Department
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
Organization
University of Washington
Email
jbourgeo@uw.edu
Phone
206 685-2443
Address
Earth & Space Sciences
Seattle , Washington 98195United StatesBioJody Bourgeois received her B.A. from Barnard College and her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. Her main research interests are: environmental and process analysis of clastic sediments and sedimentary rocks, with a focus on terrigenous shallow-marine and coastal environments; and neotectonics and paleoseismology. She also does research in the history of geology. Recently, Bourgeois and her students have focused on paleo-tsunami deposits as a key to paleoseismicity, particularly in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska and the Russian Far East. Her students and colleagues are also looking at a number of topics related to Quaternary coastal history of these regions, working with volcanologists, seismologists, archaeologists and paleoecologists, amongst others.

Science Specialties

sedimentology, quaternary geology, seismic hazards, paleoseismology, history of science

Current Research

North Pacific and Bering Sea coastal studies, especially tsunamis and paleotsunamis; Russian Far East; paleoseismology; tephra stratigraphy; neotectonics; collaborative work with archaeologists