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Sylvain D. Barbot

University of Southern California

Assistant Professor

Expertise: Earthquake Physics Crustal Deformation Numerical Modeling Remote Sensing

About Me Publications

Dr Sylvain Barbot studied earthquake physics and geodesy at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France and at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As a graduate, his research focused on transient lithosphere deformation following earthquakes on strike-slip faults. During his postdoc at the California Institute of Technology, he studied the dynamics of earthquake cycles. Sylvain was a Nanyang Assistant Professor at the Earth Observatory of Singapore and the Asian School of the Environment. He is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern California. His research focus is to understand the physics of crustal and lithosphere dynamics across many temporal and spatial scales. His main interests are to understand the role of geometry and chemistry and of fault and off-fault deformation in the generation of earthquakes.

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SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2019 - Present)

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Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Abdelmeguid, M., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Harris, R. A., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., Li, M., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Shi, P., Thakur, P., van den Ende, M., van Dinther, Y., & Wei, M. (2020, 08). Community Code Comparisons for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Exploring Full dynamics and 3D Effects. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10593

Barbot, S. D., & Wang, L. (2020, 08). Excitation of San Andreas tremors by thermal instabilities below the seismogenic zone. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10285

Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Best Mckay, M., Segall, P., Shi, P., van den Ende, M., & Wei, M. (2019, 08). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9618

Tang, C., Hsu, Y., Barbot, S. D., Moore, J., & Chang, W. (2018, 08). Lower-crustal rheology and thermal gradient in the Taiwan orogenic belt illuminated by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8618

Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini Zabala, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Segall, P., Shi, P., & Wei, M. (2018, 07). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Initial Benchmarks and Future Directions. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8214

Rollins, C., Argus, D. F., Landry, W., Barbot, S. D., & Avouac, J. (2016, 08). Strain accumulation on faults beneath Los Angeles: a geodesy-based picture accounting for the effects of sedimentary basins and anthropogenic surface deformation. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6654

Barbot, S. D., Agram, P. S., Lapusta, N., Avouac, J., & Simons, M. (2012). Geodetic Constraints on the Parkfield Seismogenic Zone: Implications for the Earthquake Prediction Experiment. Journal of Geophysical Research, (in preparation). SCEC Contribution 1586

Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Barall, M., Lapusta, N., Dunham, E. M., Harris, R. A., Abrahams, L. S., Allison, K. L., Ampuero, J., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Elbanna, A. E., Fialko, Y., Idini, B., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Liu, Y., Luo, Y., Ma, X., Best Mckay, M., Segall, P., Shi, P., van den Ende, M., & Wei, M. (2020). The Community Code Verification Exercise for Simulating Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Seismological Research Letters, 91(2A), 874-890. doi: 10.1785/0220190248. SCEC Contribution 9066

Barbot, S. (2020). Mantle flow distribution beneath the California margin. Nature Communications, 11(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-18260-8. SCEC Contribution 10870

Wang, L., & Barbot, S. (2020). Excitation of San Andreas tremors by thermal instabilities below the seismogenic zone. Science Advances, 6(36). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abb2057. SCEC Contribution 10869

Daout, S. D., Barbot, S. D., Peltzer, G., Doin, M. P., Liu, Z., & Jolivet, R. (2016). Geophysical Research Letter. Constraining the Kinematics of Metropolitan Los Angeles Faults 1 with a Slip-Partitioning Model, 43(21), 11,192-11,201. SCEC Contribution 7112

Rollins, J. C., Barbot, S. D., & Avouac, J. (2015). Postseismic Deformation Following the 2010 M=7.2 El Mayor–Cucapah Earthquake: Observations, Kinematic Inversions, and Dynamic Models. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 172, 1305-1358. doi: 10.1007/s00024-014-1005-6. SCEC Contribution 1862

Lindsey, E. O., Sahakian, V. J., Fialko, Y., Bock, Y., Barbot, S. D., & Rockwell, T. K. (2014). Interseismic strain localization in the San Jacinto fault zone. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171(11), 2937-2954. doi: 10.1007/s00024-013-0753-z. SCEC Contribution 1929

Barbot, S. D., Lapusta, N., & Avouac, J. (2012). Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine: Toward Predictive Modeling of the Seismic Cycle. Science, 336(6082), 707-710. doi: 10.1126/science.1218796. SCEC Contribution 1751

Barbot, S. D., Lapusta, N., & Avouac, J. (2012). Under the Hood of the Earthquake Machine: Towards Predictive Modeling of the Seismic Cycle. Science, 336(6082), 707-710. doi: 10.1126/science.1218796. SCEC Contribution 1600

Bruhat, L., Barbot, S. D., & Avouac, J. (2011). Evidence for postseismic deformation of the lower crust following the 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield earthquake. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B08401), 11. doi: 10.1029/2010JB008073. SCEC Contribution 1584

Barbot, S. D., & Fialko, Y. (2010). A Unified Continuum Representation of Postseismic Relaxation Mechanisms: Semi-Analytic Models of Afterslip, Poroelastic Rebound and Viscoelastic Flow. Geophysical Journal International, 182, 1124-1140. SCEC Contribution 1336

Barbot, S. D., & Fialko, Y. (2010). Fourier-Domain Green Function for an Elastic Semi-Infinite Solid under Gravity, with Applications to Earthquake and Volcano Deformation. Geophysical Journal International, 182, 568-582. SCEC Contribution 1335

Barbot, S. D., Fialko, Y., & Bock, Y. (2009). Postseismic deformation due to the Mw6.0 2004 Parkfield earthquake: Stress-driven creep on a fault with spatially variable rate-and-state friction parameters. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B07405. SCEC Contribution 1270

Barbot, S. D., Fialko, Y., & Sandwell, D. T. (2009). Three-dimensional models of elasto-static deformation in heterogeneous media, with applications to the Eastern California Shear Zone. Geophysical Journal International, 179, 500-520. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04194.x. SCEC Contribution 1266

Cochran, E. S., Li, Y., Shearer, P. M., Barbot, S. D., Fialko, Y., & Vidale, J. E. (2009). Seismic and Geodetic Evidence for Extensive, Long-Lived Fault Damage Zones. Geology, 37(4), 315-318. doi: 10.1130/G25306A.1. SCEC Contribution 1185

Barbot, S. D., Fialko, Y., & Sandwell, D. T. (2008). Effect of a compliant fault zone on the inferred earthquake slip distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B06404. SCEC Contribution 1271

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