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Chuck DeMets

Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Geoscience

Chuck Demets is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Chuck DeMets

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus

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earth science planetary sciences tectonics geodynamics geophysics geophysical research seismology regional tectonics plate tectonics geology geodesy tectonophysics geomorphology engineering geology deformation oceanography marine geology regional geology subduction zones continental tectonics environmental science neotectonics crustal deformation physics fault geometries orogeny mexico subduction zone san andreas fault stratigraphy planetary geology planetary geomorphology applied geophysics lithosphere india-asia collision earth observation space geodesy pacific-north america motion equatorial indian ocean continuous gps measurements northern central america atmospheric research planetary change quaternary science applied geomorphology active tectonics geological modeling pacific plate high-resolution estimates present-day plate motions central mexico current plate motions ocean sciences nature cold region science cryosphere earth observation data igneous process magmatic process plate boundaries tectonic evolution physical oceanography satellite meteorology subsidence monitoring magmatism igneous petrogenesis gps geodetic constraints northeastern caribbean gps measurements relative motion rivera plate synthetic aperture radar petroleum geoscience earth system science reference frame geological hazards physical distribution

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Coupling Cloud: A Community Database of Megathrust Kinematic Coupling Models. Seismica (2026)

systems engineeringnumerical simulationsco-simulationcommunity databaseengineeringlarge-scale simulationssystems modelingcoupling cloudmulti-physics modellingacta astronauticamodeling and simulationkinematicsmultibody system dynamicrobotics

Changes in Motion of the Nazca/Farallon Plate Over the Last 34 Million Years: Implications for Flat‐Slab Subduction and the Propagation of Plate Kinematic Changes. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (2025)

Investigating Continental-Scale Deformation and Fault Coupling in Northern Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) Using Sentinel-1 Insar #160;. (2025)

The 28 January 2020, Mw7.7, Cayman Trough / Oriente Fault, Supershear Earthquake Rupture. Seismica (2025)

Deformation in Western Guatemala Associated With the Nafca (North America‐Central American Forearc‐Caribbean) Triple Junction: Neotectonic Strain Localization Into the Guatemala City Graben. Tectonics (2022)

Bridget GarnierBasil TikoffOmar FloresBrian JichaCharles DeMetsBeatriz Cosenza‐MurallesWalter HernandezDavid Greene

geographytriple junctionregional tectonicsplanetary sciencesregional geologyneotectonicsengineering geologycrustal deformationdeformationplate tectonicsmarine geologyearth sciencetectonophysicsgeodynamicsneotectonic strain localizationtectonicswestern guatemalastratigraphygeologystructural geologyguatemala city graben

Large Scale Observations and Modeling of Strain Partitioning in Guatemala From Sar Interferometry.. (2022)

Ana Beatriz Cosenza-MurallesCécile LasserreCharles DeMetsFrancesco De ZanRobert ShauHoma AnsariHélène Lyon-CaenKurt FeiglAlessandro Parizzi

oceanographyearth sciencesar interferometryinterferometrylarge scale observationsstrain partitioning

Co-Seismic and Post-Seismic Deformation for the 1995 Colima–Jalisco and 2003 TecomáN Thrust Earthquakes, Mexico Subduction Zone, From Modelling of Gps Data. Geophysical Journal International (2021)

B Cosenza-MurallesC DeMetsB Márquez-AzúaO SánchezJ StockE Cabral-CanoR McCaffrey

tecoman thrust earthquakesregional tectonicsplanetary sciencesapplied physicsgps datacrustal deformationdeformationgeophysical researchplate tectonicsnumerical modeling (geology)earth sciencemexico subduction zonegeological modelingtectonicspost-seismic deformationseismologygeophysicsgeoscientific model developmentinduced seismicity

Detailed Reconstructions of India-Somalia Plate Motion, 60 Ma to Present: Implications for Somalia Plate Absolute Motion and India-Eurasia Plate Motion. Geophysical Journal International (2021)

C DeMetsS Merkouriev

plate tectonicsgeodesytectonicsindia-eurasia plate motionearth sciencegeochronologydetailed reconstructionsgeophysicsregional tectonicsgeologygeodynamicsplanetary sciencesgeophysical researchindia-somalia plate motion

ERRATUM: High-Resolution Reconstructions of South America Plate Motion Relative to Africa, Antarctica and North America: 34 Ma to Present. Geophysical Journal International (2021)

C DeMetsS Merkouriev

high-resolution reconstructionsgeophysicsnorth americaplanetary sciences

Expanding Trans4D’s Scope to Include 3D Crustal Velocity Estimates for a Neighborhood of the Caribbean Plate. Journal of Surveying Engineering (2021)

Richard SnayJarir SalehMichael DennisCharles DeMetsHéctor Mora-Páez

geodesyengineeringsurveyingcivil engineeringsurvey methodologycaribbean plateearth observation datacrustal velocity estimatesgeodynamicsaerospace engineering

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Chuck DeMets

Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Affiliations

College of Letters & Science

Geoscience

Chuck Demets is currently serving as a College Of Letters & Science Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus at University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Honors

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Experiences

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Chuck DeMets

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Alfred Wegener Professor of Geophysics Emeritus

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

The Coupling Cloud: A Community Database of Megathrust Kinematic Coupling Models. Seismica (2026)

Investigating Continental-Scale Deformation and Fault Coupling in Northern Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras) Using Sentinel-1 Insar #160;. (2025)

The 28 January 2020, Mw7.7, Cayman Trough / Oriente Fault, Supershear Earthquake Rupture. Seismica (2025)

Bridget GarnierBasil TikoffOmar FloresBrian JichaCharles DeMetsBeatriz Cosenza‐MurallesWalter HernandezDavid Greene

Large Scale Observations and Modeling of Strain Partitioning in Guatemala From Sar Interferometry.. (2022)

Ana Beatriz Cosenza-MurallesCécile LasserreCharles DeMetsFrancesco De ZanRobert ShauHoma AnsariHélène Lyon-CaenKurt FeiglAlessandro Parizzi

oceanographyearth sciencesar interferometryinterferometrylarge scale observationsstrain partitioning

B Cosenza-MurallesC DeMetsB Márquez-AzúaO SánchezJ StockE Cabral-CanoR McCaffrey

Detailed Reconstructions of India-Somalia Plate Motion, 60 Ma to Present: Implications for Somalia Plate Absolute Motion and India-Eurasia Plate Motion. Geophysical Journal International (2021)

C DeMetsS Merkouriev

ERRATUM: High-Resolution Reconstructions of South America Plate Motion Relative to Africa, Antarctica and North America: 34 Ma to Present. Geophysical Journal International (2021)

C DeMetsS Merkouriev

high-resolution reconstructionsgeophysicsnorth americaplanetary sciences

Expanding Trans4D’s Scope to Include 3D Crustal Velocity Estimates for a Neighborhood of the Caribbean Plate. Journal of Surveying Engineering (2021)

Richard SnayJarir SalehMichael DennisCharles DeMetsHéctor Mora-Páez

geodesyengineeringsurveyingcivil engineeringsurvey methodologycaribbean plateearth observation datacrustal velocity estimatesgeodynamicsaerospace engineering

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