Harold Gurrola, Ph.D.

BS. Geophysics, University of Texas at El Paso 1984. M.S. Geophysics, University of Texas at El Paso 1987. Ph.D. Geophysics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. I conduct research in Geophysics, Tectonics, and Seismic Imaging of the Lithosphere and Upper Mantle.

Department of Geosciences, Associate Professor Seismology

Imaging of the Earth using PP precursors

Current students are using this method to image the lithosphere in different parts in the Earth

We all know California is falling apart, but Where? and How?

The earthquakes in California are a constant reminder that the boundary between the North American Plate and the Pacific Plate runs through the state. In Southern California, the plate boundary is generally accepted to be the San Andreas Fault System, which is in fact a wide fault zone...

Potential Fields and Electromagnetic Methods in Geophysics: GPH 4323

Covers methods of exploring Earth's Surface using gravity, magnetic, electrical methods

Velocity Model Building: GPH 5305

Principles and usage of major seismic velocity model building approaches, including seismic refraction, semblance, migration, and tomographic velocity model building methods.

Seismic Exploration Methods: GPH 4321

Methods to collect, process, and interpret seismic data is discussed