Research: Regional Focus
France
Audin L., Avouac, J.P., Fluid-driven seismicity in a stable tectonic context: The Remiremont fault zone, Vosges, France , Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 2002. [PDF] [Audin Cover]
Schlupp, A., J.P. Avouac and G. Clauzon, Post-Messinian activity of the Nimes fault, Bull. Soc. Geol. Fr., 172, 697-711, 2001.
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]
Marin, S., J.P. Avouac, M. Nicholas, and A. Schlupp, A probalistic approach to seismic hazard in Metropolitan France, BSSA, 94, no. 6, 2137-2163, 2004. [PDF]
Dead Sea Area
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 Arava 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, (22), 3651-3655, 2000.[PDF]
Klinger, Y., J.P. Avouac, D. Bourles, and N. Tisnerat, Alluvial deposition and lake-level fluctuations forced by Late Quaternary climate change: the Dead Sea case example, Sedimentary Geology, 162, 119-139, 2003. [PDF]
Taiwan
( The Chi-Chi earthquake measured from SPOT images)
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]
Turkey
(Deformation due to the Izmit earthquake measured from SPOT images)
Michel, R. and J.P. Avouac, Surface deformation due to the 17 august Izmit earthquake measured from SPOT images, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 10 1029/2000JB000102, 2002. [PDF]
Tien Shan
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.
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.
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.
Western Kunlun
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.
Tibet
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]
Algeria
Avouac, J.P., B. Meyer and P. Tapponnier, On the growth of normal faults and the existence of flats and ramps along the El Asnam active fold and thrust system, Tectonics, 11, 1-11, 1992.
Afar
(topography of Fieale volcano deformed by recent extension across Asal rift)
De Chabalier J.B. and J.P. Avouac, Kinematics of the Asal rift (Djibouti) determined from the deformation of Fieale volcano, Science, Vol. 265, 5179, 1677-1681, 1994. [PDF]
Ecuador
Winter, Th., J.P. Avouac, et A. Lavenu, Late Quaternary kinematics of the Pallatanga strike-slip fault (Central Ecuador) from topographic measurements of displaced morphological features, Geophys. J. Int., 115, 905-920, 1993.
Indonesia
Baroux, E., J. P. Avouac, O. Bellier and M. Sébrier, Slip-partitioning and fore-arc deformation at the Sunda Trench, Indonesia, Terra Nova, 10, 139-144, 1998.
Simoes, M., J.P. Avouac, R. Cattin, and P. Henry, The Sumatra subduction zone: A case for a locked fault zone extending into the mantle, J. Geophys. Res., 109, 2004. [PDF]
Nepal Himalaya
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]
Avouac, J.P., Mountain building, erosion, and the seismic cycle in the Nepal Himalaya, Advances in Geophysics, 46, doi: 10.1016/S0065-2687(03)46001-9, 2003. [PDF]
Beyssac, O., L. Bollinger, J.P. Avouac, and B. Goffe, Thermal metamorphism in the lesser Himalaya of Nepal determined from Raman spectroscopy of carbonaceous material, EPSL, 225, 233-241, 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: 10.129/2003TC001564, 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]
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]
Hurtrez, J.E., F. Lucazeau, Lavé J., and J.P. Avouac, Investigation of the relationship 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]
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 Himlayas of western Nepal deduced from preliminary results of GPS measurements, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26 (13), 1933-1936, 1999. [PDF]
Lavé, J., J.P. Avouac, R. Lacassin, P. Tapponnier and J.P. Montagner, Seismic anisotropy beneath Tibet : evidence for eastward extrusion of the Tibetan lithosphere? Earth, Planet. Sc. Let., 140, 83-96, 1996. [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]
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]
Lemmonier, C., G. Marquis, F. Perrier, J.P. Avouac, G. Chitrakar, B. Kafle, S. Sapkota, U. Gautam and D. Tiwari, Electrical structure of the Himlaya of central Nepal: high conductivity around the mid-crustal ramp along the MHT, Geophys. Res. Lett., 21, 3261-3264, 1999. [PDF]
Pandey, M.R., R.P.Tandukar, J.P. Avouac, J. Vergne and Th. Héritier, Seismotectonics of Nepal Himalayas from a local seismic network J. Asian Earth Sciences, 17, 703-712, 1999. [PDF]
Pandey, M.R., R.P. Tandukar, J.P. Avouac, J. Lavé and J.P. Massot, Evidence for recent accumulation on a mid-crustal ramp in the Central Himalaya of Nepal, Geophys. Res. Lett., 22, 751-754, 1995. [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]