RENATA DMOWSKA

Research Associate in Geophysics, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and occasional Lecturer (for a graduate course on Earthquake Source Processes), Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University. Office: Pierce Hall 227, 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138; office tel.: 617-495-3452, FAX: 617-495-9837, home tel.: 617-497-0246; e-mail: dmowska@seas.harvard.edu, dmowska@seismology.harvard.edu.

Research Focus:

Research, since 1968, at Polish Academy of Sciences on general seismology, mathematical theory of dislocations and cracks, high pressure and temperature physics, electro-and magneto-mechanical phenomena related to earthquakes, resistivity anomalies related to rockbursts. Since 1980 in USA, research on modelling of great tectonic earthquakes along simple plate boundaries, seismicity patterns, mechanics of subduction zones in connection with earthquake cycles, intermediate-term earthquake prediction, rupture interaction with fault geometry, dynamics of fault branching and jumping, and off-fault damage.

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Professional Activities:

Member, Subcommission on physics of earthquake source and earthquake prediction, European Seismological Commission (ESC).

Member, Working groups 4.44 on physics of earthquake source, and 1.11 on high pressure and temperature, of Commission on Planetary Geophysics, Academies of Sciences of Communistic Countries.

Member, organizing Committee, 15th General Assembly of ESC, 1976.

Lecturer, Autumn Course on Physics of the Earth's Interior, International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 1977.

Lecturer on seismology and physics of earthquake source, Warsaw University, 1978, 1979.

Co-organizer, ESC Symposium on Physics of Earthquake Source, Mogilany, Poland, 1979.

Member, American Geophysical Union, 1980-.

Member, Seismological Society of America, 1980-.

Editorial Advisory Board, International Monograph Series on Interdisciplinary Earth Science Research and Applications, 1984-1989.

Organizer, two sessions on earthquake generation process, Society of Engineering Science 18th Annual Meeting, Providence, R.I., 1981.

Executive Editor, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 1983-1988.

Organizer, session on earthquake source mechanics, Seism. Soc. Am., 81st annual meeting, Charleston, April 23-25, 1986.

Organizing Committee, Second International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity, Minneapolis, Minn., June 8-10, 1988.

International Advisory Committee, Third International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 16-18, 1993.

Co-editor (with Keiiti Aki) of the book "Relating geophysical structures and processes. The Jeffreys volume", Geophysical Monograph vol.76, IUGG vol.16, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Co-editor (with Göran Ekström) of the topical issue: "Shallow subduction zones: seismicity, mechanics and seismic potential. Part I", Pure and Appl. Geophys., vol.140, N.2, 1993, reprinted from Pure and Appl. Geophys. as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1993.

Co-editor (with Göran Ekström) of the topical issue: "Shallow subduction zones: seismicity, mechanics and seismic potential. Part II", Pure and Appl. Geophys., vol.142, N.1, 1994, reprinted from Pure and Appl. Geophys. as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1994.

Co-organizer (with Keiiti Aki), sessions: "Earthquake source physics - The Jorge Lomnitz-Adler", I, II and III, Am. Geophys. Un. Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 4-9, 1994.

International Advisory Committee, Fourth International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, Cracow, Poland, August 11-14, 1997.

Co-editor (with Max Wyss) of the topical issue: "Earthquake prediction - State of the art", Pure and Appl. Geophys., vol.149, N.1, 1997, reprinted from Pure and Appl. Geophys. as a book with the same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1997.

Co-organizer (with Jeanne Sauber), session: "Seismotectonics of shallow subduction zones", Am. Geophys. Un. Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 8-12, 1997.

Co-editor (with Jeanne Sauber) of the topical issue: "Seismogenic and tsunamigenic processes in shallow subduction zones", Pure and Appl. Geophys., vol. 154, N. 3/4, 1999; reprinted from Pure and Appl. Geophys. as a book with the same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1999.

Co-organizer (with Raul Madariaga), session: "Earthquakes with emphasis on subduction zones", European Geophysical Society XXV General Assembly, Nice, France, April, 2000.

