My research aims to understand how earthquakes appear in space and time. With students and colleagues, we document Quaternary-to-recent earthquakes, primarily along the Dead Sea Fault, using on- and off-fault palaeoseismic and archaeoseismic indicators. These include seismites, damaged archaeological sites, and historical records. To constrain palaeo-earthquake magnitudes, local accelerations, and rupture types, sizes, and locations, we explore the physical processes that govern the formation of different seismite types. We also use magnetic susceptibility anisotropy (AMS) to characterize soft-sediment deformation in seismites and fault rocks.

I am also interested in Earth’s magnetic field and apply paleomagnetism to address tectonic questions. We document the secular variations and reversals in sediments and archaeological sites.