Geology and Geological Engineering

Dr. Edward Duke
Petrology, Mineral Spectroscopy, and Remote Sensing
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News and upcoming events

Pinned Mesh Perturbation (PMP) method. Our PMP method estimates nonlinear volcano deformation source parameters in FEMs (e.g., position of a magma chamber) from InSAR data --Elastic half-space models (e.g., Mogi) are no longer required for estimating volcano deformation source locations. PDF

Conferences and lectures:

  • European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry (ECMI) 2014. Invited presentation: Integrating seismic tomography with geodetic data to estimate volcano deformation sources Taormina, Italy, June 9-13, 2014.
  • Simulia Community Conference 2014. Invited presentation: Embedding Abaqus in nonlinear inverse analyses of satellite radar data to estimate magma flux within an active volcano Providence, RI, May 19-22, 2014.

Field courses and workshops:

  • Volcano field course-Big Island of Hawaii, Summer 2014. Lava flow mapping; geodetic measurements; and interpretations of deformation data, including sources of error and uncertainties. Course details.
  • Earthquake FEM Workshop, 2014. SDSMT campus.
    Design, construction, and implementation of FEMs for simulating earthquake deformation. Stay tuned for details.






contact: Dept. of Geology and Geological Engineering, 501 E. Saint Joseph St., SDSMT, Rapid City, SD 57701
phone: (605)394-2388 / fax: (605)394-6703 / email: edward.duke@sdsmt.edu