Eric O. Lindsey

Assistant Professor

Photo: Eric O. Lindsey
Education: 
Ph.D. University of California San Diego, 2015
Email: 
eol@unm.edu
Office: 
Northrop Hall Rm 227

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Research Area/s:

Geophysics/Seismology,  Tectonics/Structural Geology

Research and Academic Interests:

Geodesy, tectonics, earthquake/volcanic hazards, earthquake physics, and anthropogenic change. I use geodetic data to measure the sudden or long-term motion of the earth's surface, and to understand the tectonic, volcanic, and human-created processes that cause this motion. Data from GPS / GNSS observing stations fixed to the ground can measure this motion at high precision and are one of my primary monitoring tools for this work. My other tool is satellite radar (InSAR), which enables us to map accumulated ground motion over time, and in some cases can detect millimeter-scale changes in surface elevation. These data enable us to construct better models of the the underlying physical processes at work and help us to provide key information about Earth hazards to communities at risk. This work involves new advances in InSAR processing, collection of GPS data in the field (current projects include locations across Southeast Asia), and developing new numerical modeling techniques. See my personal website for more.

Recent Publications:

Lindsey, E. O., Y. Wang, L. T. Aung, J.-H. Chong, Q. Qiu, R. Mallick, L. Feng, P. S. Aung, T. Z. Htet Tin, S. M. Min, K. Bradley, O. Than, K. M. Oo, M. Thant, F. Masson, R. Burgmann, E. M. Hill, Active subduction and strain partitioning in western Myanmar revealed by a dense survey GNSS network, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 622, 118384, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118384, 2023.

Oryan, B., P. M. Betka, M. S. Steckler, S. Nooner, E. O. Lindsey, D. Mondal, H. Akhter, S. Singha, New GNSS and geological data from the Indo-Burman subduction zone indicate active convergence on both a locked megathrust and the Kabaw Fault. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 128, e2022JB025550, https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025550, 2023.

Tay, C., E. O. Lindsey, S. T. Chin, J. W. McCaughey, D. Bekaert, M. Nguyen, H. Hua, G. Manipon, M. Karim, B. P. Horton, T. Li, E. M. Hill, Sea-level rise from land subsidence in major coastal cities, Nat. Sustain. 5, 1049–1057, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00947-z, 2022.

Tha Zin Htet Tin, T. Nishimura, M. Hashimoto, E. O. Lindsey, Lin Thu Aung, Saw Myat Min, Myo Thant, Present-day Crustal Deformation and Slip Rate Along Southern Sagaing fault by GNSS Observation in Myanmar, J. Asian Earth Sciences 228(11): 105125, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105125, 2022.

Meilano, I., R. Salman, S. Rahmadani, S. Susilo, E. O. Lindsey, P. Supendi, D. Daryono, Source characteristics of the 2019 Mw 6.5 Ambon earthquake, eastern Indonesia inferred from seismic and geodetic data, Seismol. Res. Lett. 92 (6): 3339–3348, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220210021, 2021.

Fadil, W., E. O. Lindsey, Y. Wang, P. M. Maung, H. Luo, H. H. Aung, P. P. Tun, T. L. Swe, S. H. Than, S. Wei, The 11th January 2018, Mw 6.0 Bago-Yoma, Myanmar earthquake: A shallow thrust event within the deforming Bago-Yoma Range, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth 126, e2020JB021313, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021313, 2021.

Lindsey, E. O., R. Mallick, J. A. Hubbard, K. E. Bradley, R. Almeida, J. D. P. Moore, R. Bu ̈rgmann, and E. M. Hill, Slip rate deficit and earthquake potential on shallow megath- rusts, Nat. Geosci. 14, 321-326, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00736-x, 2021.

Mallick, R., A. J. Meltzner, L. L. H. Tsang, E. O. Lindsey, L. Feng, and E. M. Hill, Long-lived Shallow Slow-slip Events on the Sunda Megathrust, Nat. Geosci., 14, 327-333, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-021-00727-y, 2021.

Materna, K., L. Feng, E. O. Lindsey, E. M. Hill, A. Ahsan, A. K. M. Khorshed Alam, K. M. Oo, O. Than, T. Aung, S. N. Khaing, and R. Burgmann, GNSS characterization of hydrological loading in South and Southeast Asia, Geophys. J. Int., 224, 1742-1752, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa500, 2021.