Dr John Elliott
Post Doctoral Researcher
| Email: | john.elliott@earth.ox.ac.uk |
| TEL: | +44 (1865) 272068 |
| FAX: | +44 (1865) 272072 |
| Homepage: | http://www.earth.ox.ac.uk/~johne |
Research Profile
Faulting and the Earthquake Cycle
My main interest lies in the measurement of surface deformation associated with the accumulation and release of strain in the earthquake cycle. My aim is to help improve our understanding of the nature of continental faulting and assessment of seismic hazard. I use the satellite based geodetic technique of radar interferometry (InSAR) to make measurements of ground displacement which are then used to build up a model of the slip that occurred in the earthquake. My current focus is on earthquakes which have occurred across the Tibetan Plateau in addition to the recent devastating events in Yushu and New Zealand.
D.Phil Thesis Title: Strain accumulation and release on the Tibetan Plateau measured using InSAR (2009)
The use of remote sensing to study the Earth. Namely the use of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar to study tectonic processes, in particular interseismic strain accumulation on a Tibetan continental strike slip fault, and also coseismic signals from a series of normal faulting events in 2008.
Selected Publications
Elliott, J. R., A. Copley, R. Holley, K. Scharer & B. Parsons (2013)
The 2011 Mw 7.1 Van (Eastern Turkey) Earthquake, Journal Geophysical Research., doi:10.1002/jgrb.50117
Walker, R. T., E. A. Bergman, J. R. Elliott, E. J. Fielding, A-R. Ghods, M. Ghoraishi, J. Jackson, M. Nemati, B. Oveisi, M. Talebian & R. Walters (2013)
The 2010-2011 South Rigan (Baluchestan) earthquake sequence and its implications for distributed deformation and earthquake hazard in southeast Iran, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1093/gji/ggs109
K. Donovan & J. R. Elliott (2012)
Earthquake disasters and resilience in the global North: lessons from New Zealand and Japan, The Geographical Journal, doi:10.1111/j.1475-4959.2011.00453.x
S. K. Ebmeier, J. Biggs, T. A. Mather, J. R. Elliott, G. Wadge, F. Amelung (2012)
Measuring large topographic change with InSAR: Lava thicknesses, extrusion rate and subsidence rate at Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala, Earth Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.04.027
J.R. Elliott, E. K. Nissen, P. C. England, J. A. Jackson, S. Lamb, Z. Li, M. Oehlers, and B. Parsons (2012)
Slip in the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquakes, New Zealand, Journal Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2011JB008868
M. Bell, J.R. Elliott & B. Parsons (2011)
Interseismic strain accumulation across the Manyi fault (Tibet) prior to the 1997 Mw 7.6 earthquake. Geophys. Res. Letts, V 38 L24303, doi:10.1029/2011GL049762
Z. Li, J. R. Elliott, W. Feng, J. A. Jackson, B. Parsons, & R. Walters (2011)
The 2010 Mw 6.8 Yushu (Qinghai, China) Earthquake: Constraints provided by InSAR & Body Wave Seismology JGR, 116, doi:10.1029/2011JB008358
M. P. Searle, J. R. Elliott, R. J. Phillips & S.-L. Chung (2011)
Crustal-lithospheric structure and continental extrusion of Tibet Journal of the Geological Society, V. 168, p. 633-672, doi:10.1144/0016-76492010-139
J. R. Elliott, B. Parsons, J. A. Jackson, X. Shan, R. A. Sloan & R. T. Walker (2011)
Depth segmentation of the seismogenic continental crust:The 2008 and 2009 Qaidam earthquakes GRL, V. 38, L06305, doi:10.1029/2011GL046897
J. R. Elliott, R. J. Walters, P. C. England, J. A. Jackson, Z. Li & B. Parsons (2010)
Extension in Tibet measured from InSAR and Body Wave Seismology. GJI, V. 38, L06305, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04754.x
E. Nissen, F. Yamini-Fard, M. Tatar, A. Gholamzadeh, E. Bergman, J. R. Elliott, J. A. Jackson & B. Parsons (2010)
The vertical separation of mainshock rupture and microseismicity at Qeshm island in the Zagros fold-and-thrust belt, Iran. EPSL, V. 296, 181-194, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.049
R. J. Walters, J. R. Elliott, N. D. Agostino, P. C. England, I. Hunstad, J. A. Jackson, B. Parsons, R. Phillips & G. Roberts (2009)
The 2009 L'Aquila Earthquake (Central Italy): an InSAR source mechanism and implications for seismic hazard. GRL, V.36, L17312, doi:10.1029/2009GL039337
J. R. Elliott, J. Biggs, B. Parsons & T. J. Wright (2008)
InSAR Slip Rate Determination on the Altyn Tagh Fault, N. Tibet, in the Presence of Topographically Correlated Atmospheric Delays. GRL, V.35, L12309, doi:10.1029/2009GL039337
David M. Pyle & John R. Elliott (2006)
Quantitative morphology, recent evolution, and future activity of the Kameni Islands volcano, Santorini, Greece. Geosphere 2 (5), pages 253-268, doi:10.1130/GES00028.1