Peter E. Malin

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Adjunct Professor (primary appt: NSOE & Earth Sci - Earth & Ocean Sciences)

Professor Malin's experience lies in Seismic propagation in planetary crusts, Borehole investigation of seismic sources and signals, and Environmental Geology.

Contact Information:
  • Office Location: 109 Old Chemistry
  • Office Phone: +1 919 681 8889, +1 919 681 4426
  • Email Address: Email address for Peter E. Malin
Education:

PhD GeophysicsPrinceton University1978
BS GeophysicsStanford University1972
MS Marine GeophysicsStanford University1972

Research Interests:

Seismic propagation in planetary crusts, Borehole investigation of seismic sources and signals, and Environmental Geology

Specialties:

Geophysics

Representative Publications: (More Publications)
    • Mattioli, G.S. and Voight, B. and Linde, A.T. and Sacks, I.S. and Watts, P. and Widwijayanti, C. and Young, S.R. and Hidayat, D. and Elsworth, D. and Malin, P.E. and Shalev, E. and Van Boskirk, E. and Johnston, W. and Sparks, R.S.J. and Neuberg, J. and Bass, V. and Dunkley, P. and Herd, R. and Syers, T. and Williams, P. and Williams, D., Unique and remarkable dilatometer measurements of pyroclastic flow-generated tsunamis, Geology, vol 35 no. 1 (2007), pp. 25 - 28 [1] [abs].
    • P.E. Malin, Earthquakes (2000) (26 pp, 19 figures and 12 visuals. Copy Right 2001.) .
    • Coates, Richard and Haldorsen, Jakob B. U. and Miller, Douglas and Malin, Peter and Shalev, Eylon and Taylor, Stewart T. and Stolte, Christian and Verliac, Michel, Oilfield technologies for earthquake science, Oilfield Review, vol 18 no. 2 (2006), pp. 24 - 33 [abs].
    • Voight, B. and Linde, A.T. and Sacks, I.S. and Mattioli, G.S. and Sparks, R.S.J. and Elsworth, D. and Hidayat, D. and Malin, P.E. and Shalev, E. and Widiwijayanti, C. and Young, S.R. and Bass, V. and Clarke, A. and Dunkley, P. and Johnston, W. and McWhorter, N. and Neuberg, J. and Williams, P., Unprecedented pressure increase in deep magma reservoir triggered by lava-dome collapse, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 33 no. 3 (2006), pp. 03312 - [2005GL024870] [abs].
    • Malin, Peter and Shalev, Eylon and Balven, Heather and Lewis-Kenedi, Catherine, Structure of the San Andreas Fault at SAFOD from P-wave tomography and fault-guided wave mapping, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 33 no. 13 (2006), pp. 13314 - [2006GL025973] [abs].
    • Taylor, Stewart T. and Stolte, Christian and Haldorsen, Jakob B.U. and Coates, Richard and Malin, Peter and Shalev, Eylon, Drillbit seismic images fractures of San Andreas fault system, Oil and Gas Journal, vol 103 no. 41 (2005), pp. 42 - 44 [abs].
    • Onacha, Stephen and Kahn, Dan and Malin, Peter and Shalev, Eylon, Resistivity and microearthquake imaging of krafla geothermal field, NE Iceland, Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council, vol 29 (2005), pp. 497 - 502 [abs].
    • Chavarria, J. Andres and Malin, Peter E. and Shalev, Eylon, The SAFOD Pilot Hole seismic array: Wave propagation effects as a function of sensor depth and source location, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 31 no. 12 (2004), pp. 12 - 07 [2003GL019382] [abs].
    • Foulger, G.R. and Julian, B.R. and Hill, D.P. and Pitt, A.M. and Malin, P.E. and Shalev, E., Non-double-couple microearthquakes at Long Valley caldera, California, provide evidence for hydraulic fracturing, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol 132 no. 1 (2004), pp. 45 - 71 [S0377-0273(03)00420-7] [abs].
    • Oye, Volker and Chavarria, J. Andres and Malin, Peter E., Determining SAFOD area microearthquake locations solely with the Pilot Hole seismic array data, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 31 no. 12 (2004), pp. 12 - 10 [2003GL019403] [abs].
    • L.F. Pratson, A. Stroujkova, D. Herrick, F. Boadu & P.E. Malin, Predicting seismic velocity and other rock properties from clay content only, Geophysics, vol 68 no. 6 (2003), pp. 1847 - 1856 [1.1635037] [abs].
    • J.A. Chavarria, P.E. Malin, E. Shalev & R.D. Catchings, A look inside the San Andreas Fault at Parkfield through Vertical Seismic Profiling, Science, vol 302 (2003), pp. 1746-1748.
    • Foulger, G.R. and Julian, B.R. and Pitt, A.M. and Hill, D.P. and Malin, P.E. and Shalev, E., Three-dimensional crustal structure of Long Valley caldera, California, and evidence for the migration of CO2 under Mammoth Mountain, J. Geophys. Res. (USA), vol 108 no. B3 (2003), pp. 6 - 1 [2000JB000041] [abs].
    • Stroujkova, A. and Malin, P.E., Moment-tensor statistics of the 1997 Long Valley microearthquake swarm, J. Seismol. (Netherlands), vol 6 no. 1 (2002), pp. 69 - 85 [A:1014283529901] [abs].
    • W. Ellworth, H. Ito, P.E. Malin & R. Abercrombie, In Jules Verne’s footsteps: Seismology in the Source, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, vol 82 (July 21, 2001), pp. 333 & 339 (Cover article on downhole and near-source seismology for EOS.) .
    • Stroujkova, A. and Malin, P., Multiple ruptures for Long Valley microearthquakes: A link top volcanic tremor?, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol 106 no. 1-2 (2001), pp. 123 - 143 [S0377-0273(00)00272-9] [abs].
    • W. McCausland, A.F. Stroujkova, E. Shalev, P.E. Malin & S.M. Simiyu, Descrimination between site effect and source processes for Mt. Longonot, Kenya, EOS (December, 2000).
    • G.R.Foulger B.R. Julian, A.M. Pitt, D.P. Hill, P.E. Malin & E. Shalev, Tomographic Evidence for Migration of Volcanic Gas Beneath Mammoth Mountain, Long Valley Caldera, California, Between 1989 and 1997, EOS (December, 2000).
    • A.F. Stroujkova & P.E. Malin, Multiple ruptures for Long Valley microearthquakes: A link to volcanic tremor?, EOS (December, 2000).
    • B.R. Julian, G.R. Foulger, A.M. Pitt, D.P. Hill, P.E. Malin & E. Shalev., Earthquake mechanisms at Long Valley Caldera, California, EOS (December, 2000).