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Fialko, Yuri

Professor

Degrees:

• B.S., Kiev University
• Ph.D., Princeton University

Research Interests:

• Crustal deformation
• Space geodesy (InSAR/GPS)
• Earthquake physics
• Volcanology

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO 225: Physics of Earth Materials
• SIO 239: Special Topics in Geophysics
• SIO160: Introduction to Tectonics
• SIO225: Physics of Earth Materials
• SIO234: Geodynamics
• SIO239: Special Topics in Geophysics

Honors and Awards:

• NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2004
• Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geophysics Seismological Laboratory, Caltech, 1998-2000
• Society of Explorational Geophysicists Scholarship, 1995
• Merril Lynch Fellowship, 1994

Mentoring:

• Mehnert, Katia (Graduate; 2012-)
• Wang, Kang (Graduate; 2011-)
• Kaneko, Yoshi (Post Doc; 2010-2011)
• Lindsey, Eric (Graduate; 2010-)
• Mitchell, Erica (Graduate; 2008-)
• Pearse, Jill (Post Doc; 2008-2010)
• Ujii, Kohtaro (Post Doc; 2008-2009)
• Hamiel, Yariv (Post Doc; 2007-2009)
• Diane, Rivet (Masters; 2006-2007)
• Barbot, Sylvain (Graduate; 2005-2009)
• Takeuchi, Christopher (Graduate; 2005-)

Brown, K. and Y. Fialko, "Melt welt" mechanism of extreme weakening of gabbro at seismic slip rates, Nature, 488, 638–641, 2012.

Takeuchi, C. and Y. Fialko, Dynamic models of interseismic deformation and stress transfer from plate motion to continental transform faults, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B05403, doi:10.1029/2011JB009056, 2012.

Nof, R., A. Ziv, M.-P. Doin, G. Baer, Y. Fialko, S. Wdowinski, Y. Eyal, and Y. Bock, Rising of the lowest place on Earth due to Dead Sea water-level drop: Evidence from SAR interferometry and GPS, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B05412, doi:10.1029/2011JB008961, 2012.

M. Manzo, Y. Fialko, F. Casu, A. Pepe, and R. Lanari, A quantitative assessment of DInSAR measurements of interseismic deformation: the Southern San Andreas Fault case study, Pure and Appl. Geophys., 168, 195-210, 2011.

Kaneko, Y. and Y. Fialko, Shallow slip deficit due to large strike-slip earthquakes in dynamic rupture simulations with elasto-plastic off-fault response, Geophys. J. Int., 186, 1389-1403, 2011.

Fialko, Y., Comment on "Deformation of compliant fault zones induced by nearby earthquakes: Theoretical investigations in two dimensions" by B. Duan, J. Kang and Y.-G. Li, J. Geophys. Res., 116, B12301, 2011.

Wei, M., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and R. Bilham (2011), Slip on faults in the Imperial Valley triggered by the 4 April 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake revealed by InSAR, Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L01308, 2011.

Barbot, S. and Y. Fialko, A unified continuum representation of postseismic relaxation mechanisms: Semi-analytic models of afterslip, poroelastic rebound and viscoelastic flow, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 1124-1140, 2010.

Pearse, J. and Y. Fialko, Mechanics of active magmatic intraplating in the Rio Grande Rift near Socorro, New Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B07413, 2010.

Tong, X., D. Sandwell, and Y. Fialko, Coseismic slip model of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake derived from joint inversion of interferometric synthetic aperture radar, GPS, and field data, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B04314, 2010.

Barbot, S. and Y. Fialko, Fourier-domain Green function for an elastic semi-infinite solid under gravity, with applications to earthquake and volcano deformation, Geophys. J. Int., 182, 568-582, 2010.

Cochran, E., Y.-G. Li, P. Shearer, S. Barbot, Y. Fialko and J. Vidale, Seismic and geodetic evidence for extensive, long-lived fault damage zones, Geology, 37, 315-318, doi:10.1130/G25306A, 2009.

