Grant Woodwell

Professor of Earth and Environmental Science University of Mary Washington

  • Fredericksburg VA

Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at University of Mary Washington

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Drop! Cover! Hold On! Are you prepared for International Shakeout Day this Thursday?

Drop! Cover! Hold On! That’s what the more than 43 million people around the world who participate in International Shakeout Day will do on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 10:20 a.m. The National Earthquake Information Center now estimates 20,000 quakes – an intense shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by the crust’s constantly moving tectonic plates – occur each year across the globe. That’s approximately 55 per day! The death toll – about 20,000 each year, according to Business Insider – is magnified by a lack of preparation for this natural but deadly phenomenon. Great Shakeout drills around the world – including the Great SouthEast ShakeOut, which consists of states along the East Coast from Maryland to Florida – aim to minimize the loss of human life. University of Mary Washington's Grant Woodwell, a Professor of Earth and Environmental Science at UMW’s Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, is an expert in seismology, the branch of science concerned with earthquakes and related phenomena. A structural geologist, he studies how the crust of the earth deforms, such as during earthquakes, and teaches a UMW class on plate tectonics. If you’re a journalist looking for an expert to speak about earthquakes for this year’s International Shakeout Day, contact Dr. Woodwell. Simply click his icon now and we'll arrange an interview today.

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Biography

Grant R. Woodwell, Chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Professor of Geology, earned both a Ph.D. (1985) and an M.Phil. (1983) in geology from Yale University. He received a B.A. (1978) in geology and geography from Columbia University. The recipient of Yale’s Ford Prize for Excellence in Mineralogy, Dr. Woodwell is an expert in the areas of nuclear waste disposal, petroleum geology, seismology, and structural geology.

Areas of Expertise

Nuclear Waste Disposal
Petroleum Geology
Seismology
Earthquake

Education

Yale University

Ph.D.

Post-Graduate Studies

Yale University

M.Phil

Graduate Studies

Columbia University

B.A.

Undergraduate Studies

Media Appearances

New report offers possible cause of 2011 earthquake in Louisa County

The Free Lance-Star  print

2016-05-11

“I think that’s an interesting preliminary model,” said Grant Woodwell, a geology professor at the University of Mary Washington.

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