Lori Dengler

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Geophysics, seismology

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1979 (Geophysics)

M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1973 (Geophysics)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley, 1968 (Geophysics)

Professional Background

Joined HSU in 1979

1986 to present - Director of the Humboldt Earthquake Education Center

Research Interests

My research efforts are in several areas: historic seismicity of north coast California, earthquake intensity studies, application of seismic refraction to surficial process studies, and earthquake/tsunami mitigation.

Theses Supervised

Theses supervised

Selected Publications

Dengler, L., 1998, Strategic Implementation Plan for Tsunami Mitigation Projects, NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL PMEL-113, 133 pp.

Dengler, Lori, 1998, Strategic Implementation Plan for Tsunami Mitigation Projects under the Mitigation Task of the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program, in Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Symposium Proceedings Volume Sept. 1998, Western States Seismic Policy Council, 121 Second St., San Farancisco, CA 94105, p 27 - 34.

Dengler, Lori, 1998, Tsunami Mitigation Efforts on California's North Coast, in Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Symposium Proceedings Volume Nov. 1997, Western States Seismic Policy Council, 121 Second St., San Farancisco, CA 94105, p 39 - 43.

Dengler, L.A., and Dewey, J.W., 1998, An Intensity Survey of Households Affected by the Northridge, California, Earthquake of 17 January 1994, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 88, No. 2, pp. 441-462.

Marith C. Reheis, Janet L. Slate, Constance K. Throckmorton, John P. McGeehin, Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki and Lori Dengler, 1996, Late Quaternary sedimentation on the Leidy Creek fan, Nevada-California: geomorphic response to climate change, Basin Reasearch, vol. 12, p. 279-299.

Lori Dengler and Kathy Moley, 1996, Mitigating the effects of a Cascadia earthquake: The north coast California example, in CD-Rom Proceedings of the Pan Pacific Hazards '96 Conference and Trade Show, Disaster Preparedness Resource Centre, University of British Columbia.

Bernard, E., Rush, W., Hansen, R., Eisner, R., Dengler, L., Yanagi, B., Furumoto, G., Sigrist, D., Hull, D., Paige, E., Walsh, T., Hagemeyer, R., Hutcheon, R., Tsai, F., Jonientz-Trisler, C., Waver, C., Astill, C., 1996, Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Implementation Plan: A Report to the Senate Appropriations Committee, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, 22 pp.

L. Dengler and K. Moley, 1996, A Dense Survey of Individual Perceptions, Reactions and Observations of the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake, in Woods, Mary C. and Seiple, Ray. W., eds. The Northridge, California Earthquake of 17 January 1994, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 116, p. 47-53.

James W. Dewey, L. Dengler, B. G. Reagor and K. Moley, 1996, Spatial Variations of Intensity in the Northridge Earthquake, in Woods, Mary C. and Seiple, Ray. W., eds. The Northridge, California Earthquake of 17 January 1994, California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology Special Publication 116, p. 39-46.

Lori Dengler, 1995, Teacher Feature: Classroom activity shows how to determine earthquake intensities, California Geology, vol. 48, no. 6, p 165-167.

Dengler, L.A., 1995, The Eureka Earthquake December 26, 1994, California Geology, vol.48, no. 3, p. 79.

Dengler, L., Moley, K., McPherson, R., Pasyanos, M., Dewey, J., and Muray, M, 1995, The September 1, 1994 Mendocino Fault earthquake, California Geology, v. 48, p 43-53.

Dewey, J.W., Reagor, B.G., Dengler, L., Moley, K., 1995, Intensity Distribution and Isoseismal Maps for the Northridge, California earthquake of January 17, 1994,U.S. Geological Survey Open -File Report 95-92, 35 pp.

Oppenheimer D. H., Beroza, G., Carver, G., Dengler L. A., Eaton, J. P., Gee, L., Gonzales, F., Magee, M., Marshall, G., Murray, M., McPherson, R. C., Ramanowicz, B., Satake, K., Simpson, R., Somerville, P., Stein, R., Valentine, D., 1993, The Cape Mendocino, California, Earthquake of April 1992: Subduction at the triple junction, Science, v. 261.

Dengler, L., and R. McPherson, 1993, The Honeydew Earthquake of August 17, 1991: A case for revising the Modified Mercalli Scale in sparsely populated areas, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 83, n. 44, pp. 1081-1094.

Dengler, L., 1992, Historical seismicity, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Special Issue: The Cape Mendocino Earthquakes of April 25-26, 1992, v. 23, p.101-108.

L. Dengler, G. Carver and R. McPherson, 1992, Sources of north coast seismicity, California Geology, v.45, p.40-53.

McPherson, R. C., and L. A. Dengler, 1992, The Honeydew Earthquake of August 17, 1991, California Geology, v.45, p.31-39.

L. Dengler, S. Potter, 1988, Regionally based science education: an example using northcoast seismicity, California Science Teachers Journal., vol. xviii, no. 5, p. 8-11.