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Victor Tsai Professor of Geophysics Dept. of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences email: victor_tsai [at] brown . edu address: Brown University DEEPS, Box 1846 Providence, RI 02912 phone: office: 401-863-1190 |
2023-present: Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
2019-2023: Associate Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University
2017-2019: Professor of Geophysics, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
2011-2017: Assistant Professor of Geophysics, Seismological Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
2009-2011: Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow, Geologic Hazards Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey
2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University
Ph.D., Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics), Harvard University, 2009
M.A., Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 2006
B.S., Geophysics with Honors, California Institute of Technology, 2004
Pop-sci from EOS (AGU): Creeping Faults May Have Simpler
Geometries
Pop-sci from Nautilus: A New Way to Predict Earthquakes
Pop-sci from Brown: Breaking Ground: Could geometry offer a new explanation for why earthquakes happen?
Highlight by VCT: Earthquakes Have Preparatory Stage Years Before Rupture
U.S. Geological Survey Seminar by VCT: Understanding Earthquake Ground Motion Variability from Fault Network Complexity
Colloquium Talk by VCT: Statistical Mechanics for Erosion and Earthquakes
Pop-sci from Atlas Obscura: Lovely Lake Stars Shine in Winter's Chill
Highlight by VCT: Why Are Earthquakes Seasonally Modulated?
Pop-sci from Quanta Magazine: New Earthquake Math Predicts How Destructive They'll Be
Pop-sci from Brown: Researchers develop new explanation for destructive earthquake vibrations
Colloquium Talk by VCT: Understanding High-Frequency Earthquake Ground Motion
Pop-sci from Caltech: Seismometer Readings Could Offer Debris Flow Early Warning
Pop-sci from Caltech: Friction Means Antarctic Glaciers More Sensitive to Climate Change Than We Thought
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Lee, J., V. C. Tsai, G. Hirth, A. Chatterjee, and D. T. Trugman (2024).
"Fault-network geometry influences earthquake frictional behaviour" Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-024-07518-6, published (June 5, 2024). html, open html, Press Release, EOS article |
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Tsai, V. C. (2023).
"The future of Earth imaging" Seismol. Res. Lett., 94, 2119-2128, doi:10.1785/0220230125, published (August 14, 2023). html, PDF |
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Tsai, V. C., C. Huber, and C. A. Dalton (2023).
"Towards the geological parametrization of seismic tomography" Geophys. J. Int., 234, 1447-1462, doi:10.1093/gji/ggad140, published (March 30, 2023). PDF, html |
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Tsai, V. C., L. C. Smith, A. S. Gardner and H. Seroussi (2021).
"A unified model for transient subglacial water pressure and basal sliding" J. Glaciol., doi:10.1017/jog.2021.103, published (September 17, 2021). html |
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Tsai, V. C., and G. Hirth (2020).
"Elastic impact consequences for high-frequency earthquake ground motion" Geophys. Res. Lett., 47, e2019GL086302, doi:10.1029/2019GL086302. PDF w/ Supp, html, Press Release, KBYU Interview, Quanta Magazine article |
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Muir, J. B. and V. C. Tsai (2020).
"Geometric and level set tomography using ensemble Kalman inversion" Geophys. J. Int., 220, 967-980, doi:10.1093/gji/ggz472. PDF |
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Fichtner, A., and V. C. Tsai (2019).
"Theoretical foundations of noise interferometry" in Seismic Ambient Noise, N. Nakata, L. Gualtieri, A. Fichtner (eds.), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. PDF |
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Lai, V. H., V. C. Tsai, M. P. Lamb, T. P. Ulizio, and A. R. Beer (2018).
"The seismic signature of debris flows: flow mechanics and early warning at Montecito, California" Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 5528-5535, doi:10.1029/2018GL077683. PDF, Press Release, KPCC Interview, KABC-TV |
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Bowden, D. C., and V. C. Tsai (2017).
"Earthquake ground motion amplification for surface waves" Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 121-127, doi:10.1002/2016GL071885. PDF |
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Tsai, V. C., A. L. Stewart, and A. F. Thompson (2015).
"Marine ice sheet profiles and stability under Coulomb basal conditions" J. Glaciol., 61, 205-215, doi:10.3189/2015JoG14J221. PDF and Press Release |
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Tsai, V. C., J.-P. Ampuero, H. Kanamori, and D. J. Stevenson (2013).
"Estimating the effect of elasticity and compressibility on tsunami speeds" Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 492-496, doi:10.1002/grl.50147. PDF |
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Tsai, V. C., B. Minchew, M. P. Lamb, and J.-P. Ampuero (2012).
"A Physical Model for Seismic Noise Generation from Sediment Transport in Rivers", Geophys. Res. Lett., 39, L02404, doi:10.1029/2011GL050255. PDF |
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Tsai, V. C. (2009).
"On Establishing the Accuracy of Noise Tomography Travel-Time Measurements in a Realistic Medium", Geophys. J. Int., 178, 1555-1564, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04239.x. PDF |
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Tsai, V. C., M. Nettles, G. Ekstrom, and A. M. Dziewonski (2005).
"Multiple CMT source analysis of the 2004 Sumatra earthquake", Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (17), L17304, doi:10.1029/2005GL023813. PDF |
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I am interested in many different aspects of solid earth geophysics, including but not limited to: earthquakes, glaciers, seismic imaging techniques, solid/fluid interactions, melting processes, earth structure, waves, mantle convection, planetary formation/processes, harnessing seismic noise, and earth surface processes. Some of my current projects include understanding how fault zone structure affects earthquake ground motions, creating new tomographic methods including with correlations, improving models of glacier and ice sheet motion, using non-traditional seismic methods to constrain geophysical phenomena, and modeling tsunamis. For more details, please click here.
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Last update 12:33PM December 6, 2024
