Science - Solid Earth: People: Gilles Peltzer

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (1988-present)
- Principal Scientist (2003-present)
- Research Scientist (1993-2004)
- Scientist (1990-1992)
- Resident Research Associate (1988-1990)
University of California, Los Angeles - Earth and Space Science Division (2000-present)
- Joint Appointment: Professor of Geology and Geophysics
Charge de Recherche, CNRS, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees, Toulouse, France
Charge de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris. (1985-1990)
Attache de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris. (1983-1984)
Allocataire de Recherche, Ecole Polytechnique of Paris (1980-1982)

Peltzer G., F. Crampe, and G. King, Evidence of nonlinear elasticity of the crust from the Mw7.6 Manyi (Tibet) earthquake, Science, 286, 272-276, 1999.
Pollitz F., G. Peltzer, and R. Burgmann, Mobility of continental mantle: Evidence from postseismic geodetic observations following the 1992 Landers earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 8035-8054, 2000.
Bowden, G.W., W. Thatcher, R.S. Stein, K.W. Hudnut, and G. Peltzer, Tectonic contraction across Los Angeles after removal of groundwater pumping effects, Nature, 412 (6849), 812-815, 2001.
Peltzer G., F. Crampe, S. Hensley, and P. Rosen, Transient strain accumulation and fault interaction in the Eastern California Shear Zone,Geology, 29 (11), 975-978, 2001.
Peltzer G., F. Crampe, and P. Rosen, The Mw7.1 Hector Mine, California earthquake: Surface rupture, surface displacement field, and fault slip solution from ERS SAR data, CR. Acad. Sci. A 333 (9), 545-555, 2001.
Donnellan A., J. Parker, and G. Peltzer, Combined GPS and InSAR models of postseismic deformation from the Northridge earthquake, Pure and App. Geophys., 150 (10), 2261-2270, 2002.
Cakir Z., de Chabalier JB, Armijo R., Meyer B., Barka A., Peltzer G. Coseismic and early post-seismic slip associated with the 1999 Izmit earthquake (Turkey), from SAR interferometry and tectonic field observations, Geophys. J. Int., 155 (1): 93-110 OCT 2003
Argus D., M. Heflin, G. Peltzer, F. Crampe, and F. Webb, Interseismic strain accumulation and anthropogenic motion in metropolitan Los Angeles, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B04401, 2005.
Lasserre, C., G. Peltzer, Y. Klinger, J. Van der woerd, and P. Tapponnier, Coseismic deformation of the 2001 Mw=7.8 Kokoxili earthquake in Tibet, measured by SAR interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., 110, No. B12, B12408, doi:10.1029/2004JB003500, 2005.
Taylor, M. and G. Peltzer, Current slip rates on conjugate strike slip faults in Central Tibet using Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry, J. Geophys. Res., B12402, doi:10.1029/2005JB004014, 2006.
Doubre, C. and G. Peltzer, Fluid-controlled faulting process in the Asal Rift, Djibouti, from 8-year radar interferometry observations, Geology, V. 35, No. 1, 69-72, 2007.
Jolivet, R., R. Cattin, N. Chamot-Rooke, C. Lasserre, and G. Peltzer, Thin-plate modeling of interseismic deformation and asymmetry across the Altyn Tagh fault zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 35, L02309, doi:10.1029/2007GL031511, 2008.
Cavalié O., C. Lasserre, M.-P. Doin, G. Peltzer, J. Sun, X. Xu, and Z.-K. Shen, Measurement of interseismic strain across the Haiyuan Fault (Gansu, China), measured by InSAR, Earth and Planet. Sc. Lett., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.07.057 , 2008.
Doin, M-P., C. Lasserre, G. Peltzer, O. Cavalie, and C. Doubre, Corrections of stratified tropospheric delays in SAR interferometry: validation with global atmospheric models, J. Appl. Geophys., in press.