Jean-Philippe Avouac photoJean-Philippe Avouac Professor of Geology:Director of the Tectonics Observatory:CaltechCaltech logo

Publications Per Research Area

Mountain Building
Sumatra
Seismic Cycle
Central Asia-Tibet
France
Folding and Thrusting
Levant
Physics of Earthquake Precursors
South America
Himalaya
Taiwan
Remote Sensing

Himalaya

  • Bollinger, L, F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac, S. Sapkota, U. Gautam, and D.R. Tiwari, Seasonal modulation of seismicity in the Himalaya of Nepal, Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L08304, doi: 10.1029/2006GL029192, 2007.  [PDF]

  • Bollinger, L., P. Henry, and J.P. Avouac, Mountain Building in the Himalaya: Thermal and Kinematic Model from 20 Ma to Present, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006.   [PDF]

  • Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, F. Jouanne, L. Bollinger, P. Willis, and G.R. Chitraker, Plate motion of India and interseismic strain in the Nepal Himalaya from GPS and DORIS measurements, Journal of Geodesy, doi: 10.1007//s00190-006-0030-3, 2006. [PDF]

  • Jouanne, F., J.L. Mugnier, J.F. Gamond, P. Le Fort, M.R. Pandey, L. Bollinger, M. Flouzat, and J.P. Avouac, Current Shortening across the Himalayas of Nepal, Geophys. J. Int., 157, 1-14, 10.111/j.1365-246X.2004.02180, 2004.  [PDF]

  • Bollinger, L, J.P. Avouac, R. Cattin, and M.R. Pandey, Stress buildup in the Himalaya, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B11405, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002911, 2004. [PDF]

  • Bollinger, L., J.P. Avouac, O. Beyssac, E.J. Catlos, T.M. Harrison, M. Grove, B. Goffe, and S. Sapkota, Thermal structure and exhumation history of the Lesser Himalaya in central Nepal, Tectonics, 23, TC5015, doi: 10.1029/2003TC001564, 2004. [PDF]

  • Beyssac, O., L. Bollinger, J.P. Avouac, and Bruno Goffe, Thermal metamorphism in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal determined from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 225, 233-241, 2004. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 46, 10.1016/S0065-2687(03)46001-9, December 2003. [PDF]

  •   Cattin R., Martelet, G., Henry, P., Avouac, J.P., Diament, M. and Shakya, Gravity anomalies, crustal structure and thermo-mechanical support of the Himalayas of Central Nepal, Geophys. J. Int., 147, 381-392, 2001. [PDF]

  •   Avouac, J.P., L. Bollinger, J. Lavé, R. Cattin and M. Flouzat, Le cycle sismique en Himalaya, C. R. Acad. Sc., 333,513-529, 2001. [PDF]

  •   Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Fluvial incision and tectonic uplift across the Himalayas of Central Nepal, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 26,561-26,592, 2001. [PDF]

  • Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwalik Hills ( Himalaya of central Nepal ), J. Geophys. Res., 105, 5735-5770, 2000. [PDF]

  • Cattin, R. & Avouac, J.P. Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal. J. Geophys. Res, 105, 13,389-13,407, 2000. [PDF]

  • Jouanne, F., J.L. Mugnier, M.R. Pandey, J.F. Gamond, P. Le Fort, L. Serrurier, C. Vigny, J.P. Avouac, Oblique convergence in the Himalayas of Western Nepal deduced from preliminary results of GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, (13), 1933-1936, 1999.   [PDF]

  • Lemmonier, C., G. Marquis, F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac, G. Chitrakar, B. Kafle, S. Sapkota, U. Gautam and D. Tiwari, Electrical structure of the Himalaya of central Nepal: high conductivity around the mid-crustal ramp along the MHT, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 3261-3264, 1999. [PDF]

  • Pandey, M.R., R.P. Tandukar, J.P. Avouac, J. Vergne and Th. Héritier, Seismotectonics of Nepal Himalaya from a local seismic network J. Asian Earth Sciences, 17, 703-712, 1999. [PDF]

  •   Baroux, E., JP. Avouac, O. Bellier and M. Sébrier, Slip-partitioning and fore-arc deformation at the Sunda Trench, Indonesia, Terra Nova, 10, 139-144, 1998.

