Students
Catherine M. Snelson, Assistant Professor of Geophysics

Graduate:

Sandra Saldana, MS (in progress), Pseudo 3-D Imagery of the State Line Fault, Stewart Valley, Nevada Using Seismic Reflection Data

Shelley Zaragoza, MS (in progress UNLV), Imaging the Southern Trace of the Black Hills Fault, Clark County, Nevada

Aaron Hirsch, MS (in progress UNLV), An Integrated Geophysical Study of Hidden Valley, Central McCullough Range, NV

Darlene McEwan, MS 2005, A Seismological Study of the Las Vegas Bain, NV Investigating Basin Depth and Shear Velocity Structure. [MS Thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 117 p.

Jenelle Hopkins, MAS 2003, Geophysical Investigations of the Las Vegas Basin Using Data from the Nevada Educational Seismic Network (NESN): University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Undergraduate:

Matthew Beachly, IRIS Intern 2007, Senior project, in progress, Hastings College, Hastings, NE, A High-Resolution Seismic Survey Across the State Line fault, NV

Sandra Saldana

• EPSCoR 2005-2006, Seismic Investigation of Faulting in the River Mountains, Henderson, Nevada
  
• URA 2004, Seismic Investigation of the California Wash Fault: Implications for Earthquake Hazards

Shelley Zaragoza, Honors thesis 2004, Crustal Velocity Model of Watusi Data Integrated With Legacy Data, Clark County, Nevada

Aaron Hirsch, IRIS Intern 2003, Senior project, 2004, St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, Geologic Interpretation of the Las Vegas Valley Based on Industry Seismic Reflection Data