Dr. L. Timothy "Tim" Long
Professor Emeritus
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
311 Ferst Drive
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340
Office: ES&T, Room 2252
Phone: 404-894-2860
Fax: 404-894-5638
E-mail: tim.long@eas.gatech.edu
Website: http://quake.eas.gatech.edu/
Education
- Ph.D., Geophysics, Oregon State University
- M.S., Geophysics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
- B.S., Geology, University of Rochester
Awards
- Jesuit Seismological Association, Award for Contributions in Observational Seismology, Eastern Section of the Seismological Society of America, 2006
Research Interests
- The appplication of seismic propagation in enviornmental problems including:
- Surface waves tomography
- The interpretation and inversion of scattered waves in environmental applications
- Surface wave monitoring of fluid-induced temporal variations shear-wave velocity in soils
- The monitoring and study of earthquakes in the southeastern United States, including:
- The promotion of earthquake recording as a tool to enhance k-12 education
- The design of low-cost seismic recorders
- The analysis of the fractal nature of the statistics of earthquake and fracture spacing
- Studies of SOC in the mechanism for shallow earthquakes in the Piedmont province, including reservoir induced seismicity