Elizabeth Schermer

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WWU Geology Professor awarded fellowship for excellence in the field 2022-08-11
Geology's Liz Schermer has new paper published in Geosphere 2018-02-13
Finding Fault(s): Geologists Keep Finding More Nearby Earthquake Makers

Shallow, active earthquake faults are being discovered all over Oregon and Washington state. Collectively, these may present a higher risk than the better known offshore Cascadia subduction zone.

There's a line on a map for an active earthquake fault running through the forested…

2017-11-21
Study confirms large earthquakes along Olympic Mountain faults

To gain a better understanding of the age, number, and magnitude of earthquakes on the faults, Elizabeth Schermer at Western Washington University and her colleagues plan additional trenching of fault scarps and coring of swampy areas along some scarps later this year.

The new BSSA study…

2017-09-28
WWU faculty find overwhelming scientific evidence to support global warming

On March 26, 2013, a long-retired faculty member of our department, Don Easterbrook, presented his opinions on human-caused global climate change to the Washington State Senate Energy, Environment and Telecommunications Committee at the invitation of the committee chair Sen. Doug Ericksen, R.-…

2013-04-01
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