Co-organizer (with Raul Madariaga), session: "Convergent margins-collisional zones: Earthquakes with emphasis on subduction zones", European Geophysical Society XXVI General Assembly, Nice, France, March, 2001.

Co-organizer (with A. Chemenda, F. Neubauer and C. R. Ranero), session "Convergent margins and collision zones: subduction, collision, orogenic processes, deep seated metamorphism and exhumation", European Geophysical Society XXVII General Assembly, Nice, France, 21-26 April, 2002.

Co-organizer (with A. Peresan, M. Kouteva and B. Roubhan), Advanced Conference on "Seismic Risk Mitigation and Sustainable Development", ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 10-15 May, 2010.

Current Activities:

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Topical Issues, Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), 1993 - present.

Book Review Editor, Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH), 1985 - present.

Solid Earth Editor of Advances in Geophysics, Academic Press (at present Elsevier), 1989 - present.

Solid Earth Editor of (book) International Geophysics Series, Academic Press (at present Elsevier), 1987 - present.

Recent Publications:

Dmowska, R., J. R. Rice, L. C. Lovison and D. Josell, "Stress transfer and seismic phenomena in coupled subduction zones during the earthquake cycle", J. Geophys. Res., 93, 7869-7884, 1988. (download)

Dmowska, R. and L.C. Lovison, "Intermediate-term seismic precursors for some coupled subduction zones", Pure Appl. Geophys., 126, N.2/4, 1988 (topical issue "Intermediate- term earthquake prediction", eds. W.D. Stuart and K. Aki). (download)

Dmowska R., L. C. Lovison-Golob and J. J. Durek, "Partial breaking of a mature seismic gap: the 1987 earthquakes in New Britain", Pure Appl. Geophys., 136, 459-477, 1991. (download)

Dmowska R., and L. C. Lovison, "Influence of asperities along subduction interfaces on the stressing and seismicity of adjacent areas",Tectonophysics, 211, 23-43, 1992. (download)

Aki, K. and R. Dmowska (editors), Relating geophysical structures and processes. The Jeffreys volume, Geophysical Monograph vol.76, IUGG vol.16, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 1993.

Dmowska, R. and G. Ekström (editors), Shallow subduction zones: seismicity, mechanics and seismic potential. Part I, Topical issue of Pure and Appl. Geophys., V.140, N.2, 1993; reprinted as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1993. (download)

Ben-Zion Y., J. R. Rice and R. Dmowska, "Interaction of the San Andreas Fault creeping segment with adjacent great rupture zones, and earthquake recurrence at Parkfield", J. Geophys. Res., 98, 2135-2144, 1993. (download)

Dmowska, R. and G. Ekström (editors), Shallow subduction zones: seismicity, mechanics and seismic potential. Part II, Topical issue of Pure and Appl. Geophys., V.142, N.1, 1994; reprinted as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1994. (download)

Taylor M. A. J., G. Zheng, J. R. Rice, W. D. Stuart, and R. Dmowska, "Cyclic stressing and seismicity at strongly coupled subduction zones", J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8363- 8381, 1996. (download)

Zheng G., R. Dmowska and J. R. Rice, "Modeling earthquake cycles in the Shumagins subduction segment, Alaska, with seismic and geodetic constraints", J. Geophys. Res., 101, 8383-8392, 1996. (download)

Dmowska R., G. Zheng, and J. R. Rice, "Seismicity and deformation at convergent margins due to heterogeneous coupling", J. Geophys. Res., 101, 3015-3029, 1996. (download)

Wyss, M., and R. Dmowska (editors), Earthquake Prediction - State of the Art, Topical issue of Pure and Appl. Geophys., V. 149, N.1, 1997; reprinted as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1997. (download)

Taylor, M. A. J., R. Dmowska and J. R. Rice, Upper plate stressing and seismicity in the subduction earthquake cycle", J. Geophys. Res., 103, 24523-24542, 1998. (download; related items: link_1, _2, _3)

