Humboldt State University

Education:

• Ph.D., Geology, 1977, University of California, Santa Cruz
• B.A., Geology, 1971, Princeton University

Professional Experience:

• Research Associate, Humboldt State University, 1992-present
• Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1988-1992
• Assistant Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1984-1988
• Research Geologist, Redwood National Park, 1977-1984

Personal and Research Interests:

My primary research interests involve an integration of late Quaternary tectonic deformation, geomorphic processes, and Quaternary stratigraphy. Presently, I am most active in projects that use the tools of Quaternary stratigraphic analysis, in conjunction with digital imagery, to decipher paleoseismic history on the Cascadia and Sumatran subduction zones and within the Yakima fold and thrust belt of central Washington, USA. I continue my interest in fluvial geomorphology, basin-scale geomorphic processes and sediment budgets within forested watersheds largely through advisement to Masters students working in these areas.

My publications and the thesis topics that I have advised reflect my range of research interests. Field studies have taken me to the northwestern United States (northern California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska) as well as to New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia.

Theses Supervised

All advised theses are Masters projects with one exception (a Phd thesis in 1999, noted below). Theses prior to 1996 were completed at Western Washington University (WWU).

Padgett, Jason, 2013 (in progress), topic: Using marine terraces to provide an integrative view of Quaternary deformation in the coastal area of Humboldt County, California

Ladinsky, Tyler, 2012, Late Quaternary evolution of the Manastash anticline and Manastash range front, Yakima fold belt, Washington: Influence of tectonics and climate

Caldwell, Dylan, 2012, Strath terrace and knickpoint formation in a coastal basin draining to the Cascadia subduction margin, Smith River, northern California

Graehl, Nick, 2012, Late Holocene paleoseismicity, tsunamis, and relative sea-level changes in Yaquina Bay, central coastal Oregon

Foster, Melissa 2010, Knickpoint propagation in tributaries of the South Fork Eel River, northern California

Erickson, Gwen, 2008, Evolution of an intermontane basin along the Maacama fault, Little Lake Valley, northern California

Barnett, Elizabeth, 2007, Active faulting at the northeast margin of the greater Puget lowland: a paleoseismic and magnetic-anomaly study of the Kendall fault scarp, Whatcom County, northwest Washington

Larsen, Mort, 2006, Late Holocene slip rate investigation of the Maacama fault at the Haehl Creek site, Willits, California

Woolace, Adam, 2005, Late Neogene and Quaternary Stratigraphy and Structure of Little Lake (Willits) Valley, northern Coast Range, California

Smith, Bonnie, 2004, Relations between bed material transport and storage during aggradation and degradation in a gravel bed channel

Pritchard, Chad, 2004, Late Holocene relative sea level changes, Arcata Bay, California: evaluation of Freshwater syncline movement using coseismically buried soil horizons

Patton, Jay, 2004, Late Holocene coseismic subsidence and coincident tsunamis, southern Cascadia subduction zone, Hookton Slough, Humboldt Bay, California

Stallman, Jay, 2003, Strath terrace genesis in the North Fork Elk River Valley, north coastal California

Williams, Todd, 2002, The geodetic signature of modern deformation (1993-2002) within the Southern Cascadia Subduction Zone, northwestern California

Andras, Kevin, 2001, Digital elevation model-based analysis of vertical tectonic deformation

Witter, Robert (PhD thesis supervised through University of Oregon), 1999, Late Holocene paleoseismicity, tsunamis and relative sea level changes along the south-central Cascadia subduction zone, southern Oregon, USA

Curtis, Jennie, 1999, A sediment budget of hydraulic gold-mining sediment, Steephollow Creek, California, 1853-1997

Polenz, Michael, 1997, Tectonic geomorphology of the Crescent City coastal plain, California

Adkins, Brian, 1996, Glacio-fluvial origin of stream terraces at Big Flat, Smith River basin, northwestern California

