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Ian Graham Main
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Micromechanics of failure in a sandstone: deformation rate effects on seismic signatures
PRE-, CO-, AND POST-RUPTURE PROCESSES ACROSS MULTIPLE SCALES III POSTER
mineral and rock physics | 15 december 2021
Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Alexis L. Cartwright-Tayl...
Catastrophic failure is a critical phenomenon present in Earth systems on a variety of scales, and is associated with the evolution of damage leading ...
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Microfracture network evolution leading to catastrophic failure: hearing and seeing.
EARTHQUAKES IN THE LABORATORY I
mineral and rock physics | 17 december 2020
Maria-Daphne Mangriotis, Andrew Curtis, Alexis L. ...
The process of strain localisation is critical in the evolution of deformation leading to catastrophic failure. However, the precise mechanisms of how...
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Seeing and Hearing Precursory Damage Localisation and Catastrophic Failure in a Sandstone
HOW DO EARTHQUAKES START? I
seismology | 10 december 2020
Alexis L. Cartwright-Taylor, Ian B. Butler, Martin...
Catastrophic failure in the brittle Earth initiates when smaller-scale faults and fractures localise along a distinct and emergent fault plane. The lo...
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Data‐Driven Optimization of Seismicity Models Using Diverse Data Sets: Generation, Evaluation, and Ranking Using Inlabru
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
03 november 2020
Kirsty Bayliss, Mark Naylor, Janine Illian, Ian G....
Recent developments in earthquake forecasting models have demonstrated the need for a robust method for identifying which model components are most...
Catastrophic Failure: How and When? Insights From 4‐D In Situ X‐ray Microtomography
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: SOLID EARTH
29 july 2020
Alexis L. Cartwright-Taylor, Ian G. Main, Ian B. B...
Catastrophic failure of brittle rocks is important in managing risk associated with system‐sized material failure. Such failure is caused by ...
Porosity-Dependent Microcrack Aspect Ratio in Deforming Rocks: Experimental Evidence from In-situ Synchrotron X-ray Microtomography
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): FROM RAPID TO SLOW AND FROM MICROTECTONICS TO PLATE TECTONICS IV POSTERS
mineral and rock physics | 13 december 2019
Alexis L. Cartwright-Taylor, Phil Cilli, Ian G. Ma...
Obtaining information about subsurface rock structure (e.g., porosity) from measured geophysical properties (e.g., seismic velocity) is fundamental fo...
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Catastrophic failure of geological materials - how and when?
ED LORENZ LECTURE
nonlinear geophysics | 11 december 2019
Ian G. Main
A significant class of natural hazards has a physical basis in non-linear processes preceding the catastrophic brittle failure of rocks on a variety o...
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Modelling Seismicity in California as a Spatio-Temporal Point Process Using inlabru: Insights for Earthquake Forecasting
CENTENNIAL OVERVIEW: STATUS AND PROSPECTS OF EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI FORECASTING AND HAZARD ASSESSMENT II POSTERS
natural hazards | 11 december 2019
Kirsty Bayliss, Mark Naylor, Ian G. Main
Earthquake forecasts rely upon a solid understanding of spatial and temporal patterns of seismicity. Recent testing of earthquake forecasts has identi...
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