Kevin Furlong 
EESI Associate
Kevin Furlong
Ph.D., University of Utah Geophysics,1981
Contact Information:
Department of Geosciences
210 Research West Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 863-0567
email: kevin@geodyne.psu.edu
Dept. website: http://geodyn.psu.edu/
Current Research Interests:
Plate Tectonics, thermal and mechanical evolution of the lithosphere
Selected Publications:
Furlong, Kevin P., and Susan Y. Schwartz, 2004, Influence of the Mendocino Triple junction on the tectonics of Coastal California, Ann Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 32 , pp 403-433.
Malservisi R., C. Gans, K.P. Furlong, 2003, Numerical modeling of creeping faults and implications for the Hayward fault, California, Tectonophysics, 361, 121-137.
Gans, C. R., K.P. Furlong, and R. Malservisi, 2003, Fault creep and microseismicity on the Hayward fault, California : Implications for asperity size, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, doi:10.1029/2003GL017904.
Guzofski, C., and Furlong, K.P., 2002, Migration of the Mendocino triple junction and ephemeral crustal deformation: Implications for California Coast Range heat flow, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 12-1 – 12-4.
Malservisi R., K.P. Furlong, H. Anderson, 2003, Dynamic uplift in a transpressional regime: Numerical simulation of the subduction area of Fiordland, New Zealand., Earth and Planetary Science Lett., 206,349-364.
Malservisi R., K. P. Furlong, T. H. Dixon, 2001, Influence of the earthquake cycle and lithospheric rheology on the dynamics of the Eastern California shear zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2731-2734.
Furlong, K.P ., J. Lock, C. Guzofski, J. Whitlock, and H. Benz, 2003, The Mendocino crustal conveyor: Making and breaking the California crust, Int. Geol. Rev., 45, 767 -779.
Furlong, K.P ., and C. Guzofski, 2000, Thermal Rheological Evolution of the Franciscan Crust: Implications for Earthquake Processes, Proceedings of the 3rd Conference on Tectonic Problems of the San Andreas Fault System, eds. G. Bokelmann and R.L. Kovach, Stanford 112-127.
Furlong, K.P ., S.D. Sheaffer, and R. Malservisi, 2001, Thermal-Rheological Controls on Deformation within Oceanic Transforms, The Nature and Tectonic Significance of Fault-Zone Weakening, Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Pub. 186, eds. R.E. Holdsworth, R.A. Strachan, J.F. Maglaughlin,and R.J. Knipe, 65-83.
Furlong, K.P. , and R. Govers, 1999, Ephemeral Crustal Thickening at a Triple Junction: The Mendocino crustal conveyor, Geology, 27, 127-130.