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Lewis A. Owen

North Carolina State University
Professor and Head of Department

Expertise: Geomorphology and Geochronology
 
 
Work: 919-515-7778
About Me Publications
Figueiredo, P. M., Bohnenstiehl, D. R., Merschat, A. J., Carter, M. W., Wegmann, K. W., Ricker, M. C., & Owen, L. A. (2022, 09). Surface deformation associated with the Mw 5.1 Sparta, North Carolina earthquake and evidence of recurrent Quaternary surface ruptures in an intraplate setting. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12353
Figueiredo, P. M., Carter, M. W., Cattanach, B., Douglas, T. J., Hill, J. S., Kirby, E., Korte, D., Lynn, A., Merschat, A., Owen, L. A., Scheip, C., Stewart, K., Wells, S. B., & Wooten, R. M. (2020, 08). Preliminary observations of Mw 5.1 Sparta (North Carolina) surface deformation – a first documented Mw 5 instrumental earthquake surface rupture in Eastern USA?. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10753
Hill, J. S., Cattanach, B. L., Douglas, T. J., Figueiredo, P. M., Kirby, E., Korte, D. M., Lynn, A. S., Merschat, A. J., Owen, L. A., Scheip, C., Stewart, K. G., Wells, S. B., & Wooten, R. M. (2020, 08). Surface rupture of the Little River fault in response to the August 9, 2020 Mw 5.1 earthquake near Sparta, North Carolina. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10742
Figueiredo, P. M., Weldon, R. J., Owen, L. A., & Onderdonk, N. W. (2019, 08). Preliminary Geochronology data for Cajon Pass Terraces- implications to the regional chronosequence. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9649
Figueiredo, P. M., Weldon, R. J., & Owen, L. A. (2018, 08). Revisiting the Cajon Pass Quaternary Terraces with Geochronology dating­ implications for the long term slip rates of the San Jacinto and San Andreas systems. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8767
Chen, J., Luo, M., Qin, J., Yin, J., Owen, L. A., Wang, H., Yang, H., Liu, J., & Zhang, B. (2018, 08). Seismic and aseismic fault slip revealed by luminescence bleaching depth profiles of the bedrock normal fault scarp. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8643
Karlsson, K. W., Rockwell, T. K., Fletcher, J. M., Gontz, A. M., Figueiredo, P. M., & Owen, L. A. (2018, 08). Paleoseismology and Neotectonics of the Southern Sierra El Mayor, Baja California, Mexico. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8410
McGill, S. F., Figueiredo, P. M., & Owen, L. A. (2017, 08). Puzzling results in a slip rate study for the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault near North Palm Springs. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7878
Angster, S. J., Wesnousky, S. G., Owen, L. A., Figueiredo, P. M., & Hammer, S. (2017, 08). Quaternary Rates of Slip for faults of the Central Walker Lane. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7771
Pierce, I., Wesnousky, S. G., & Owen, L. A. (2017, 08). Terrestrial cosmogenic surface exposure dating of moraines at Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada, California, and slip rate estimate for the West Tahoe fault.. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7745
Fletcher, J. M., Cambron, J. F., Rockwell, T. K., Karlsson, K. W., Figueiredo, P. M., Spelz, R. M., Lachan, P. G., Peña Villa, I., Leon Loya, A., Hinojosa, A., Prasanajit Naik , S., & Owen, L. A. (2017, 08). Do low-angle normal faults produce large earthquakes? A case study of the Cañada David Detachment of northern Baja California, Mexico. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7649
Spelz, R. M., Fletcher, J. M., Rockwell, T. K., Hinojosa, A., Oskin, M. E., Owen, L. A., Cambron, J. F., Villaverde, V. H., Vallin, L. V., Gutierrez, A. A., & Karlsson, K. W. (2016, 08). Modern earthquake ruptures on contrasting fault systems in the Laguna Salada region of northwestern Mexico.. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6966