  • Pandey, M.R., R.P. Tandukar, J.P. Avouac, J. Lavé and J.P. Massot, Interseismic strain accumulation on the Himalayan Crustal Ramp (Nepal), Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 751-754, 1995. [PDF]

Mountain Building

  • Bollinger, L., P. Henry, and J.P. Avouac, Mountain Building in the Himalaya: Thermal and Kinematic Model from 20 Ma to Present, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2006.   [PDF]

  • Toussaint, G., E. Burov, and J.P. Avouac, Tectonic evolution of a continental collision zone: A thermomechanical numerical model, Tectonics, 23, TC6003, doi: 10.1029/2003TC001604, 2004. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 46, 10.1016/S0065-2687(03)46001-9, December 2003. [PDF]

  • Cattin R., Martelet, G., Henry, P., Avouac, J.P., Diament, M. and Shakya, Gravity anomalies, crustal structure and thermo-mechanical support of the Himalayas of Central Nepal, Geophys. J. Int., 147, 381-392, 2001. [PDF]

  • Cattin, R. & Avouac, J.P. Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal. J. Geophys. Res, 105, 13,389-13,407, 2000. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., and E. G. Burov, Erosion as a driving mechanism of intracontinental growth? J. Geopys. Res., 101, (8) 17747-17769, 1996. [PDF]

Sumatra

  • Subarya, C., M. Chlieh, L. Prawirodirdjo, J.P. Avouac, Y. Bock, K. Sieh, A. Meltzner, D.H. Natawidjaja, and R. McCaffrey, Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Nature, 440, doi: 10.1038/nature04522, 2006.  [PDF]

  • Briggs, R., K. Sieh, A. Meltzner, D.H. Natawidjaja, J. Galetzka, B., Suwargadi, Y. Hsu, M. Simons, N. Hananto, I. Suprihanto, D. Prayudi, and J.P. Avouac, Deformation and Slip Along the Sunda Megathrust in the Great 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Science, 2006.  [PDF]

  • Meltzner, A., K. Sieh, M. Abrams, D.C. Agnew, K.W. Hudnut, J.P. Avouac, and D.H. Natawidjaja, Uplift and subsidence associated with the great Aceh-Andaman earthquake of 2004, J. Geophys. Res.,111, doi: 10.1029/2005JB003891, 2006.  [PDF]

  • Natawidjaja, D., K. Sieh, M. Chlieh, J. Galetzka, B. Suwargadi, Cheng, H., R.L. Edwards, J.P. Avouac, and S.N. Ward, Source parameters of the great Sumatran megathrust earthquakes of 1797 and 1833 inferred from coral microatolls, J. Geophys. Res, 111, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004025, 2006. [PDF]

  • Hsu, Y.J., M. Simons, J.P. Avouac, J. Galetzka, K. Sieh, M. Chlieh, D. Natawidjaja, L. Prawirodirdjo, and Y. Bock, Frictional afterslip following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake, Sumatra, Science, 312, 1921-1926. [PDF]

  • Simoes, M., Avouac, J.P., Cattin, R., and Henry, P., The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle, J.Geophsy. Res., 109, No. B10402, doi: 10.1029/2003002958, 2004. [PDF]

  • Konca, A.O., V. Hjorleifsdottir, T.R.A. Song, J.P. Avouac, D.V. Helmberger, C. Ji, K. Sieh, R. Briggs, and A. Meltzner, Rupture Kinematics of the 2005 Mw 8.6 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake from the Joint Inversion of Seismic and Geodetic Data, BSSA, 97, 1A, pp. S307-S322, doi: 10.1785/0120050632. [PDF]

Seismic Cycle

Interseismic, Coseismic, Postseismic Deformation

  • Hsu, Y.J., M. Simons, J.P. Avouac, J. Galetzka, K. Sieh, M. Chlieh, D. Natawidjaja, L. Prawirodirdjo, and Y. Bock, Frictional afterslip following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue earthquake, Sumatra, Science, 312, 1921-1926. [PDF]

  • Perfettini, H., J.P. Avouac, and J.C. Ruegg, Geodetic displacements and aftershocks following the 2001 Mw = 8.4 Peru earthquake: Implications for the mechanics of the earthquake cycle along the subduction zones, J. Geophys. Res., 109, B09404, doi: 10.1029/2004JB003522, 2005. [PDF]

