John Elliott

(he/him)
University of Leeds
Current PositionSenior Academic Fellow
Email[email protected]
Department(s)School of Earth and Environment, Institute of Geophysics and Tectonics
ECRNo
YES.DTN Core ThemesDynamic Earth, Natural Hazards & Earth Processes
Profile(s)John Elliott (0000-0003-2957-4596) – ORCID

Key Research Interests

  • Earthquakes, Active Tectonics and Continental Deformation
  • Earth Observation (radar interferometry and optical remote sensing)
  • Seismic Hazard and Risk
  • Land subsidence and Water Resources
  • Volcanic Deformation

Recent Key Papers

  • Wang, D., J. R. Elliott, G. Zheng, T. J. Wright, A. Watson & J. McGrath (2024), Deciphering interseismic strain accumulation and its termination on the central-eastern Altyn Tagh fault from high-resolution velocity fields, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118919.
  • Watson, A. R., J. R. Elliott, M. Lazecky, Y. Maghsoudi, J. D. McGrath & R. J. Walters (2024), An InSAR-GNSS Velocity Field for Iran, Geophysical
  • Research Letters, 51, doi:10.1029/2024GL108440.
  • Amey, R. M. J., J. R. Elliott, C. S. Watson, R. J. Walker, M. Pagani, V. Silva, E. Hussain, K. Abdrakhmatov, S. Baikulov & G. Tilek Kyzy (2022), Improving
  • urban seismic risk estimates for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, through incorporating recently gained geological knowledge of hazards, Natural Hazards, 116, 365–399, doi:10.1007/s11069-022-05678-0.