IG
Member Since 1992
Ian Graham Main
Professor, University of Edinburgh
Professional Experience
University of Edinburgh
Professor
1989 - Present
Education
Doctorate
1986
University of Edinburgh
Doctorate
Honors & Awards
Ed Lorenz Lecture
Received December 2019
Publications
Data‐Driven Optimization of Seismicity Models Using Diverse Data Sets: Generation, Evaluation, and R...

Recent developments in earthquake forecasting models have demonstrated the need for a robust method for identifying which model components are most...

November 03, 2020
AGU Abstracts
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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