Prof Nicolas Brantut

Faults and earthquake mechanics during and after earthquakes.

Honorary Professor of Geophysics

 

 

Appointment:	Room:
Honorary Professor of Geophysics
Courses Taught:
Research Group(s):
Seismolab
Email Address:	Telephone Number:
n.brantut@ucl.ac.uk

Research Summary

I am in general interested in faults and earthquake mechanics. I try to understand how faults form from intact rocks, how they slip prior to, during and after earthquakes. 

I use an experimental approach, mainly tri-axial cells equipped with acoustic emission recording system, but I also used the high velocity friction machines in Kyoto University and Hiroshima University. I also do some theoretical and numerical calculations to explain with physical arguments what I see (or expect to see) in the laboratory or in nature.