Michael Hopkins

My research interests include Tectonic Geomorphology, Extensional Tectonics and Landscape Evolution, Normal Faulting, Rifting, Growth Faulting and Coastal Land Loss

Publications

Young, C., Dawers, N. Hopkins, M. (in prep) Examining relay ramp evolution through paleo-shoreline deformation analysis, Warner Valley fault, Oregon. To be submitted to Lithosphere.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2018) The role of fault length, spacing and overlap in controlling relay ramp fluvial catchment geometry. Basin Research, DOI: 10.1111/bre.12240.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2016) Vertical deformation of lacustrine shorelines along breached relay ramps, Catlow Valley fault, southeastern Oregon, USA. Tectonophysics, 674, 89-100.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2015) Changes in bedrock channel morphology driven by displacement rate increase during normal fault interaction and linkage. Basin Research, 27, 1, 43-59.

Abstracts and Other Presentations

Hopkins, M.C. Lopez, J. & Songy, A. (2018) Subsidence rates from faulting determined by RTK elevation surveys of bridges in Lake Pontchartrain. State of the Coast, New Orleans, LA, Oral Presentation.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2016) The role of fault scale in controlling relay ramp spacing and overlap in the Basin & Range. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 48, DOI: 10.1130/abs/2016AM-28634.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2015) Vertical deformation of lacustrine shorelines along breached relay ramps, Catlow Valley fault, southeastern Oregon, USA. Rocky Mountain Rendezvous, AAPG Student Expo, Laramie WY. Poster Presentation.

Hopkins, M.C. & Dawers, N.H. (2014) Deformation of lacustrine shorelines as a tool for understanding fault interaction and relay ramp breaching, Catlow Valley fault, SE Oregon. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 46, No. 6, p.777.

Hopkins, M.C., Dawers, N.H., & Gasparini, N.M. (2012) Changes in bedrock channel morphology driven by displacement rate acceleration during normal fault interaction and linkage. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 44, No. 7, p.462.

Hopkins, M.C., Dawers, N.H., & Gasparini, N.M. (2012) Changes in bedrock channel morphology driven by displacement rate acceleration during normal fault linkage. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Student Exposition, Houston, TX, USA. Poster Presentation.