Alexis Ault is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Utah State University. She received her BA in Geology and Political Science at Wellesley College, her MSc at University of New Mexico, and her PhD at the University of Colorado, Boulder, followed by an NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of Arizona. Her research sits at the intersection of thermochronometry, fault mechanics, and tectonics, and she integrates geological, nanotextural, and geochemical data to understand the dates, rates, and states of deformation in exhumed and experimental fault rocks. She is the recipient of a NSF CAREER award and the Early Career Award from the International Standing Committee of Thermochronology. Alexis is committed to broadening participation of underserved groups in STEM through a CAREER grant-supported program she developed to engage local middle school students in earthquake research and involvement in USU’s Native American Student Mentoring Program.
Armstrong, E. M., & Ault, A. K. (2022, 09). Evaluating high spatial resolution zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronometry as a fault slip paleothermometer . Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12295
Ault, A. K., DiMonte, A. A., Jensen, J. L., Hirth, G., Meyers, C. D., & Bradbury, K. K. (2022, 09). Shallow, transient slow slip in the southern San Andreas fault system: insights from natural and experimental hematite and hematite-clay slip surfaces. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12289
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., & Meyers, C. D. (2021, 08). Characterizing shallow slow slip with natural and experimental hematite fault surfaces . Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11520
Ault, A. K. (2021, 08). What can hematite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry tell us about fault mechanics in the shallow crust?. Oral Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11142
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Bradbury, K. K., & Hirth, G. (2020, 08). Evidence for slow slip in Mecca Hills, CA, from microstructural and (U-Th)/He analysis of heterogeneous hematite coatings on shallow fault surfaces. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10564
Calzolari, G. V., Ault, A. K., & Hirth, G. (2018, 08). Preliminary data on detecting asperity flash heating on hematite faults with laboratory experiments and hematite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8533
McDermott, R., Ault, A. K., & Evans, J. P. (2017, 08). Examining earthquake processes with microtextural analysis and (U-Th)/He thermochronometry: a case study from hematite fault mirrors in the Wasatch fault zone. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7438
Moser, A. C., Evans, J. P., Ault, A. K., Bradbury, K. K., & Janecke, S. U. (2016). Spatiotemporal evaluation of the San Andreas Fault-related deformation in the Mecca Hills, southern California, from integrated fault zone characterization and low-temperature thermo-chronology. Oral Presentation at Geological Society of America Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7085
Moser, A. C., Evans, J. P., Ault, A. K., Janecke, S. U., Bradbury, K. K., & Reiners, P. (2017). (U-Th)/He thermochronometry reveals Pleistocene punctuated deformation and synkinematic hematite mineralization in the Mecca Hills, southernmost San Andreas Fault zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 87-99. SCEC Contribution 7223
Evans, J. P., Prante, M. R., Janecke, S. U., Ault, A. K., & Newell, D. L. (2014). Hot faults: Iridescent slip surfaces with metallic luster document high-temperature ancient seismicity in the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, USA. Geology, 42(7), 623-626. doi: 10.1130/G35617.1. SCEC Contribution 6054
