Kelly Bradbury

(she/her)

Structural Geology

Professional Practice Associate Professor & Graduate Program Coordinator


Kelly K. Bradbury

Contact Information

Office Location: Geology 112
Phone: 435-797-0515
Email: kelly.bradbury@usu.edu
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Educational Background

PhD, Geology, Utah State University, 2012
Rock properties and structure within the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) borehole northwest of Parkfield California: in situ observations of rock deformation processes and fluid-rock interactions of the San Andreas Fault zone at 3 km depth
MS, Geology, (Hydrogeology), Utah State University, 1999
Structural and Hydrogeological Analyses of Deformed Sedimentary Bedrock Aquifers in the Pinebrook Subdivision, Western Summit County, Utah
BS, Geology, (Mathematics), Western Michigan University, 1993

Licensures & Certifications

Low Tech Process Based Restoration Certification Courses, USU, 2024
Professional Geologist, State of Utah, 2004

Teaching Interests

Structural geology, Earth System Science, Natural Hazards, Laboratory techniques. Using experiential approach to teach field and laboratory methods common to industry and academic research.

Research Interests

Fault zone studies, earthquake geology, structurally controlled hydrothermal mineralization, meso-to nano-scale analysis of textures and chemical alteration related to fault zone deformation.

Publications | Abstracts

    An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

    Publications | Journal Articles

    Academic Journal

    • DiMonte, A.A, Ault, A.K, Hirth, G., Bradbury, K., (2022). Hematite accommodated shallow, transient Pleistocene slow slip along the exhumed southern San Andreas fault system, California, USA. Geology, 50, 1443-1447. doi: 10.1130/G50489.1
    • Armstrong, E.M, Ault, A.K, Bradbury, K., Savage, H.M, Polissar, P., (2022). A multi-proxy approach to robustly capture earthquake temperature rise on the Punchbowl fault, CA. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23, e2021GC01029. doi: 10.1029/2021GC010291
    • Moser, A.K, Evans, J.P, Ault, A., Janecke, S.U, Bradbury, K., Reiners, P., (2017). U-Th)/He thermochronometry reveals Pleistocene punctuated deformation and synkinematic hematite mineralization in the Mecca Hills, southernmost San Andreas Fault zone. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 87–99.
    • Bradbury, K., (2015). Micro-scale composition & texture of fault related rocks from SAFOD core and natural analogs: evidence for deformation processes and fluid-rock interactions. PAGEOPH, 172:5
    • Bradbury, K., (2012). Hydrogeologic heterogeneity of faulted & fractured Glass Mountain bedded tuffaceous sediments & ash-fall deposits: The Crucifix site near Bishop, California.
    • Bradbury, K., (2011). Lithology & internal structure of the San Andreas fault based on characterization of Phase 3 whole-rock core in the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) borehole, Earth & Planetary Science Letters.
    • Bradbury, K., (2007). Mineralogical & textural analyses of drill cuttings from the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) boreholes: Initial interpretations of fault zone composition & constraints on geologic models.

    Professional Journal

      An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

      Publications | Technical Reports

      Research Reports

        An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

        Publications | Other

        Other

          An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

          Teaching

          GEO 3800 - Applied Geoscience Techniques, Fall 2025
          GEO, GEO 6800, 7800 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2025
          KIN 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2025
          GEO 3400 - Communicating Geoscience (CI/DSC), Spring 2025
          GEO 4800 - Senior Seminar, Spring 2025
          GEO 3800 - Applied Geoscience Techniques, Fall 2024
          GEO, GEO 6800, 7800 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2024
          GEO 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Fall 2024
          KIN 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2024
          GEO 3400 - Communicating Geoscience, Spring 2024
          GEO 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Spring 2024
          GEO 3800 - Geoscience Workforce Techniques, Fall 2023
          GEO, GEO 6800, 7800 - Graduate Seminar, Fall 2023
          GEO, GEO 4800, 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Fall 2023
          KIN 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2023
          GEO 3400 - Communicating Geoscience, Spring 2023
          GEO, GEO 4800, 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Spring 2023
          , Fall 2022
          GEO 3800 - Geoscience Workforce Techniques, Fall 2022
          KIN 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2022
          GEO 3400 - Communicating Geoscience, Spring 2022
          GEO 3800 - Geoscience Workforce Techniques, Fall 2021
          GEO 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Fall 2021
          KIN 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2021
          GEO 3400 - Communicating Geoscience, Spring 2021
          PE 4015 - Yoga and Nature, Fall 2020
          GEO 6990 - Continuing Graduate Advisement, Fall 2019
          PE 4015 - Introduction to Ayurveda, Fall 2019
          GEO 6820, 4800 - Senior Seminar, Fall 2019
          , Fall 2018
          GEO 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Fall 2018
          GEO 3100 - Natural Disasters, Summer 2018
          GEO 6820 - Graduate Seminar Series, Fall 2017
          GEO 4800 - Senior Seminar, Fall 2017
          GEO 6800 - Graduate Seminar, Spring 2017

          Graduate Students Mentored

          Genna Baldassarre, Geosciences, July 2021 - April 2024
          Kayla Smith, Geosciences, August 2018 - August 2021