Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLES

[4] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., and K.M. Johnson (2017). A physical model for interseismic erosion of locked fault asperities, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, doi:10.1002/2017JB014533 [ link | pdf ]

[3] Johnson, K.M., Mavrommatis, A.P., and P. Segall (2016). Small interseismic asperities and widespread aseismic creep on the northern Japan subduction interface, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL066707. [ link | pdf ]

[2] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Uchida, N., and K.M. Johnson (2015). Long-term acceleration of aseismic slip preceding the Mw 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake: Constraints from repeating earthquakes, Geophysical Research Letters, 42, doi: 10.1002/2015gl066069 [ link | pdf ]

[1] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., and K.M. Johnson (2014). A decadal-scale deformation transient prior to the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Geophysical Research Letters, 41, doi: 10.1002/2014GL060139. [ link | pdf ]


CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS

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2016

[16] * Mavrommatis, A. P., Segall, P., and Johnson, K. M (2016). A mechanical model for decrease in coupling prior to the 2011 M9 Tohoku earthquake. Oral presentation at the 2016 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 12 – 16, San Francisco, CA, USA.

[15] Mavrommatis, A. P., Segall, P., Johnson, K. M., and N. Uchida (2016). Long-term acceleration of aseismic slip preceding the 2011 M9 Tohoku earthquake: Constraints from repeating earthquakes and a hypothesis for the mechanism. Poster presentation at the 2016 EGU General Assembly, Apr. 18 – 22, Vienna, Austria.

2015

[14] * Mavrommatis, A. P., Segall, P., Johnson, K. M., and N. Uchida (2015). Repeating earthquakes confirm and constrain long-term acceleration of aseismic slip preceding the M9 Tohoku-oki earthquake. Oral presentation at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 14 – 18, San Francisco, CA, USA.

  • Outstanding Student Paper Award

[13] * Aron, F., Johnstone, S. A., Mavrommatis, A. P., Sare, R. M., and G. E. Hilley (2015). Paleogeodesy of the Southern Santa Cruz Mountains Frontal Thrusts, Silicon Valley, CA. Oral presentation at the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 14 – 18, San Francisco, CA, USA.

[12] Mavrommatis, A. P., Segall, P., Johnson, K. M., and N. Uchida (2015). Repeating earthquakes confirm and constrain long-term acceleration of aseismic slip preceding the M9 Tohoku-oki earthquake. Poster presentation at the 2015 SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 13 – 16, Palm Springs, CA, USA. [ poster ]

[11] Aron, F., Johnstone, S. A., Mavrommatis, A. P., Sare, R. M., and G. E. Hilley (2015). Paleogeodesy of the Southern Santa Cruz Mountains Frontal Thrusts, Silicon Valley, CA. Poster presentation at the 2015 SCEC Annual Meeting, Sept. 13 – 16, Palm Springs, CA, USA.

2014

[10] * Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Johnson, K.M., and N. Uchida (2014). Decadal-scale decoupling of the Japan Trench prior to the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake from geodetic and repeating-earthquake observations. Oral presentation at the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 15 - 19, San Francisco, CA, USA. [ abstract ]

[9] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Johnson, K.M., and N. Uchida (2014). Decadal-scale decoupling of the Japan Trench prior to the 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake from geodetic and repeating-earthquake observations. Poster presentation at the 2014 SCEC Annual Meeting, Sep. 6 - 10, Palm Springs, CA, USA. [ link ]

[8] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Johnson, K.M., and N. Uchida (2014). Decadal-scale transient crustal deformation in northeastern Japan prior to M 9.0 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Poster presentation at the 2014 UNAVCO Science Workshop, Mar. 4 - 6, Broomfield, CO, USA. [ abstract ]

2013

[7] Mavrommatis, A.P., Johnson, K.M., and P. Segall (2013). Characterizing decadal transient deformation and aseismic slip in the northeastern Japan subduction zone prior to the 2011 M 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Poster presentation at the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 9 - 13, San Francisco, CA, USA. [ abstract ]

[6] * Johnson, K.M., Mavrommatis, A.P., and P. Segall (2013). Overlapping afterslip and coseismic slip on the northern Japan subduction interface inferred from physical models and GPS time series from 2003-2011, Oral presentation at the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 9 - 13, San Francisco, CA, USA. [ abstract ]

[5] * Mavrommatis, A.P., Johnson, K.M., and P. Segall (2013). Decadal transient in northeastern Japan prior to the 2011 M 9 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Oral presentation at the 1st International Summer School in Earthquake Science, Sept. 23 - 27, Hakone, Japan. [ link ]

2012

[4] * Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Miyazaki, S., Owen, S.E., and A.W. Moore (2012). Decadal-Scale Crustal Deformation Transients in Japan Prior to the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Oral presentation at the 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, California, USA. [ abstract ]

[3] * Gaherty, J., Shillington,D., Shuler, A., Mavrommatis, A.P., Pritchard, M., Lindsey N., Kapanje, W., Mdala, H., Chindandali, P., Nooner, S., Nyblade, A. (2012). Faulting processes during early-stage rifting: seismic and geodetic analysis of the 2009-2010 Northern Malawi earthquake sequence, 2012 AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 3-7, San Francisco, California, USA. [ abstract ]

[2] Mavrommatis, A.P., Walbrecker, J.O., and R. Knight (2012). Comparison of borehole and surface-NMR inferred water content profiles, Poster presentation at the 5th International Workshop on Magnetic Resonance in the Subsurface, Sep. 25 – 27, Hannover, Germany.

[1] Mavrommatis, A.P., Segall, P., Miyazaki, S., Owen, S.E., and A.W. Moore (2012). Decadal-Scale Crustal Deformation Transients in Japan Prior to the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, Poster presentation at the 2012 SCEC Annual Meeting, Sep. 8-12, Palm Springs, California, USA. [ link ]