Expertise
Paleoseismology and tsunami hazards of northeastern Caribbean. Characteristics of tsunami and storm deposits. Collection of cores of lake-bottom sediment. Laboratory analysis and sampling of cores.
Education
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, Ph.D., Marine Sciences, 2010 - 2018
University of Connecticut, M.S., 2007
University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, PR, B.S., Geology, 2003
Professional History
M. Tuttle & Associates, Georgetown, ME, Research Associate, 3/2012-present
Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program, Mayaguez, PR, Casual worker and student volunteer, 10/2015–10/2016
University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Seismic Network, Mayaguez, PR, Investigation Technician, 11/2009-09/2011
Selected Publications and Reports
Fuentes, Z., Tuttle, M., and Schmidt, W., 2017, Sand scripts of past tsunamis in coastal ponds of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Seismological Research Letters, v. 88, n. 6, p. 1516-1526, doi: 10.1785/0220170038.
Tuttle, M., Fuentes, Z., and Schmidt, W., 2017, Paleotsunami record of large offshore earthquakes north of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, Final Technical Report, Prepared for U.S. Geological Survey grant G12AP20000, 40 p.
Atwater, B. F., ten Brink, U. S., Cescon, A. L., Feuillet, N., Fuentes, Z., Halley, R. B., Nuñez, C., Reinhardt, E. G., Roger, J. H., Sawai, Y., Spiske, M., Tuttle, M. P., Wei, Y., and Weil-Accardo, J., 2017, Extreme waves in the British Virgin Islands during the last centuries before 1500 CE, Geosphere, v. 13, n. 2, p. 301–368, doi:10.1130/GES01356.1.
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.
Atwater, B. F., Fuentes, Z., Halley, R. B., ten Brink, U. S. and Tuttle, M. P., 2014, Effects of 2010 Hurricane Earl amidst geologic evidence for greater overwash at Anegada, British Virgin Islands, Advances in Geoscience, v. 38, p. 21-30.
Fuentes, Z., and Huérfano, V., 2013, Earthquake potential of the Muertos Trough: onshore sleuthing for tsunami deposits, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, p. 68.
Fuentes, Z., Tuttle, M. P., and Schmidt, W., 2012, Overwash deposits from the past 3,000 years on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, n. 5, p. 460.
Casillas-Martinez, L., Gonzalez, M. L., Fuentes-Figueroa, Z., Castro, C. M., Nieves Mendez, D., Hernandez, C., Ramirez, W., Systma, R. E., Perez-Jimenez, J., and Visscher, P.T., 2005, Community structure, geochemical characteristics and mineralogy of a hypersaline microbial mat, Cabo Rojo, PR, Geomicrobiology Journal, v. 22, p. 269 281.
