics | 10 december 2019
David A. Lockner, Nicholas M. Beeler, Stephen H. H...
Recent models of fault zone strength recovery distinguish between frictional and cohesive processes. Some models propose that cohesive healing, accomp...
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Microseismic Events Associated with the Oroville Dam Spillway
MICROSEISMIC EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE OROVILLE DAM SPILLWAY
seismology | 11 december 2017
Robert Skoumal, Phillip B. Dawson, Stephen H. Hick...
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Volunteer Experience
2000 - 2001
Secretary
Tectonophysics Executive Committee
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