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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Education | Research | Publications | Presentations | Professional Experience
Education
1997 - B.A. Geology and Physics, Whittier College
1999 - M.Sc. Mining Engineering and Applied Geophysics, Columbia University
2000 - M.Eng. Geoscience, Cornell University
2006 - Ph.D. Geophysics, The Australian National University
Research Areas:
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seismology
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3D imaging
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tectonics
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solid earth geophysics
Research Statement:
My research focus is on the deep structure of the Earth. I am particularly interested in how the physical properties in the mantle vary in three dimensions. I use tomography and seismic data to image the three-dimensional structure of the mantle and the core-mantle boundary. Currently I am investigating the lateral variation of the core-mantle boundary beneath the Caribbean, as well as the upper mantle structure along the Caribbean and South American plate boundary.
Previous and Continuing Research
Publications
Miller, M.S. and Lee, C.-T.A. (2008), Possible chemical modification of oceanic lithosphere by hotspot magmatism: seismic evidence from the junction of Ninety-east Ridge and the Sumatra-Andaman arc, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 265 (3-4), p. 386-395.
Rosenbaum, G., Gasparon, M., Lucente, F.P., Peccerillo, A., Miller, M.S. , (2008), Kinematics of slab tear faults during subduction segmentation and implications for Italian magmatism, Tectonics, v. 27, TC2008, doi:10.1029/2007TC0002143.
Miller, M.S., and Niu, F. (in review), Bulldozing the core-mantle boundary: localized seismic scatterers beneath the Caribbean Sea, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors.
Miller, M.S. (in review), Spatiotemporal evolution of subducting slab morphology beneath the Western Pacific margin: interpretations from seismic tomography and tectonic reconstructions, Subduction Zones Geodynamics Special Volume: Frontiers in Earth Science.
Miller, M.S., Niu, F., Levander, A. (in review), Upper mantle structure beneath the Caribbean – South American plate boundary from surface wave tomography, Journal of Geophysical Research.
Clark, S., Sobiasiek, M., Zelt, C.A., Magnani, M.B., Miller, M.S., Bezeda, M.J., Levander, A., (in review), Eastern Venezuelan tectonics driven be lithospheric tear geodynamics, not oblique collision, Nature Geoscience.
Miller, M.S. and Kennett, B.L.N. (2006), Evolution of mantle structure beneath the Northwest Pacific: evidence from seismic tomography and paleogeographic reconstructions. Tectonics, v. 25, doi:10.1029/2005TC001909.
Miller, M.S., Kennett, B.L.N., Toy, V., (2006), Spatial and temporal evolution of the subducting Pacific Plate structure along the Western Pacific margin. Journal of Geophysical Research. v. 111, doi:10.1029/2005JB003705.
Miller, M.S., Kennett, B.L.N., Gorbatov, A., (2006), Morphology of the distorted subducted Pacific slab beneath the Hokkaido corner, Japan, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, v 156, p. 1-11.
Miller, M.S., Gorbatov, A., Kennett, B.L.N. (2006), Three-dimensional visualization of a near vertical slab tear beneath the southern Mariana Arc. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 7, Q06012, doi:10.1029/2005GC001110.
Miller, M.S., (2005), Active seismicity in the Flinders Ranges. in: Aikman, A., Lilly, K., Celerier, J., Kovacs, I., and Estermann, G. (eds). An excursion guide to the Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, Electronic Edition, ISSN 1441-8142, v. 20, Paper 18.
Miller, M.S., Gorbatov, A., Kennett, B.L.N. (2005), Heterogeneity within the subducting Pacific slab beneath the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc: evidence from tomography using 3D ray-tracing inversion techniques. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.235 (1-2), p. 331-342.
Miller, M.S., Kennett, B.L.N., Lister, G.S., (2004), Imaging changes in morphology, geometry, and physical properties of the subducting Pacific plate along the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. v. 224 (3-4) p. 363-370.
Miller, M.S., and Powell, K., (2001), Seismic Interpretation and Processing Applications, in M. Poulton (ed) Computational Neural Networks for Geophysical Data Processing: Pergamon, p. 101-118.
Noll, C.A., Miller, M.S., Hall, M., (in prep). 3D modeling of a poly-deformed sedimentary basin: implications for Late Cambrian basin architecture and Devonian inversion of the Owen Conglomerate, West Coast Range, western Tasmania, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Miller, M.S., Stern, R.J., Kohut, E.J., Wiens, D.A. (in prep), A tear in the subducted Pacific plate beneath the Mariana arc near 14°30’N: P-wave tomographic evidence and upper plate responses. Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
Presentations/Conferences
Miller, M.S., Levander, A., and Niu, F., 2008, Three-dimensional Caribbean-South America plate boundary structure imaged with seismic reflection and wide-angle seismic data from the BOLIVAR experiment, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Santa Fe NM.
