The following issue is adressed :

Interaction between earthquakes, time clustering and interseismic strain . Earthquakes do not occur on a periodic base. Therefore, the quest of their predictability is one of the Holy Grail of solid Earth geophysics. My interest here is to develop mechanical models of stress loading during the interseismic phase and stress transfer during coseismic and postseismic periods.

Related publications :

Pérouse, E, Vernant, P, Chéry, J, Reilinger, R, McClusky, S, Active surface deformation and sub-lithospheric processes in the Western Mediterranean constrained by numerical models, Geology, 38, 823-826, 2010. PDF

Chery, J., Geodetic strain across the San Andreas fault reflects elastic plate thickness variations (rather than fault slip rate), Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 269, 351–364, 2008. PDF

Chéry J., S. Carretier and J.-F. Ritz, Postseismic Stress Transfer Explains Time Clustering of Large Earthquakes in Mongolia, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 194, 277-286, 2001. PDF

Chéry J., S. Merkel and S. Bouissou, A physical basis for time clustering of large earthquakes, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 91, 1685-1693, 2001. PDF

Huc M., R. Hassani, and J. Chéry, Large earthquake nucleation associated with stress exchange between middle and upper crust, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 551-554, 1998.