Kirtland, Jeff, (WWU), 1995, Sediment production and delivery in the upper South Fork Nooksack River, northwestern Washington, 1940-1991

Cooper, Craig (WWU), 1994, Downstream fining in a mountain stream channel affected by debris flow

Ticknor, Rob  (WWU), 1993, Late Quaternary crustal deformation on the central Oregon coast as deduced from uplifted wave-cut platforms

Raines, Mary (WWU), 1991, Sediment budget for the Grouse Creek basin, Humboldt County, California

Sandal, Mark (WWU), 1990, Water balance and hydrostratigraphy of the Dakota Creek watershed, Whatcom County, Washington

Eide, Jerry (WWU), 1990, A 48-year sediment budget (1942-1989) for Deer Creek basin, Washington

Kahle, Sue (WWU), 1990, Hydrostratigraphy and groundwater flow in the Sumas area, Whatcom County, Washington

Erdman, Craig (WWU), 1990, Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy and tectonic evolution of the northern Ohara depression-Wakarara Range, North Island, New Zealand

Grabau, Paul (WWU), 1990, Floodplain aggradation in an intermontane area of the Oregon Coast Range as a geomorphic response to the Pleistocene-Holocene transition

Malloy, Andy (WWU), 1988, Changes in grain size distribution in a gravel bed stream due to a point source influx of sediment

McInelly, Galan (WWU), 1988, Late Quaternary tectonic deformation in the Cape Arago-Bandon region of coastal Oregon as deduced from wave-cut platforms

Lindsay, Chuck  (WWU), 1988, The effects of urbanization on the water balance of the Fishtrap Creek basin, NW Washington and south central British Columbia

Creahan, Kathy  (WWU), 1988, Water table elevations and groundwater flow in an unconfined aquifer in northern Whatcom County, Washington

Thompson, John  (WWU), 1988, The DeForest Creek landslide and sediment transport in Deer Creek, Washington

Selected Publications:

Manuscripts in Review

Sherrod, B., Barnett, E., Schermer, E., Kelsey H. Hughes, J. Foit, F. Weaver, C., Haugerud, R. and Hyatt, T., 2012, Holocene tectonics and fault reactivation in the foothills of the north Cascade Mountains, Washington, Geosphere, in review.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Grand Pre, C., Horton, B. P., Kelsey, H. M., Rubin, C. M., Hawkes, A., Daryono, M., Rosenberg G., Southon, J., Culver, S. J., 2012. Stratigraphic evidence of an early Holocene earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, Quaternary Science Reviews, 54, 142-151. PDF

Kelsey, H. M.; Sherrod, B. L.; Blakely, R. J.; Haugerud, R. A., 2012, Holocene faulting in the Bellingham forearc basin: Upper-plate deformation at the northern end of the Cascadia subduction zone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, B03409, doi:10.1029/2011JB008816. PDF

Foster, M. A. and Kelsey, H. M, 2012, Knickpoint and knickzone formation and propagation, South Fork Eel River, northern California, Geosphere, 8, doi:10.1130/GES00700.1. PDF

Dura, T., Rubin, C. M., Kelsey, H. M., Horton, B. P., Hawkes, A., Vane, C.,  Daryono, M., Grand Pre, C., Ladinsky, T., and Bradley S., 2011, Stratigraphic record of Holocene coseismic subsidence, Padang, West Sumatra, Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B11306, doi:10.1029/2011JB008205. PDF

Kelsey, H. M., Sherrod, B. L., Nelson, A. R., and Brocher, T. M., 2008, Earthquakes generated from bedding-plane-parallel reverse faults above an active wedge thrust, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 120, 1581-1597. PDF

Sherrod, B. L., R. J. Blakely, C. S. Weaver, H. M. Kelsey, E. Barnett, L. Lib-erty, K. L. Meagher, and K. Pape, 2008, Finding concealed active faults: Extending the southern Whidbey Island fault across the Puget Lowland, Washington, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B05313, doi:10.1029/2007JB005060. PDF

