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California Institute of Technology

Jean-Paul Ampuero
Assistant Professor of Seismology
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Research Web Site: http://web.gps.caltech.edu/~ampuero/

Research Interests

  • Earthquake dynamics: earthquake nucleation, dynamic rupture, strong motion, earthquake physics, bimaterial rupture, aseismic slow earthquakes
  • Earthquake seismology: microearthquake studies, Empirical Green's functions methods, relocation
  • Numerical methods for rupture dynamics and wave propagation: Spectral Element Methods, Boundary Element Methods
  • Seismic hazard and risk assessment: numerical simulation of earthquake scenarios, microtremor/array methods, integral/multidisciplinary approaches

 

 

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