Emily E. Brodsky
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
University of California, Santa Cruz
University of California, Santa Cruz
Professor of Geophysics
Expertise: Earthquake Physics
About Me
Publications
Emily Brodsky is a professor and earthquake physicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on connecting empirical observations of earthquakes with fundamental physical processes. She is particularly interested in issues of earthquake initiation and the forces present on the fault during propagation. These studies require tools from seismology, materials science, hydrogeology and structural geology.
Prof. Brodsky earned her A.B. from Harvard in 1995, Ph.D. from Caltech in 2001 and was a 2001 Miller Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the recipient of the inaugural 2005 Charles Richter Early Career award from the Seismological Society of America, the 2008 James Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the 2019 Gutenberg Lectureship and is a both a GSA and AGU Fellow as well as an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. She was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the NSF Earthscope program, the Geo-Prisms program, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and the National Science Board. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and presented over 150 invited lectures talks in 30 states and 13 countries. Her work was been featured in major press outlets such as the BBC, NPR, Time Magazine, NY Times, Nature, Reuters, LA Times and The Wall Street Journal.
She has served on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) since 2004.
SCEC Board of Directors, Vice-Chair (2020 - 2022)
SCEC Executive Committee, Member (2020 - 2022)
SCEC Mentor (2004, 2009, 2012, 2020)
Prof. Brodsky earned her A.B. from Harvard in 1995, Ph.D. from Caltech in 2001 and was a 2001 Miller Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the recipient of the inaugural 2005 Charles Richter Early Career award from the Seismological Society of America, the 2008 James Macelwane Medal from the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the 2019 Gutenberg Lectureship and is a both a GSA and AGU Fellow as well as an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences. She was selected as a Distinguished Lecturer for the NSF Earthscope program, the Geo-Prisms program, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) and the National Science Board. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and presented over 150 invited lectures talks in 30 states and 13 countries. Her work was been featured in major press outlets such as the BBC, NPR, Time Magazine, NY Times, Nature, Reuters, LA Times and The Wall Street Journal.
She has served on the Board of Directors of the Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) since 2004.
SCEC Participation
SCEC Board of Directors, Core Institution Member (2004 - 2023)SCEC Board of Directors, Vice-Chair (2020 - 2022)
SCEC Executive Committee, Member (2020 - 2022)
SCEC Mentor (2004, 2009, 2012, 2020)
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2019, 12). Fault Damage Zones in 3D with Active-Source Seismic Data. Poster Presentation at American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11000
Morad, D., Gvirtzman, S., Fineberg, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2024, 09). Determinism and stochasticity in laboratory earthquakes final size driven by interface heterogeneity. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14037
Krogh, J. E., Savage, H. M., Brodsky, E. E., Ulrich, C., & Guglielmi, Y. (2024, 09). Frictional properties of locked and creeping strands in the northern transition region of the San Andreas Fault. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14003
Guo, H., Brodsky, E. E., & Miyazawa, M. (2024, 09). Triggering Intensity Changes over Time and Space in Southern California . Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13783
Farge, G., & Brodsky, E. E. (2024, 09). The disturbing influence of small earthquakes on tectonic tremor synchronization. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13745
Steinhardt, W., & Brodsky, E. E. (2024, 09). Precursory Locking Precedes Slip Events on Laboratory Fault: Untangling the relative roles of history and geometry in governing the next earthquake. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13686
Rodriguez Padilla, A. M., Oskin, M. E., Brodsky, E. E., Dascher-Cousineau, K., Herrera, V., & White, S. (2024). The Effect of Fault Geometrical Complexity on Surface Rupture Length. Geophysical Research Letters,. SCEC Contribution 13619
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Shchur, O., Brodsky, E. E., & Gunnemann, S. (2023). Using Deep Learning for Flexible and Scalable Earthquake Forecasting. Geophysical Research Letters,. doi: 10.1029/2023GL103909. SCEC Contribution 13374
Morad, D., Gvirtzman, S., Fineberg, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2023, 09). Laboratory approach to measuring earthquake source parameters.. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13292
Krogh, J. E., Williams, J., Savage, H. M., Brodsky, E. E., Ulrich, C., & Guglielmi, Y. (2023, 09). Transition from locked to creeping behavior on the San Andreas Fault, San Juan Bautista, CA. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13286
Zak, J. A., Steinhardt, W., & Brodsky, E. E. (2023, 09). The effect of contact area distribution on the frictional properties of a modeled fault. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13261
Okamoto, K. K., Savage, H. M., Brodsky, E. E., Cochran, E. S., Abercrombie, R. E., & Carpenter, B. M. (2023, 09). To heal or not to heal?: The moment-recurrence time behavior of repeating earthquakes in the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma aftershock sequence is consistent with laboratory healing rates. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13110
