Earthquake probabilities in the the North Bay is the subject of a lecture by United States Geological Survey geologist Robert McLaughlin at noon on Thursday, Sept. 29 in Stevenson 3065 at Sonoma State University.
McLaughlin's lecture focus on his recent field mapping which has delineated the major faults in the Santa Rosa area. The talk will show the evidence for a faulting history and discuss the probability of a large earthquake in this area in the future.
Robert McLaughlin is a regional geologist with the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. His areas of expertise involves the stratigraphy, crustal structure and tectonics of central and northern California. Among his current projects is the geologic mapping of active faults in Santa Rosa and the North Bay.
This lecture is part of the SSU Geology Department's lecture series and is free to the public.
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