  • Perfettini, H. and J.P. Avouac, Postseismic relaxation driven by brittle creep: A possible mechanism to reconcile geodetic measurements and the decay rate of aftershocks, application to the Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, J. Geophys. Res., 109, No. B2, B02304, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002488. 03 February 2004. [PDF]

  • Perfettini, H. and J.P. Avouac, Stress transfer and strain rate variations during the seismic cycle, J. Geophys. Res. 109, B06402, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002917, 2004. [PDF]

  • Simoes, M., Avouac, J.P., Cattin, R., and Henry, P., The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle, J.Geophsy. Res., 109, No. B10402, doi: 10.1029/2003002958, 2004. [PDF]

  • Dominguez S., J.P. Avouac, R. Michel, Horizontal co-seismic deformation of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake measured from SPOT satellite images: implications for the seismic cycle along the western foothills of Central Taiwan , J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2001JB000951, 2003. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya, Advances in Geophysics, Vol. 46, 10.1016/S0065-2687(03)46001-9, December 2003. [PDF]

  • Vergne J., R. Cattin and J.P. Avouac, On the use of dislocations to model interseismic strain and stress build-up at intracontinental thrust faults, Geophys. J. Int., 147, 155-162, 2001. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., L. Bollinger, J. Lavé, R. Cattin and M. Flouzat, Le cycle sismique en Himalaya, C. R. Acad. Sc., 333,513-529, 2001. [PDF]

  •   Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Fluvial incision and tectonic uplift across the Himalayas of Central Nepal, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 26,561-26,592, 2001. [PDF]

  • Cattin, R. & Avouac, J.P. Modeling mountain building and the seismic cycle in the Himalaya of Nepal. J. Geophys. Res, 105, 13,389-13,407, 2000. [PDF]

  • Klinger , Y., J.P. Avouac , N. Abou Karaki, L. Dorbath, N. Tisnerat, Seismic behavior of  the Dead Sea fault in northern Araba valley, (Jordan), Geophys. J. Int., 142, 769-782, 2000. [PDF]

Central Asia - Tibet

  • Charreau, J., S. Gilder, Y. Chen, S. Dominguez, J.P. Avouac, S. Sen, M. Jolivet, Y. Li, and W. Wang, Magnetostratigraphy of the Yaha section, Tarim Basin (China): 11 Ma acceleration in erosion and uplift of the Tian Shan mountains, Geology, 34, no. 3, 181-184.  [PDF]

  • Bettinelli, P., J.P. Avouac, M. Flouzat, F. Jouanne, L. Bollinger, P. Willis, and G.R. Chitraker, Plate motion of India and interseismic strain in the Nepal Himalaya from GPS and DORIS measurements, Journal of Geodesy, doi: 10.1007//s00190-006-0030-3, 2006. [PDF]

  • Charreau, J., Y.Chen, S. Gilder, S. Dominguez, J.P. Avouac, S. Sen, D. Sun, Y. Li, and W.M. Wang, Magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Neogene Kuitun He section (northwest China): implications for Late Cenozoic uplift of the Tianshan mountains, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 230, 177-192, 2005. [PDF]

  • Poisson, B. and J.P. Avouac, Holocene hydrological changes inferred from alluvial stream entrenchment in North Tian Shan (Northwestern China ), The Journal of Geology, 112,  231-249, 2004.  [PDF]

  • Poupinet, G., J.P. Avouac, M. Jiang, S. Wei, E. Kissling, G. Herquel, J. Guilbert, A. Paul, G. Wittlinger, H. Su, and J.C. Thomas, Intracontinental subduction and Paleozoic inheritance of the lithosphere suggested by a teleseismic experiment across the Tien Shan, Terra Nova 14(1), 18-24, 2002. [PDF]

  • Hurtrez, J.E., F. Lucazeau, Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Investigation of the relationships between basin morphology, tectonic uplift, and denudation from the study of an active fold belt in the Siwalik Hills (Central Nepal), J. Geophys. Res., 104, 12,779-12,796, 1999. [PDF]

  • Pedersen, H.E., J.P. Avouac and M. Campillo, Anomalous surface waves from Lop Nor nuclear explosions: observations and numerical modelling, Journal of Geophysical Research,  103, (7), 15051-15068, 1998. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., L. Bourjot and J.F. Dobremez, Palaeoclimatic interpretation of a topographic profile across middle holocene regressive shorelines of Longmu Co (Western Tibet), Palaeo-3, 120, 93-104, 1996.

