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Sylvain D. Barbot
University of Southern California
Associate Professor
Expertise: Earthquake Physics Crustal Deformation Numerical Modeling Remote Sensing
About Me
Publications
Dr. Sylvain Barbot studied earthquake physics and tectonic geodesy at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (University of California at San Diego), and, as a postdoc, at the California Institute of Technology. Dr. Barbot was a Nanyang Assistant Professor and National Research Fellow at the Earth Observatory of Singapore and the Asian School of the Environment. He is now an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California where he conducts research on the physics of friction, fault dynamics, and lithospheric deformation during the seismic cycle.
SCEC Participation
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2019 - Present)Wu, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2023, 09). Real area of contact as the state variable in rate-and-state friction. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13243
Lambert, V. R., Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Dunham, E. M., Abdelmeguid, M., Agajanian, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Bodunde, S., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kim, T., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Marcum, J., Mia, M., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Romanet, P., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., Verwijs, R., & Yang, Y. (2023, 09). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Effects from Dipping Faults and Full Elastodynamics to Fluids and Fault Friction Evolution. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12930
Wang, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2023, 09). Rupture segmentation on the East Anatolian Fault controlled by slip partitioning in a structurally complex fault system. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12806
Liu, M., & Barbot, S. D. (2023, 09). Thermo-mechanical models of seismic swarms at oceanic transform faults. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12788
Barbot, S. D. (2023, 09). Constitutive behavior of rocks during the seismic cycle. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12753
Jiang, J., Lambert, V. R., Erickson, B. A., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T. W., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2022, 09). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): From 3D, Full Elastodynamics and Dipping Faults to Fluids and Fault Friction Evolution. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12532
Wu, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2022, 09). Evolution of the real area of contact at the laboratory scale during fully dynamic seismic cycles. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12485
Nie, S., & Barbot, S. D. (2022, 09). Velocity- and temperature-dependence of steady-state friction on the Central San Andreas Fault controlled by competing healing mechanisms. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12333
Gauriau, J., Barbot, S. D., & Dolan, J. F. (2022, 09). Islands of chaos in a sea of periodic earthquakes: Constraining the allowable friction parameter space for large-magnitude earthquakes using recurrence patterns from the Alpine fault Hokuri Creek paleoseismic record, New Zealand. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11959
Barbot, S. D. (2022, 09). A rate-, state-, and temperature-dependent friction law with competing healing mechanisms. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11918
Wang, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2022, 09). Pulse-like ruptures, seismic swarms, and tremorgenic slow-slip events with thermally activated friction. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11915
Jiang, J., Erickson, B. A., Lambert, V. R., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Gabriel, A., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., & van Dinther, Y. (2021, 08). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Three-Dimensional Problems. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11565
Wang, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2021, 08). Crack-like and pulse-like ruptures, seismic swarms, and tremorgenic slow-slip events in velocity-weakening, temperature-strengthening faults. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11524
Nie, S., & Barbot, S. D. (2021, 08). Pulse-like ruptures linked to chaotic recurrence patterns in seismic cycles with compliant fault zones. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11466
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lambert, V. R., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2021, 08). Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS): Dynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11412
Mei, C., Barbot, S. D., & Wu, W. (2021, 08). Laboratory investigation of multiple controls on fault stability and rupture dynamics. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11395
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
Wang, B., & Barbot, S. D. (2023). Pulse-like ruptures, seismic swarms, and tremorgenic slow-slip events with thermally activated friction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 603. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117983. SCEC Contribution 12689
Erickson, B. A., Jiang, J., Lambert, V., Barbot, S. D., Abdelmeguid, M., Almquist, M., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Cattania, C., Chen, A., Dal Zilio, L., Deng, S., Dunham, E. M., Elbanna, A. E., Gabriel, A., Harvey, T. W., Huang, Y., Kaneko, Y., Kozdon, J. E., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liang, C., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Perez-Silva, A., Pranger, C., Segall, P., Sun, Y., Thakur, P., Uphoff, C., van Dinther, Y., & Yang, Y. (2023). Incorporating Full Elastodynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries in Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 113(2), 499-523. doi: 10.1785/0120220066. SCEC Contribution 12627
Jiang, J., Erickson, B. A., Lambert, V. R., Ampuero, J., Ando, R., Barbot, S. D., Cattania, C., Dal Zilio, L., Duan, B., Dunham, E. M., Gabriel, A., Lapusta, N., Li, D., Li, M., Liu, D., Liu, Y., Ozawa, S., Pranger, C., & van Dinther, Y. (2022). Community-Driven Code Comparisons for Three-Dimensional Dynamic Modeling of Sequences of Earthquakes and Aseismic Slip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127, e2021JB023519. doi: 10.1029/2021JB023519. SCEC Contribution 11680
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
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 1585
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
Last updated Sep 20, 2023.