Miller, M.S., 2007, Evolution of subducted slab morphology in the Western Pacific based on seismic tomography and paleogeographic reconstructions, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA., invited speaker.
Miller, M.S., Niu, F., Levander, A., 2007, Upper mantle structure beneath the Caribbean – South American plate boundary from surface wave tomography, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
Miller, M.S., 2007, Four-dimensional evolution of the subducted slab morphology beneath the Izu-Bonin-Mariana and Japan-Kurile arcs, Subduction Factory Studies in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc System: Results and Future Plans, Honolulu, HI.
Miller, M.S. and Lee, C.-T.A., 2007, Seismic evidence for chemical modified oceanic lithosphere subducting beneath the Sumatra-Andaman arc, Subduction Zone Geodynamics Conference, Montpellier, France.
Miller, M.S. and Niu, F., 2007, Seismic Structure of the Core-Mantle Boundary Beneath the Caribbean, American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, Acapulco, Mexico. Session convener.
Miller, M.S. and Niu, F., 2007, Small scale heterogeneity near the inner core boundary: evidence from Indonesian earthquakes, Seismological Society of America Annual Meeting, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Kona, HI.
Miller, M.S., Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Stegman, D., Betts, P., 2006, Effects of a buoyant aseismic ridge subduction at inter-oceanic convergent margins: case study of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana arc system, Geoscience 2006 18th AESC Abstracts, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Miller, M.S., and Kennett, B.L.N., 2006, Four-dimensional structural evolution of the subducting pacific plate along the Western Pacific margin, Co-convened by Asociación Geológica Argentina and GSA, Backbone of the Americas - Patagonia to Alaska.
Miller, M.S., March 2006, Four-dimensional evolution of the Western Pacific convergent margin based on seismic tomography and palaeogeographic reconstructions, Geolgical Society Austalia - Victoria Chapter, Melbourne, Victoria, invited speaker.
Miller, M.S. and Kennett, B.L.N., 2005, Four-dimensional structural evolution of the Western Pacific convergent margin based on paleogeographic reconstructions and seismic tomography, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Miller, M.S. and Kennett, B.L.N., 2005, Spatial and temporal evolution of the subducting Pacific plate beneath Northeast Asia: evidence from seismic tomography and paleogeographic reconstructions, 19th VUEESC Geol. Soc. Aus. Abstracts. v.80, p.40.
Miller, M.S., 2005, Imaging subducting slabs along the Western Pacific margin, 16th National Congress, Australian Institute of Physics, p. 212. Miller, M.S., Gorbatov, A., Kennett, B.L.N. Stern, R.J., Gvirtzman, Z., 2004, Tear in the subducting slab beneath the southern Mariana Arc: evidence from P-wave tomography, EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v.85.
Miller, M.S., Gorbatov, A., Kennett, B.L.N. Stern, R.J., Gvirtzman, Z., 2004, Structure of the subducting Pacific plate beneath the Mariana Arc: Evidence of a tear from P-wave tomography, 18th VUEESC Geol. Soc. Aus. Abstracts. v. 75, p. 33.
Miller, M.S., April 2004, Three dimensional model of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system, Geoscience Australia Workshop on Three-Dimensional Earth Science Problems, Canberra, Australia.
Miller, M.S., Kennett, B.L.N., Lister, G.S., 2004, Three dimensional slab structure of the Northwest Pacific. Geoscience 2004 17th AGC Abstracts, v. 73, p. 217. Miller, M.S., Kennett, B.L.N., Lister, G.S., 2003, Three dimensional slab structure of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc system. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84(46).
Miller, M.S. and G.S. Lister, 2003, Three dimensional slab structure of the Northwest Pacific margin, 17th VUESC Geol. Soc. Aus. Abstracts. v. 70, p. 40.
Edwards, B.D., Catchings, R.D., Hildenbrand, T.G., Miller, M.S., Ponti, D.J., and Wolf, S.C., 2001, Quaternary sedimentary structure of the southwestern Los Angeles basin region. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 33(3), p. 77.
Miller, M.S, Anderson, M.L., Jachens, R.C., and Wentworth, C.M., 2000, 3-D Geophysical Model of the upper crust at the proposed San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) site near Parkfield, CA. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 81(48), p. 1217.
Professional Experience
KAGI21 International Summer School - Participant
Bandung Institute of Technology, Bandung, Indonesia, August 2005
Dynamic Graphics, Inc. - Technical Specialist/Geophysicist
Alameda, California, May 2001-March 2003
US Geological Survey - Geophysicist/ECO Intern
Menlo Park, California, May 2000-May 2001
Schlumberger/Geco-Prakla - Junior Geophysicist
Houston, Texas, June 1998-August 1998
Bermuda Biological Station for Research- Summer Intern
St. George's, Bermuda, Summer 1996
Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience(SAGE) - Summer Intern
Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, New Mexico, Summer 1995
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