Rate My Professor Chris Goldfinger

Chris Goldfinger is Professor Emeritus in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. He earned a BA in Geology and a BS in Geologic Oceanography from Humboldt State University in 1980, followed by an MS in Structural Geology in 1990 and a PhD in Structural Geology in 1994, both from Oregon State University. His academic career at Oregon State University included appointments as professor with a focus on marine geology and geophysics and paleoseismology. Goldfinger's research specializations encompass subduction earthquakes, paleoseismology, mechanics of oblique subduction, structural geology, accretion and erosion of active margins, seafloor imaging, mapping, and visualization techniques, and seafloor drilling technology. His work has addressed submarine paleoseismology offshore, lacustrine paleoseismology, earthquake recurrence, active oblique faulting and block rotation in the Cascadia subduction zone, the relationship of forearc deformation to earthquake potential in convergent margins, and the earthquake potential of plate boundary fault zones including Cascadia, Sumatra, Chile, and the Northern San Andreas Fault.