California Institute of Technology

Jean-Philippe Avouac
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology; Director, Tectonics Observatory
Photo of Jean-Philippe Avouac
M.E., Ecole Polytechnique, 1987; Ph.D., Institut de Physique du Globe, 1991; Habil., 1992. Professor, Caltech, 2003-11; Anthony Professor, 2012-; Director, 2004-.

Research Interests

Observation and modeling of crustal deformation, earthquakes, and landscape evolution; methods developments in morphotectonics, remote sensing and GPS geodesy; orogenic porocesses; current research programs in the Himalaya, Tien Shan, and the Sumatra and Peru-Chile subduction zones.


For more information on my research please see my personal website.

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