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Brian Olson

California Geological Survey

Engineering Geologist

Expertise: seismic hazards, engineering geology, science communication, post-earthquake response

About Me Publications

Engineering Geologist with the California Geological Survey (CGS) in the Los Angeles office working in seismic hazards and geologic mapping. Prior to joining CGS in 2009, I worked for a private geotechnical consulting firm for 11 years.

At CGS I am involved with active fault evaluation in southern California and liquefaction hazard zonation in the Sacramento area. I've also created compilation geologic maps of several 7.5' quadrangles in the western Antelope Valley and I perform geologic and seismic hazard reviews of geotechnical reports for school & hospital construction for the Division of the State Architect (DSA) and the Dept. of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), respectively.

I have participated in post-event response work collecting field data after the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake, 2018 Montecito debris flows, 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence, 2020 Lone Pine earthquake, and various post-wildfire debris flow/flooding events in southern California.

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Stewart, J. P., Brandenberg, S. J., Wang, P., Nweke, C., Hudson, K. S., Mazzoni, S., Bozorgnia, Y., Hudnut, K. W., Davis, C. A., Ahdi, S. K., Zareian, F., Fayaz, J., Koehler, R. D., Chupik, C., Pierce, I., Williams, A., Akciz, S. O., Hudson, M. B., Kishida, T., Brooks, B. A., Gold, R. D., Ponti, D. J., Scharer, K. M., McPhillips, D., Ericksen, T., Hernandez, J., Patton, J. R., Olson, B., Dawson, T., Treiman, J. A., DuRoss, C. B., Blake, K., Bachhuber, J. L., Madugo, C. M., Sun, J., Donnellan, A., Lyzenga, G. A., Conway, E. M., & Goulet, C. A. (2019, 08). Engineering and Geological Effects of the July 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9907

Haddon, E. K., Bennett, S. E., Patton, J. R., Kendrick, K. J., Oglesby, D. D., Olson, B., DuRoss, C. B., & Pickering, A. (2019, 08). Coseismic Variations in Slip Orientation from Curved Striations and Projectile Playa Soils during the 2019 M7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9843

Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Avouac, J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bennett, S. E., Blake, K., Bork, S., Brooks, B. A., Burgess, P., Chupik, C., Dawson, T., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., DeLong, S., Dolan, J. F., DuRoss, C. B., Ericksen, T., Frost, E., Gold, R. D., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A. E., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., Mareschal, M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Nevitt, J., Olson, B., Padilla, S. E., Patton, J. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Pridmore, C., Rosa, C., Roth, N., Scharer, K. M., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Thompson Jobe, J., Treiman, J. A., Williams, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2019, 08). Geologic observations of surface fault rupture associated with the Ridgecrest M6.4 and M7.1 earthquake sequence by the Ridgecrest Rupture Mapping Group. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9779

Hauksson, E., Olson, B., Grant, A., Andrews, J. R., Chung, A. I., Hough, S. E., Kanamori, H., McBride, S. K., Michael, A. J., Page, M. T., Ross, Z. E., Smith, D. E., & Valkaniotis, S. N. (2020). The Normal-Faulting 2020 Mw 5.8 Lone Pine, Eastern California, Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 92(2A), 679-698. doi: 10.1785/0220200324. SCEC Contribution 11888

Ponti, D. J., Morelan, A. E., Padilla, S. E., Oskin, M. E., Olson, B., O'Neal, M., Nevitt, J. M., Nale, S., Mongovin, D. D., Philibosian, B., Milliner, C., McPhillips, D., McDonald, J., Mareschal, M., Madugo, C. M., Leeper, R. J., Ladinsky, T., patton, j. R., Pierce, I., Koehler, R. D., Jobe, J., Zimmerman, J., Zachariasen, J., Xu, X., Williams, A. M., Vanderwal, J., Valencia, F. N., Treiman, J. A., Swanson, B. J., Pridmore, C., Spangler, E., Smith-Konter, B. R., Singleton, D. M., Seitz, G. G., Scharer, K. M., Sandwell, D. T., Roth, N., Kozaci, O., Kendrick, K. J., Blair, J., Barth, N. C., Burgess, P., Bullard, T., Brooks, B. A., Bork, S., Blake, K., Bennett, S. E., Bacon, S., Dawson, T., Bachhuber, J. L., Avouac, J., Angster, S. J., Akciz, S. O., Pickering, A., Thomas, K., Rosa, C., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Hudnut, K. W., Graehl, N. A., Holland, P., Hitchcock, C., Hernandez, J. L., Helms, J., Hatem, A., Haddon, E. K., Gutierrez, C., Gold, R. D., Delano, J., Funning, G. J., Frost, E., Ericksen, T., DuRoss, C. B., Donnellan, A., Dolan, J. F., DeLong, S., & Zinke, R. (2020). Documentation of Surface Fault Rupture and Ground-Deformation Features Produced by the 4 and 5 July 2019 Mw 6.4 and Mw 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters, 91(5), 2942-2959. doi: 10.1785/0220190322. SCEC Contribution 10852

DuRoss, C. B., Gold, R. D., Dawson, T., Scharer, K. M., Kendrick, K. J., Akciz, S. O., Angster, S. J., Bachhuber, J. L., Bacon, S., Bennett, S. E., Blair, L., Brooks, B. A., Bullard, T., Burgess, W. P., Chupik, C., DeFrisco, M. J., Delano, J., Dolan, J. F., Frost, E., Graehl, N. A., Haddon, E. K., Hatem, A., Hernandez, J. L., Hitchcock, C., Hudnut, K. W., Thompson Jobe, J., Koehler, R. D., Kozaci, O., Ladinsky, T., Madugo, C. M., McPhillips, D., Milliner, C., Morelan, A. E., Olson, B., patton, j. R., Philibosian, B., Pickering, A., Pierce, I., Ponti, D. J., Seitz, G. G., Spangler, E., Swanson, B. J., Thomas, K., Treiman, J. A., Valencia, F. N., Williams, A. M., & Zinke, R. (2020). Surface Displacement Distributions for the July 2019 Ridgecrest, California, Earthquake Ruptures. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 110(4), 1400-1418. doi: 10.1785/0120200058. SCEC Contribution 10110

Olson, B. (2015). Geomorphic evaluation of the Santa Monica Fault Zone, northwestern Los Angeles Basin, southern California. Poster Presentation at Seismological Society of America annual meeting, Pasadena, CA, April 21-23, 2015. SCEC Contribution 7326

Rymer, M. J., Treiman, J. A., Kendrick, K. J., Lienkaemper, J. J., Weldon, R. J., Bilham, R., Wei, M., Fielding, E. J., Hernandez, J. L., Olson, B., Irvine, P., Knepprath, N., Sickler, R. R., Tong, X., & Siem, M. E. (2011). Triggered surface slips in southern California associated with the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah, Baja California, Mexico, earthquake. , : . SCEC Contribution 7325

Olson, B. (2007). The tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, southern California. In A. Brown, R. Shlemon, & J. Cooper (Eds.), Geology and Paleontology of Palos Verdes Hills, California: A 60th Anniversary Revisit to Commemorate the 1946 Publication of U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 207, (, pp. 23-40) , : SCEC Contribution 6307

Last updated Jul 29, 2022.

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