Roland Bürgmann
Faculty
Roland Bürgmann
Crustal deformation and active tectonics, volcano deformation, fault geometry and structure, frictional properties of faults, and active deformation from non-tectonic processes.
Teaching Schedule
Fall 2019:
EPS150 - Case Studies in Earth Systems
EPS290 - Active Tectonics Seminar
Link to the Active Tectonics research group page at http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/~burgmann for more information on research projects, publications and courses taught.
Follow this link to a complete list of publications and electronic reprints of recent papers.
Publications since 2016:
Huang, M.-H., R. Bürgmann, and F. Pollitz (2016), Lithospheric rheology constrained from twenty-five years of postseismic deformation following the 1989 Mw 6.9 Loma Prieta earthquake, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 435, 147-158, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.12.018.
Johnson, C. W., and R. Bürgmann (2016), Delayed dynamic triggering: Local seismicity leading up to three remote M≥6 aftershocks of the 11 April 2012 M8.6 Indian Ocean earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002:2015JB012243.
Hu, Y., R. Bürgmann, N. Uchida, P. Banerjee, and J. T. Freymueller (2016), Stress-driven Relaxation of Heterogeneous Upper Mantle and Time-dependent Afterslip Following the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002:2015JB012508.
Beeler, N. M., G. Hirth, A. M. Thomas, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Effective stress, friction and deep crustal faulting, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi:10.1002:2015JB012115.
Uchida, N., T. Iinuma, R. M. Nadeau, R. Bürgmann, and R. Hino (2016), Periodic slow slip triggers megathrust zone earthquakes in northeastern Japan, Science, 351(6272), 488-492, doi:10.1126/science.aad3108.
Xu, W., R. Bürgmann, and Z. Li (2016), An Improved Geodetic Source Model for the 1999 Mw 6.3 Chamoli Earthquake, India, Geophys. J. Int., 205, 236-242, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw016.
Bürgmann, R., N. Uchida, Y. Hu, and T. Matsuzawa (2016), Tohoku rupture reloaded?, Nature Geosci., 9, 183–184, doi:10.1038/ngeo2649.
Chaussard, E., A. C. Johnson, H. Fattahi, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Potential and limits of InSAR to characterize interseismic deformation independently of GPS data: application to the southern San Andreas Fault system, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, 1214–1229, doi:10.1002/2015GC006246.
Huang, M.-H., R. Bürgmann, and J.-C. Hu (2016), Fifteen Years of Surface Deformation in Western Taiwan: Insight from SAR Interferometry, Tectonophys., doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.02.021.
Delbridge, B., R. Bürgmann, E. Fielding, S. Hensley, and W. H. Schulz (2016), Three-dimensional surface deformation derived from airborne interferometric UAVSAR: Application to the Slumgullion Landslide, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002:2015JB012559.
Houlié, N., G. Funning, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Use of a GPS-derived troposphere model to improve InSAR deformation estimates in the San Gabriel Valley, California, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 9(99), 5365-5374, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2016.2561971.
Johnson, C. W., E. J. Totten, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Depth migration of seasonally induced seismicity at the Geysers geothermal field, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069546.
Floyd, M. A., et al. (2016), Spatial variations in fault friction controlled by lithology evidenced from the 2014 South Napa earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL069428.
Haddon, E. K., C. B. Amos, O. Zielke, A. S. Jayko, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Surface slip during large Owens Valley earthquakes, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 17, doi:10.1002/2015GC006033.
Kundu, B., A. Ghosh, M. Mendoza, R. Bürgmann, V. K. Gahalaut, and D. Saikia (2016), Tectonic tremor on Vancouver Island, Cascadia modulated by the body and surface waves of the Mw 8.6 and 8.2, 2012 East Indian Ocean earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1029/2016GL069755.
Materna, K., and R. Bürgmann (2016), Contrasts in compliant fault zone properties inferred from geodetic measurements in the San Francisco Bay area, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB013243.
Hu, Y., R. Bürgmann, P. Banerjee, L. Feng, E. M. Hill, T. Ito, T. Tabei, and K. Wang (2016), Oceanic Asthenosphere Rheology From Postseismic Deformation of the 2012 Indian Ocean Earthquake, Nature, 538, 368–372, doi:10.1038/nature19787.
Milillo, P., R. Bürgmann, P. Lundgren, J. Salzer, D. Perissin, E. Fielding, F. Biondi, and G. Milillo (2016), Space geodetic monitoring of engineered structures: The ongoing destabilization of the Mosul dam, Iraq, Scientific Reports, 6(37408 ), doi:10.1038/srep37408.
