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Boe Jay Derosier

I am a Research Geophysicist for the USGS specializing in Marine Geophysics. My current research objectives combine geological and geophysical observations and techniques within the marine and lacustrine environments to study problems in active tectonics, paleoseismology, and earthquake geology.

Mendenhall Fellow • Postdoctoral Research Geophysicist (January 2023 -present)
Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, USGS- Santa Cruz, Ca

Postdoctoral Researcher (June 2022 -January 2023)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD. San Diego, CA

Graduate Student Researcher and Teaching Assistant (December 2015-June 2022)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD. San Diego, CA

Professional Experience

  • Field Support Scientist: Lacustrine Seismic Survey and Coring of Lake Alison, Valdez, AK, 2024

  • Field Scientist: Lacustrine Seismic Survey and Coring of Lake Washington, Seattle, WA, 2023

  • Field Support Scientist: Lacustrine Seismic Survey and Coring Lake Whatcom. Bellingham, WA, 2023

  • Co-chief Scientist: Lacustrine Seismic Survey of Lake Chelan, Chelan, WA, 2023
     

  • Seismic Technician: Ross Sea (UNOLS), Antarctica, 2022-2023
     

  • Geology Lead: Sonar Commissioning Cruise (SR2104), Offshore CA, 2021
     

  • Chief Scientist: Lacustrine Seismic Survey of California Reservoirs, Central CA, 2021

  • Lead Field Technician: Lacustrine Seismic Survey of Oregon Lakes, Coastal OR, 2021

  • Lead Field Technician: Lacustrine Archeology Surveys Oregon Reservoirs, OR, 2021

  • Chief Scientist: Co-Chief Scientist: Marine Archeology Survey Offshore Coastal Oregon, OR, 2018
     

  • San Clemente Fault Survey, San Diego, CA, 2020

  • Field Technician: San Diego Beach Cliff Erosion Study, CA, 2014-2020

  • Co-Chief Scientist: San Clemente Island Transect, SCI, CA, 2014-2022

  • Field Technician: Marine Seismic Survey Great American Canal, CA, 2018

  • Field Technician: Active Source Marine Seismic Survey, Long Beach, CA, 2018

  • Field Technician: Seismic Survey Northern Sierra Rift Lakes, CA, 2017

  • Field Technician: San Joaquin River Delta Active Source Seismic Survey, CA, 2017

  • Field Technician: Marine Archaeological Survey Northern Channel Islands, CA, 2016

  • Alumni: Summer of Applied Geophysical Experience (SAGE), Santa Fe, NM, 2014

Education and Certifications

  • Ph.D., Earth Sciences (2022)
    Scripps Institution of
    Oceanography
    San Diego, CA

  • M.S., Earth Sciences (2018)
    University of California
    San Diego, CA

  • B.S., Earth Sciences (2014)
    University of California
    San Diego, CA

Affiliations and Memberships*

  • American Geophysical Union (2015-2024)

  • Seismology Society of America (2023-2024)

  • Society of Exploration geophysicist (non-active)

Abstracts and Presentations

  • Derosier, B., D. Singleton, D. Brothers, B. Sherrod, J. Hill, P. Dartnell. "Lacustrine paleoseismic investigation in the South Washington Cascade Range: Geophysical and sedimentological observations from Keechelus, Kachess, and Cle Elum Lakes." SSA Annual Meeting 2024.

  • Derosier, B., D. Brothers, B. Sherrod, D. Singleton, P. Dartnell, P. Long, S. Angster. "Comprehensive high-resolution geophysical mapping and sediment coring in Lake Chelan, WA: A deep, steep lake dominated by mass transport processes." SSA Annual Meeting 2024.

  • Fabbrizzi, A., J. Maloney, B. Derosier, B, Keith, S, Tovar Quintero, H. Guerrero. "High-resolution Geophysical Mapping of the Outer California Borderland: Tectonics and Repeated Submarine Landslides in Cortes Basin." GSA annual meeting 2023.

  • Orange, D., Derosier, B., Hiroji, A., Oderinde, O., Holland, W., Henderson, C., Ellett, L.,
    Appelgate, B. Next-generation Sub-Bottom Profiler (SBP 29) Has Arrived and Represents a "Step-change" in Data Quality and Quantity for the Marine Geoscience Community: Imaging Marine Sediments at Decimeter-scales, >100m Penetration, Without Diffractions, All While Surveying at 10+ Knots. AGU 2021.

  • Futty, J., Maloney, J., Klotsko, S., Derosier, B., Wriston, T., Casperson. Geophysical
    Mapping of submerged landscapes in Oregon reservoirs for detection of archaeological sites.
    Poster presentation as 2021 Earth and Space Science Open Archive.

  • Sahakian, V. J., Driscoll, N. W., Derosier, B., Oller, B., Klimasewski, A. R., & Stock, J. M.
    (2019, 08). Shallow Surface Deformation on the Southern Imperial Fault System from
    Marine Subsurface Imaging Data. Poster Presentation at the 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting.

  • Derosier, B., N. W. Driscoll, L. G. Graves, J. J. Holmes, and C. Nicholson. "New CHIRP
    Seismic Images of Submarine Terraces Around San Clemente Island Constrain its Tectonic
    Evolution and Geomorphology." In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2015.

  • Derosier, B., K. N. Dennis, R. O. Plata Martinez, M. Montahaei, P. Bedrosian, and L.
    Pellerin. "Dimensionality and geological implications of a sparse magnetotelluric dataset." In
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014.

  • Derosier, B., K. N. Dennis, R. O. Plata Martinez, M. Montahaei, P. Bedrosian, and L.
    Pellerin. "Dimensionality and geological implications of a sparse magnetotelluric dataset." In
    AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2014.

Science and Products

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A computed-generated image showing the Queen Charlotte Fault and nearshore area, using bathymetry and lidar data

Coastal and Marine Geohazards of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska

Coastal and marine geohazards are sudden and extreme events beneath the ocean that threaten coastal populations. These underwater hazards include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and tsunamis. The tectonically active west coast of the Americas is prone to such hazards, as it lies along the boundaries of major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust—the North American, Caribbean...
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Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, 3-D CT Core Imaging Laboratory, Core Preparation and Analysis Laboratory and Sample Repositories, Big Sur Landslides, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization, Subduction Zone Science
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Coastal and Marine Geohazards of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska

Coastal and marine geohazards are sudden and extreme events beneath the ocean that threaten coastal populations. These underwater hazards include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and tsunamis. The tectonically active west coast of the Americas is prone to such hazards, as it lies along the boundaries of major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust—the North American, Caribbean...
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Science and Products

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A computed-generated image showing the Queen Charlotte Fault and nearshore area, using bathymetry and lidar data

Coastal and Marine Geohazards of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska

Coastal and marine geohazards are sudden and extreme events beneath the ocean that threaten coastal populations. These underwater hazards include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and tsunamis. The tectonically active west coast of the Americas is prone to such hazards, as it lies along the boundaries of major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust—the North American, Caribbean...
By
Natural Hazards Mission Area, Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, 3-D CT Core Imaging Laboratory, Core Preparation and Analysis Laboratory and Sample Repositories, Big Sur Landslides, Deep Sea Exploration, Mapping and Characterization, Subduction Zone Science
link

Coastal and Marine Geohazards of the U.S. West Coast and Alaska

Coastal and marine geohazards are sudden and extreme events beneath the ocean that threaten coastal populations. These underwater hazards include earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and tsunamis. The tectonically active west coast of the Americas is prone to such hazards, as it lies along the boundaries of major tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust—the North American, Caribbean...
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*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government