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Jon Lewis in TaiwanProfessor

Education

  • BS, University of VermontGeology
  • MS, University of TennesseeGeology
  • PhD, University of ConnecticutGeology
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of California at DavisNeotectonics

Courses Taught

GEOS 101/102 Dynamic Earth
GEOS 310 Environmental Geology
GEOS 302 Structural Geology
GEOS 303 Field Geology
GEOS 362 Plate Tectonics
GEOS 470 Research Methods in the Geosciences

Professional Interests

Structural geology, earthquake geology, plate boundary deformation, neotectonics

Professional Development

Featured in article on dual-career couples, Preparing for an Academic Career

Research Themes

  • Taiwanthe neotectonics of arc-continent collision constrained by modeling outcrop-scale faults and earthquakes (NSF Award #1650157)
  • STEMSEAS - STEM Student Experiences Aboard Ships
  • Costa Ricacontemporary crustal deformation constrained by tectonic geomorphology, geochronology and earthquake modeling
  • SW Japancontrols on Great Earthquakes: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NantroSEIZE) (IUP Magazine Article)

Selected Publications

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  • Lewis, J. C., A. Alemán-Díaz, M. Behl, S. Kolesar, L. White, B. Jones, C. Garza, and S. Cooper, 2022, Rethinking Committee Work in the Research Enterprise: The Case of Regenerative Gatekeeping, AGU Advances, 3(6), e2022AV000772, doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000772. (https://doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000772)

  • Hsu, W.-H., T. B. Byrne, J. C. Lewis, Y.-G. Chen, and P.-Y. Yeh, 2022, Synorogenic extension and extrusion in southern Taiwan, Tectonophysics, 840, 229562, doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229562. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229562)

  • Behl, M., S. Cooper, C. Garza, S. E. Kolesar, S. Legg, J. C. Lewis, L. White, and B, Jones, Changing the Culture of Coastal, Ocean, and Marine Sciences: Strategies for Individual and Collective Actions: Oceanography, v. 34. (https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.307)

  • Ho, G.-R., P.-Y. Chang, J.-C. Lee, J. C. Lewis,  P.-T. Chen, and H.-L. Hsu, 2020, Surface traces and related deformation structures of the southern Sanyi Fault, Taiwan, as deduced from field mapping, electrical-resistivity tomography, and shallow drilling: Engineering Geology, v. 273, p. 105690. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2022.229562)

  • Hashimoto, Y., M. Stipp, J. C. Lewis, and . F. Wuttke, 2019,  Paleo-stress orientations and magnitudes from triaxial testing and stress inversion analysis in Nankai accretionary prism sediments: Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, v. 6, no. 1, p. 3. (https://rdcu.be/c5Ta3)

  • Kodama, K., T. Byrne, J. C. Lewis, J. P. Hibbard, M. Sato, and T. Koyano, 2018, Emplacement of a layered mafic intrusion in the Shimanto accretionary complex of southwest Japan: Evidence from paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric analysis in Geology and Tectonics of Subduction Zones: A Tribute to Gaku Kimura, eds. T. Byrne, M. B. Underwood III, D. Fisher, L. McNeill, D. Saffer, K. Ujiie, and A. Yamaguchi, Volume 534, Geological Society of America

  • Cooper, S. K., and J. C. Lewis, 2017, STEMSEAS: A Vehicle for the US Academic Fleet to Serve Undergraduates from Diverse Backgrounds: Oceanography, v. 30, no. 4. (https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2017.405)

  • Montero, W., J. C. Lewis (corresponding author), and M. C. Araya, 2017, The Guanacaste Volcanic Arc Sliver of Northwestern Costa Rica: Scientific Reports, v. 7, no. 1, p. 1797 (https://rdcu.be/c5Tbw)

  • Lin, W., T. B. Byrne, M. Kinoshita, L. C. McNeill, C. Chang, J. C. Lewis, Y. Yamamoto, D. M. Saffer, J. C. Moore, H.-Y. Wu, T. Tsuji, Y. Yamada, M. Conin, S. Saito, T. Ito, H. J. Tobin, G. Kimura, K. Kanagawa, J. Ashi, M. B. Underwood, and T. Kanamatsu, 2016, Distribution of stress state in the Nankai subduction zone, southwest Japan and a comparison with Japan Trench: Tectonophysics, v. 692, Part B, p. 120-130. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.05.008)

  • Lewis, J. C., D. J. O'Hara*, and R.-J. Rau, 2015 Seismogenic strain across the transition from fore-arc slivering to collision in southern Taiwan, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(6), 2015JB011906, doi:10.1002/2015JB011906. (https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB011906)

  • Lewis, J. C., T. B. Byrne, and K. Kanagawa, 2013, Evidence for mechanical decoupling of the upper plate at the Nankai subduction zone: Constraints from core‐scale faults at NantroSEIZE Sites C0001 and C0002, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 14(3), 620-633, doi:10.1029/2012GC004406. (https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GC004406)

  • Montero, Walter P., J. C. Lewis, J. S. Marshall, S. Kruse and P. Wetmore, 2013, Neotectonic faulting and forearc sliver motion along the Atirro-Rio Sucio fault system, Costa Rica, Central America, Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi:10.113-/B30471.1 (https://doi.org/10.1130/B30471.1)

  • J. C. Lewis, J. S. Marshall, S. Kruse and P. Wetmore, 2013, Neotectonic faulting and forearc sliver motion along the Atirro-Rio Sucio fault system, Costa Rica, Central America, Geological Society of America Bulletin, doi:10.113-/B30471.1

 

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