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2023, 09). What Controls the Shallow Fault Damage Zone and Fluid Flow? Insights from New High-Resolution Seismic Imaging . Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12904
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2022). Using Active Source Seismology to Image the Palos Verdes Fault Damage Zone as a Function of Distance, Depth, and Geology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters,. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117871. SCEC Contribution 13373
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Shchur, O., Brodsky, E. E., & Gunnemann, S. (2022, 09). Flexible and Scalable Earthquake Forecasting. Oral Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12516
Guo, H., Lay, T., & Brodsky, E. E. (2022, 09). Seismic Indicators of Fault Maturity. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12427
Huang, L., Schwartz, S. Y., & Brodsky, E. E. (2022, 09). Seismicity Migration and a Surface Creep Event in 2021 on the Calaveras Fault. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12379
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2022, 09). Using Active Source Seismology to Image the Palos Verdes Fault Damage Zone as a Function of Distance, Depth, and Geology. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12236
Steinhardt, W., Brodsky, E. E., Dillavou, S., Rubinstein, S. M., & Agajanian, M. (2022, 09). Invariance of Stress Drop Scaling for Slow Slip Events on Novel Laboratory Fault. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12192
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Shchur, O., & Brodsky, E. E. (2021, 08). Towards Flexible and Scalable Earthquake Forecasting. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11588
Steinhardt, W., & Brodsky, E. E. (2021, 08). Direct Measurements of Slow Slip Events on Novel Laboratory Fault Show Constant Stress Drop. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11531
Thom, C. A., Hansen, L. N., Goldsby, D. L., & Brodsky, E. E. (2021, 08). A microphysical model of rate- and state-friction controlled by dislocation glide and backstress (internal stress) evolution. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11526
Koirala, R., Brodsky, E., Goebel, T. H., & Kwiatek, G. (2021, 08). Induced seismicity spikes during abrupt changes in injection and production rates in geothermal reservoirs. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11146
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2021, 08). Using Active Source Seismology to Image a Strike-Slip Fault Damage Zone as a Function of Depth, Distance, and Geology. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11130
Hirao, B., Savage, H., & Brodsky, E. E. (2021). Communication Between the Northern and Southern Central San Andreas Fault via Dynamically Triggered Creep. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(13). doi: 10.1029/2021GL092530. SCEC Contribution 11022
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Finnegan, N. J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2021). The life span of fault-crossing channels. Science, 373(6551), 204-207. doi: 10.1126/science.abf2320. SCEC Contribution 11001
Brodsky, E. E. (2020, 08). Lessons in earthquake nucleation drawn from subduction zones and ice streams. Oral Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10783
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Brodsky, E. E., & Lay, T. (2020, 08). Two Foreshock Sequences Post Gulia and Wiemer (2019). Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10712
Hirao, B., Savage, H. M., & Brodsky, E. E. (2020, 08). Regional earthquakes that trigger creep on the northern central San Andreas fault. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10592
Liu, C., Lay, T., Brodsky, E. E., Dascher-Cousineau, K., & Xiong, X. (2019, 08). Co-seismic rupture process of the large 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes from joint inversion of geodetic and seismological observations. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9841
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Brodsky, E. E., Finnegan, N., & Duvall, A. R. (2019, 08). Large Scale Detection of Fault Damage. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9588
Alongi, T. V., Brodsky, E. E., Kluesner, J. W., & Brothers, D. S. (2019, 08). Fault Damage Zones in 3D with Active-Source Seismic Data. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9334
Goebel, T. H., Chang, K. W., & Brodsky, E. E. (2019, 07). A mechanism for induced earthquakes at large distances and depths from injection wells. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9293
Brodsky, E. E., & Goebel, T. H. (2018, 08). The spatial footprint of injection wells in a global compilation of induced earthquake sequences. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8717
Dascher-Cousineau, K., Brodsky, E. E., & Lay, T. (2018, 08). Why do strike-slip earthquakes produce fewer aftershocks?. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8452
Goebel, T. H., Rosson, Z., Brodsky, E. E., & Walter, J. I. (2018, 08). Rapid induced seismicity mitigation and its impact on aftershock productivity in Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8416
Taylor, S. E., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017, 08). Granular Temperature Measured Experimentally in a Shear Flow by Acoustic Energy. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7478
Goebel, T. H., Kwiatek, G., Becker, T. W., Brodsky, E. E., & Dresen, G. (2017, 08). What allows seismic events to grow big?: Insights from b-value and fault roughness analysis in laboratory stick-slip experiments. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7463
