Dr. Katie Keranen | Geophysicist

Rhyolite Magma Dynamics

May 19, 2015 | Earthquakes

We need a new understanding of the dynamic processes that create large rhyolitic magma systems and potential eruptions.

Oklahoma has had more earthquakes over magnitude 3 in 2014 than California.

$Warning of quake risk from fracking operations$

Jun 17, 2014 | Fracking

Underground disposal of wastewater from fracking may pose a much greater risk of causing dangerous earthquakes than previously believed.

Jun 17, 2014 | Earthquakes

Katie Keranen, a geophysics professor at Cornell, says “the evidence is strong” that the earthquakes are caused by fracking and wastewater disposal.

Jun 17, 2014 | Fracking

Significant earthquakes are increasingly occurring within the continental interior of the United States, linked to fracking wells.

May 24, 2014 | Earthquakes

When earthquakes happen, Prof. Katie Keranen of Cornell’s Earth and Atmospheric Systems, watches … measures … and, monitors.