Michael L. Begnaud

Michael L. Begnaud

Technical Staff Member
Seismologist

Geophysics Group, EES-11
Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.O. Box 1663, MS F665
Los Alamos, NM 87545

(505) 667-7620
FAX: 665-3687


I am a Technical Staff Member in the Geophysics group (EES-11) at the Los Alamos National Laboratory.  My main project is conducting seismic research related to the Nuclear Explosion Monitoring Research and Engineering program (formerly the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty program) through the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.  

Current Research Interests
Improving Seismic Event Location in China
Three-Dimensional Tomography
Seismotectonics
Marine and Continental Margin Seismology
Seismic Database Management
Crustal and Upper Mantle Structure of Mid-Ocean Ridges
Hard and Deeply-Buried Targets
Crustal Geophysics

Geographic regions that I have worked on include western China, the California Monterey Bay continental margin, the Endeavour Segment of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Long Valley Caldera, and the Clipperton Transform along the East Pacific Rise.

My Presentations page has recent posters and talks.

Updated: June 23, 2006