Huang, M.-H., E. J. Fielding, H. Dickinson, J. Sun, A. Gonzalez-Ortega, A. M. Freed, and R. Bürgmann (2016), Fault Geometry and Slip Distribution of the 2010 Mw 7.2 El mayor-Cucapah Earthquake from Geodetic Data, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth,121, doi:10.1002/2016JB012858.
2017
Huang, H., W. Xu, L. Meng, R. Bürgmann, and C. Baez (2017), Early aftershocks and afterslip surrounding the 2015 Mw 8.4 Illapel rupture, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 457, 282-291, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.055.
Wan, Y., Z.-K. Shen, R. Bürgmann, J. Sun, and M. Wang (2016), Fault geometry and slip distribution of the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan, China earthquake, inferred from GPS and InSAR measurements, Geophys. J. Int., 208(2), 748-766, doi:10.1093/gji/ggw421.
Jiang, H., G. Feng, T. Wang, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Toward full exploitation of coherent and incoherent information in Sentinel-1 TOPS data for retrieving surface displacement: Application to the 2016 Kumamoto (Japan) earthquake, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2016GL072253.
Bilham, R., D. Mencin, R. Bendick, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Implications for elastic energy storage in the Himalaya from the Gorkha 2015 earthquake and other incomplete ruptures of the Main Himalayan Thrust, Quaternary International, 462, 3-21, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2016.09.055.
Shirzaei, M., R. Bürgmann, and E. Fielding (2017), Applicability of Sentinel-1 TOPS multitemporal interferometry for monitoring slow ground motions in the San Francisco Bay Area, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072663.
Chen, K. H., and R. Bürgmann (2017), Creeping faults: Good news, bad news?, Reviews of Geophysics, 55, doi:10.1002/2017RG000565.
Delbridge, B., S. Kita, N. Uchida, C. W. Johnson, T. Matsuzawa, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Temporal variation of intermediate-depth earthquakes around the time of the M 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake, Gephys. Res. Lett., 44, doi:10.1002/2017GL072876.
Gahalaut, V. K., R. K. Yadav, K. M. Sreejith, K. Gahalaut, R. Bürgmann, R. Agrawal, S. P. Sati, and A. Bansal (2017), InSAR and GPS measurements of crustal deformation due to seasonal loading of Tehri reservoir in Garhwal Himalaya, India, Geophys. J. Int., 209(1), 425-433, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx015.
Johnson, C. W., Y. Fu, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Seasonal water storage, stress modulation and California seismicity, Science, 356(6343), 1161-1164, doi:10.1126/science.aak9547.
Zhao, B., R. Bürgmann, D. Wang, K. Tan, R. Du, and R. Zhang (2017), Dominant controls of down-dip afterslip and viscous relaxation on the postseismic displacements following the Mw7.9 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 122(10), 8376–8401, doi:10.1002/2017JB014366.
Chaussard, E., P. Milillo, R. Bürgmann, D. Perissin, F. E.J., and B. Baker (2017), Remote sensing of ground deformation for monitoring groundwater management practices: application to the Santa Clara Valley during the 2012-2015 California drought, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122(10), 8566–8582, doi:10.1002/2017JB014676.
Dickinson-Lovell, H., M.-H. Huang, A. M. Freed, E. Fielding, R. Bürgmann, and C. Andronicos (2017), Inferred rheological structure and mantle conditions from postseismic deformation following the 2010 Mw 7.2 El Mayor-Cucapah Earthquake, Geophys. J. Int., 546-546, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx546.
Johnson, C. W., Y. Fu, and R. Bürgmann (2017), Stress models of the annual hydrospheric, atmospheric, thermal, and tidal loading cycles on California faults: Perturbation of background stress and changes in seismicity, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JB014778.
2018
Ramírez-Herrera, M. T., K. Gaidzik, S. Forman, V. Kostoglodov, R. Bürgmann, and C. W. Johnson (2018), Relating the long-term and short-term vertical deformation across a transect of the forearc in the central Mexican subduction zone, Geosphere, 14(2), doi:10.1130/GES01446.1.
Thomas, A. M., N. M. Beeler, Q. Bletery, R. Bürgmann, and D. R. Shelly (2018), Using low frequency earthquake families on the San Andreas fault as deep creepmeters, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 123, doi:10.1002/2017JB014404.
Materna, K., T. Taira, and R. Bürgmann (2018), Aseismic Transform Fault Slip at the Mendocino Triple Junction from Characteristically Repeating Earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, doi:10.1002/2017GL075899.
Beeler, N. M., A. M. Thomas, R. Bürgmann, and D. R. Shelly (2018), Constraints on friction, dilatancy, diffusivity, and effective stress from low-frequency earthquake rates on the deep San Andreas Fault, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 123, doi:10.1002/2017JB015052.
