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Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

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Steven C. Cohen

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory
NASA/GSFC, Code 698

Greenbelt, MD 20771

Phone: (301) 614-6466

FAX: (301) 614-6522

Email: Steven.Cohen@nasa.gov

CURRENT POSITION

    Senior Geophysicist (Emeritus), Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory

RESEARCH AREAS

    Solid Earth Geophysics, Tectonophysics, Crustal Deformation, Numerical Modeling, Satellite Geodesy, Laser Physics

EDUCATION

    1970 - B.S. Physics, Drexel University
    1972 - M.S. Physics, University of Maryland
    1973 - Ph.D. Physics, University of Maryland

PREVIOUS POSITIONS

    1966 - 1970 Physical Science Trainee, GSFC
    1970 - 1976 Physicist, Laser Technology Branch, GSFC
    1976 - 2004 Geophysicist, Geodynamics Branch, GSFC
    1985 Editor for LAGEOS Special issue of Journal of Geophysical Research
    1986 - 1990 Study Scientist and Team Leader Geodynamics Laser Ranging System
    1991 - 1992 Visiting Scholar, University of Texas at Austin
    1996-1997 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand
    2000 Visiting Scholar, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Wellington, New Zealand

    SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

    2005 Sauber, J., G. Carver, S. Cohen, and R. King, Crustal deformation and the seismic cycle across the Kodiak Islands, Alaska, J. Geophys. Res., in press.

    2005 Cohen, S.C. and J.T. Freymueller, Crustal deformation in southcentral Alaska: The 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake Subduction Zone, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 47.

    2003 Cohen, S.C. and D.J. Darby, Tectonic plate coupling and elastic thickness derived from the inversion of geodetic data using a steady-state viscoelastic model: Application to southern North Island, New Zealand, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B3), 10.1029/2001JB01687.

    2001 Cohen, S.C. and J. T. Freymueller, Crustal uplift in the southcentral Alaska Subduction zone: A new analysis and interpretation of tide gauge observations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 11259-11270.

    2000 Freymueller, J.T., S.C. Cohen, and H. Fletcher, Variations in present-day deformation, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and their implications, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8079-8101.

    2000 Cohen, S.C., Viscoelastic postseismic rebound to strike-slip earthquakes in regions of oblique plate convergence, Bull. Seismo. Soc. Am., 90, 1318-1322..

    1999 Cohen, S.C., Models of Crustal Deformation in Seismic Zones, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 41.

    1998 Cohen, S.C., On the Rapid Postseismic Uplift Along Turnagain Arm, Alaska following the 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 25, 1213-1215.

    1997 Cohen, S.C., and J.T. Freymueller, Deformation on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 20,479-20,487.

    1996 Cohen, S.C., Time Dependence of the Uplift of the Kenai Peninsula and adjacent areas of Southcentral Alaska since the 1964 Prince William Sound Earthquake, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 8595-8604.

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