Sauber, J., and R. Dmowska (editors), Seismogenic and Tsunamigenic Processes in Shallow Subduction Zones, Topical issue of Pure and Appl. Geophys., V. 154, N. 3/4, 1999; reprinted as a book with same title, Birkhauser, Basel, 1999. (download)

Geist, E. L., and R. Dmowska, "Local tsunamis and distributed slip at the source", Pure and Appl. Geophys., 154, 485-512, 1999. (download)

Poliakov, A. N. B., R. Dmowska and J. R. Rice, "Dynamic shear rupture interactions with fault bends and off-axis secondary faulting", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 107 (B11), cn: 2295, doi:10.1029/2001JB000572, pp. ESE 6-1 to 6-18, November 2002 (download).

Kame, N., J. R. Rice and R. Dmowska, "Effects of pre-stress state and rupture velocity on dynamic fault branching", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 108(B5), cn: 2265, doi: 10.1029/2002JB002189, pp. ESE 13-1 to 13-21, May 2003. (download).

Chlieh, M., J. B. de Chabalier, J. C. Ruegg, R. Armijo, R. Dmowska, J. Campos, and K. Feigl, "Crustal deformation and fault slip during the seismic cycle in the North Chile subduction zone, from GPS and InSAR observations", Geophys. J. Int., 158 (2), 695-711, 2004. (download)

Bhat, H. S., R. Dmowska, J. R. Rice and N. Kame, "Dynamic slip transfer from the Denali to Totschunda Faults, Alaska: Testing theory for fault branching", Bull.  Seismol. Soc. Am., 94 (6B), S202–S213, 2004. (download)

Fliss, S., H. S. Bhat, R. Dmowska and J. R. Rice, "Fault branching and rupture directivity",  Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 110, B06312, doi:10.1029/2004JB003368, 22 pages, 2005. (download)

Mignan, A., G. King, D. Bowman, R. Lacassin, and R. Dmowska, "Seismic activity in the Sumatra-Java region prior to the December 26, 2004 (Mw=9.0-9.3) and March 28, 2005 (Mw=8.7) earthquakes", Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 244, 639-654, 2006. (download)

Bhat, H. S., R. Dmowska, G. C. P. King, Y. Klinger, and J. R. Rice, "Off-fault damage patterns due to supershear ruptures with application to the 2001 Mw 8.1 Kokoxili (Kunlun) Tibet earthquake", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 112, B06301, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004425, 19 pages, 2007. (download)

Bhat, H. S., M. Olives, R. Dmowska and J. R. Rice, "Role of fault branches in earthquake rupture dynamics", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 112, B11309, doi: 10.1029/2007JB005027, 16 pages, 2007. (download)

Templeton, E. L., A. Baudet, H. S. Bhat, R. Dmowska, J. R. Rice, A. J. Rosakis, and C.-E. Rousseau, "Finite element simulations of dynamic shear rupture experiments and dynamic path selection along kinked and branched faults", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 114, B08304, doi:10.1029/2008JB006174, 17 pages, 2009. (download)

Templeton, E. L., H. S. Bhat, R. Dmowska, and J. R. Rice, "Dynamic rupture through a branched fault configuration at Yucca Mountain and resulting ground motions", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 100(4), pp. 1485–1497, doi: 10.1785/0120090121, 2010. (download)

DeDontney, N., J. R. Rice, and R. Dmowska, "Influence of material contrast on fault branching behavior", Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 38, L14305, doi:10.1029/2011GL047849, 5 pages, 2011. (download)

DeDontney, N., E. L. Templeton-Barrett, J. R. Rice, and R. Dmowska, "Influence of plastic deformation on bimaterial fault rupture directivity", Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, vol. 116, B10312, doi:10.1029/2011JB008417, 12 pages, 2011. (download)

DeDontney, N., J. R. Rice, and R. Dmowska, "Finite element model of branched ruptures including off-fault plasticity", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 102, No. 2, pp. 541-562, doi: 10.1785/0120110134, April 2012. (download)

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