Kelly Bradbury
(she/her)
Structural Geology
Professional Practice Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator
![Kelly K. Bradbury](/geo/images/faculty/close-bradbury-kelly-2023.jpg)
Contact Information
Office Location: Geology 112Phone: 435-797-0515
Email: kelly.bradbury@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Licensures & Certifications
Teaching Interests
Structural geology, Earth System Science, Natural Hazards, Laboratory techniques. Using experiential approach to teach field and laboratory methods common to industry and academic research.
Research Interests
Fault zone studies, earthquake geology, structurally controlled hydrothermal mineralization, meso-to nano-scale analysis of textures and chemical alteration related to fault zone deformation.
Publications | Abstracts
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Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- DiMonte, A.A, Ault, A.K, Hirth, G., Bradbury, K., (2022). Hematite accommodated shallow, transient Pleistocene slow slip along the exhumed southern San Andreas fault system, California, USA. Geology, 50, 1443-1447. doi: 10.1130/G50489.1
- Armstrong, E.M, Ault, A.K, Bradbury, K., Savage, H.M, Polissar, P., (2022). A multi-proxy approach to robustly capture earthquake temperature rise on the Punchbowl fault, CA. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC01029. doi: 10.1029/2021GC010291
- Moser, A.K, Evans, J.P, Ault, A., Janecke, S.U, Bradbury, K., Reiners, P., (2017). U-Th)/He thermochronometry reveals Pleistocene punctuated deformation and synkinematic hematite mineralization in the Mecca Hills, southernmost San Andreas Fault zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 87–99.
- Bradbury, K., (2015). Micro-scale composition & texture of fault related rocks from SAFOD core and natural analogs: evidence for deformation processes and fluid-rock interactions. PAGEOPH, 172:5
- Bradbury, K., (2012). Hydrogeologic heterogeneity of faulted & fractured Glass Mountain bedded tuffaceous sediments & ash-fall deposits: The Crucifix site near Bishop, California.
- Bradbury, K., (2011). Lithology & internal structure of the San Andreas fault based on characterization of Phase 3 whole-rock core in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) borehole, Earth & Planetary Science Letters.
- Bradbury, K., (2007). Mineralogical & textural analyses of drill cuttings from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) boreholes: Initial interpretations of fault zone composition & constraints on geologic models.
Professional Journal
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Technical Reports
Research Reports
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Publications | Other
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