Sara Mitchell (Gran)

Sara Mitchell (Gran) used ³⁶Cl to determine the movement history of an exceptionally well preserved, limestone fault scarp in the Galilee. Her first of its kind work showed that most likely three major earthquakes have shaken this region and its people in the last 10,000 years.

MS Thesis, Geology (University of Vermont, 2000)

Cosmogenic Isotopes & Paleoseismology in Israel: Estimating normal fault displacement rates in northern Israel using cosmogenic ³⁶Cl download pdf of MS thesis proposal
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Honors and Awards

National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, 1999

Additional Degrees

University of Washington, Ph. D. Geology, 2003

Undergraduate Degree

Carleton College, B.A. magna cum laude Geology, 1996

Current Position and Contact Information (7/2018)

Associate Professor of Geology
College of The Holy Cross
1 College Street
Worcester, MA 01610

Refereed Papers

Gran, S. E., Matmon, A. S., Bierman, P. R., Enzel, Y., Caffee, M. and Rizzo, D. (2001) Displacement history of a limestone normal fault scarp northern Israel from cosmogenic ³⁶Cl. Journal of Geophysical Research. v. 106(B3), p. 4247-4264. doi:10.1029/2000JB900373

Gran, S. E., Nichols, K. and Bierman, P. R. (1999) Teaching winter geohydrology using frozen lakes and snowy mountains. Journal of Geoscience Education. v. 47(5), p. 420-447. doi:10.5408/1089-9995-47.5.420

Abstracts

Gran, S. E., Matmon, A., Bierman, P. R., Enzel, Y. and Caffee, M. (1999) Evidence for rapid, Holocene displacement on the Nahef East normal fault, northern Israel; a cosmogenic ³⁶Cl approach. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Denver, CO. v. 31, p. 301-302. (download pdf)

Gran, S. E., Matmon, A., Bierman, P. R., Enzel, Y. and Caffee, M. (1999) Calculating fault displacement rates, in-situ cosmogenic ³⁶Cl concentrations of a limestone normal fault scarp, northern Israel. International Conference on Drainage basin Dynamics and Morphology, Jerusalem, Israel. p. 21. (download pdf)

Gran, S. E., Matmon, A., Bierman, P. R., Enzel, Y. and Caffee, M. (1998) Calculating fault displacement rates, in-situ cosmogenic ³⁶Cl concentrations of a limestone normal fault scarp, Northern Israel. GSA Abstracts with Programs, Annual meeting, Toronto, Canada. v. 30, p. 142-143. (download pdf)