Rick Brazier is senior associate dean for faculty and research for the 14 campuses that comprise the University College. He oversees all aspects of faculty development from hiring through promotions and sabbaticals, including grant proposals.
Brazier is a professor of mathematics and geology. He began his Penn State career in 1996 as a research associate in EMS and then as an instructor and subsequently tenure line faculty member at Penn State DuBois.
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Recent Publications
Locations and source parameters for calibration events in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Ethiopia, and Tanzania
O'Donnell, J. P., Shamsalsadati, S., Brazier, R. A. & Nyblade, A. A., Feb 2018, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 108, 1, p. 145-154 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The uppermost mantle seismic velocity and viscosity structure of central West Antarctica
O'Donnell, J. P., Selway, K., Nyblade, A. A., Brazier, R. A., Wiens, D. A., Anandakrishnan, S., Aster, R. C., Huerta, A. D., Wilson, T. & Winberry, J. P., Aug 15 2017, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 472, p. 38-49 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thick lithosphere, deep crustal earthquakes and no melt: A triple challenge to understanding extension in the western branch of the East African Rift
O'Donnell, J. P., Selway, K., Nyblade, A. A., Brazier, R. A., El Tahir, N. & Durrheim, R. J., Feb 1 2016, In: Geophysical Journal International. 204, 2, p. 985-998 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
From craton to rift: Empirically based ground-truth criteria for local events recorded on regional networks
Boomer, K. B., Brazier, R. A., O'Donnell, J. P., Nyblade, A. A., Kokoska, J. & Liu, S., 2013, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 103, 4, p. 2295-2304 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assessing model uncertainties for joint inversions of seismological data using a genetic algorithm
Brownlow, P., Brazier, R., Nyblade, A. & Boomer, K. B., 2013, In: Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics. 19, 055097.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
Empirically based ground truth criteria for seismic events recorded at local distances on regional networks with application to Southern Africa
Boomer, K. B., Brazier, R. A. & Nyblade, A. A., Aug 1 2010, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 100, 4, p. 1785-1791 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Source parameters for moderate earthquakes in the Zagros Mountains with implications for the depth extent of seismicity
Adams, A., Brazier, R., Nyblade, A., Rodgers, A. & Al-Amri, A., Jun 2009, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 99, 3, p. 2044-2049 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Local magnitude scale for the Ethiopian Plateau
Brazier, R. A., Miao, Q., Nyblade, A. A., Ayele, A. & Langston, C. A., Oct 2008, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 98, 5, p. 2341-2348 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Focal mechanisms and the stress regime in NE and SW Tanzania, East Africa
Brazier, R. A., Nyblade, A. A. & Florentin, J., Jul 28 2005, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 32, 14, p. 1-4 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Upper mantle P velocity structure beneath the Baikal Rift from modeling regional seismic data
Brazier, R. A. & Nyblade, A. A., Feb 15 2003, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 30, 4, p. 2-1 - 2-4Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Precambrian lithospheric controls on the development of the East African rift system
Nyblade, A. A. & Brazier, R., Aug 1 2002, In: Geology. 30, 8, p. 755-758 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pn wave velocities beneath the Tanzania Craton and adjacent rifted mobile belts, East Africa
Brazier, R. A., Nyblade, A. A., Langston, C. A. & Owens, T. J., Aug 15 2000, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 27, 16, p. 2365-2368 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Local magnitude scale and seismicity rate for Tanzania, East Africa
Langston, C. A., Brazier, R., Nyblade, A. A. & Owens, T. J., Jun 1998, In: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 88, 3, p. 712-721 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review