Christopher H. Scholz

Research interests

Publications

• On the stress dependence of the earthquake b value

  Geophysical Research Letters · 2015 · 10.1002/2014gl062863

• Microfractures: A review

  Journal of Structural Geology · 2014 · 10.1016/j.jsg.2014.05.011

• The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511818516

• Earthquakes and friction laws

  Nature · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1038/34097

• The process zone: A microstructural view of fault growth

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1998 · 10.1029/98jb00957

• Relation between vein length and aperture

  Journal of Structural Geology · 1995 · 10.1016/0191-8141(94)00058-8

• Fault growth and fault scaling laws: Preliminary results

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 10.1029/93jb01008

• Growth of normal faults: Displacement-length scaling

  Geology · 1993 · 10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<1107:gonfdl>2.3.co;2

• Nature of seismic coupling along simple plate boundaries of the subduction type

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1993 · 10.1029/93jb00349

• Changes in frequency–size relationship from small to large earthquakes

  Nature · 1992 · 10.1038/355071a0

• Physical explanation for the displacement-length relationship of faults using a post-yield fracture mechanics model

  Journal of Structural Geology · 1992 · 10.1016/0191-8141(92)90065-5

• Displacement-length scaling relationship for faults: data synthesis and discussion

  Journal of Structural Geology · 1992 · 10.1016/0191-8141(92)90066-6

• Frictional behavior and constitutive modeling of simulated fault gouge

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1990 · 10.1029/jb095ib05p07007

• Determination of total strain from faulting using slip measurements

  Nature · 1990 · 10.1038/346837a0

• Particle-size distribution and microstructures within simulated fault gouge

  Journal of Structural Geology · 1989 · 10.1016/0191-8141(89)90099-0

• The brittle-plastic transition and the depth of seismic faulting

  International Journal of Earth Sciences · 1988 · 10.1007/bf01848693

• Broad bandwidth study of the topography of natural rock surfaces

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 10.1029/jb090ib14p12575

• Closure of random elastic surfaces in contact

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1985 · 10.1029/jb090ib07p05531

• Theory of time‐dependent rupture in the Earth

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1981 · 10.1029/jb086ib07p06039

• The permeability of whole and jointed Barre Granite

  International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts · 1979 · 10.1016/0148-9062(79)91197-5

• The frequency-magnitude relation of microfracturing in rock and its relation to earthquakes

  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1968 · https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0580010399

• Experimental study of the fracturing process in brittle rock

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1968 · 10.1029/jb073i004p01447

• Microfracturing and the inelastic deformation of rock in compression

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1968 · 10.1029/jb073i004p01417

• Dilatancy in the fracture of crystalline rocks

  Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1966 · https://doi.org/10.1029/jz071i016p03939

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