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2026

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D-Index
111
Citations
41453
World Ranking
67
National Ranking
31

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Earth Science in United States Leader Award

Overview

Jean Philippe Avouac is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics as a subfield. Additional subfields of study in their work include Atmospheric Science, Artificial Intelligence, Ocean Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, highlighting extensive research in earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, and earthquake detection and analysis. Other topics include geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, as well as seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

Jean Philippe Avouac has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers in renowned venues. Recent publications include:

  • "Cascading and pulse-like ruptures during the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes in the Eastern California Shear Zone," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Slip-rate-dependent friction as a universal mechanism for slow slip events," 2020, Nature Geoscience
  • "Unraveling Scaling Properties of Slow-Slip Events," 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Probabilistic earthquake locations of induced seismicity in the Groningen region, the Netherlands," 2020, Geophysical Journal International
  • "Bookshelf Kinematics and the Effect of Dilatation on Fault Zone Inelastic Deformation: Examples From Optical Image Correlation Measurements of the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquake Sequence," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Their frequent coauthors include Kyungjae Im, Saif Aati, Stephen Bourne, Mateo Acosta, and Chris Milliner. These collaborations have been part of numerous research projects and publications.

Jean Philippe Avouac's research has been published consistently in a range of scientific journals, with notable venues being:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • Kinematic model of active deformation in central Asia

    Jean-Philippe Avouac;Paul Tapponnier

  • Active folding of fluvial terraces across the Siwaliks Hills, Himalayas of central Nepal

    J. Lavé;J. P. Avouac

  • Automatic and Precise Orthorectification, Coregistration, and Subpixel Correlation of Satellite Images, Application to Ground Deformation Measurements

    S. Leprince;S. Barbot;F. Ayoub;J.-P. Avouac

  • Active thrusting and folding along the northern Tien Shan and Late Cenozoic rotation of the Tarim relative to Dzungaria and Kazakhstan

    Jean-Philippe Avouac;Paul Tapponnier;Meixiang Bai;H. You

  • Fluvial incision and tectonic uplift across the Himalayas of central Nepal

    J. Lavé;J. P. Avouac

  • Seismicity triggered by fluid injection–induced aseismic slip

    Yves Guglielmi;Frédéric Cappa;Frédéric Cappa;Jean Philippe Avouac;Pierre Henry

  • Tectonics of Western Tibet, between the Tarim and the Indus

    Ph. Matte;P. Tapponnier;N. Arnaud;L. Bourjot

  • Convergence rate across the Nepal Himalaya and interseismic coupling on the Main Himalayan Thrust: Implications for seismic hazard

    Thomas Ader;Thomas Ader;Jean-Philippe Avouac;Jing Liu-Zeng;Hélène Lyon-Caen

  • Frictional Afterslip Following the 2005 Nias-Simeulue Earthquake, Sumatra

    Ya-Ju Hsu;Mark Simons;Jean-Philippe Avouac;John Galetzka

  • Coseismic Slip and Afterslip of the Great Mw 9.15 Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake of 2004

    Mohamed Chlieh;Jean Philippe Avouac;Vala Hjorleifsdottir;Teh Ru Alex Song

  • Lower edge of locked Main Himalayan Thrust unzipped by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake

    Jean Philippe Avouac;Lingsen Meng;Shengji Wei;Teng Wang

  • 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

    H. Perfettini;H. Perfettini;J.-P. Avouac

  • 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

  • Plate-boundary deformation associated with the great Sumatra–Andaman earthquake

    Cecep Subarya;Mohamed Chlieh;Linette Prawirodirdjo;Jean Philippe Avouac

  • Interseismic strain accumulation on the Himalayan crustal ramp (Nepal)

    M. R. Pandey;R. P. Tandukar;J. P. Avouac;J. Lavé

  • Mountain Building, Erosion, and the Seismic Cycle in the Nepal Himalaya

    Jean-Philippe Avouac

  • India-Asia collision and the Cenozoic slowdown of the Indian plate: Implications for the forces driving plate motions

    Alex Copley;Jean Philippe Avouac;Jean Yves Royer

  • From Geodetic Imaging of Seismic and Aseismic Fault Slip to Dynamic Modeling of the Seismic Cycle

    Jean Philippe Avouac

  • Himalayan megathrust geometry and relation to topography revealed by the Gorkha earthquake

    John Elliott;Romain Jolivet;Romain Jolivet;Pablo González;Jean-Philippe Avouac;Jean-Philippe Avouac

  • The 2005, Mw 7.6 Kashmir earthquake: Sub-pixel correlation of ASTER images and seismic waveforms analysis

    Jean Philippe Avouac;Francois Ayoub;Sebastien Leprince;Ozgun Konca

  • Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence

    A. Ozgun Konca;Jean Philippe Avouac;Anthony Sladen;Aron J. Meltzner

  • Erosion as a driving mechanism of intracontinental mountain growth

    J. P. Avouac;E. B. Burov

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerry E Sieh
Kerry E Sieh Nanyang Technological University
Danny H Natawidjaja
Danny H Natawidjaja National Research and Innovation Agency of the Republic of Indonesia
Mark Simons
Mark Simons California Institute of Technology
Anthony Sladen
Anthony Sladen Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Laurent Bollinger
Laurent Bollinger French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)
Sylvain Barbot
Sylvain Barbot University of Southern California
Stéphane Dominguez
Stéphane Dominguez University of Montpellier
Eric J. Fielding
Eric J. Fielding Jet Propulsion Lab
Donald V. Helmberger
Donald V. Helmberger California Institute of Technology
Yehuda Bock
Yehuda Bock University of California, San Diego

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