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Author:: Rathbun, Andrew Paul
Title:: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF FRICTIONAL AND HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SHEAR ZONES, WITH APPLICATION TO EARTHQUAKE FAULTS AND GLACIAL TILL
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Shear
Localization
Earthquakes
Friction
File:: Download ThesisFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Richard B Alley, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Faoro, Igor
Title:: CONTROL OF THE PERMEABILITY OF FRACTURES IN GEOTHERMAL ROCKS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: TCHM properties of fractures
permeability
File:: Download Igor_Faoro_thesis_PhD.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Samuelson, Jon Erik
Title:: LABORATORY MEASUREMENT OF SHEAR INDUCED FAULT ZONE DILATANCY, AND NUMERICAL ESTIMATION OF ITS INFLUENCE ON FRICTION CONSTITUTIVE PARAMETERS IN QUASI-UNDRAINED SCENARIOS
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
earthquake
dilatancy
fault zone
pore fluid pressure
File:: Download Jon_Samuelson_PhD_Thesis_Combined_2.0.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member

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Author:: Taron, Joshua
Title:: Geophysical and Geochemical Analyses of Flow and Deformation in Fractured Rock
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: permeability
rock fracture
fractured reservoir simulation
geothermal
volcanic dome
chemical creep
File:: Download Taron_PhD_Thesis_December_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James David Kubicki, Committee Member
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Barry Voight, Committee Member

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Author:: Ikari, Matt
Title:: Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones
File:: Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

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Author:: Carpenter, Brett Matthew
Title:: Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault
File:: Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

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Author:: Kaproth, Bryan Michael
Title:: The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic
File:: Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

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Author:: Lauer, Rachel Mollie
Title:: Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics
File:: Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

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Author:: Scuderi, Marco Maria
Title:: Mechanical properties of the seismogenic zone
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: earthquakes
friction
granular physics
File:: Download Scuderi_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris J Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher Lafemina, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member

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Author:: Huffman, Katelyn Allison
Title:: Understanding tectonic stress and rock strength in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism, offshore SW Japan
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Nankai Trough
in situ stress
unconfined compressive strength
borehole breakout
IODP
poroelastic FEM
File:: Download Huffman.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Maureen Feineman, Committee Member

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