Alba M. Rodriguez Padilla
Utah State University
Assistant Professor
Expertise: Fault mechanics, active tectonics, structural geology
About Me
Publications
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021). 738,000 Years of Off-fault Deformation at the Volcanic Tablelands, CA. Geophysical Research Letters, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 11679
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Oskin, M. E., Milliner, C., & Plesch, A. (2021). Widespread rock damage from the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. Nature Geoscience, (accepted). SCEC Contribution 10995
Zuckerman, M. G., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Arrowsmith, R., Schwarz, M. F., & Chen, Z. (2024, 09). Quantifying the erasure of earthquake surface ruptures from desert landscapes: Implications for rupture hazard assessment. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14031
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Saez, A., Avouac, J., Im, K., & Kaveh, H. (2024, 09). Elastic and frictional controls on time-variable slip rates in a two-fault system. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13748
Tucker, L. A., Chen, Z., McPhillips, D., Scharer, K. M., Hu, M., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Ross, Z. E. (2024, 09). Developing a machine learning dataset to facilitate fine-detail post-earthquake fault rupture mapping . Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13741
Hu, M., Chen, Z., McPhillips, D., Scharer, K. M., Tucker, L. A., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Ross, Z. E. (2024, 09). Advancing deep learning approaches to facilitate rapid post-earthquake fault mapping. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13738
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Oskin, M. E., Brodsky, E. E., Dascher-Cousineau, K., Herrera, V., & White, S. (2024). The Effect of Fault Geometrical Complexity on Surface Rupture Length. Geophysical Research Letters,. SCEC Contribution 13619
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2023, 09). Rupture Re-nucleation across Step-overs Requires High Coulomb Stress Change. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12854
Oskin, M. E., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Lau, W. (2023, 09). Earthquake gates, recurrence intervals and expected magnitude range for strike-slip faults. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12847
Young, E. K., Oskin, M. E., & Rodriguez Padilla, A. M. (2023). Reproducibility of remote mapping of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake surface ruptures. Seismological Research Letters,. doi: 10.1785/0220230095. SCEC Contribution 12698
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2023). Displacement Hazard from Distributed Ruptures in Strike‐Slip Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters, 113(6), 2730-2745. doi: 10.1785/0120230044. SCEC Contribution 11869
Herrera, V., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., White, S., & Oskin, M. E. (2022, 09). The mechanics of rupture propagation through fault bends during strike-slip earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12540
Quintana, M., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Chadly, D. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2022, 09). Semi-automated extraction of fault displacement profiles and displacement-length relationships from high-resolution lidar data and standard fault maps. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12491
White, S., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Herrera, V., & Oskin, M. E. (2022, 09). How far will a rupture travel past a fault junction during a strike-slip event?. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12489
Bravo, G., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2022, 09). Measuring vertical displacements from the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes using the post-event lidar point cloud. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12337
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2022, 09). A probabilistic displacement hazard assessment framework for coseismic distributed fracturing from strike-slip earthquakes. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12309
Oskin, M. E., & Rodriguez Padilla, A. M. (2022, 09). Evolution of distributed folding over multiple earthquake cycles. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12296
Aguilar, B. J., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Quintana, M., Shea, T. A., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). Surficial fractures from the middle of the 2019 Ridgecrest mainshock mapped from high-resolution aerial imagery. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11439
Prado, R., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). Localized and distributed deformation in a step-over of the Ridgecrest 2019 mainshock. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11419
Young, E. K., Oskin, M. E., & Rodriguez Padilla, A. M. (2021, 08). Effectiveness and reproducibility of remote mapping of the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquake ruptures with airborne lidar and imagery. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11366
Quintana, M., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Chadly, D. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). Near-field deformation of the southeastern strand of the 2019 Ridgecrest mainshock. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11354
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). A Curvature-based Approach to Measuring Permanent Long-wavelength Off-fault Deformation: Applications to the Volcanic Tablelands, CA. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11348
Shea, T. A., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). Mapping the fractures associated with the magnitude 6.4 Ridgecrest earthquake foreshock from July 4, 2019. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11256
Hernandez, M. T., Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., & Oskin, M. E. (2021, 08). Damage Zone Patterns Along Creeping Faults in the Navajo Sandstone, Utah. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11126
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Quintana, M. A., Prado, R. M., Aguilar, B. J., Shea, T. A., Oskin, M. E., & Garcia, L. (2021). Near-Field High-Resolution Maps of the Ridgecrest Earthquakes from Aerial Imagery. Seismological Research Letters, 93(1), 494-499. doi: 10.1785/0220210234. SCEC Contribution 11063
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Oskin, M. E., Rockwell, T. K., Delusina, I., & Singleton, D. M. (2021). Joint earthquake ruptures of the San Andreas and San Jacinto faults, California, USA. Geology,. doi: 10.1130/G49415.1. SCEC Contribution 10924
Young, E. K., Oskin, M. E., & Rodriguez Padilla, A. M. (2020, 08). Testing the Reproducibility of Remote Surface Rupture Maps of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10687
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Oskin, M. E., & Milliner, C. (2020, 08). Does Slip Heterogeneity Drive Near-field Fracture and Aftershock Distribution? Examples from the 2019 Ridgecrest Sequence. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10578
Rodriguez Padilla, A., Oskin, M. E., Rockwell, T. K., Delusina, I., & Singleton, D. M. (2019, 08). Paleoseismic investigation and mechanical modeling of rupture behavior through Cajon Pass . Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9514
Last updated Oct 16, 2024.
