Expertise
Evaluation of scenario earthquakes to constrain the locations and magnitudes of paleoearthquakes use of the cyclic-stress method of liquefaction potential analysis development of spreadsheets for liquefaction potential analysis documentation of earthquake-induced liquefaction features.
Education
California Coast University, Ph.D., Engineering Management, 2001
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, M.Phil., Civil Engineering, 1988
University of the West Indies, Mona, B.S., Geology,1983
Professional History
VanLeen Associates, Columbia, Maryland, Consultant,1999-M. Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, Maine, Research Associate, 1999-M. Tuttle & Associates, Bowie, Maryland, Research Scientist, 1998-1999
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, Faculty Research Assistant, Geology Department, 1994-1998
Segovia and Associates, College Park, Maryland, Consultant,1994- 2008
Organization of American States, Port of Spain, Engineering Geologist Consultant, Assistant to Project Chief, 1991-1993
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Research Assistant/Research Geologist, Department of Civil Engineering, 1989-1993
Caribbean Glass Works, Matura, Exploration Geologist Consultant, 1988-1989
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Graduate Research Assistant Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering, 1984-1988
Caribbean Industrial Research Institute, St. Augustine, Geologist, 1983-1984
Selected Publications and Reports
Tuttle, M.P., Forman, S.L., Dyer-Williams, K., Tucker, K., and Velez, C., 2025, Paleoliquefaction Study and Earthquake Source Characterization of the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, Eastern United States.GeoHazards, v. 6, 45p, https://doi.org/10.3390/geohazards6010013.
Tuttle, M.P., Dyer-Williams, K., Forman, S.L., Tucker, K., and Velez, C., 2024, Follow-Up Paleoliquefaction Studies of the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, Technical Letter Report, TLR-RES-DE-SGSEB-2024-2 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C., 69p.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., and Tucker, K., 2023, Improving estimates of the timing, locations, and magnitudes of paleoearthquakes in the Central Virginia seismic zone, Final Technical Report, Earthquake Hazard Program, U.S. Geological Survey award number G21AP10219, 36 p., https://mptuttle.com/downloads/G21AP10219_Final_Technical_Report.pdf.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., and Tucker, K., 2023, Paleoliquefaction studies of the Central Virginia seismic zone, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, RIL 2023-04.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., and Tucker, K., 2022, Review of paleoliquefaction data, evaluation of scenario earthquakes, and estimation of source areas, magnitudes, and recurrence of large earthquakes impacting Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Final Technical Report, Earthquake Hazard Program, U.S. Geological Survey award number G21AP10006, 69 p., http://mptuttle.com/downloads/G21AP10006_Final_Technical_Report-rev.pdf.
Tuttle M. P., Al-Shukri, H, Mahdi, H., Hussein, R., Dyer-Williams, K., and Tucker, K., 2020, Geophysical and paleoseismic investigations of large sand blows along a northwest-oriented lineament near Marianna, Arkansas, Final Technical Report, Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey award G18AP00083, 31 p.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., and Tucker, K., 2020, Paleoliquefaction in the Central Virginia seismic zone and surrounding area, Final Technical Report, Earthquake Hazard Program, U.S. Geological Survey award number G18AP00027, 49 p.
Tuttle, M. P., Wolf, L. W., Dyer-Williams, K., et al., 2019, Paleoliquefaction studies in moderate seismicity regions with a history of large events, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, NUREG/CR-7257, 450 p.
Tuttle, M. P., Wolf, L. W., Mayne, P. W., Dyer-Williams, K., and Lafferty, R. H., 2018, Guidance document: Conducting paleoliquefaction studies for earthquake source characterization, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Agency, NUREG/CR-7238, 185 p.
Tuttle, M., and Dyer-Williams, K., 2017, Filling the gap in the paleoearthquake record between the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones, Final Technical Report, Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey grant G12AP20068, 88 p.
Tuttle, M. P., Mahani, A. B., Fuentes, Z., and Dyer-Williams, K., 2016, Paleoseismology project Sudbury region, Ontario, Phase 2 Report, Prepared for Vale Inco’s Copper Cliff Tailings Facility, 92 p., plus Appendices A-K.
Al-Shukri, H., Mahdi, H., Tuttle, M., and Dyer-Williams, K., 2015, Spatial and temporal characteristics of paleoseismic features in the southern terminus of the New Madrid seismic zone in eastern Arkansas, Final technical report to U.S. Geological Survey, award G12AP20093, 31 p.
Tuttle, M. P., Mahani, A. B., Dyer-Williams, K., MacKay, A., and Busch, T. A., 2014, Paleoseismology project in the region of the Point Lepreau generating station, Final Report, Prepared for New Brunswick Power Nuclear Corporation, 204 p., Appendices A, B, and C.
Tuttle, M. P., and Dyer-Williams, K., 2008, Geological evaluation studies for the Rio Valenciano Dam: Liquefaction study - Phase Two, Final Report, Prepared for CSA Group, 29 p., plus Appendix A.
Tuttle, M. P., and Dyer-Williams, K., 2008, Paleoseismic investigation of long-term rates of large earthquakes in the Charlevoix seismic zone and proposed Rabaska site region, Final Report, Prepared for Rabaska, Inc., 80 p., plus Appendices A, B, and C.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., Schweig, E. S., Prentice, C. S., Moya, J. C., and Tucker, K. B., 2005, Liquefaction induced by historic and prehistoric earthquakes in western Puerto Rico, in Mann, P., ed., Active tectonics and seismic hazards of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and offshore areas: Geological Society of America Special Paper 385, p. 263-276.
Tuttle, M. P., Prentice, C. S., Dyer-Williams, K., Pena, L. R., and Burr, G., 2003, Late Holocene liquefaction features in the Dominican Republic: A powerful tool for earthquake hazard assessment in the northeastern Caribbean, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 93, n. 1, p. 27-46.
Tuttle, M. P., Dyer-Williams, K., and Barstow, N. L., 2002, Paleoliquefaction study of the Clarendon-Linden fault system, western New York State, Tectonophysics, v. 353, p. 263-286.
Tuttle, M. P., Sims, J. D., Dyer-Williams, K., Lafferty, R. H., III, and Schweig, E. S., III, 2000, Dating of liquefaction features in the New Madrid seismic zone, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/GR-0018, 42 p.
Tuttle, M., Chester, J., Lafferty, R., Dyer-Williams, K., and Cande, B., 1999, Paleoseismology study northwest of the New Madrid seismic zone, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR-5730, 98 p.