  •  Matte, Ph., P. Tapponnier, N. Arnaud, L. Bourjot, J.P. Avouac, Ph. Vidal, Liu Qing, Pan Yusheng, Wang Yi, Tectonics of western Tibet, between the Tarim and the Indus, Earth, Planet. Sc. Let., 142, 311-330, 1996. [PDF]

  • Frost, G.M., R. Coe, Z. Meng, Z. Peng, Y. Chen, V. Courtillot, G. Peltzer, P. Tapponnier, and J.P. Avouac, Preliminary early cretaceous paleomagnetic results from the Gansu Corridor, China, Earth and Plant. Science Lett., 129, 217-232, 1995. [PDF]

  • Cotton, F. and J.P. Avouac, Crustal and upper-mantle structure under the Tien Shan from surface-wave dispersion, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 84, 95-109, 1994.

  • Avouac, J.P., G. Peltzer, Active tectonics in southern Xinjiang, China : Analysis of terrace riser and normal fault scarp degradation along the Hotan-Qira Fault system, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21,773-21,807, 1993. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., P. Tapponnier, M. Bai, H. You and G. Wang, Active thrusting and folding along the northeastern Tien Shan and late Cenozoic rotation of Tarim with respect to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 6755-6804, 1993. [PDF]

  •  Avouac, J.P., and P. Tapponnier, Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia, Geophys. Res. Let., 20, 895-898, 1993. [PDF]

  • Chen Y., J.P. Cogné, V. Courtillot, J.P Avouac, P. Tapponnier, G. Wang, M. Bai, H. You, M. Li, C. Wei and E. Buffetaut, Paleomagnetic study of Mesozoic Continental sediments along the northern Tien Shan ( China ) and heterogeneous strain in central Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 4065-4082, 1991.

  • Tapponnier, P., B. Meyer, J.P. Avouac, G. Peltzer, Y. Gaudemer, G. Shunmin, X. Hongfa, Y. Kelun, C. Zhitai, C.    Shuahua, and D. Huagant, Active thrusting and folding in the Qilian Shan, and decoupling between upper crust and      mangle in northeastern Tibet, Earth and Plant. Sci. Lett., 97, 382-403, 1990. [PDF]

Taiwan

  • Simoes M., J.P. Avouac, Y.-G. Chen, A. Singhvi, C.-Y. Wang, Y.-C. Chan, M. Jaiswal, and S. Bernard, Kinematic analysis of the Pakuashan fault-tip fold, West Central Taiwan: shortening rates  and age of folding inception,  Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S14, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004198, 2007.   [PDF]

  • Simoes M., J.P. Avouac, and Y.-G. Chen, Slip rates on the Chelungpu and Chushiang thrust faults inferred from a deformed strath terrace alongthe Dungpuna river, West Central Taiwan, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S10, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004200, 2007.  [PDF]

  • Perfettini, H. and J.P. Avouac, Postseismic relaxation driven by brittle creep: A possible mechanism to reconcile geodetic measurements and the decay rate of aftershocks, application to the Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, J. Geophys. Res., 10 9, No. B2, B02304, doi: 10.1029/2003JB002488. 03 February 2004. [PDF]

  • Dominguez S., J.P. Avouac, R. Michel, Horizontal co-seismic deformation of the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake measured from SPOT satellite images: implications for the seismic cycle along the western foothills of

  • Central Taiwan, J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2001JB000951, 20 [PDF]

France

  • Marin, S., J.P. Avouac, M. Nicolas, and A. Schlupp, A Probablistic Approach to Seismic Hazard in Metropolitan France, BSSA, 94, No. 6, 2137-2163, 2004. [PDF]

  • Vigny, C. et al., GPS networks monitors the western Alps ’ deformation over a five year period : 1993-1998, J. Geodesy, 76, 63-76, 2002. [PDF]

  • Audin L., Avouac, J.P., M. Flouzat and J.L., Plantet, Fluid-driven seismicity in a stable tectonic context: The Remiremont fault zone, Vosges, France, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(6), 10.1029/2001GL013702, 2002. [PDF]

  • Schlupp, A., J.P. Avouac and G. Clauzon, Post-Messinian activity of the Nimes fault, Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr., 172, 697-711, 2001.

