Rachel E. Abercrombie
Research Associate Professor
Office: STO 142A
Phone: 617-358-2571
rea@bu.edu
Rachel's Homepage
Tectonic - Lithospheric Processes Research Page
Classes: ES 360,
ES 505,
ES 561,
ES 581
| Ph.D. | 1991 | University of Reading, England |
| B.A. | 1987 | Trinity Hall, Cambridge University |
Prof. Abercrombie investigates all aspects of the earthquake rupture process. For example, how earthquakes start and grow, what factors govern the size and location of slip, and how one earthquake affects another. She has studied earthquakes over a wide range of magnitudes and frequencies in many tectonic environments. In particular she has focused on earthquake scaling and nucleation. Prof. Abercrombie has also worked on attenuation and site effects. Her aim is to understand the factors controlling seismic slip by studying earthquakes under a wide range of conditions (for example, on the San Andreas System, in subduction zones, in the oceans and also very deep earthquakes).
Selected Publications
Yamada,T., J. J. Mori, S. Ide, R. E. Abercrombie, H. Kawakata, M. Nakatani, Y. Iio, and H. Ogasawara., 2006, Stress drops and radiated seismic energies of microearthquakes in a South African gold mine, J. Geophys. Res., in press, doi:10.1029/2006JB004553.
Sonley, E., and R. E. Abercrombie. 2006, Effects of methods of attenuation correction on source parameter determination, American Geophysical Union Monograph, EARTHQUAKE Radiated energy and the physics of faulting, eds. Abercrombie, McGarr, Di Toro and Kanamori. In press.
Antolik, M., R. E. Abercrombie, Pan, and G. Ekström. 2006, Rupture characteristics of the 2003 Mw7.6 Mid-Indian ocean earthquake, J. Geophys. Res., 111, B04302, doi:10.1029/2005JB003785.
Abercrombie, R. E., and J. R. Rice. 2005, Can observations of earthquake sealing constrain slip weakening?, Geophys. J. Int,. 162, 406-424.
Antolik, M., R. E. Abercrombie, and G. Ekström. 2004. The 14 November, 2001 Kokoxili (Kunlunshan), Tibet earthquake: rupture transfer through a large externsional step-over, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94, 1173-1194.