James Daniel Paul MOORE

Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow

EOS Fellow

Fellow of the Geological Society

Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society

Member of the Institute of Physics

Phone:

+(65) 9060 1946

Email:

james.moore@ntu.edu.sg

Office Location:

N2-01b-28c

Research Group:

Tectonics, Neotectonics / Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Faulting, Seismic and Tectonic Modeling, Volcano Modeling, Hazard Modeling, Tsunami

Team:

Coastal Lab - Adam Switzer

Research:

Over the next two years I will be expanding my research program to encompass the fundamental physics and impacts of natural hazards from tsunamis, earthquakes, and volcanoes, as well as investigating the role of geology on the habitability of rocky planets like Earth and Mars, through a synergy of mathematical modelling and field expeditions (though, alas, not to Mars - yet). In particular, as part of my postdoctoral fellowship, I will also be looking at the solid earth contributions to sea level and the evolving nature of coastal hazards in South East Asia and beyond.

Teaching:

I have over 100 hours of lecturing experience, including invited seminars, undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition I have over 500 hours of small group tutorial experience.

Professional Activities:

I am a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the Geological Society, a Member of the Institute of Physics and I am currently seeing accreditation as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I regularly engage in community outreach activities and school talks.

Education:

I attended the University of Durham, where I studied geology, physics, and mathematics, concluding with a Masters in Theoretical Physics. I then received my doctorate on continental earthquakes and volcano monitoring from the University of Oxford, with Prof. Barry Parsons.

Professional Experience:

I stayed at Oxford as a postdoctoral researcher in marine geology and geophysics, with Prof. Tony Watts. Then, four years ago, I moved halfway around the world to the Earth Observatory of Singapore (NTU), where as a Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow, I have worked on geodynamical problems and natural hazards. Since the 31st October 2019, I have held the position of Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow and EOS Fellow of Geology and Geodynamics at the Earth Observatory of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University.

Professional Activities:

2016 EGU Meeting Session Co-convener (Co-conveners: Laurent Jolivet, Anthony Watts, Yury Podladchikov). Long-term rheological behaviour of the crust and mantle inferred from observations and models at laboratory and geological time and spatial scales (EGU-AOGS session) (co-organized).
2017 AOGS Meeting Session Co-convener (Co-conveners: Anthony Watts) Long-term Rheological Behaviour of the Crust and Mantle Inferred from Observations and Models at Laboratory and Geological Time and Spatial Scales (EGU-AOGS session) (co-organized).
2017 AOGS Meeting Session Co-convener (Co-conveners: Sylvain Barbot) Physical Modeling of Gps and InSAR Data with Unicycle.

Courses Taught:

2013-2014 Maths for Materials and Earth Sciences (University of Oxford)
2014-2016 Maths for Earth Sciences (University of Oxford)
2014-2016 Vector Calculus (University of Oxford)
2016-Present Lithosphere Dynamics (Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)
2017-Present Layers and Landforms (Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University)

Publications:

Tang, C-H., Hsu Y-J., Barbot S., Moore J. D. P., & Chang W-L. (2019). Lower-crustal rheology and thermal gradient in the Taiwan orogenic belt illuminated by the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake. Science Advances. 5,
Sieh, K., Herrin J., Jicha B., Schonwalder-Angel D., Moore J. D. P., Banerjee P., et al. (2019). Australasian impact crater buried under the Bolaven volcanic field, Southern Laos. PNAS.
Lamb, S., Arnold R., & Moore J. D. P. (2018). Locking on a megathrust as a cause of distributed faulting and fault-jumping earthquakes. Nature Geoscience.
Qiu, Q., Moore J. D. P., Barbot S., Feng L., & Hill E. M. (2018). Transient rheology of the Sumatran mantle wedge revealed by a decade of great earthquakes. Nature Communications. 9(995),
Moore, J. D. P., Yu H., Tang C-H., Wang T., Barbot S., Peng D., et al. (2017). Imaging the distribution of transient viscosity after the 2016 M-w 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake. Science. 356(6334), 163-167.
Barbot, S., Moore J. D. P., & Lambert V. (2017). Displacement and Stress Associated with Distributed Anelastic Deformation in a Half‐Space. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107(2), 821-855.
Lamb, S., Moore J. D. P., Smith E. G. C., & Stern T. (2017). Episodic horizontal contraction in continental rifts, caused by coupling between mantle flow and lower crust, modulated by mantle melt production. Nature. 547, 84-88.
Wade, J., Dyck B., Palin R. M., Moore J. D. P., & Smye A. J. (2017). The divergent fates of primitive hydrospheric water on Earth and Mars. Nature. 552, 391-394.
Watts, A. B., & Moore J. D. P. (2017). Flexural Isostasy: Constraints From Gravity and Topography Power Spectra. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 122(10), 8417-8430.
Watts, A. B., Nomikou P., Moore J. D. P., Parks M. M., & Alexandri M. (2015). Historical bathymetric charts and the evolution of Santorini submarine volcano, Greece. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 16(3), 847–869.
Moore, J. D. P., & Parsons B. (2015). Scaling of viscous shear zones with depth dependent viscosity and power law stress-strain dependence. Geophysical Journal International. 202(1), 242-260.
Parks, M. M., Moore J. D. P., Papanikolaou X., Biggs J., Mather T. A., Pyle D. M., et al. (2015). From quiescence to unrest – 20 years of satellite measurements at Santorini volcano, Greece. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 120(2), 1309-1328.

