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Professor Benchun Duan specializes in Theoretical Geophysics, focusing on earthquake source physics, computational seismology, and geomechanics. His research explores dynamic earthquake ruptures on geometrically complex faults, analyzing slip behaviors on subduction interfaces, and investigating the relationship between megathrust and tsunami earthquakes, as well as earthquake cycles. He is engaged in subsurface mechanical responses related to anthropogenic activities, relying heavily on numerical modeling methods and finite element techniques in high-performance computing. His active projects include research on the San Andreas fault system in Southern California, the Japan Trench, and Mexico's subduction zones, as well as studying the Altyn Tagh Fault in northwest China. He has conducted scenario simulations for earthquake ground motion and fluid-injection induced seismicity. His work integrates seismic, geodetic, and geologic observations into physics-based models, contributing significantly to the fields of geophysics and seismology.
Department: Department of Communication and Journalism. Ph.D. program only currently admitting. GRE is test-optional.