Member Profile
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Beatriz Cosenza
Country of origin: Guatemala Currently in: Guatemala, Guatemala General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences-
Degrees
2005 Master Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences2006 Undergraduate Physics2020 Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences -
Current Research Activities
Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
GPS and InSAR applied to tectonics and earthquake cycle.
Publications resulting from Research:
PREPRINT: Garnier, B., B. Tikoff, O. Flores, B.R. Jicha, C. DeMets, B. Cosenza Muralles, W. Hernández, D.C. Greene (2021). Deformation in western Guatemala associated with the NAFCA (North America-Forearc-Caribbean) triple junction: Neotectonic strain localization into the Guatemala City graben, Earth and Space Science Open Archive, https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10506010.1.
Garnier, B., B. Tikoff, O. Flores, B. Jicha, C. DeMets, B. Cosenza-Muralles, D. Hernandez, G. Marroquin, L. Mixco, and W. Hernandez, W. (2020). An integrated structural and GPS study of the Jalpatagua fault, southeastern Guatemala, Geosphere, 17(X), 2020, 1-25, https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02243.1.
Ellis, A., C. DeMets, R. McCaffrey, P. Briole, B. Cosenza Muralles, O. Flores, M. Guzmán-Speziale, D. Hernández, V. Kostoglodov, P. LaFemina, N. Lord, C. Lasserre, H. Lyon-Caen, M. Rodriguez Maradiaga, E. Molina, J. Rivera, R. Rogers, A. Staller, B. Tikoff (2019).GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part 2: Block rotations and fault slip rates, fault locking and distributed deformation, Geophysical Journal International, 218(2), 729-754, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggz173.
Ellis, A., C. DeMets, P. Briole, B. Cosenza, O. Flores, S.E. Graham, M. Guzmán-Speziale, D. Hernández, V. Kostoglodov, P. LaFemina, N. Lord, C. Lasserre, H. Lyon-Caen, M. Rodriguez Maradiaga, R. McCaffrey, E. Molina, J. Rivera, R. Rogers, A. Staller (2018). GPS constraints on deformation in northern Central America from 1999 to 2017, Part 1 – Time-dependent modelling of large regional earthquakes and their post-seismic effects, Geophysical Journal International, 214(3), 2177–2194, https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggy249.
Authemayou, C., G. Brocard, C. Teyssier, B. Suski, B. Cosenza, S. Morán-Ical, C. W. González-Véliz, M. A. Aguilar-Hengstenberg, and K. Holliger (2012).Quaternary seismo-tectonic activity of the Polochic Fault, Guatemala, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, B07403, doi:10.1029/2012JB009444.
Brocard, G., J. Willenbring, B. Suski, P. Audra, C. Authemayou, B. Cosenza-Muralles, S. Morán-Ical, F. Demory, P. Rochette, T. Vennemann, K. Holliger, and C. Teyssier (2012). Rate and processes of river network rearrangement during incipient faulting: The case of the Cahabón River, Guatemala, American Journal of Science, 312 (5) 449-507; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2012.01.
Suski, B., G. Brocard, C. Authemayou, B. Cosenza-Muralles, C. Teyssier, and K. Holliger (2010). Localization and characterization of an active fault in an urbanized area in central Guatemala by means of geoelectrical imaging, Tectonophysics, 480 (1–4), 88-98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2009.09.028.
Cosenza Muralles, A.B y M.E. Salguero (2006). La equivalencia y supresión en la resolución del problema inverso en geoeléctrica: aplicación en Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa, Guatemala, Revista Geológica de América Central, 34-35: 99-108. ISSN: 0256-7024.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:ResearchTeachingI currently do research and teach at the Escuela de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2018 Washington, DC, USA American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting2018 Grenoble, France 19th General Assembly of WEGENER on earth deformation and the study of earthquakes using geodesy and geodynamics2017 Clermont-Ferrant and Besse en Chandesse, France Atelier et école d'automne: Mesure de la Déformation par Imagerie Satellite MDIS-Form@Ter
