Miller, N. C., and Lizarralde,
D., Thick evaporites and early rifting in Guaymas Basin, Gulf of
California.Geology (in press).
Miller, N. C. and Behn, M. D.,
Timescales for the growth of sediment diapirs in subduction zones. Geophysical
Journal International, 190: 1361–1377,
doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05565.x.
Siegel, J., Dugan, B., Lizarralde, D.,
Person, M., DeFoor, W., and Miller, N., Geophysical evidence of a late Pleistocene glaciation
and paleo-ice stran on
the Atlantic Continental Shelf offshore Massachusetts, USA, 303: 63-74, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2012.01.007.
2007
Miller, N.C., Virtual Fairfield: Virtual Reality's Role in Archaeology, Education
and Fund-Raising at Fairfield, Quarterly Bulletin, Archeological Society
of Virginia, 62:3, 149–152.
Conference Abstracts
2010
Miller, N.C., and Behn, M.D., Growth of sediment diapirs in subduction zones. AGU
Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1:2183.
2009
Miller, N.C., Lizarralde,
D., Harding, A.J., and Kent, G., Constraints on early Gulf of California rifting
from seismic images across the eastern margin of Guaymas Basin. AGU
Fall Meeting Abstracts,1:1783.
2006
Miller, N.C., Lizarralde,
D., McGuire, J., Hole, J.A., Wide-angle Marine Seismic Refraction Imaging of Vertical
Faults: Pre-Stack Turning Wave Migrations of Synthetic Data and Implications
for Survey Design. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 1:1328.
2005
Brown, D.A., Harpole,
T., and Miller, N., GIS
and the Study of Settlement Continuity Among Rural Postbellum
African-American Communities. International Society of Historical Archaeology Annual Meeting,York,
England.
Field Experience
2012
Chief
Scientist, R/V Marcus Langseth
MGL1205: OBS recovery at the Mariana Trench
Co-chief
Scientist, R/V Marcus Langseth
MGL1204: Wide-angle and MCS seismic experiment at
the Mariana Trench
2011
Scientist,
Botswana
Scouting for a wide-angle, active-source seismic
experiment across the Okavango Rift Zone.Co-lead with Pablo Canales.
MGL0809: Active source OBS experiment across the Quebrada and Gofar oceanic transform faults on the East Pacific Rise.
Chief scientist: Jeff
McGuire.
Scientist,
R/V Marcus Langseth
MGL0808: Active source MCS and OBS experiment
imaging for TICO-CAVA: Seismic measurements of magma flux, arc composition, and
lower-plate serpentinization in the Central
American subduction system.Chief scientists: Steve Holbrook and Daniel Lizarralde.
Scientist, Costa Rica
Deployment of land geophone stations for the
TICO-CAVA experiment.
2005
Student,
Lehigh University Geology Field Camp
Geologic
mapping of structural, sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic features in the
upper-northwestern U.S.Trip
leader: Frank Pazzaglia.
Technical Skills
Seismic—Refraction
travel-time tomography, reflection time and depth imaging, signal processing,
and structural and stratigraphic interpretation.Software: in-house codes, open-source
codes (OpendTect, SIOSEIS, ObsPy),
and commercial packages (Paradigm Focus/Echos,
IESX, and Kingdom Suite).
Data and models—Data inversion
(incl. least-squares, genetic, simulated annealing, and steepest descent) and
finite difference and finite element models of geodynamic processes.
Geophysical data acquisition—Marine multi-channel
seismic (deep-penetrating and high-resolution), land and marine wide-angle
seismic (geophones and OBS), ground-penetrating radar, magnetics, and
resistivity.
Programming—Software for
geophysical data processing, analysis, and forward and inverse modeling.Proficient in Python, Fortran
90/95/2003, MATLAB, and shell languages (e.g., Bash and Tcsh).Experience in C/C++, Mathematica, and parallel computing with Python, MATLAB, OpenMP, and MPI.
Mapping and geospatial analysis—RTK/d GPS and
transit (incl. robotic) land surveys, GIS-based analysis of geospatial data,
and 3D landscape modeling.Software: ArcGIS, Quantum GIS, GDAL, Generic Mapping Tools, and
AutoCAD.
Community Service
2012
Developer, Rockfish, an open-source
Python toolbox for refraction seismology.
Contributor, ObsPy, open-source Python toolbox for
seismology/seismological observatories.
2011
Convener, GeoPRISMS
ENAM Community Seismic Experiment AGU Luncheon
Participant, EarthScope-GeoPRISMS Science Workshop for Eastern North
America
2008, 2009
Science Fair Judge, MarthaÕs Vineyard
Regional High School
Awards
2010
Honorable
Mention, GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize
2009
AGU
Outstanding Student Paper Award
2006
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institution Student Travel Grant
2005
Virginia
Tech Geoscience Faculty Scholarship
Lowery
Field Camp Scholarship at Virginia Tech
2003, 2004
E.
George Stern Memorial Scholarship at Virginia Tech