Publications:

Moore, J. D. P., Yu H., Tang C-H., Wang T., Barbot S., Peng D., et al. (2017). Postseismic deformation following the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake and the distribution of brittle and ductile crustal processes beneath Nepal. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017.
Watts, A. B., & Moore J. D. P. (2017). Flexural isostasy: Constraints from gravity and topography power spectra. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017.
Barbot, S., Moore J. D. P., & Lambert V. (2017). From Crustal to Lithosphere Dynamics: A New Approach to Geodetic Data Interpretation and Modeling. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017.
Peng, D., Barbot S., Wang T., Feng L., & Moore J. D. P. (2017). Seven years of postseismic deformation following the 2009 Mw 7.8 Dusky Sound earthquake from GPS, InSAR and dynamic models. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017.
Moore, J. D. P., Yu H., Tang C-H., Barbot S., Peng D., Masuti S., et al. (2017). Imaging the distribution of transient viscosity following the 2016 Mw7.1 Kumamoto earthquake. Japan Geoscience Union - American Geophysical Union Joint Meeting 2017.
Barbot, S., Moore J. D. P., & Lambert V. (2016). From Crustal to Lithosphere Dynamics: A New Approach to Geodetic Data Interpretation and Modeling. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Goswami, A., Barbot S., Moore J. D. P., & Lambert V. (2016). Pore fluid pressure in impermeable fault zones throughout earthquake cycles. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Qiu, Q., Moore J. D. P., Barbot S., Feng L., Hill E. M., & Ezer T. (2016). Transient flow in the mantle wedge in the last decade following great earthquakes in the Sumatran subduction zone. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Xuan, C., Lambert V., Masuti S., Barbot S., Moore J. D. P., Tang C-H., et al. (2016). Joint inversion of afterslip and viscoelastic relaxation following the 2012 Mw 8.6 Indian Ocean earthquake. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Tang, C-H., Hsu Y-J., Barbot S., Chang W-L., & Moore J. D. P. (2016). Temperature in the Lower Crust of Taiwan from a Decade of Postseismic GPS Data of the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
Moore, J. D. P., Barbot S., Lambert V., Peng D., Stern T., & Qiu Q. (2016). Unified cycles of Earthquakes with off-fault deformation. GeoMod 2016.
Moore, J. D. P., & Watts A. B. (2016). Plate flexure and the development of depositional cycles in sedimentary basins. Indian Geotechnical Conference.
Moore, J. D. P., Lambert V., Feng L., Lindsey E. O., & Barbot S. (2016). Postseismic Deformation Following the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake and the Distribution of Brittle and Ductile Crustal Processes Beneath Nepal. Asian Oceania Geosciences Society.
Moore, J. D. P., & Watts A. B. (2016). Lithospheric flexure and sedimentary basin evolution: depositional cycles in the steer’s head model. European Geosciences Union.
Moore, J. D. P., Yu H., Tang C-H., Wang T., Barbot S., Peng D., et al. (2016). Kinematic inversion of postseismic deformation following the 2016 Mw 7.0 Kumamoto earthquake for the distribution of brittle and ductile crustal processes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

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