Dr. Eric Calais
Dr. Eric Calais

Professor

E-mail: ecalais@purdue.edu

Curriculum Vitae <pdf>

Associated website(s): http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais,
Geodynamics & Active Tectonics (GAT)

 


Education

Ph.D., 1992 - University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France
M.S., 1988, University of Brest, France
B.S., 1986, Ecole Normale Supèrieure, Paris, France.

Research Interests

Current plate motions, intraplate and plate boundary deformation in active tectonic systems:kinematics and dynamics. Deformation cycle, magma-tectonic processes, and stress transfer at active plate boundaries. Global Positioning System (GPS) Geodesy. Atmospheric Remote Sensing with GPS (tropospheric water vapor, ionospheric electron content).

Teaching Interests

EAS 450 Physics & Chemistry of the Solid Earth
GPS Geodesy
Kinematics of the lithosphere from geodetic measurements
Graphs and maps with GMT

Awards and Honors

  • 2008 -- French Academy of Sciences award (Fallot-Jèrèmine award)

  • 2005 -- University Faculty Scholar, Purdue University

  • 1992-1993 -- NATO Postdoctoral Fellow

Professional Experience

  • 2007 - present: Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

  • 2001 - 2007: Associate Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

  • 1991 - 2001: Chargé de Recherche, CNRS, Nice, France

  • 1994 - 1995: Research Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 1992 - 1994: Post-doctoral Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 1988 - 1991: Assistant Normalien Doctorant, University of Nice, Nice, France

Selected Publications

  • Freed, A.M., R. B¨urgmann, E. Calais, J. Freymueller, S. Hreinsdottir, Implications of deformation following the 2002 Denali, Alaska, earthquake for postseismic relaxation processes and lithospheric rheology, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 111, No. B1, B01401 10.1029/2005JB003894, 2006.

  • Domzig A., K. Yelles, C. Le Roy, J. Deverch`ere, J.-P. Bouillin, R. Brac`ene, B. Mercier de Lepinay P. Le Roy, E. Calais, A. Kherroubi, V. Gaullier, B. Savoye, H. Pauc, Searching for the Africa–Eurasia Miocene boundary offshore western Algeria (MARADJA03 cruise), C.R. G´eosciences, 338 (2006) 8091, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2005.11.009, 2006.

  • L´opez, A.M., S. Stein, T. Dixon, G. Sella, E. Calais, P. Jansma, J. Weber, and P. LaFemina, Is there a northern Lesser Antilles forearc block?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L07313, doi:10.1029/2005GL025293, 2006.

  • Walpersdorf, A., S. Baize, E. Calais, P. Tregoning, and J.M. Nocquet, Deformation in the Jura Mountains (France): First Results from Semi-Permanent GPS Measurements, Earth and Planetary Sci. Lett., 245, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2006.02.037, 365-372, 2006.

  • Calais, E., J.Y. Han, C. DeMets, and J.M. Nocquet, Deformation of the North American plate interior from a decade of continuous GPS measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B06402, doi:10.1029/2005JB004253, 2006.

  • Calais, E., C. Hartnady, C. Ebinger, and J.M. Nocquet, Kinematics of the East African Rift from GPS and earthquake slip vector data, In: Yirgu, G., Ebinger, C.J. & Maguire, P.K.H. (eds) Structure and Evolution of the Rift Systems within the Afar volcanic province, Northeast Africa, Geological Society of London Special Publications, 259, p.9-22, 2006.

  • Nicolas, J., J.M. Nocquet, M. vanCamp, J.P. Boy, J. Hinderer, P. Gegout, E. Calais, and M. Amalvict, Seasonal effect on vertical positioning by Laser and GPS and on Absolute Gravity at the OCA geodetic station, Grasse, France, Geophys. J. Int., 167, 3, 1127-1137, 2006.

  • Freed, A.M., R. B¨urgmann, E. Calais, and J. Freymueller, Stress-dependent power-law flow in the upper mantle following the 2002 Denali, Alaska, earthquake, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 252, 481-489, 2006.

  • Calais, E., L. Dong, M. Wang, Z. Shen, and M. Vergnolle, Continental deformation in Asia from a combined GPS solution, Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L24319, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL028433, 2006.

  • Dautermann, T., E. Calais, J. Haase, and J. Garrison, Investigation of ionospheric electron content variations before earthquakes in southern California, 20032004, J. Geophys. Res, 112, B02106, doi:10.1029/2006JB004447, 2007.

  • Vergnolle, M., E. Calais, and L. Dong, Dynamics of continental deformation in Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 112, B11403, doi:10.1029/2006JB004807, 2007.

  • Garrison, J.L, S.C. Lee, J. Haase, and E. Calais, A method for detecting ionospheric disturbances and estimating their propagation speed and direction using a large GPS network, Radio Science, Vol. 42, RS6011, doi: 10.1029/2007RS003657, 2007.

  • Mahsas, A., K. Yelles, K. Lammali, E. Calais, A. Freed and P. Briole, Postseismic deformation following the May 21st, 2003, Mw=6.8 Boumerdes earthquake, Algeria, Geophys. J. Int., 172, 155-166, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03594.x, 2008. 5

  • Stamps, D.S., E. Calais, E. Saria, C. Hartnady, J. Nocquet, C.J. Ebinger, and R.M. Fernandes, A kinematic model for the East African Rift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L05304, doi:10.1029/ 2007GL032781, 2008.

  • Ebinger, C.J., D. Keir, A. Ayele, E. Calais, T.J. Wright, M. Belachew, J.O. Hammond, M.E. Campbell, and R. Buck, Capturing magma intrusion and faulting processes during continental rupture: Seismicity of the Dabbahu (Afar) rift, Geophys. J. Int., doi: 10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2008.03877.x, 2008.

  • Ali, S.T., A.M. Freed, E. Calais, D. Manaker, and W.R. McCann, Evolution of stress in Northeastern Caribbean over the past 250 years from coseismic, postseismic, and interseismic stress changes, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 904918 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03634.x, 2008.

  • Manaker, D., E. Calais, A.M. Freed, S.T. Ali, P. Przybylski, G. Mattioli, P. Jansma, C. Pr´epetit, and J.B de Chabalier, Plate coupling and strain partitioning in the Northeastern Caribbean, Geophys. J. Int., 174, 889-903 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-46X.2008.03819.x, 2008.

  • Dautermann, T., E. Calais, and G.S. Mattioli, GPS Detection, Modeling and Energy Estimation of the Ionospheric Wave caused by the 2003 Explosion of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2008.

  • Keir, D., A. Ayele, E. Calais, I.J. Hamling, C. Ebinger, T.J. Wright, E. Jacques, K. Mohamed, J.O.S. Hammond, M. Belachew, E. Baker, J.V. Rowland, Capturing lateral dike injection sourced beneath the center of the Dabbahu segment in the Afar rift, Geology, in press, 2008.

  • Calais, E., N. d’Oreye, J. Albaric, A. Deschamps, D. Delvaux, J. Deverch`ere, C. Ebinger, R.W. Ferdinand, F. Kervyn, A.S. Macheyeki, A. Oyen, J. Perrot, E. Saria, B. Smets, D.S. Stamps, and C. Wauthier, Aseismic strain accommodation by dyking in a youthful continental rift, East Africa, Nature, in press, 2008.

 



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