Goebel, T. H., Walter, J. I., Murray, K., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017). Comment on “How will induced seismicity in Oklahoma respond to decreased saltwater injection rates?” by C. Langenbruch and M. D. Zoback. Science Advances, 3(8). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700441. SCEC Contribution 7294
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >40 km from fluid disposal wells. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 50-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.011. SCEC Contribution 7293
Xue, L., Brodsky, E. E., Allegre, V., Fulton, P. M., Beth , L. L., & Cherry, J. A. (2016, 08). Investigate fault zone hydrogeologic architectures by using water level tidal and barometric response. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6994
Garza-Giron, R., Brodsky, E. E., & Prejean, S. G. (2016, 08). Aftershock Productivity on Volcanoes: What can it tell us about interpreting aftershocks?. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6988
Thom, C. A., Brodsky, E. E., & Goldsby, D. L. (2016, 08). The Scale-Dependence of Fault Roughness and Asperity Strength. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6805
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2016, 08). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fareview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >30 km from disposal wells. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6657
Siman-Tov, S., Brodsky, E. E., & Stock, G. M. (2016, 08). Natural polish in granitic rocks. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6594
Wetzler, N., Brodsky, E. E., & Lay, T. (2016, 07). Aftershock productivity of large megathrust earthquakes: regional variations and influence of mainshock source parameters. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6331
Allegre, V., Brodsky, E. E., Parker, B. L., & Cherry, J. A. (2015). Field Evidence for a Low Permeability, High Storage Fault Core at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory. Poster Presentation at 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6262
Lajoie, L. J., O'Connell, D. R., Creed, R., & Brodsky, E. E. (2013). Seismic response to power production at the Coso Geothermal field, south-eastern CA: using operational parameters and relocated events to study anthropogenic seismicity rates and reservoir scale tectonic structure. Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2013. SCEC Contribution 1940
Brodsky, E. E., & Lajoie, L. J. (2013). Anthropogenic Seismicity Rates and Operational Parameters at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Science, 341(6145), 543-546. doi: 10.1126/science.1239213. SCEC Contribution 1939
Brodsky, E. E., & Lajoie, L. J. (2013). Anthropogenic Seismicity Rates and Operational Parameters at the Salton Sea Geothermal Field. Science, 341, 543-546. doi: 10.1126/science.1239213. SCEC Contribution 1752
van der Elst, N. J., Brodsky, E. E., Le Bas, P., & Johnson, P. A. (2012). Auto-acoustic compaction in steady shear flows: Experimental evidence for suppression of shear dilatancy by internal acoustic vibration. Journal of Geophysical Research, 117(B9), B09314. doi: 10.1029/2011JB008897. SCEC Contribution 1866
Lajoie, L. J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2011). Local and regional seismic response to injection and production at the Salton Sea geothermal field, southern California . Poster Presentation at SCEC Annual Meeting 2011. SCEC Contribution 1606
Lajoie, L. J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2011). Local and regional seismic response to injection and production at the Salton Sea geothermal field, southern California. Presentation at AGU Fall Meeting 2011. SCEC Contribution 1605
Brodsky, E. E. (2011). Spatial Density of Foreshocks. Geophysical Research Letters, 38. doi: 10.1029/2011GL047253. SCEC Contribution 1504
Brodsky, E. E. (2011). The Spatial Density of Foreshocks. Geophysical Research Letters, 38(10), L10305. doi: 10.1029/2011GL047253. SCEC Contribution 1481
van der Elst, N. J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2010). Connecting near and farfield earthquake triggering to dynamic strain. Journal of Geophysical Research, 115. doi: 10.1029/2009JB006681. SCEC Contribution 1614
Sagy, A., & Brodsky, E. E. (2009). Geometric and Rheological Asperities in an Exposed Fault Zone, J. Geophys. Res.. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B02301. doi: 10.1029/2008JB005701. SCEC Contribution 1607
Sagy, A., Brodsky, E. E., & Axen, G. (2007). Evolution of Fault-Surface Roughness with Slip. Geology, 35(3), 283-286. doi: 10.1130/G23235A.1. SCEC Contribution 1041
Doan, M., Brodsky, E. E., Kano, Y., & Ma, K. (2006). In-situ measurement of the hydraulic diffusivity of the active Chelungpu Fault, Taiwan. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L16317. doi: 10.1029/2006GL026889. SCEC Contribution 1071
Elkhoury, J. E., Brodsky, E. E., & Agnew, D. C. (2006). Seismic waves increase permeability. Nature, 441, 1135-1138. doi: 10.1038/nature04798. SCEC Contribution 1070
Felzer, K. R., & Brodsky, E. E. (2006). Decay of aftershock density with distance indicates triggering by dynamic stress. Nature, 441, 735-738. doi: 10.1038/nature04799. SCEC Contribution 1042
Felzer, K. R., & Brodsky, E. E. (2005). Testing the stress shadow hypothesis. Journal of Geophysical Research, 110(B05S09). doi: 10.1029/2004JB003277. SCEC Contribution 869
Brodsky, E. E., Karakostas, V., & Kanamori, H. (2000). A New Observation of Dynamically Triggered Regional Seismicity: Earthquakes in Greece Following the August, 1999 Izmit, Turkey Earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters, 27(17), 2741-2744. SCEC Contribution 520
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