Chris Marone

Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, and
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, La Sapienza Università di Roma, 00185 Roma, Italia

chrisjmarone@gmail.com, www.geosc.psu.edu/~cjm

Professional Preparation/Education

Binghamton University       Binghamton, NY     Geology          B.A.          1981

Columbia University           New York, NY        Geophysics     M.A.; M.Phil        1984; 1987

Columbia University           New York, NY        Geophysics     Ph.D.         1988

Appointments/Professional Affiliations

2020             Professore Ordinario (ERC Adv. TECTONIC), La Sapienza Università di Roma

2003             Professor of Geophysics, The Pennsylvania State University

2014-2015    Visiting Professor, La Sapienza Università di Roma

2014-2019    Assoc. Dir., Institute for Natural Gas Research, The Pennsylvania State University

2009-2014    Associate Head, Dept. of Geosciences, The Pennsylvania State University

2007-2008    Visiting Fellow, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma

2001-2003    Assoc. Prof. of Geophysics, The Pennsylvania State University

1997-2000    Assoc. Prof. of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1992-1997    Asst. Prof. of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1991-1992    Adjunct Asst. Prof., University of California at Berkeley

1989-1990    Research Fellow, Melbourne Univ. and CSIRO Geomechanics, Australia

1982-1988    Research Assistant, Lamont-Doherty Geological Obs. of Columbia University

1981-1982    Exploration Geophysicist, Phelps Dodge Corp., Reston Va.

Research Interests

Earthquake physics, friction, and geomechanics.  Recent themes have included: 1) slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip behaviors, 2) application of machine learning to predict labquakes and improve understanding of earthquake physics, 3) rate-state friction mechanics, fault healing and the application of laboratory derived friction constitutive laws to faulting, 4) rock-fluid interaction, reservoir properties, and poromechanics of rock deformation, 5) granular mechanics, 6) the role of shear fabric and clay mineralogy on the frictional strength and constitutive properties of fault rocks, 7) the strength and rheology of fault rocks in nature.

Honors and Awards

Louis Néel Medal of the European Geosciences Union

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

American Geophysical Union Outstanding Reviewer

Paul F. Robertson Award for the Breakthrough of the Year, Pennsylvania State University

Research Achievement Award, Energy Institute, Pennsylvania State University

Outstanding Member of the Community, Awarded by PSU Fraternity and Sorority Chapters

Wilson Research Award, Pennsylvania State University

Kerr-McGee Career Development Professorship, MIT

 

Memberships

American Geophysical Union, Seismological Society of America, European Geoscience Union, Geological Society of America, American Physical Society

Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Advising

41 Graduate Students; 9 Post-Doctoral Scholars; 12 NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) projects and undergraduate senior theses

Recent Publications (see more at scholar.google.com/citations?user=dQnMIVcAAAAJ)

1.     den Hartog, S. A. M., Marone, C. and D. M. Saffer, Frictional behavior downdip along the subduction megathrust: insights from laboratory experiments on exhumed samples at in-situ conditions, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 128, doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024435, 2023.

2.     Laurenti, L., Tinti, E. Galasso, F. Franco, L., and  C. Marone, Deep learning for laboratory earthquake prediction and autoregressive forecasting of fault zone stress, Earth and Plan. Sci. Lett., 598, 117825, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117825, 2022.

3.     Bolton, D. C., Shreedharan, S., McLaskey, G. C., Rivière, J., Shokouhi, P., Trugman, D. T. and C. Marone, The high-frequency signature of slow and fast laboratory earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth,  127, doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024170, 2022.

4.     Cebry, S. B. L., Ke, C. Y., Shreedharan, S., Marone, C., Kammer, D. S., and G. C. McLaskey, Creep fronts and complexity in laboratory earthquake sequences illuminate delayed earthquake triggering, Nat. Comm., 13:6839, doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34397-0, 2022.

5.     Shreedharan, S., Ikari, M., Wood, C., Saffer, D., Wallace L. and C. Marone Frictional and lithological controls on shallow slow slip at the northern hikurangi margin, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10.1029/2021GC0101072022, 2022.

Outreach and the Public (recent)

a. Freethink:    Will We Ever Predict Earthquakes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S31ecvkijy8&feature=youtu.be

8 mins. Penn State part starts at about 2 min.

b. Network Entertainment.  The Age of AI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wy4u34fii4&vl=en

Episode 7 of Robert Downey Jr.'s New A.I. Documentary Series

The lab earthquake spot starts at about 26 min.

c.  Machine Learning Predicts Labquakes from the Earthquake Machine https://eos.org/features/machine-fault

d. Slow Earthquakes May Foretell Larger Events http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815145148.htm

e. Could We Someday Predict Earthquakes? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lab-notes/could-we-someday-predict-_b_10578112.html?source=LANLToday&date=6_22_16

f.  Seismic Slowdowns Could Warn of Impending Earthquakes http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seismic-slowdowns-could-warn-impending-earthquakes-180960049/#MzX12VG2sr5p3r3m.99

g. ERC Adv. Grant TECTONIC: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/835012