Kelsey, H.M, Satake, K., Sawai, Y., Sherrod, B., Shimokawa, K., and Shishi-kura, M., 2006, Recurrence of postseismic coastal uplift, Kuril subduction zone, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13315, doi:10.1029/2006GL026052. PDF

Nelson, A.R., Kelsey, H.M. and Witter, R.C., 2006, Great earthquakes of variable magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone, Quaternary Research, 65, 354-365. PDF

Lock, J., Kelsey, H. M., Furlong, K. P. and Woolace, A, 2006, Late Neogene and Quaternary landscape evolution of the northern California Coast Ranges: evidence for Mendocino triple junction tectonics, Geological Society of Amer-ica Bulletin, 118, 1232-1246, doi: 10.1130/B25885.1.  PDF

Williams, T.B., Kelsey, H. M. and Freymueller, J.T., 2006, GPS-derived strain in northwestern California: termination of the San Andreas fault system and convergence of the Sierra Nevada-Great Valley block contribute to southern Cascadia forearc contraction, Tectonophysics , 413, 171-184. PDF

Kelsey, H. M., Nelson, A. R. Witter, R. C., and Hemphill-Haley, E. 2005, Tsunami history of an Oregon coastal lake reveals a 4,600 year record of great earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 117, 1009-1032. PDF

Sawai, Y., Satake, K., Kamataki, T., Nasu, H., Shishikura, M., Atwater, B. F., Horton, B. P., Kelsey, H. M., Nagumo, T. and Yamaguchi, M., 2004, Transient uplift after a 17th-century earthquake along the Kurile subduction zone, Science, 306, 1918-1920.

Atwater, B.F., Furukawa, R. Hemphill-Haley, E., Ikeda, Y., Kashima, K., Ka-wase, K., Kelsey, H.M., Moore, A.L., Nanayama, F., Nishimura, Y., Odagiri, S., Ota, Y., Park, S., Satake, K., Sawai, Y., and Shimokawa, K., 2004, Seventeenth-century uplift in eastern Hokkaido, Japan, The Holocene, 14, 487-501.

Johnson, S. Y., Nelson A. R., Personius, S. F., Wells, R. E., Kelsey, H. M., Sherrod, B. L., Okumura, K., Koehler, R., Witter, R. C., Bradley, L. and Harding, D. J., 2004, Evidence for Late Holocene Earthquakes on the Utsal-ady Point Fault, Northern Puget Lowland, Washington, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94, 2299-2316.

Kelsey, H.M., Sherrod, B.L., Johnson, S.Y. and Dadisman, S.V., 2004, Land-level changes from a late Holocene earthquake in the northern Puget low-land, Washington, Geology, 32, 469-472. PDF

Schermer, E.R., Van Dissen, R., Berryman, K.R., Kelsey, H.M. and Cashman, S.M., 2004, Active faults, paleoseismology, and historical fault rupture in northern Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Ge-ology and Geophysics, 47, 101-122.

Sherrod, B.L., Brocher, T.M., Weaver, C. S., Bucknam, R.C., Blakely R.J., Kelsey, H.M., Nelson, A.R. and Haugerud, R., 2004, Holocene fault scarps near Tacoma, Washington, USA, Geology 32, 9-12.

Nelson, A.R., Johnson, S.Y., Kelsey, H.M., Wells, R.E., Sherrod, B.L., Pez-zopane, S.K., Bradley, L., Koehler, R.D., and Bucknam, R.C., 2003, Late Holocene earthquakes on the Toe Jam Hill fault, Seattle fault zone, Bain-bridge Island, Washington, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115, 1388-1403. PDF

Witter, R. C, Kelsey, H. M., and Hemphill-Haley, E. 2003, Great Cascadia earthquakes and tsunamis of the past 6,700 years, Coquille River estuary, southern coastal Oregon Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115, 1289-1306. PDF

Kelsey, H. M., Witter, R. C. and Hemphill-Haley, E. 2002, Plate-boundary earthquakes and tsunamis of the past 5,500 yr, Sixes River estuary, southern Oregon, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 114, 298-314. PDF

Kelsey, H.M, 2001, Active faulting associated with the southern Cascadia subduction zone in northern California, in Ferriz, H. and Anderson, R. (eds), Engineering Geology Practice in Northern California, Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 210, Association of Engineering Geologists Special Publica-tion 12, p. 259-274.

