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Paul Merifield, Adjunct Professor of Engineering & Environmental Geology |
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| Mailing Address: | Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567 |
| Office: | Geology 6713A |
| Telephone: | (310) 794-5019 |
| Fax: | (310) 825-2779 |
| E-mail: | pmerifie@ucla.edu |
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Courses Taught |
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| | ESS 139 |
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Current Research Interest |
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| | Landslide investigations, relationship between earthquake damage and local geologic conditions, mega-debris flows, grading code improvements and implementation. |
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Education |
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| | A.B., Geology, University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., Geology, University of California, Los Angeles
Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado |
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Selected Publications |
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| | Surficial slope failures in Southern California Hillside residential
areas: Lessons from the 1978 and 1980 rainstorms, Geol. Soc. America, Reviews
in engineering geology, Vol. IX, Ch.2, p. 11-22, 1992. | | | Tectonic
significance of lineaments on satellite images of the Peninsular Ranges, southwestern
California, in Pipkin, B.W. and R.J. Proctor (eds), Engineering geology practice
in Southern California, special Publication No. 4, Assoc. Engineering Geologists,
Southern California Section, Assoc. Engineering Geologists, Star Publishing Co.,
Belmont, CA., p. 301-314, 1992. | | | Later Quarternary
rate of slip along the San Jacinto fault zone near Anza, Southern California,
J. Geophys. Res., v. 95, p. 8593-8605, 1990, co-authored with T.K. Rockwell and
C. Loughman. | | | Mapping desert alluvial deposits from
satellite imagery, in L. Berkofsky and M.G. Wurtele (eds.), Progress in desert
research, Rowman and Littlefield, Totowa, New Jersey, p. 198-216, 1987 |
| | Environmental constraints to disposal of coal wastes offshore
Southern California, in I.W. Duedall, D.R. Kester and P.K. Park (eds.), Wastes
in the Ocean, Volume 4: Energy Wastes in the Ocean, Interscience Series, Chapter
20, p. 499-513, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 1985, co-authored with W.
Dritschilo, T. Thomas and J. Wilson. | | | Possible strain
events reflected in water levels in wells along San Jacinto fault zone, Southern
California, Pure and Applied Geophysics, v. 122, p. 245-254, 1985, co-authored
with D.L. Lamar. | | | Geology of Centeral San Clemente
Island, California, Geol. Soc. Am. Bull., v. 92, p. 1989-1994, 1971. | | | Space
photography in geologic exploration, Am. Assoc. Petroleum Geologists Bull., v.
56, no. 5, p. 916-924, 1972. |
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