
Assistant Professor, Geology
Office/Lab: SDSU Main Campus, GMCS 116-117
Phone: 619-594-6394 (lab)
Email: jmaloney@sdsu.edu

Alexander Laws (M.S.)
Research Interests:
Thesis topic: Channel Islands coastal evolution since the Last Glacial Maximum
Email:
Eui-jo Marquez (M.S.)
Research Interests:
Thesis topic: Combined onshore & offshore paleoseismology of the Rose Canyon fault zone
Email:
Drake Singleton (Ph.D.)
Research Interests:
Dissertation topic: Fault segmentation and paleoseismology in southern California
Email:
Zain Tahir (M.S.)
Research Interests:
Thesis topic: Fault controlled paleochannels and their evolution during sea level transgression
Email:
Luke Weisman (M.S.)
Research Interests:
Thesis topic: San Diego stratigraphy and paleoshorelines: Applications for paleoseismic history and slip rate along the Rose Canyon fault zone
Email:
Maloney, J.M., S.J. Bentley, K. Xu, J. Obelcz, M. Miner, 2018, Subaqueous Mississippi River delta entering stage of decline, Invited Research Article, Marine Geology, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2018.03.001
Obelcz J., K. Xu, I.Y. Georgiou, J. Maloney, S.J. Bentley, and M.D. Miner, 2017, Annual-periodicity submarine landslides on the Mississippi River Delta Front not associated with catastrophic events, Geology, doi: 10.1130/G38688.1
Bentley, S.J., M.D. Blum, J.M. Maloney, L. Pond, and R. Paulsell, 2016, The Mississippi River Source to Sink System: Perspectives on Tectonic, Climatic, and Anthropogenic Influences, Miocene to Anthropocene, Earth Science Reviews, v. 153, p. 139-174, doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2015.11.001
Keller, G., Bentley, S., Georgiou, I., Maloney, J., Miner, M., and Xu, K., 2016, River-plume sedimentation and Pb/Be seabed delivery on the Mississippi River delta front, Geo-Marine Letters, doi: 10.1007/s00367-016-0476-0
Kent, G., Schmauder, G., Maloney, J., Driscoll, N., Kell, A., Smith, K. Baskin, R., and Seitz, G., 2016, Reevaluating late-Pleistocene and Holocene active faults in the Tahoe Basin, California-Nevada, AEG Special Publication 26: Applied Geology in California, eds. Anderson, R. and Ferriz, H., p. 833-858.
Maloney, J.M., Driscoll, N.W., Kent, G.M., Duke, S., Freeman, T., and Bormann, J., 2016, Segmentation and step-overs along strike-slip fault systems in the inner California borderlands: Implications for fault architecture and basin formation, AEG Special Publication 26: Applied Geology in California, eds. Anderson, R. and Ferriz, H., p. 655-677.
Noble, P.J., Ball, G.I., Zimmerman, S.H., Maloney, J.M., Smith, S.B., Kent, G., Adams, K.D., Karlin, R.E., Driscoll, N.W., 2016, Holocene paleoclimate history of Fallen Leaf Lake, CA, from geochemistry and sedimentology of well-dated sediment cores, Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 131, part A, p. 193-210, doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.10.037
Sievers, K.T., R.J. Barr, J.M. Maloney, N.W. Driscoll, T.W. Anderson, 2016, Impact of Habitat Structure on Fish Populations in Kelp Forests at a Seascape Scale, Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 557, p. 51-63, doi: 10.3354/meps11885
Grupe, B.M., Krach, M.L., Pasulka, A.L., Maloney, J.M., Levin, L.A., Frieder, C.A., 2015, Methane seeps ecosystem functions and services from a recently discovered California seep, Marine Ecology, v. 36, no. S1, p. 91-108, doi: 10.1111/maec.12243
Maloney, J.M., Grupe, B.M., Pasulka, A.L., Frieder, C.A., Levin, L.A., Dawson, K., Case, D., and Driscoll, N.W., 2015, Transpressional segment boundaries in strike-slip fault systems offshore southern California: Implications for fluid expulsion and seep habitats: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 42, no. 10, p. 4080-4088, doi: 10.1002/2015GL063778