SAMBIT PRASANAJIT NAIK
Research Professor
Active Fault and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research Institute (AFMI)
Pukyong National University, Nam-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea-48513
I am working as a Research Professor of Earth Sciences at the Active Fault and Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Research Institute, Pukyong National University, Busan, South Korea. My research investigates Earthquake Cycle, Tectonic Geomorphology, Earthquake Environmental Effects (EEE), and Soil Liquefaction Potential along sedimentary basins. In particular, I am interested in detailed paleoseismic investigations along the active faults of the Intrapalte region like the Korean Peninsula and Plate Boundary fault systems like Himalayan Frontal Thrust of India. My research routinely uses remote sensing and field mapping, geomorphology, and soil stratigraphy combined with various age dating techniques to assess rates of fault activity, determine the most recent timing of faulting as well as past earthquakes.
Current projects include the characterization of Yangsan-Ulsan fault systems of South Korea and their behavior by understanding patterns of past recurrence of large earthquakes.