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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2009 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Gilles Peltzer is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics. The scientist's work spans various subfields including Atmospheric Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Mechanics of Materials, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The main topics Gilles Peltzer has explored in their research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Landslides and related hazards
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Analysis

Their publication record features contributions to several notable venues, reflecting the scope of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Representative papers authored or coauthored by Gilles Peltzer include:

  • "Block Tectonics Across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault" (2021) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Stable Rate of Slip Along the Karakax Section of the Altyn Tagh Fault from Observation of Interglacial and Postglacial Offset Morphology and Surface Dating" (2020) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Exploring the Behaviors of Initiated Progressive Failure and Slow-Moving Landslides in Los Angeles Using Satellite InSAR and Pixel Offset Tracking" (2024) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Block Tectonics across Western Tibet and Multi-Millennial Recurrence of Great Earthquakes on the Karakax Fault" (2021) published in Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Gilles Peltzer has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • J. van der Woerd
  • Anne-Sophie Mériaux
  • Frederick J. Ryerson
  • Haibing Li
  • Marie-Luce Chevalier

Their work covers studies into tectonic fault behaviors, earthquake recurrence intervals, landslide phenomena, and the application of satellite and geophysical methods to analyze geological hazards and processes.

In recognition of their contributions to geophysical sciences, Gilles Peltzer was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2009.

Best Publications

  • Propagating extrusion tectonics in Asia: New insights from simple experiments with plasticine

    P. Tapponnier;G. Peltzer;A. Y. Le Dain;R. Armijo

  • The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry

    Didier Massonnet;Marc Rossi;César Carmona;Frédéric Adragna

  • On the mechanics of the collision between India and Asia

    P. Tapponnier;G. Peltzer;R. Armijo

  • Crustal thickening in Gansu-Qinghai, lithospheric mantle subduction, and oblique, strike-slip controlled growth of the Tibet plateau

    B. Meyer;Paul Tapponnier;Laurence Bourjot;F. Metivier

  • Formation and evolution of strike‐slip faults, rifts, and basins during the India‐Asia Collision: An experimental approach

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Tapponnier

  • Updated repeat orbit interferometry package released

    Paul A. Rosen;Scott Hensley;Gilles Peltzer;Mark Simons

  • Detection of aquifer system compaction and land subsidence using interferometric synthetic aperture radar, Antelope Valley, Mojave Desert, California

    D. L. Galloway;K. W. Hudnut;S. E. Ingebritsen;S. P. Phillips

  • Active thrusting and folding in the Qilian Shan, and decoupling between upper crust and mantle in northeastern Tibet

    P. Tapponnier;B. Meyer;J.P. Avouac;G. Peltzer

  • Corrections of stratified tropospheric delays in SAR interferometry: Validation with global atmospheric models

    M.-P. Doin;Cécile Lasserre;G. Peltzer;O. Cavalié

  • Partitioning of crustal slip between linked, active faults in the eastern Qilian Shan, and evidence for a major seismic gap, the ‘Tianzhu gap’, on the western Haiyuan Fault, Gansu (China)

    Y. Gaudemer;P. Tapponnier;B. Meyer;G. Peltzer

  • Systematic InSAR tropospheric phase delay corrections from global meteorological reanalysis data

    Romain Jolivet;Raphael Grandin;Cécile Lasserre;Marie-Pierre Doin

  • Magnitude of Late Quaternary Left-Lateral Displacements Along the North Edge of Tibet

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Tapponnier;Rolando Armijo

  • Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects

    Gerald W. Bawden;Wayne R. Thatcher;Ross S. Stein;Kenneth W. Hudnut

  • Present-day kinematics of Asia derived from geologic fault rates

    Gilles Peltzer;François Saucier

  • Poroelastic rebound along the Landers 1992 earthquake surface rupture

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;K. Hudnut

  • Evidence of Nonlinear Elasticity of the Crust from the Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) Earthquake

    Gilles Peltzer;Frédéric Crampé;Geoffrey King

  • Improving InSAR geodesy using Global Atmospheric Models

    Romain Jolivet;Piyush Shanker Agram;Nina Y. Lin;Mark Simons

  • Surface Displacement of the 17 May 1993 Eureka Valley, California, Earthquake Observed by SAR Interferometry

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen

  • Postseismic Rebound in Fault Step-Overs Caused by Pore Fluid Flow

    Gilles Peltzer;Paul Rosen;Francois Rogez;Ken Hudnut

  • Mobility of continental mantle: Evidence from postseismic geodetic observations following the 1992 Landers earthquake

    Fred F. Pollitz;Gilles Peltzer;Roland Bürgmann

Frequent Co-Authors

Cécile Lasserre
Cécile Lasserre Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Marie-Pierre Doin
Marie-Pierre Doin Grenoble Alpes University
Romain Jolivet
Romain Jolivet École Normale Supérieure
Paul A. Rosen
Paul A. Rosen Jet Propulsion Lab
Bertrand Meyer
Bertrand Meyer Sorbonne University
Xiwei Xu
Xiwei Xu Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Anne Socquet
Anne Socquet Grenoble Alpes University
Zheng-Kang Shen
Zheng-Kang Shen University of California, Los Angeles
Rolando Armijo
Rolando Armijo Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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