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The use of satellite data, in particular, InSAR, to study tectonic processes such as earthquakes, interseismic strain accumulation, postseismic deformation, volcanic and other magmatic processes
Biggs, J.,Robinson, D.,Dixon, T. Submitted June 2008 ,The 2007 Pisco, Peru Earthquake (M8.0): Seismology and Geodesy Geophysical Journal International
Biggs, J., Burgman, R., Freymueller, J. , Lu, Z., Parsons, B., Ryder, I., Schmalzle, G., Wright, T. Submitted Feb 2008 , The postseismic response to the 2002 M7.9 Denali Fault Earthquake: Constraints from InSAR. Geophysical Journal International
Elliott, J.R. Biggs, J., Parsons, B. and Wright, T. Accepted May 2008 , InSAR Slip Rate Determination on the Altyn Tagh Fault, N Tibet, in the Presence of Topographically Correlated Atmospheric Delays Geophysical Research Letters
Biggs, J., Wright, T., Lu, Z., Parsons, B. 2007 , Multi-interferogram method for measuring interseismic deformation: Denali Fault, Alaska Geophysical Journal International 170 1165-1179
Rowland, J., Baker, E., Ebinger, C., Keir, D., Kidane, T., Biggs, J., Hayward, N. 2007 , Brittle strain associated with the 2005 Dabbahu rifting event, Afar: Implications for fault growth at a nascent spreading ridge Geophysical Journal International 171 1226-1246, doi 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03584.x
Biggs, J. , Bergman, E., Emmerson, B., Funning, G., Jackson, J., Parsons, B., Wright, T. 2006 , Fault Identification for Buried Strike-Slip Earthquakes using InSAR: The 1994 and 2004 Al Hoceima, Morocco Earthquakes. Geophysical Journal International 166 1347-1362
Wright, T., Ebinger, C., Biggs, J.,, Ayele, A., Yirgu, G., Keir, D., Stork, A. 2006, Dyke-maintained segmentation during continental rupture on the Afar rift in 2005. Nature 442 doi:10.1038/nature04978
Talebian, M., Biggs, J., Bolourchi, M., Copley, A., Ghassemi, A., Ghorashi, M., Hollingsworth, J., Jackson, J., Nissen, E., Oveisi, B., Parsons, B., Priestley, K. & Saiidi, A., 2006, The Dahuiyeh (Zarand) earthquake of 2005 February 22 in central Iran: reactivation of an intra-mountain thrust, Geophysical Journal International.,
164 137-148
B.J. Murton, Biggs, J. 2003, Numerical modelling of mud volcanoes and their flows using constraints from the Gulf of Cadiz, Mar. Geol., 3274, 1-14.
| 2003-2007 |
DPhil in Earth Sciences, University of Oxford Thesis: "Measuring Interseismic Strain Accummulation Using InSAR " Supervisors: Tim Wright and Barry Parsons Supported by Natural Environmental Research Council UK (NERC) |
| 1999-2003 |
MSci/BA in Geological Sciences, University of Cambridge Supervisor: James Jackson |
| Jan 2007 |
Visiting Scientist, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, UC Berkeley Supervisor: Roland Burgmann |
| Sep-Nov 2004 |
Visiting Scientist, EROS Data Centre, USGS, South Dakota Supervisor: Zhong Lu |
| Jun-Aug 2003 |
Visiting Scientist, California Institute of Technology Supervisor: Mark Simons |
| Jun-Aug 2002 |
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, California Institute of Technology Supervisor: Mark Simons |
| Jun-Aug 2000 |
Summer Research Fellowship, National Oceanographic Centre, Southampton (formely Southampton Oceanography Centre) Supervisor: Bramley Murton |
| 2007 |
MPLS Division Symposium Award (University of Oxford) |
2005 |
2005 AGU Outstanding Student Paper Award (Geodesy Section) |
| 2005 |
Geological Remote Sensing Group Student Award (Sponsored by Nigel Press Associates) |
| 2003 |
Harkness Prize (University of Cambridge) |
| 2003 |
Dr. Stonley's Prize (Pembroke College, Cambridge) |
| 2001 |
Dr. Stonley's Prize (Pembroke College, Cambridge) |
| 2001 |
Foundation Scholarship (Pembroke College, Cambridge) |
| Mar-Apr 2006 | Castellane (Undergrad Mapping Trip) |
| Mar-Apr 2006 | Ethiopia (GPS Fieldwork) |
| Dec 2005 | San Francisco (AGU) |
| Oct-Nov 2005 | New Zealand (Paleomag Fieldwork) |
| July 2005 | Sicily (Holiday) |
| May 2005 | Vienna (EGU) |
| Dec 2004 | Barcelona (Holiday) |
| Oct-Nov 2004 | South Dakota (Visiting Scientist at USGS EROS Data Center) |
| Sep 2004 | Alaska (IGARSS Conference, Anchorage; Visit to University of Alaska, Fairbanks) |
| Apr-May 2004 | New Zealand (Paleomag Fieldwork) |