Zhou Jiangcheng

Education

Research Interests

My main research direction is earthquake source physics. I am particularly interested in the following topics:

• Source spectra and radiated energy
• Earthquake rupture processes
• Static and dynamic stress transfer
• Earthquake interaction and triggering

Publications

1. Zhou, J., Wang, R., & Zhang, Y. (2026). DynCFS: a program for modeling dynamic coulomb failure stress changes in layered elastic media. Geophysical Journal International, ggaf534.
   Geophysical Journal International, 244, 1–16.
   https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf534
2. Zhou, J., Xu, Y., Zhang, Y., Feng, W., Taymaz, T., Chen, Y.-T., et al. (2025). Geometric barriers impacted rupture processes and stress releases of the 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, earthquake doublet. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 56.
   Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 56.
   https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02004-x

Software

• DynCFS — A user-friendly and computationally efficient Python-based program for modeling static and dynamic Coulomb failure stress changes in layered elastic media. https://github.com/Zhou-Jiangcheng/dyncfs