CURRENT PROJECTS
Acoustic Fluidization via Dynamic Stresses in Fault Zones
Deformation Bands and Fault Zones as Petroleum Seals and Fluid Conduits
Deformation, Pore Pressure Prediction, and Fluid Flow Properties in Mudstones
DUSEL Experiment and Development Coordination
Fault Zone Fabric and Fault Weakness
Geoelectrical Measurement of Multiscale Mass Transfer Parameters
NanTroSEIZE Drilling Program Projects
Permeability Enhancement by Dynamic Stresses
Physical Properties of the San Andreas Fault Zone and the Rock Volume that Surrounds It
Regolith and the Critical Zone of the Susquehanna River Basin: The Shale Experiment
The Role of Gas Desorption in the Energetic Failure of Coal
Stick-slip in Granular Media
We have been working with Paul Johnson at Los Alamos National Lab to look at the effects of acoustic vibrations on stick–slip in granular media. The work has important implications for earthquake triggering and complexity of earthquake recurrence.
A recent paper in Nature (2008) summarizes our early work on this topic. This work received a lot of press at the time the Nature paper was published.
Contact: Chris Marone