Pierce, I., Wesnousky, S. G., & Owen, L. A. (2016, 08). New slip rates and characterization of active faults in the northern Walker Lane. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6917
McGill, S. F., Figueiredo, P. M., & Owen, L. A. (2016, 08). Work in progress to estimate a Latest Pleistocene slip rate for the Banning Strand of the San Andreas Fault near North Palm Springs. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6737
McGill, S. F., Owen, L. A., Weldon, R. J., Kendrick, K. J., & Burgette, R. J. (2021). Latest Quaternary slip rates of the San Bernardino strand of the San Andreas fault, southern California, from Cajon Creek to Badger Canyon. Geosphere, 17(5), 1354-1381. doi: 10.1130/GES02231.1. SCEC Contribution 10001
McGill, S. F., Kendrick, K. J., Owen, L. A., & Weldon, R. J. (2013). Latest Pleistocene and Holocene slip rate for the San Bernardino strand of the San Andreas fault, Plunge Creek, Southern California: Implications for strain partitioning within the southern San Andreas fault system for the last ∼35 k.y.. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 125(1-2), 48-72. doi: 10.1130/B30647.1. SCEC Contribution 1233
McGill, S. F., Owen, L. A., Weldon, R. J., & Kendrick, K. J. (2012). Latest Pleistocene and Holocene Slip Rate for the San Bernardino Strand of the San Andreas Fault, Plunge Creek Southern California: Implications for Strain Partitioning within the Southern San Andreas Fault System for the last 32 ka. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 125(1-2), 48-72. doi: 10.1130/B30647.1. SCEC Contribution 1596
McGill, S. F., Owen, L. A., Weldon, R. J., & Kendrick, K. J. (2011). Latest Pleistocene Slip Rate of the San Bernardino Strand of the San Andreas Fault at Plunge Creek in Highland, California. , : Inland Empire Chapter, Assoc. of Environ. and Eng. Geologist. SCEC Contribution 1479
Blisniuk, K. D., Rockwell, T. K., Owen, L. A., Oskin, M. E., Lippincott, C. K., & Caffee, M. (2010). Late Quaternary slip-rate gradient defined using high-resolution topography and 10Be dating of offset landforms on the southern San Jacinto fault, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. doi: 10.1029/2009JB006346 . SCEC Contribution 1626
Ganev, P. N., Dolan, J. F., Blisniuk, K. D., Oskin, M. E., & Owen, L. A. (2010). Paleoseismologic evidence for multiple Holocene earthquakes on the Calico fault: Implications for earthquake clustering in the Eastern California Shear Zone. GSA Lithosphere, 2(4), 287-298. doi: 10.1130/L82.1. SCEC Contribution 1320
Blisniuk, K. D., Rockwell, T. K., Owen, L. A., Oskin, M. E., Lippincott, C. K., Caffee, M., & Dortch, J. (2010). Late Quaternary slip-rate gradient defined using high-resolution topography and 10Be dating of offset landforms on the southern San Jacinto Fault, California. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115(B8). doi: 10.1029/2009JB006346. SCEC Contribution 1295
Frankel, K. L., Glazner, A. F., Kirby, E., Monastero, F. C., Strane, M. D., Oskin, M. E., Unruh, J., Walker, J., Anandakrishnan, S., Bartley, J. M., Coleman, D. S., Dolan, J. F., Finkel, R., Greene, D., Kylander-Clark , A., Marrero, S., Owen, L. A., & Phillips, F. (2008). Active Tectonics of the Eastern California Shear Zone. In E. Dubendorfer, & G. Smith (Eds.), GSA Field Guide 11: Field Guide to Plutons, Volcanoes, Faults, Reefs, Dinosaurs, and Possible Glaciation in Selected Areas of Arizona, California, and Nevada, (, pp. 43-81) Boulder, : Geological Society of America doi: 10.1130/2008.fld011(03). SCEC Contribution 1131
Frankel, K. L., Brantley, K. S., Dolan, J. F., Finkel, R., Klinger, R. E., Knott, J., Machette, M., Owen, L. A., Phillips, F., Slate, J. L., & Wernicke, B. P. (2007). Cosmogenic 10Be and 36Cl geochronology of offset alluvial fans along the northern Death Valley fault zone: Implications for transient strain in the eastern California shear zone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112(B06407). doi: 10.1029/2006JB004350. SCEC Contribution 958

Last updated Sep 09, 2022.