Lee M. Liberty

Research Scientist - Geophysicist/Systems Administrator/All around nice guy
Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface (CGISS)
1910 University Drive
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho
83725 
Telephone: (208)-426-1166
           (208)-426-3888 Fax
lliberty@boisestate.edu
- no junk mail please!

My research topics at CGISS include

Neotectonics and earthquake hazards
Basin-scale geophysical studies
Marine seismic imaging
Hydrogeophysics
New Methodologies

My tools include

Seismic reflection
Gravity and magnetics
Ground penetrating radar


 

Funded Projects
  • 2008-2009 (PI) Seismic profiling of the western extension of the Seattle Fault, Washington
  • 2007-2008 (PI) Hydrostratigraphic and structural characterization at the Central Nevada Test Area
  • 2004-2008 (PI) Seismic profiling of the Tacoma Fault, Washingtoan U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program
  • 2006-2007 (PI) Seismic profiling of the Southern Whidbey Island and Seattle Faults, Washington U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program
  • 2004-2006 - (PI) CCI Pahsimeroi Subbasin Surface water/Groundwater Savings and Restoration Project Bureau of Land Management: collaborators (J. McNamara)
  • 2004-2006 - (PI) New and innovative equipment and technologies for the remote sensing and surveillance of oil under ice - Collaborative research with D. Dickens and Associates: Mineral Management Services: collaborators (J. Bradford)
  • 2004 - (PI) Tamarack seismic reflection project Hydro Logic, Inc.: collaborators (J. Bradford)
  • 2003-2004 - (co-PI) High-resolution magnetometer and seismic exploration for the buried 5th century city of Yonuk Nagaboandhu, northernmost Thailand Boise State University Faculty Research Grant:collaborators (S. Wood)
  • 2003-2004 - (PI) Vibroseis seismic profiling of the Seattle Fault, Lake Sammamish region, Washington U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program
  • 2003-2004 - (PI) East Bank Fault geophysical characterization investigation, Portland, Oregon Collaborative Research with Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program: collaborators (I. Madin)
  • 2001-2003 - (PI) Procurement and reprocessing of an industry marine seismic reflection profile from the Columbia River, Oregon and Washington U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program
  • 2000-2002 - (PI) Portland Hills fault source characterization investigation, Portland, Oregon U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program:collaborators (M. Hemphill-Haley, I. Madin)
  • 1999-2002 - (PI) Treasure Valley seismic reflection imaging and well log integration Idaho Department of Water Resources: collaborators (S. Wood)
  • 1999-2000 - (PI) Seismic reflection survey of Klamath Lake, Oregon (PI) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
  • 1998-1999 - (PI) Geophysical Imaging of the Grande Ronde Basin, LaGrande, Oregon Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
  • 1996-1997 - (PI) Earthquake hazards analysis of the Mount Angel fault system Collaborative research with Oregon State University U.S. Geological Survey NEHRP Program: collaborators (A. Trehu)
  • 1996-1997 - (PI) Seismic survey of the Boise geothermal aquifer Idaho Department of Water Resources/U.S. Department of Energy

    Selected Publications

    Best, H., McNamara, J. P., & Liberty, L. (2005). Association of ice and river channel morphology determined using ground-penetrating radar in the Kuparuk river, Alaska. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 37(2), 157-162.

    Blakely, R. J., Wells, R. E., Tolan, T. L., Beeson, M. H., Trehu, A. M., & Liberty, L. M. (2000). New aeromagnetic data reveal large strike-slip (?) faults in the northern Willamette valley, oregon. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(8), 1225-1233.

    Bradford, J.H., Liberty, L.M., Lyle, M.W., Clement, W.P., and Hess, S., (2006), Imaging complex structure in shallow seismic-reflection data using prestack depth migration: Geophysics, v. 71, p. B175-B181.

    Janik, A., Lyle, M., & Liberty, L. M. (2004). Seismic expression of pleistocene paleoceanographic changes in the california borderland from digitally acquired 3.5 kHz subbottom profiles and ocean drilling program leg 167 drilling. Journal of Geophysical Research, B, Solid Earth and Planets, 109(7), 20.

    Liberty, L. M. (1998). Seismic reflection imaging of a geothermal aquifer in an urban setting; shallow seismic reflection. Geophysics, 63(4), 1285-1294.

    Liberty, L. M., Heller, P. L., & Smithson, S. B. (1994). Seismic reflection evidence for two-phase development of tertiary basins from east-central Nevada. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 106(12), 1621-1633.

    Liberty, L. M. and Pratt, T.L., I. P. (in press). Neotectonic analysis of Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: new insights from seismic reflection data. Geological Society of America Special Volume.

    Liberty, L. M. and Pratt, T.L., I. P. (in press). Structure of the eastern Seattle fault zone, Washington State: new insights from seismic reflection data. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.

    Liberty, L. M., Hemphill-Haley, M. A., & Madin, I. P. (2003). The Portland Hills Fault; uncovering a hidden fault in Portland, Oregon using high-resolution geophysical methods; contributions to neotectonics and seismic hazard from shallow geophysical imaging. Tectonophysics, 368(1-4), 89-103.

    Liberty, L. M., Trehu, A. M., Blakely, R. J., & Dougherty, M. E. (1999). Integration of high-resolution seismic and aeromagnetic data for earthquake hazards evaluations; an example from the willamette valley, oregon. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 89(6), 1473-1483.

    Mitchell, N. C., Lyle, M. W., Knappenberger, M. B., & Liberty, L. M. (2003). Lower miocene to present stratigraphy of the equatorial pacific sediment bulge and carbonate dissolution anomalies. Paleoceanography, 18(2), 14.

    Moore, T. C., Rea, D. K., Lyle, M., & Liberty, L. M. (2002). Equatorial ocean circulation in an extremely warm climate. Paleoceanography, 17(1), 6.

    Sherrod, B.L., Blakely, R.J., Weaver, C.S., Kelsey, H.M., Barnett, E., Liberty, L.M., Meagher, K.L., and Pape, K.M., (in press), Finding concealed active faults: extension of the southern Whidbey Island fault across the Puget Lowland, Washington, Journal of Geophysical Research.

    Rea, D.K., Lyle, M.W., Liberty, L.M., Hovan, S.A., Bolyn, M.P., Gleason, J.D., Hendy, I.L., Latimer, J.C., Murphy, B.M., Owen, R.M., Paul, C.F., Rea, T.H.C., Stancin, A.M., and Thomas, D.J., (2006), Broad region of no sediment in the southwest Pacific Basin: Geology, v. 34, p. 873–876.

    Wong, I. G., Hemphill-Haley, M. A., Liberty, L. M., & Madin, I. P. (2001). The Portland Hills Fault; an earthquake generator or just another old fault? Oregon Geology, 63(2), 39-47.

    Membership

    • American Geophysical Union (AGU)
    Engineering and Environmental Society (EEGS)
    Geological Society of America (GSA)
    Seismological Society of America (SSA)
    Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)

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