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Portrait of Thomas L. Pratt Thomas L. Pratt
Research Geophysicist, U.S.G.S.
Affiliate Professor, UW Earth & Space Sciences
Affiliate Professor, UW School of Oceanography

Office :   OCE-327                       (ESS mail address)
Phone :
  206-543-7358
Fax : 206-543-6073   (shared)
email :  tpratt@ocean.washington.edu
web-page :   http://faculty.washington.edu/tpratt
Areas of Interest :
Earthquake hazards, active fault structures, seismic imaging

Research Groups :
U.S.G.S.,  PNSN
UW ESS Seismology & Tectonics


Education :

Ph.D.  : Geophysics, Virginia Tech, 1986
M.S. :  Geophysics, Virginia Tech, 1982
B.A. :  Geology, Cornell University

Employment :

1991-present, Research Geophysicist, U. S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Team
1986–1991, Research Associate, Cornell University, Consortium for Continental Reflection Profiling (COCORP)
1980-1986, Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech, Department of Geological Sciences

Current Research :

            Seismic imaging of active faults (results and links)
            Ground shaking during earthquakes (results and links – under construction!!)
            The Seismic Hazard Investigations of Puget Sound (SHIPS) experiments (descriptions)

Teaching :

            ESS 467:  Seismic Exploration


Selected Publications :


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Full CV Link :   http://faculty.washington.edu/tpratt/pratt_cv.pdf


Last Modified :     02/01/2008


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