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Eric Fielding

Education
  • A.B. in Earth Sciences from Dartmouth College (1982)
  • Ph.D. in Geological Sciences from Cornell University (1989)
Research Interests
  • Active tectonics, especially in the Alpine-Himalaya-Tibet system, on a variety of time scales ranging from co-seismic and interseismic deformation (using SAR interferometry) to Late Quaternary deformation estimated from geomorphic analysis
  • Fault interaction via the transfer of stresses through the lithosphere and the possible applications for earthquake risk assessment
  • Long-term evolution (Cenozoic) and present lithospheric structure of Tibet and Altiplano-Puna plateaus
Projects

Tectonics Laboratory Icon Tectonics Laboratory
The Tectonics Laboratory is a research project working to to understand the importance of the interaction of short time scale tectonic processes.

Selected Awards
  • NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship, Cornell University, 1985-1987
  • John McMullen Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University, 1982-1983
Selected Publications
  1. Konca, A.O., Avouac, J.-P., Sladen, A., Meltzner, A.J., Sieh, K., Fang, P., Li, Z., Galetzka, J., Genrich, J., Chlieh, M., Natawidjaja, D.H., Bock, Y., Fielding, E.J., Ji, C., and Helmberger, D.V., 2008, Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence: Nature, v. 456, p. 631-635.
  2. Fielding, E.J., Lundgren, P.R., Bürgmann, R., and Funning, G.J., 2009, in press, Shallow fault-zone dilatancy recovery after the 2003 Bam, Iran earthquake: Nature.
  3. Pritchard, M.E., and Fielding, E.J., 2008, A study of the 2006 and 2007 earthquake sequence of Pisco, Peru, with InSAR and teleseismic data: Geophys. Res. Lett., doi:10.1029/2008GL033374, in press.
  4. Crippen, R.E., Hook, S.J., and Fielding, E.J., 2007, Nighttime ASTER thermal imagery as an elevation surrogate for filling SRTM DEM voids: Geophys. Res. Lett., v. 34, p. L01302, doi:10.1029/2006GL028496.
  5. Tralli, D.M., Blom, R.G., Fielding, E.J., Donnellan, A., and Evans, D.L., 2007, Conceptual case for assimilating synthetic aperture radar interferometry data into the HAZUS-MH earthquake module: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v.45, p.1595-1604.
  6. Jackson, J.A., Bouchon, M., Fielding, E.J., Funning, G.J., Ghorashi, M., Hatzfeld, D., Nazari, H., Parsons, B., Priestley, K., Talebian, M., Tatar, M., Walker, R., and Wright, T.J., 2006, Seismotectonic, rupture-process, and earthquake-hazard aspects of the 26 December 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake: Geophys J Int, v. 166, p. 1270-1292.
  7. Johanson, I.A., Fielding, E.J., Rolandone, F., and Burgmann, R., 2006, Coseismic and postseismic slip of the 2004 Parkfield earthquake from space-geodetic data: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 96, p. 5269-5282.
  8. Li, Z., Fielding, E.J., Cross, P., and Muller, J.-P., 2006a, InSAR atmospheric correction GPS Topography-dependent Turbulence Model (GTTM): Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 111, p. B02404, doi:10.1029/2005JB003711.
  9. Li, Z., Fielding, E.J., Cross, P., and Muller, J.P., 2006b, Interferometric synthetic aperture radar atmospheric correction: MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar integration: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, p. L06816, doi:10.1029/2005GL025299.
  10. Pathier, E., Fielding, E.J., Wright, T.J., Walker, R., Parsons, B.E., and Hensley, S., 2006, Displacement field and slip distribution of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake from SAR imagery: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 33, p. L20310, doi:10.1029/2006GL027193.
  11. Bennett, E.R., Youngson, J.H., Jackson, J.A., Norris, R.J., Raisbeck, G.M., Yiou, F., and Fielding, E.J., 2005, Growth of South Rough Ridge, central Otago, New Zealand: Using in situ cosmogenic isotopes and geomorphology to study an active, blind reverse fault: Journal of Geophysical Research, p. B02404, doi:10.1029/2004JB003184.
  12. Funning, G.J., Parsons, B.E., Wright, T.J., Jackson, J.A., and Fielding, E.J., 2005, Surface displacements and source parameters of the 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake from Envisat advanced synthetic aperture radar imagery: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, p. B09406,doi:10.1029/2004JB003338.
  13. Li, Z., Muller, J.P., Cross, P., and Fielding, E.J., 2005, InSAR atmospheric correction: GPS, MODIS and InSAR integration: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, p. B03410, doi:10.1029/2004JB003446.
  14. Fielding, E.J., Talebian, M., Rosen, P.A., Nazari, H., Jackson, J.A., Ghorashi, M., and Berberian, M., 2005, Surface ruptures and building damage of the 2003 Bam, Iran earthquake mapped by satellite synthetic aperture radar interferometric correlation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 110, no. B3, p. B03302, doi:10.1029/2004JB003299.
  15. Wright, T.J., Parsons, B., England, P.C., and Fielding, E.J., 2004, InSAR Observations of Low Slip Rates on the Major Faults of Western Tibet: Science, v. 305, no. 5681, p. 236-239.
  16. Talebian, M., Fielding, E.J., Funning, G.J., Jackson, J.A., Nazari, H., Parsons, B.E., Priestley, K., Ghorashi, M., Rosen, P.A., Walker, R., and Wright, T.J., 2004, The 2003 Bam (Iran) earthquake: rupture of a blind fault: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, L11611, doi:10.1029/2004GL020058.
  17. Fielding, E.J., Wright, T.J., Muller, J., Parsons, B.E., and Walker, R., 2004, Aseismic deformation of a fold-and-thrust belt imaged by synthetic aperture radar interferometry near Shahdad, southeast Iran: Geology, v. 32, no. 7, p. 577-580.
  18. Curkendall, D., Fielding, E.J., Cheng, T.-H., and Pohl, J.M., 2003, A computational-grid based system for continental drainage network extraction using SRTM digital elevation models, 2003 International Conference on Parallel Processing Workshops: Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC, IEEE Computer Society, p. 181-190.
  19. Duncan, C., Masek, J., and Fielding, E.J., 2003, How steep are the Himalaya? Characteristics and implications of along-strike topographic variations: Geology, v. 31, no. 1, p. 75-78.
  20. Lu, Z., Patrick, M., Fielding, E.J., and Trautwein, C., 2003, Lava volume from the 1997 eruption of Okmok volcano, Alaska, estimated from spaceborne and airborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, v. 41, no. 6, p. 1428-1436.
  21. Pinty, B., Gobron, N., Verstraete, M.M., Melin, F., Widlowski, J.-L., Govaerts, Y., Diner, D.J., Fielding, E.J., Nelson, D.L., Madariaga, R., and Tuttle, M.P., 2003, Observing earthquake-related dewatering using MISR/Terra satellite data: Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 5, p. 37-48.
  22. Burgmann, R., Ayhan, M.E., Fielding, E.J., Wright, T.J., McClusky, S., Aktug, B., Demir, C., Lenk, O., and Türkezer, A., 2002, Deformation during the 12 November 1999 Duzce, Turkey, earthquake, from GPS and InSAR data: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 92, p. 161-171.

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