Emily Brodsky, Associate Professor of Geophysics
Mailing Address:
Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Office:
Earth &Marine Sci. C370
Telephone:
(831)459-1854
Fax:
(831)459-3074
E-mail:
Research Interest
I study the physics of earthquake and volcanic eruptions by using fluid dynamics to formulate new interpretations of seismic and other geophysical data. My research falls into three general areas:
Teaching
ES 110C: The Dynamic Earth
ES 290: The Physics of Earthquakes
Education
California Institute of Technology, Sep 95-Oct 00, Ph.D.
Harvard University, Sep 91-Jun 95, B.A. Magna cum laude
Awards
2008 American Geophysical Union Macelwane Award
2006 Seismological Society of America Richter Award
Employment
Asst. Professor
Univ of California Los Angeles
02/02 - 12/05
Miller Research Fellow
Univ. of Calif at Berkeley
06/01 - 02/02
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Oregon
01/01 - 06/01
Research Group Members
Postdocs:
Heather Savage - hsavage@pmc.ucsc. edu
Christie Rowe - crowe@pmc.ucsc.edu
Graduate Students:
Jake Walter - jwalter@pmc.ucsc.edu
Nicholas VanDerElst - nvandere@ucsc. edu
Undergraduates:
Julia Avila - javila@ucsc.edu
Jacqui Gilchrist - jacquig@gmail .com
Alicia Muirhead - amuirhea@ucsc.edu
Former Group Members:
Jean Elkhoury, Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech.
Darcy Ogden, Thompson Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford
Rebecca Harrington, Humboldt Fellow, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
Amir Sagy, Staff Geologist, Geological Survery of Israel
Tim Babb, undergraduate student, University of Auckland
Matthew Johns, graduate student in economics, UCSB
Karen Felzer, Staff Geophysicist, US Geological Survey
Mai-Linh Doan, Lecturer (Asst. Professor equivalent), University of Grenoble
Publications
Van der Elst, Nicholas. J. and Emily E. Brodsky, Connecting near and farfield earthquake triggering to dynamic strain, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research
Harrington, R.M. and E. E. Brodsky, Source Duration Scales with Magnitude Differently for Earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault and on Secondary Faults in Parkfield, CA, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., in press.
Sagy, A. and E. E. Brodsky, Geometric and Rheological Asperities in an Exposed Fault Zone, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B02301, doi:10.1029/2008JB005701, 2009.
Brodsky, E.E., C.D. Rowe, F. Manighenni, and J. C. Moore (2009), A Geological Fingerprint of Extremely Low Viscosity Fault Fluids During an Earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B01303, doi:10.1029/2008JB005633.
Ogden, D.E., K. H. Wohletz, G.A. Glatzmeir and E. E. Brodsky, Numerical simulations of volcanic jets: Importance of vent overpressure, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B02204, doi:10.1029/2007JB005133, 2008.
Miyazawa, M. and E. E. Brodsky, Deep low-frequency tremor that correlates with the passing surface waves, J. Geophys. Res., 113, B01307, doi:10.1029/2006JB004890, 2008.
Brodsky, E.E. and J. Mori (2007), Creep Events Slip Less than Ordinary Earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L16309, doi:10.1029/2007GL030917.
Lu, K., Brodsky E., and Kavehpour, H. Shear-weakening of the transitional regime for granular flow, J. Fluid Mech., 587, 347 - 372, 2007.
Harrington, R. and E. E. Brodsky, Volcanic Hybrid Earthquakes that are Brittle Failure Events, Geophys. Res. Let., 34, art. L06308, 2007
Shipton Z. K., Evans J. P., Abercrombie R. E., Brodsky E.E. 2006. The missing sinks: Slip localization in faults, damage zones, and the seismic energy budget, In: American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph Series, Volume 170, Earthquakes: Radiated Energy and the Physics of Faulting. Editors: R. Abercrombie, A. McGarr, G. Di Toro and H. Kanamori. p 217-222.
Doan, M.L., E. E. Brodsky, Y. Kano and K.F. Ma, In-situ measurement of the hydraulic diffusivity of the active Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan, GRL, 33, L16317, doi:10.1029/2006GL026889, 2006.