Barbot, S., Y. Fialko and Y. Bock, Postseismic deformation due to the Mw6.0 2004 Parkfield earthquake: Stress-driven creep on a fault with spatially variable rate-and-state friction parameters, J. Geophys Res., 114, B07405, doi:10.1029/2008JB005748, 2009.

LaBonte, A., K. Brown and Y. Fialko, Hydrogeologic detection and finite-element modeling of a slow-slip event in the Costa Rica prism toe, J. Geophys Res., 114, B00A02, doi:10.1029/2008JB005806, 2009.

Hearn, E. and Y. Fialko, Can compliant fault zones be used to measure absolute stresses in the upper crust?, J. Geophys Res., 114, B04403, doi:10.1029/2008JB005901, 2009.

Barbot, S., Y. Fialko and D. Sandwell, Three-dimensional models of elasto-static deformation in heterogeneous media, with application to the Eastern California Shear Zone, Geophys. J. Int., 179, 500-520,doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04194.x, 2009.

Ujiie, K., A. Tsutsumi, Y. Fialko, and H. Yamaguchi, Experimental investigation of frictional melting of argillite at high slip rates: Implications for seismic slip in subduction-accretion complexes, J. Geophys Res., 114, B04308, doi:10.1029/2008JB006165, 2009.

Wei, M., D. Sandwell and Y. Fialko, A Silent M4.8 slip event of October 3-6, 2006, on the Superstition Hills fault, Southern California, J. Geophys Res., 114, B07402, doi:10.1029/2008JB006135, 2009.

Barbot, S., Y. Fialko, and D. Sandwell, Effect of a Compliant Fault Zone on the Inferred Earthquake Slip Distribution, J. Geophys Res., 113, B06404, doi:10.1029/2007JB005256, 2008.

Barbot, S., Y. Hamiel, and Y. Fialko, Space geodetic investigation of the co- and post-seismic deformation due to the 2003 Mw 7.1 Altai earthquake: Implications for the local lithospheric rheology, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B03403, doi:10.1029/2007JB005063, 2008.

Hamiel, Y., and Y. Fialko, Structure and mechanical properties of faults in the North Anatolian Fault system from InSAR observations of coseismic deformation due to the 1999 Izmit (Turkey) earthquake, J. Geophys Res., 112, B07412, doi:10.1029/2006JB004777, 2007.

Fialko, Y., Fracture and frictional mechanics - Theory, Treatise of Geophysics, vol.4, Earthquake Seismology, 2007.

Hamiel, Y., O. Katz, V. Lyakhovsky, Z. Reches, and Y. Fialko, Stable and unstable damage evolution in rocks with implications to fracturing of granite, Geophys. J. Int., 167, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03126.x, 2006.

Fialko, Y., Interseismic strain accumulation and the earthquake potential on the southern San Andreas fault system, Nature, 441, doi:10.1038/nature04797, 968-971, 2006.

Lin, G., P. Shearer, and Y. Fialko, Obtaining absolute locations for quarry seismicity using remote sensing data, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, doi:10.1785/0120050146, 722-728, 2006.

Fialko, Y., and Y. Khazan, Fusion by earthquake fault friction: Stick or slip?, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B12407, doi:10.1029/2005JB003869, 2005.

Fialko, Y., D. Sandwell, M. Simons, and P. Rosen, Three-dimensional deformation caused by the Bam, Iran, earthquake and the origin of shallow slip deficit, Nature, 435, doi:10.1038/nature03425, 295-299, 2005.

Khazan, Y., and Y. Fialko, Why do kimberlites from different provinces have similar trace element patterns?, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., Q10002, doi :10.1029/2005GC000919, 2005.

Fialko, Y., L. Rivera, and H. Kanamori, Estimate of differential stress in the upper crust from variations in topography and strike along the San Andreas fault, Geophys. J. Int., 160, 527-532, 2005.

