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Research Interests
As Emeritus Professor, E.A. Okal continues to carry out research and mentor students in the fields of tsunami generation and propagation, intermediate and deep earthquakes, and methods for quantification of seismic sources. In collaboration with scientists worldwide, he is also engaged in the preservation of analog archives of seismological data, and their conversion to digital support.
Education/Academic qualification
Geophysics, PhD, California Institute of Technology
… → 1978
Doctorat d’Etat, Université Paris VII
… → 1978
Geophysics, MS, Université Paris VI
… → 1972
Agrégation de Physique, Université de Paris
… → 1971
Research interests
- Deep earthquakes
- Preservation of archives of seismological data
- Tsunami generation
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Grants
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Development of Real-Time Tsunami Warning Systems using Continuous GPS
University of Nevada, Reno, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
12/18/07 → 6/30/09
Project: Research project
Research Output
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A composite rupture model for the great 1950 Assam earthquake across the cusp of the East Himalayan Syntaxis
Coudurier-Curveur, A., Tapponnier, P., Okal, E., Van der Woerd, J., Kali, E., Choudhury, S., Baruah, S., Etchebes, M. & Karakaş, Feb 1 2020, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 531, 115928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access4 Scopus citations -
Correction to: Reassessment of the 1907 Sumatra “Tsunami Earthquake” Based on Macroseismic, Seismological, and Tsunami Observations, and Modeling (Pure and Applied Geophysics, (2019), 176, 7, (2831-2868), 10.1007/s00024-019-02134-2)
Martin, S. S., Li, L., Okal, E. A., Morin, J., Tetteroo, A. E. G., Switzer, A. D. & Sieh, K. E., Nov 2020, In: Pure and Applied Geophysics. 177, 11, p. 5641-5642 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Effects of bathymetry complexity on tsunami propagation: A spherical harmonics approach
Salaree, A. & Okal, E. A., Oct 1 2020, In: Geophysical Journal International. 223, 1, p. 632-647 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Evidence of prehistoric liquefaction in Kuwait and implications for the seismic vulnerability of the Arabian Gulf Countries
Bou-Rabee, F., Young, Y. L. & Okal, E. A., Aug 1 2020, In: Natural Hazards. 103, 1, p. 799-813 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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GRACE gravitational measurements of tsunamis after the 2004, 2010, and 2011 great earthquakes
Ghobadi-Far, K., Han, S. C., Allgeyer, S., Tregoning, P., Sauber, J., Behzadpour, S., Mayer-Gürr, T., Sneeuw, N. & Okal, E., Jul 1 2020, In: Journal of Geodesy. 94, 7, 65.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access