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Jean-Robert Grasso is affiliated with the Institut des Sciences de la Terre in France and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences with a focus on Geophysics. Their research encompasses several subfields including Artificial Intelligence and Civil and Structural Engineering applied to seismic studies.

Their work prominently addresses topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, earthquake detection and analysis, geological and geochemical analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, seismic performance and analysis, seismic waves and analysis, as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Jean-Robert Grasso has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Mathieu Causse
  • Cécile Cornou
  • Emeline Maufroy
  • E. El Haber
  • D. Amorèse

Their recent publications highlight contributions to seismic phenomena, seismicity induced by fluid injection, and the response to specific earthquake events. Notable papers include:

  • Exceptional ground motion during the shallow Mw 4.9 2019 Le Teil earthquake, France (2021), published in Communications Earth & Environment
  • Rapid response to the M 4.9 earthquake of November 11, 2019 in Le Teil, Lower Rhône Valley, France (2021), published in Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Did Wastewater Disposal Drive the Longest Seismic Swarm Triggered by Fluid Manipulations? Lacq, France, 1969-2016 (2021), published in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Analysing 50 yr of the Lacq induced seismicity (Southwestern, France) highlights the role of fluid injection (2024), published in Geophysical Journal International
  • Unveiling the prevalence of larger magnitude earthquakes preceding major shallow seismic events (M ≥ 7.2) in Japan (1995-2021) (2025), published in Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Their research outputs have appeared in multiple venues, including:

  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Comptes Rendus Géoscience
  • Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors

Best Publications

  • Probabilistic approach to rock fall hazard assessment: potential of historical data analysis

    C. Dussauge-Peisser;A. Helmstetter;J.-R. Grasso;D. Hantz

  • Poroelastic stressing and induced seismicity near the Lacq gas field, southwestern France

    Paul Segall;Jean-Robert Grasso;Antony Mossop

  • Statistical analysis of rockfall volume distributions: Implications for rockfall dynamics

    Carine Dussauge;Jean-Robert Grasso;Agnès Helmstetter

  • Mainshocks are aftershocks of conditional foreshocks: How do foreshock statistical properties emerge from aftershock laws

    Agnès Helmstetter;Didier Sornette;Didier Sornette;Jean-Robert Grasso

  • Mechanics of seismic instabilities induced by the recovery of hydrocarbons

    J. R. Grasso

  • Seismic precursory patterns before a cliff collapse and critical point phenomena

    David Amitrano;Jean Robert Grasso;Gloria Senfaute

  • ACOUSTIC EMISSION IN SINGLE CRYSTALS OF ICE

    Jérôme Weiss;Jean-Robert Grasso

  • Statistical physics approach to earthquake occurrence and forecasting

    Lucilla de Arcangelis;Cataldo Godano;Jean Robert Grasso;Eugenio Lippiello

  • Slider block friction model for landslides: Application to Vaiont and La Clapière landslides

    A. Helmstetter;A. Helmstetter;D. Sornette;D. Sornette;J. R. Grasso;J. R. Grasso;Jørgen Vitting Andersen;Jørgen Vitting Andersen

  • Ten years of seismic monitoring over a gas field

    J. R. Grasso;G. Wittlinger

  • From diffuse to localised damage through elastic interaction

    David Amitrano;Jean-Robert Grasso;Didier Hantz

  • On varying b-values with depth: results from computer-intensive tests for Southern California

    D. Amorèse;J.-R. Grasso;P. A. Rydelek

  • Testing self-organized criticality by induced seismicity

    Jean-Robert Grasso;Didier Sornette

  • Two-threshold model for scaling laws of noninteracting snow avalanches.

    Jerome Faillettaz;Francois Louchet;Jean-Robert Grasso

  • Statistical analysis of dislocation dynamics during viscoplastic deformation from acoustic emission

    Jérôme Weiss;Franz Lahaie;Jean Robert Grasso

  • The ML 5.3 Epagny (French Alps) earthquake of 1996 July 15: a long-awaited event on the Vuache Fault

    François Thouvenot;Julien Fréchet;Paul Tapponnier;Jean-Charles Thomas

  • Towards landslide predictions: two case studies

    D. Sornette;D. Sornette;A. Helmstetter;Jørgen Vitting Andersen;Jørgen Vitting Andersen;S. Gluzman

  • The largest aftershock: How strong, how far away, how delayed?

    M. Tahir;J.-R. Grasso;D. Amorèse

  • Monitoring of snow avalanches using a seismic array: Location, speed estimation, and relationships to meteorological variables

    P. Lacroix;J.-R. Grasso;J. Roulle;G. Giraud

  • Interactions between earthquakes and volcano activity

    Nicolas Lemarchand;Jean-Robert Grasso

  • The 2004 Mw 4.4 Rotenburg, Northern Germany, Earthquake and Its Possible Relationship with Gas Recovery

    Torsten Dahm;Frank Krüger;Klaus Stammler;Klaus Klinge

  • A constant influx model for dike propagation: Implications for magma reservoir dynamics

    P. Traversa;Virginie Pinel;J. R. Grasso

  • A Long-Lasting Relaxation of Seismicity at Aswan Reservoir, Egypt, 1982-2001

    Mahmoud Mekkawi;J.-R. Grasso;Pierre-André Schnegg

  • a long-awaited event on the Vuache Fault

    Francois Thouvenot;Paul Tapponnier;Jean-Charles Thomas;Robin Lacassin

Frequent Co-Authors

Agnès Helmstetter
Agnès Helmstetter Grenoble Alpes University
François Renard
François Renard University of Oslo
Alessandro Vespignani
Alessandro Vespignani Northeastern University
Patrick Bachèlery
Patrick Bachèlery Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans
Eric Larose
Eric Larose Grenoble Alpes University
Valérie Ferrazzini
Valérie Ferrazzini Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
Joseph Martinod
Joseph Martinod University of Savoy Mont Blanc - Chambery
Paul Tapponnier
Paul Tapponnier China Earthquake Administration
Robin Lacassin
Robin Lacassin Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

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