Cohen-Waeber, J., R. Bürgmann, E. Chaussard, C. Giannico, and A. Ferretti (2018), Spatiotemporal patterns of precipitation-modulated landslide deformation from independent component analysis of InSAR time series, Geophy Res Lett., 45, 6, doi:10.1002/2017GL075950.
Xue, L., R. Bürgmann, D. R. Shelly, C. W. Johnson, and T. a. Taira (2018), Kinematics of the 2015 San Ramon, California earthquake swarm: Implications for fault zone structure and driving mechanisms, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 489, 135-144, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.02.018.
Shirzaei, M., and R. Bürgmann (2018), Global climate change and local land subsidence exacerbate inundation risk to the San Francisco Bay Area, Sci. Adv., 4(3), doi:10.1126/sciadv.aap9234.
Xu, W., G. Feng, L. Meng, A. Zhang, J. P. Ampuero, R. Bürgmann, and L. Fang (2018), Transpressional Rupture Cascade of the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura Earthquake, New Zealand, J. Geophys. Res., 123 (3), doi:10.1002/2017JB015168.
Liang, C., Z. Liu, E. J. Fielding, and R. Bürgmann (2018), InSAR Time Series Analysis of L-band Wide-Swath SAR Data Acquired by ALOS-2, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 56(8), 4492-4506, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2018.2821150.
Wang, T., Q. Shi, M. Nikkhoo, S. Wei, S. Barbot, D. Dreger, R. Bürgmann, M. Motagh, and Q.-F. Chen (2018), The rise, collapse, and compaction of Mt. Mantap from the 3 September 2017 North Korean nuclear test, Science, doi: 10.1126/science.aar7230.
Bürgmann, R. (2018), The Geophysics, Geology and Mechanics of Slow Fault Slip, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 495, 112–134, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.04.062.
Lindsey, E. O., R. Almeida, R. Mallick, J. Hubbard, K. Bradley, L. L. H. Tsang, Y. Liu, R. Burgmann, and E. M. Hill (2017), Structural control on down-dip locking extent of the Himalayan megathrust, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 123, 5265–5278, doi:10.1029/2018JB015868.
Milliner, C., K. Materna, R. Bürgmann, Y. Fu, A. W. Moore, D. Bekaert, S. Adhikari, and D. F. Argus (2018), Tracking the weight of Hurricane Harvey’s stormwater using GPS data, Science Advances, 4(9), doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau2477.
Xu, W., et al. (2018), Interseismic ground deformation and fault slip rates in the greater San Francisco Bay Area from two decades of space geodetic data, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 123, doi:10.1029/2018JB016004.
Panda, D., B. Kundu, V. K. Gahalaut, R. Bürgmann, B. Jha, R. Asaithambi, R. K. Yadav, N. K. Vissa, and A. K. Bansal (2018), Seasonal modulation of deep slow-slip and earthquakes on the Main Himalayan Thrust, Nature Communications, 9(1), 4140, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06371-2.
Materna, K., W. Shengji, X. Wang, L. Heng, T. Wang, R. Salman, and R. Bürgmann (2018), Source characteristics of the 2017 Mw 6.4 Moijabana, Botswana earthquake, a rare lower-crustal event within an ancient zone of weakness, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 506, 348-359, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2018.11.007.
Zhao, D., C. Qu, X. Shan, R. Bürgmann, W. Gong, and G. Zhang (2018), Spatiotemporal evolution of postseismic deformation following the 2001 Mw7.8 Kokoxili, China, earthquake from 7 years of InSAR observations, Remote Sensing, 10(12), doi:10.3390/rs10121988.
2019:
Handwerger, A. L., M.-H. Huang, E. J. Fielding, A. M. Booth, and R. Bürgmann (2019), A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure, Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1569, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-38300-0.
Rousset, B., R. Bürgmann, and M. Campillo (2018), Slow slip events in the roots of the San Andreas fault,Sci. Adv., 5(2), doi:10.1126/sciadv.aav3274.
Active tectonics and crustal rheology. Using the Global Positioning System and Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry to measure crustal deformation near active faults, volcanoes and landslides. Models of crustal deformation through the earthquake cycle along major fault zones. Utilizing such measurements and models to better understand the rheology and deformation mechanisms in the Earth's lithosphere.
Recent research projects focus on the active earthquake cycle and post-earthquake deformation in California and along the Denali fault, Alaska; studies of deformation associated with the subduction zone earthquakes and the distribution of asperities along subduction zones in Japan, Chile and Sumatra; and integration of GPS, InSAR and identically repeating micro-earthquake data towards an improved understanding of interseismic deformation and active faults in the San Francisco Bay area that slip both in seismic events and by aseismic creep.
Link to the Active Tectonics research group page at http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/~burgmann for more information on research projects, publications and courses taught.