Witter, R. C., Kelsey, H. M. and Hemphill-Haley, E. 2001, Pacific storms, El Nino and Tsunamis, Competing mechanisms for sand deposition in a coastal marsh, Euchre Creek, Oregon, Journal of Coastal Research, 17, 563-583.

Ollerhead, J., Huntley, D. J., Nelson, A. R., and Kelsey, H. M., 2001, Optical dating of tsunami-laid sand from an Oregon coastal lake; Quaternary Sci-ence Reviews, 20, 1915-1926.

Polenz, M. and Kelsey, H. M., 1999, Development of a late Quaternary marine terraced landscape during on-going tectonic contraction, Crescent City coastal plain, Quaternary Research, 52, 217-228. PDF

Kelsey, H. M., A. Hull, S. Cashman, K. Berryman, P. Cashman, J. Trexler, and J. Begg, 1998, Paleoseismology of an active reverse fault in a forearc setting: the Poukawa fault zone, Hikurangi forearc, New Zealand: Geological Society of America Bulletin, 110, 1123-1148.

Kelsey, H. M., Witter, R. C. and Hemphill-Haley, E., 1998, Response of a small Oregon estuary to coseismic subsidence and postseismic uplift in the past 300 years; Geology, 26, 231-234. PDF

Bockheim, J. G., Marshall, J. G., and Kelsey, H. M., 1996, Soil-forming proc-esses and rates on uplifted marine terraces in southwestern Oregon, USA; Geoderma, 73, 39-62.

Kelsey, H. M., Ticknor, R. L., Bockheim, J. G., and Mitchell, C. E., 1996, Quaternary Upper Plate Deformation in Coastal Oregon; Geological Society of America Bulletin, 108, 843-860.

Kelsey, H.M., Cashman, S.M., Berryman, K.R. and Beanland, S., 1995, Structural evolution along the inner forearc of the obliquely convergent Hi-kurangi margin, New Zealand; Tectonics, 14, 1-18.

Kelsey, H.M., Coghlan, M.C., and Pitlick, J., 1995, Geomorphic analysis of streamside landsliding in the Redwood Creek basin; in Geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Redwood Creek basin, northwestern Califor-nia; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1454, Nolan, M., Kelsey, H., and Marron, D., eds., p. JI-J12.

Cashman, S.M., Kelsey, H.M., and Harden, D.R., 1995, Geology of the Red-wood Creek basin, northwestern California; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1454, Nolan, M., Kelsey, H., and Marron, D., eds., p. B1-B13.

Best, D.W., Kelsey, H.M., and Hagans, D.K., 1995, Role of fluvial hillslope erosion and road construction in the sediment budget of Garrett Creek, Humboldt County, California; in Geomorphic processes and aquatic habitat in the Redwood Creek basin, northwestern California; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1454, Nolan, M., Kelsey, H., and Marron, D., eds., p.M1-M9.

Kelsey, H.M., Engebretson, D.C, Mitchell, C.E., and Ticknor, R.L., 1994, Topographic form of the Coast Ranges of the Cascadia margin in relation to coastal uplift rates and plate subduction; Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, 12245-12255. PDF

Kelsey, H.M. and Bockheim, J. G, 1994, Coastal landscape evolution as a function of eustasy and surface uplift rate, Cascadia margin, southern Oregon; Geological Society of America Bulletin, 106, 840-854. PDF

Personius, S.F., Kelsey, H.M. and Grabau, P.G., 1993, Evidence for regional stream aggradation in the central Oregon Coast Range during the Pleistocene-Holocene transition; Quaternary Research, 40, 297-308.

