Dr. Eric Calais

Associate Professor

E-mail: ecalais@purdue.edu

Associated website(s):http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~ecalais,
Geodynamics & Active Tectonics (GAT)

Education

Ph.D. - University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis.

Research Interests

Current plate motions, intraplate and plate boundary deformation in active tectonic systems, Deformation cycle at plate boundaries, including earthquakes and rifting events, Global Positioning System (GPS) Geodesy, Atmospheric Remote Sensing with GPS

Teaching Interests

EAS 450 Physics & Chemistry of the Solid Earth

Professional Experience

  • 2001 - present: Associate Professor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

  • 1991 - 2001: Chargé de Recherche, CNRS, Nice, France

  • 1994 - 1995: Research Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 1992 - 1994: Post-doctoral Fellow, Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, USA

  • 1988 - 1991: Assistant Normalien Doctorant, University of Nice, Nice, France

Selected Publications

  • Calais, E., L. Dong, M. Wang, Z. Shen, and M. Vergnolle, Continental
    deformation in Asia from a combined GPS solution, \textit{Geophys.
    Res. Lett., 33}, L24319, doi:10.1029/ 2006GL028433, 2006.

  • Calais, E., C. Hartnady, C. Ebinger, and {\bf J.M. Nocquet},  
    Kinematics of the East African Rift from GPS and earthquake slip vector data, In: Yirgu, G., Ebinger, C.J. \& Maguire, P.K.H. (eds) Structure and
    Evolution of the Rift Systems within the Afar volcanic province, Northeast Africa, Geological Society Special Publications, 259, p.9-22, 2006.

  • Calais, E., {\bf J.Y. Han}, C. DeMets, and {\bf J.M. Nocquet},  
    Deformation of the North American plate interior from a decade of continuous GPS measurements, \textit{J. Geophys. Res., 111}, B06402,
    doi:10.1029/2005JB004253, 2006.

  • Calais, E., G. Mattioli, C. DeMets, {\bf J.M. Nocquet}, S. Stein, A.  
    Newman, and P. Rydelek, Tectonic Strain in the Interior of the North American Plate? \textit{Nature, 438}, doi: 10.1038/nature04428, 2005.

  • Calais, E., C. DeMets, and {\bf J.M. Nocquet}, Evidence for a  
    post-3.16 Ma change in Nubia-Eurasia plate motion, \textit{Earth and Planetary Science Letters}, 216, 81-92, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00482-5, 2003.