McHone, J.G, D.L. Anderson, E.K. Beutel, and Y. Fialko, Giant dikes, rifts, flood basalts, and plate tectonics: A contention of mantle models, Plates, plumes and paradigms, GSA Special Paper, 388, 401-420 , 2005.

Sandwell, D., and Y. Fialko, Warping and cracking of the Pacific Plate by thermal contraction, J. Geophys Res., 109, B10411, doi:10.1029/2004JB0030912004, 2004.

Fialko, Y., Evidence of fluid-filled upper crust from observations of post-seismic deformation due to the 1992 Mw7.3 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys Res., 109, B08401, doi:10.1029/2003JB002985, 2004.

Fialko, Y., Probing the mechanical properties of seismically active crust with space geodesy: Study of the co-seismic deformation due to the 1992 Mw7.3 Landers (southern California) earthquake, J. Geophys Res., 109, B03307, doi:10.1029/2003JB002756, 2004.

Fialko, Y., Temperature fields generated by the elastodynamic propagation of shear cracks in the Earth, J. Geophys Res., 109, B01303, doi:10.1029/2003JB0024972004, 2004.

Fialko, Y., D. Sandwell, D. Agnew, M. Simons, P. Shearer, and B. Minster, Deformation on nearby faults induced by the 1999 Hector Mine earthquake, Science, 297, 1858-1862, 2002.

Simons, M., Y. Fialko, and L. Rivera, Co-seismic static deformation from the 1999 M_w7.1 Hector Mine, California, earthquake, as inferred from InSAR and GPS observations, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 92, 1390-1402, 2002.

Jacobs, A., D. Sandwell, Y. Fialko, and L. Sichoix, The 1999 (M_w7.1) Hector Mine, California, earthquake: Near-field postseismic deformation from ERS interferometry, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 92, 1433-1442, 2002.

Fialko, Y., and M. Simons, Evidence for on-going inflation of the Socorro magma body, New Mexico, from Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3549-3552, 2001.

Fialko, Y., On origin of near-axis faulting and volcanism at the fast spreading mid-ocean ridges, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 190, 31-39, 2001.

Fialko, Y., M. Simons, and D. Agnew, The complete (3-D) surface displacement field in the epicentral area of the 1999 Mw7.1 Hector Mine earthquake, California, from space geodetic observations, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 3063-3066, 2001.

Fialko, Y., Y. Khazan, and M. Simons, Deformation due to a pressurized horizontal circular crack in an elastic half-space, with applications to volcano geodesy, Geophys. J. Int., 146, 181-190, 2001.

Fialko, Y., M. Simons, and Y. Khazan, Finite source modeling of magmatic unrest in Socorro, New Mexico, and Long Valley, California, Geophys. J. Int., 146, 191-200, 2001.

Khazan, Y.M. and Y.A. Fialko, Tensile and shear cracks in the Dugdale-Barenblatt model, Geofiz. Zhurn., 23, No.5, 13-30, 2001 (in Russian).

Fialko, Y., and M. Simons, Deformation and seismicity in the Coso geothermal area, Inyo County, California: Observations and modeling using satellite radar interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 21,781-21,794, 2000.

Fialko, Y.A. and A. Rubin, Thermal and mechanical aspects of magma emplacement in giant dike swarms, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23,033-23,049, 1999.

Fialko, Y.A. and A. Rubin, What controls the along-strike slopes of volcanic rift zones?, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 20,007-20,020, 1999.

Fialko, Y.A. and A. Rubin, Thermodynamics of lateral dike propagation: Implicatons for crustal accretion at slow-spreading mid-ocean ridges, J. Geophys. Res., 103, 2501-2514, 1998.

Fialko, Y.A. and A. Rubin, Numerical simulation of high pressure rock tensile fracture experiments: Evidence of an increase in fracture energy with pressure?, J. Geophys. Res., 102, 5231-5242, 1997.