Cashman, S.M., Kelsey, H.M., Erdman, C., Cutten, H. and Berryman, K.B., 1992, Structural transect and analysis of strain partitioning across the forearc of the Hikurangi subduction zone, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand; Tectonics, 11, 242-257.

Erdman, C.F. and Kelsey, H.M., 1992, Pliocene and Pleistocene stratigraphy and tectonics, Ohara Depression and Wakarara Range, North Island, New Zealand; New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 35, 177-193.

Bockheim, J.G., Kelsey, H.M. and Marshall, J.G., 1992, Soil development, relative dating and correlation of Late Quaternary marine terraces in south-western Oregon; Quaternary Research, 37, 60-74.

Kelsey, H.M., 1990, Late Quaternary deformation of marine terraces on the Cascadia subduction zone near Cape Blanco, Oregon; Tectonics, 9, 983-1014. PDF

McInelly, G.W. and Kelsey, H.M., 1990, Late Quaternary tectonic deforma-tion in the Cape Arago-Bandon region of coastal Oregon as deduced from wave-cut platforms; Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 6699-6713. PDF

Muhs, D.R., Kelsey, H.M., Miller, G.H., Kennedy, G.L., Whelan, J.F. and McInelly, G.W., 1990, Age estimates and uplift rates for the late Pleistocene marine terraces; southern Oregon portion of the Cascadia forearc; Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 6685-6698.

Cashman, S.M. and Kelsey, H.M., 1990, Forearc uplift and extension, central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand: mid-Pliocene to present; Tectonics, 9, 23-44.

Kelsey, H.M. and Trexler, J.H., 1989, Pleistocene deformation of a portion of the southern Cascadia forearc: Prairie Creek Formation, northern California; Journal of Geophysical Research, 94, 13027-14039.

Kelsey, H.M., and Carver, G.A., 1988, Late Neogene and Quaternary tectonics associated with the northward growth of the San Andreas transform fault, northern California; Journal of Geophysical Research, 93, 4797-4819. PDF

Kelsey, H.M., 1988, Formation of inner gorges, Catena, 15, 433-458.

Kelsey, H.M., Madej, M.A., and Lamberson, R., 1987, Stochastic model for the long term transport of stored sediment in a river channel; Water Resources Research, 23, 1738-1750.

Nolan, K.M., Lisle, T.E., and Kelsey, H.M., 1987, Bankfull discharge and sediment transport in northwestern California; in Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim; International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publica-tion No. 165, Beschta, R.L. et al., eds., p. 439-450.

Kelsey, H.M., 1987, Geomorphic processes in the recently uplifted Coast Ranges of northern California; in Geomorphic Systems of North America; Decade of North American Geology, Geological Society of America, Centen-nial Special Volume 2, Graf, W., ed., p. 550-560.

Kelsey, H.M., and Cashman, S.M., 1983, Wrench faulting in northern Califor-nia and its tectonic implications; Tectonics, 2, 565-576.

Kelsey, H.M., and Hagans, D.K., 1982, Major right lateral faulting in the Franciscan assemblage of northern California in the late Tertiary; Geology, 10, 387-391.

Kelsey, H.M., 1982, Hillslope evolution and sediment movement in a forested headwater basin, Van Duzen River, north coastal California; Sediment budgets and routing in forested drainage basins, U.S. Forest Service General Technical Report PNW 141, p. 86-96.

Kelsey, H.M., 1980, A sediment budget and an analysis of geomorphic proc-ess in the Van Duzen River basin, north coastal California, 1941-1975; Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part II, 91, 1119-1216.  PDF

Kelsey, H.M., 1978, Earthflows in Franciscan melange, Van Duzen River ba-sin, California; Geology, 6, 361-364.