Yuri Fialko

Professor/Researcher

Room: Munk Lab 321

Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
University of California San Diego,
La Jolla, CA 92093-0225, USA.

Telephone: (858) 822-5028

Email: yfialko@ucsd.edu

Website: http://sioviz.ucsd.edu/~fialko/

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Research Interests:

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

Courses Taught:

• ERTH160 (Introduction to Tectonics)
• SIO160 (Introduction to Tectonics)
• SIO225 (Physics of Earth Materials)
• SIO234 (Geodynamics)
• SIO239 (Special Topics in Geophysics)
• SIO299 (Research)

Recent publications: ^†

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.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, 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, 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.
• 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., 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., 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., 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 Y. Khazan, Finite source modeling of magmatic unrest in Socorro, New Mexico, and Long Valley, California, Geophys. J. Int., 146, 191-200, 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., 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.
• 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.
• Fialko, Y., Fracture and frictional mechanics - Theory, Treatise of Geophysics, vol.4, Earthquake Seismology, 2007.
• 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., 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.
• 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.
• 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., 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., 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.
• 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.
• 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.