J.R.Grasso

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  Tatard Lucille and Jean-Robert Grasso (2012) Controls of earthquake faulting style on near field landslide triggering: the role of coseismic slip amplitude and orientation, (submitted JGR, revised version)

  M. Tahir & J.-R. Grasso,  (2012) Faulting style controls on the space time aftershocks patterns  (global     earthquake catalogs),  revised JGR.

  M. Tahir & J.-R. Grasso, (2012)  Aftershock Patterns of Ms >7 Earthquakes, India-Asia Collision Belt, and the Muzaffarabad, Kashmir, 2005, Sequence, submitted BSSA

A. Schmid, J. R. Grasso, D. Clarke, V. Ferrazzini, P. Bachelery, and T. Staudacher (2012) Eruption forerunners from multi-parameter monitoring and application for eruptions timepredictability (Piton de la Fournaise), in press JGR

A. Schmid & J.-R. Grasso (2012) Omori law for eruption foreshocks and aftershocks,  in press JGR 

M. Tahir, JR Grasso, D. Amorèse (2012) The largest aftershock how strong, how far away, how delayed ?  in press GRL

Lacroix, P., Grasso J-R et al.,  (2012)  Seismic monitoring of snow avalanches: insight into the triggering processes,   in press JGR. __________________________________________________________________________

Earthquake

why do we still fail to predict earthquakes? Mechanics of earthquake interactions.

  Tahir, M., J.-R. Grasso, and D. Amorèse,(2012) The largest aftershock: How strong, how far away, how delayed?, Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L04301, doi:10.1029/2011GL050604

   Amorese, D., Grasso J-R and P. Rydelek, (2009) On varying b values with depth: results from   computer-intensive tests for Southern California”, Geophysical Journal International, Vol. 180, No. 1, pp. 347-360.

   Voisin, C., J.-R. Grasso, E. Larose and F. Renard (2008), Evolution of seismic signals and slip pattern along subduction zones : Insights from a friction lab scale, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08302, doi:10.1029/2008GL033356.

 Voisin, C., F. Renard, and J.-R. Grasso (2007), Long term friction: From stick-slip to stable sliding, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L13301, doi:10.1029/2007GL029715.

 Grasso JR and C Voisin, 2005, The Largest aftershock ever recorded, Eos, 86, 22, 211.

Helsmtetter A., D. Sornette and J-R Grasso, 2003, Mainshocks are aftershocks of conditional foreshocks: how  do foreshock statistical properties emerge from aftershock laws, Journ. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2002JB001991.

Human triggered Earthquakes

When industrial activities trigger earthquakes…

Dahm T., Kruger F., Stammler K., Klinge K. , Kind R.,  Wylegalla K., and  Grasso J-R, 2007, The 2004 Mw 4.4 Rotenburg, Northern Germany, Earthquake and Its Possible Relationship with Gas Recovery, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 97, No. 3, pp. 691–704, June    2007, doi: 10.1785/0120050149.

Mekkawi, M. JR Grasso, and P Schnegg,  2004, A long lasting seismic relaxation at Lake Aswan, Egypt, 1982-2001, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am. 94, 2, 479-492.

Grasso, J. R. & Sornette, D. 1998. Testing self-organized criticality by induced seismicity. Journ. Geophys. Research 103, 29965-29987.

   Grasso, JR, Mechanics of seismic instabilities induced by the recovery of hydrocarbon, Pure Appl. Geophs.,   139, 507-534, 1992.

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Landslide

Slope susceptibility to triggering (rainfalls, earthquakes).

Dussauge-Peisser, C., A Helmstetter, JR Grasso, D. Hantz, P. Desvarreux, M. Jeannin, and A. Giraud, 2002, Probabilistic approach to rock fall hazard assessment: potential of historical data analysis, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2, 1-13.

Dussauge, C., JR Grasso, and A Helmstetter, 2003, Statistical analysis of rock fall volumes: implications for rock fall dynamics, J. Geophys. Res. 108, No. B6, 2286 10.1029/2001JB000650.

Sornette D., A. Helmstetter, J.V. Andersen, S. Gluzman, JR Grasso and V.F. Pisarenko, 2004, Towards Landslide Predictions: Two Case Studies. Physica A 338, 605-632.

Faillettaz, J. Louchet F. and JR Grasso, 2004, A Two-Threshold model for Scaling laws of Non-Interacting Snow avalanches Phys. Rev. Lettrs, 208001.

Amitrano, D, Grasso , JR, and G Senfaute, 2005, Seismic precursory pattern before a cliff collapse and critical point phenomena, Geophys. Res. Lettrs, 32, L08314, doi: 10.1029/2004GL022270.

Tatard Lucille, Jean-Robert Grasso, Agnes Helmstetter Stephane Garambois, (2010) Characterization and comparison of landslide dynamics in different tectonic and climatic settings, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 115, No. F4, F04040.

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Volcano

what do we learn on the volcano  from volcano seismicity?

Grasso, J.-R. and P. Bachélery. Hierarchical organization as a diagnostic approach to volcano mechanics: Validation on Piton de la Fournaise, (1995). Geophysical Research Letters, 22: 2897-2900.

Lahaie, F., J.-R. Grasso, P. Marcenac and S. Giroux, (1996). Modélisation de la dynamique auto-organisée des éruptions volcaniques: application au comportement du Piton de la Fournaise, Réunion. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences (Paris), 323: 569-574.

Lahaie, F., and J.R. Grasso, A fluid-rock interaction cellular automaton of volcano mechanics: Application to the Piton de la Fournaise, J. Geophys. Res., 103 (B5), 9637-9649, 1998.

Collombet, M., JR Grasso and V Ferrazzini, 2003, Seismicity patterns before volcano eruptions at Piton de la Fournaise: implications for volcano dynamics, Geophys. Res. Lettrs., 30: 21, 2099, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017494.

Grasso JR and I Zaliapin, 2004, Predictability of volcanic Eruption: lessons from basaltic volcanoes, Geophys Res Letts, 31: L05602, doi: 10.1029/2003GL019022.

Savin , C. ,Grasso, JR, Bachelery P., 2005 Seismic signature of a phreatic explosion: Hydrofracturing damage patterns at Karthala volcano, Comores Islands, Indian Ocean, Bull Volcanology 10.1007/s00445-005-0411-0.

Lemarchand, N., and J.-R. Grasso (2007), Interactions between earthquakes and volcano activity, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L24303, doi:10.1029/2007GL031438.

Traversa P. and J-R Grasso, Brittle Creep Damage as the Seismic Signature of Dyke Propagations within Basaltic Volcanoes,(2009) Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; June 2009; v. 99; no. 3; p. 2035-2043; DOI: 10.1785/0120080275.

Traversa P., Pinel V. and J-R Grasso, (2010) A Constant Influx Model for Dyke Propagation : Implications for Magma Reservoir Dynamics, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 115, No. B1, B01201 http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2010/2009JB006559.shtml .

Traversa, P. & Grasso, J. R. (2010). How is Volcano Seismicity Different from Tectonic Seismicity? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 100(4), 1755-1769.

Traversa, P., O. Lengliné, O. Macedo, J.P. Metaxian, J.R. Grasso, A. Inza,and E. Taipe, (2011) Short Term Forecasting of Explosions at Ubinas Volcano, Peru,  JGR.