Folding and Thrusting

  • Bernard S., J.P. Avouac, S. Dominguez and M. Simoes, Kinematics of fault-related folding from sandbox experiments, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S12, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004148, 2007 .  [PDF]

  • Daeron, M., Avouac, J. P., Charreau, J., and Dominguez, S., Modeling the shortening history of a fault-tip fold using structural and geomorphic records of deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S13, doi: 10.1029/1006JB004460, 2007.  [PDF]

  • Simoes M., J.P. Avouac, Y.-G. Chen, A. Singhvi, C.-Y. Wang, Y.-C. Chan, M. Jaiswal, and S. Bernard, Kinematic analysis of the Pakuashan fault-tip fold, West Central Taiwan: shortening rates  and age of folding inception,  Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S14, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004198, 2007.   [PDF]

  • Simoes M., J.P. Avouac, and Y.-G. Chen, Slip rates on the Chelungpu and Chushiang thrust faults inferred from a deformed strath terrace along the Dungpuna river, West Central Taiwan, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S10, doi: 10.1029/2005JB004200, 2007.  [PDF]

  • Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwalik Hills ( Himalaya of central Nepal ), J. Geophys. Res., 105, 5735-5770, 2000. [PDF]

  • Avouac, J.P., P. Tapponnier, M. Bai, H. You and G. Wang, Active thrusting and folding along the northeastern Tien Shan and late Cenozoic rotation of Tarim with respect to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 6755-6804, 1993. [PDF]

  • Tapponnier, P., B. Meyer, J.P. Avouac, G. Peltzer, Y. Gaudemer, G. Shunmin, X. Hongfa, Y. Kelun, C. Zhitai, C.    Shuahua, and D. Huagant, Active thrusting and folding in the Qilian Shan, and decoupling between upper crust and      mangle in northeastern Tibet, Earth and Plant. Sci. Lett., 97, 382-403, 1990. [PDF]

Levant

  • Klinger , Y., J.P. Avouac, N. Abou Karaki, L. Dorbath, D. Bourles, J.L. Reyss, Slip-rate on the Dead Sea transform fault in northern Araba valley (Jordan), Geophys. J. Int., 142, 755-768, 2000. [PDF]

  • Klinger , Y., J.P. Avouac , N. Abou Karaki, L. Dorbath, N. Tisnerat, Seismic behavior of  the Dead Sea fault in northern Araba valley, (Jordan), Geophys. J. Int., 142, 769-782, 2000. [PDF]

  • Klinger, Y., R. Michel and J.P. Avouac, Co-seismic deformation during the Mw 7.3 Aqaba earthquake (1995): from ERS-SAR interferometry, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 3651-3654, 2000. [PDF]

Physics of Earthquake Precursors

  • Trique, M., F. Perrier, Th. Froidefond, J.P. Avouac, S. Hautot,, Fluid flow near reservoir lakes inferred from the spatial and temporal analysis of the electric potential, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10 1029/2001JB00482, 2002. [PDF]

  • Trique, M., P. Richon, F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac and J.C. Sabroux, radon emanation and electric potential variations associated with transient deformation near reservoir lakes, Nature, 399, 137-141, 1999.   [PDF]

  • Lorne, B., Perrier, F. et J.P; Avouac, Streaming potential measurements, I: Properties of the electrical double layer from crushed rock samples, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17,857-17,877, 1999a. [PDF]

  • Lorne, B., Perrier, F. et J.P. Avouac, Streaming potential measurements, II: Relationship between electrical and hydraulic flow patterns from rock samples during deformation, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 17,879-17,896, 1999b. [PDF]

  • Perrier, F., M. Trique, B. Lorne, J.P. Avouac, S. Hautot and P. Tarits, Electric potential variations associated with yearly lake level variations, Geophys. Res. Let., 25, 1955- 1958, 1998. [PDF]

 

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