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KEITH KOPER

Professor

Geology & Geophysics

  • Professor
    Geology & Geophysics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Research interests include array seismology; Earth's ambient seismic noise field; forensic seismology; rupture imaging of giant earthquakes; seismicity and tectonics of the intermountain West; mining induced earthquakes; and the structure and dynamics of Earth's deep interior—especially the core.

GRANTS

  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF THE YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK & EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Feb 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL AND URBAN SEISMIC MONITORING: WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, AND NEIGHBORING INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Sep 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF THE YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK & EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL AND URBAN SEISMIC MONITORING: WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, AND NEIGHBORING INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Feb 2024 - 31 Jan 2025
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL AND URBAN SEISMIC MONITORING: WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, AND NEIGHBORING INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Sep 2023 - 31 Aug 2024
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    OPERATION & MAINTENANCE OF THE YELLOWSTONE REGIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK & EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER
    1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL AND URBAN SEISMIC MONITORING: WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, AND NEIGHBORING INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION
    1 Feb 2023 - 31 Jan 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL AND URBAN SEISMIC MONITORING: WASATCH FRONT, UTAH, AND NEIGHBORING INTERMOUNTAIN WEST REGION
    1 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    FEATURE AUGMENTED PREDICTION OF SEISMIC DEPTH FOR EVENT SCREENING
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC9 May 2022 - 8 Aug 2024
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES INC
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    NEW YELLOWSTONE COOP
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY2 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2022
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MODELING AND OBSERVING THE EFFECT OF SOURCE DEPTH ON SEISMIC WAVEFORMS RECORDED AT LOCAL DISTANCES FOR PURPOSES OF SOURCE CLASSIFICATION
    1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2024
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MACHINE INTELLIGENCE APPROACHE
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN1 Jan 2020 - 8 Dec 2021
    APPLIED RESEARCH ASSOCIATES IN
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    GEOPHYSICAL MONITORING IN UTA
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI1 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020
    DOE SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORI
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    INTERMOUNTAIN WEST EARTHQUAKE
    UT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY10 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019
    UT DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    MAPPING INNER CORE STRUCTURE
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION7 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2021
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    LOCAL SEISMIC DISCRIMINATION
    AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
    AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    SEISMIC NETWORK IN YELLOWSTONE
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY2 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2021
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    SEISMIC MONITORING IN UTAH
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY2 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2022
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    YELLOWSTONE SEISMIC NETWORK
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY2 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2016
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    WASATCH GPS NETWORK
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY4 Dec 2010 - 31 Dec 2013
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    NOISE STUDIES WITH USARRAY
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION8 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2014
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    AMBIENT SEISMIC NOISE
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2011
    NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    REGIONAL/URBAN SEIS MONITORING
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2015
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    SEISMIC AND GPS NETWORK
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2013
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
  • EXTERNAL GRANT OR CONTRACT
    USGS IPA
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY1 Jan 2010 - 31 Dec 2010
    DOI US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY