Campus Directory

Division Physical & Biological Sciences Division

Department/College/Unit Earth & Planetary Sciences Department
Institute of Marine Sciences

Title Professor Emeritus

Affiliation Faculty

Other UCSC Campus Affiliation Institutional Research, Analytics, and Planning Support

Faculty Type Emeriti

Web Site

Additional Location(s) Earth & Marine Sciences A142

Mail Stop Earth and Planetary Sciences

Biography, Education and Training

B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D., Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

Summary of Expertise

Global Tectonics and Marine Geophysics

Research Interests

Eli Silver's research involves study of the active processes and mechanisms of continental margin evolution, focusing on subduction. He uses a wide variety of techniques, including marine and subaerial geology and geophysics.

Silver is currently focusing on the tectonic and hydrogeologic behavior of the Central American subduction zone, specifically using 3D seismic reflection data and surface bathymetry and imagery to understand how physical processes change approaching the zone in which earthquakes are generated. Surface imagery combined with 3D seismic data are used to discover the pathways of dewatering and degassing of the continental margin during the subduction process.

Teaching Interests

Tectonics, Remote Sensing, and Applied Geophysics.