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Cindy Ebinger
Professor
Arts, Sciences, and Engineering
Department of Earth And Environmental Science
Areas of expertise: Geological hazards along continental margins, with expertise in including earthquake and volcanic hazards
Press contact:
Peter Iglinski
585.273.4726
Related Links:
Cindy Ebinger Home Page
In the News
LiveScience.com
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
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May 17, 2013
Science360
The Academic Minute
July 18, 2012
Inside Higher Ed
Academic Minute: Understanding Volcanic Plumbing
July 10, 2012
News Releases
Benchmarking a Slice of Africa; Preserving Biodiversity Through Science
June 27, 2011
Fulbright Award Season Begins with Two Rochester Students, One Alumnus Selected
March 29, 2011
African Desert Rift Confirmed as New Ocean in the Making
November 02, 2009
Scientists Install Seismic Sensors in Galapagos to Generate First 3-D Images of a Hotspot Magma Plumbing System
September 09, 2009
Biography
Cindy Ebinger studies active and ancient plate boundary processes, with a primary interest in the process of continental rifting leading to rupture and the formation of new oceanic lithosphere. Her expertise lies in linkage between structural geology and applied geophysics, including seismicity, plate flexure, and geodetic data. Some of her active research programs include the East African rift system in Ethiopia and Tanzania, and continental rupture in the Gulf of Aden and southern Australia. These programs focus on the role of magma intrusion in achieving plate rupture, and the modification of continental and oceanic plates within mantle plume provinces. These studies involve assessment of earthquake and volcanic hazards, with specific expertise in East Africa. Ebinger uses seismic, remote sensing, gravity, and magnetic methods to advise diamond, base metals, and hydrocarbon exploration programs.