Brodsky, E.E. Long-range triggered earthquakes that continue after the wavetrain passes, GRL, 33, L15313,
doi: 10.1029/2006GL026605, 2006.
Ichihara, M. and E. E. Brodsky, A limit on the effect of rectified diffusion in volcanic systems, GRL, 33, doi: 10.1029/2005GL024753, 2006.
Felzer, K.R. and E.E. Brodsky, Decay of aftershock density with distance indicates triggering by dynamic stress, Nature, 441, 735-738, 2006 (News and views)
Manga, M., and E.E. Brodsky, Seismic triggering of eruptions in the far field: volcanoes and geysers, Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 34, 2006.
Harrington, R.M. and E.E. Brodsky, The absence of remotely triggered seismicity in Japan, BSSA, 96, 871-878, 2006.
Felzer, K. R. and E. E. Brodsky, Testing the stress shadow hypothesis, J. Geophys. Res., 110, No. B5, B05S09,doi: 10.1029/2004JB003277, 2005.
Brodsky, E. E. and S. G. Prejean, New constraints on mechanisms of remotely triggered seismicity at Long Valley Caldera, JGR, v. 110, B04302, doi:10.1029/2004JB003211, 2005.
Husker, A.L and E. E. Brodsky, Triggered seismicity in Idaho and Montana: a window into the geologic context for seismic triggering, BSSA, v. 94, S310-S316, 2004.
Adlen, S, E. E. Brodsky, T. Oki, A. J. Ridley, L. Sanchez, C. Simionato, K. Yoshizawa, and U. Shamir, New report charts course for future of geosciences, EOS (feature article), 85 (3), 2004.
Prejean, S.G., D.P. Hill, E.E. Brodsky, S.E. Hough, M.J.S. Johnston, S.D. Malone, D.H. Oppenheimer, A.M. Pitt, K. B. Richards-Dinger, Remotely triggered seismicity on the United States west coast following the M 7.9 Denali Fault earthquake, BSSA, v. 94, p. S348-S359, 2004.
Kanamori, H. and E. E. Brodsky, The physics of earthquakes, Reports on Progress in Physics, 67, 1429 - 1496, 2004.
Brodsky, E. E., E. Gordeev and H. Kanamori, Landslide basal friction as measured by seismic waves, Geophys. Res. Lett. 30, NO. 24, 2236, doi:10.1029/2003GL018485, 2003.
Brodsky, E. E., E. Roeloffs, D. Woodcock, I. Gall, and M. Manga. A mechanism for sustained groundwater pressure changes induced by distant earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108, No. B8, 2390, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002321, 2003. (News and Views)
Ma, K.F-. E.E. Brodsky, J. Mori, C. Ji, T.R. A. Song, and H. Kanamori, Evidence for fault lubrication during the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake (Mw7.6) Geophys. Res. Lett., 30 (5), 1244, doi:10.1029/2002GL015380, 2003.
Manga, M., E.E. Brodsky, and M. Boone, Response of streamflow to multiple earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 30 No. 5, 10.1029/2002GL016618, 2003.
Brodsky, E. E. and H. Kanamori, The elastohydrodynamic lubrication of faults, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 16, 357-16, 374, 2001.
Kanamori, H. and E. E. Brodsky, The physics of earthquakes, Physics Today, 54, 34-39, 2001.
Brodsky, E. E., V. Karakostas, and H. Kanamori, A new observation of dynamically triggered regional seismicity: earthquakes in Greece following the August, 1999 Izmit, Turkey earthquake, Geophys. Res. Let., 27, 2741-2744, 2000.
Brodsky, E. E., H Kanamori and B. Sturtevant. A seismically constrained mass discharge rate for the initiation of the May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption, J. Geophys. Res., 104. 29, 389-29, 400, 1999.
Brodsky, E. E., B. Sturtevant and H. Kanamori. Volcanoes, earthquakes and rectified diffusion, J. Geophys. Res., 103. 23, 827-23, 838, 1998.
Mader, H. M., E. E. Brodsky, D. Howard and B. Sturtevant. Laboratory simulations of sustained volcanic eruptions, Nature, 388, 462-464, 1997.
Sturtevant, B., H. Kanamori and E. E. Brodsky. Seismic triggering by rectified diffusion in geothermal systems, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 25, 269-25-282, 1996.
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