HARVEY M. KELSEY
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Active tectonics, Quaternary tectonics, Quaternary stratigraphy, fluvial geomorphology, sediment budgets
Ph.D., Geology, 1977, University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A., Geology, 1971, Princeton UniversityProfessional Background
Joined HSU 1992
Associate Professor, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, 1984-1992
Research Geologist, Redwood National Park, 1977-1984
Research Interests
My publications and the thesis topics that I have advised (below) reflect my interests, which range from late Quaternary deformation and paleoseismicity at active convergent margins to sediment budgets of forested watersheds. I have pursued these interests through field studies in the western United States (northern California, Oregon and Washington) as well as in New Zealand, Japan and Indonesia.
Presently, I am most active, research-wise, in projects that use the tools of Quaternary stratigraphy to decipher paleoseismic history on the Cascadia and Sumatran subduction zones. I continue my interest in fluvial geomorphology and basin-scale geomorphic process studies largely through advisement to Masters students working in these areas.
Theses Supervised
(All advised theses are Masters projects with one exception (a Phd thesis, noted below). Theses prior to 1996 were completed at Western Washington University.)
Erickson, Gwen, in progress, Gravity data and structural interpretation of Little Lake and Ukiah valleys, 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 (Western Washington Univ), 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
Kelsey, H.M, Satake, K., Sawai, Y., Sherrod, B., Shimokawa, K., and Shishikura, M., 2006, Recurrence of postseismic coastal uplift, Kuril subduction zone, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13315, doi:10.1029/2006GL026052.
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.
Lock, J., Kelsey, H. M., Furlong, K. P. and Woolace, A, 2006, L ate Neogene and Quaternary landscape evolution of the northern California Coast Ranges: evidence for Mendocino triple junction tectonics, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 118, 1232-1246, doi: 10.1130/B25885.1.
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.
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.
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., Kawase, 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 Utsalady 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 lowland, Washington, Geology, 32, 469-472.
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 Geology 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., Pezzopane, S.K., Bradley, L., Koehler, R.D., and Bucknam, R.C., 2003, Late Holocene earthquakes on the Toe Jam Hill fault, Seattle fault zone, Bainbridge Island, Washington, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 115, 1388-1403.
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.
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.
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 Publication 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 Science 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.
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.
Bockheim, J. G., Marshall, J. G., and Kelsey, H. M., 1996, Soil-forming processes 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 Hikurangi 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 California; 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 Redwood 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.
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.
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 southwestern 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.
McInelly, G.W. and Kelsey, H.M., 1990, Late Quaternary tectonic deformation in the Cape Arago-Bandon region of coastal Oregon as deduced from wave-cut platforms; Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, 6699-6713.
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.
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 Publication 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, Centennial Special Volume 2, Graf, W., ed., p. 550-560.
Kelsey, H.M., and Cashman, S.M., 1983, Wrench faulting in northern California 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 process in the Van Duzen River basin, north coastal California, 1941-1975; Geological Society of America Bulletin, Part II, 91, 1119-1216.
Kelsey, H.M., 1978, Earthflows in Franciscan melange, Van Duzen River basin, California; Geology, 6, 361-364.
