Edward A. Keller

Professor of Environmental Studies and Earth Sciences	Office:	Bren Hall 4019 and Webb Hall 2012
	Phone:	(805) 893-4207
	Fax:	(805) 893-8686
	E-mail:	keller@geol.ucsb.edu
	Website:	www.geol.ucsb.edu/People/FacultySummaries/ KellerSummary.html
	Mailing Address:	Environmental Studies Program University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4160
	Courses:	ES 2, Introduction to Environmental Science ES/GEOG 144, Form, Process, and Human Use of Rivers ES 134, Coastal Processes and Management

My research in active tectonics has centered on the western Transverse Ranges of southern California. The objectives of that research are: 1) Establish the late Pleistocene through Holocene chronology; 2) Estimate rates of recent tectonic activity; 3) Determine the basic tectonic framework of the western Transverse Ranges; 4) Provide a better understanding of mountain-building processes in active fold-and-thrust belts; 5) Understand fault and fold growth, particularly lateral propagation and 6) Understand the earthquake hazard of the Santa Barbara area. Funding for active tectonic studies has come from the U. S. Geological Survey's Earthquakes Reduction Program, the Southern California Earthquake Center, and the National Science Foundation. Hydrologic studies focus on: 1) Basic river processes; 2) The role of wildfire and the recurrence intervals of high magnitude flood deposits and debris flow deposits; 3) Role of large woody debris on channel form and process; 4) Environmental effects of channelization ; and 5) River restoration and management. This work has been funded by the Water Resources Center at the University of California, Riverside.

My research efforts with my graduate students are divided into two areas: (1) studies of Quaternary stratigraphy and tectonics as they relate to earthquake hazard active folding and mountain building processes; and (2) study of river process, and fish habitat in the chaparral environment in southern California.

Education:
Ph.D., Purdue University

Selected Publications:
Keller, E. A. (1999) Introduction to Environmental Geology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.

Botkin, D. B. and E. A. Keller. (1999) Environmental Science (3rd Edition). New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Keller,E.A., Gurrola, L., & Tierney, T.E. (1999) "Geomorphic criteria to determine direction of lateral propagation of reverse faulting and folding." Geology, 27:515-518.

Keller,E.A. (1999) "Gilbert's Hydraulic Experiments," In: Moores, E.M., Sloan, D, and Stout, D.L. (eds) Classic Cordilleran concepts. Geological Society of America Special Paper 338. Ch. 13,P.243-256.

Keller, E. A. (1999) Environmental Geology, 8th Edition. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.