Chris Marone

Dept. of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802

814 865-7964 (Phone), 814 863-7823 (Fax), marone@psu.edu, www.geosc.psu.edu/~cjm

Professional Preparation/Education

Binghamton University        Binghamton, NY      Geology          B.A.          1981

Columbia University            New York, NY        Geophysics     M.A.         1984

Columbia University            New York, NY        Geophysics     M. Phil.     1987

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

Appointments/Professional Affiliations

2020             Assegno di Ricerca (ERC Adv. TECTONIC), La Sapienza Universit di Roma

2003-            Professor of Geophysics, The Pennsylvania State University

2014-2015    Visiting Professor, La Sapienza Universit di Roma

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

Marones recent research has focused on earthquake physics, friction, and geomechanics.  Recent themes have included: 1) slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip behaviors, 2) rate-state friction mechanics, fault healing and the application of laboratory derived friction constitutive laws to faulting, 3) rock-fluid interaction, reservoir properties, and poromechanics of rock deformation, 4) the role of dynamic stressing in frictional instability, 5) granular mechanics and the effect of particle properties on friction and jamming, 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, with particular focus on samples recovered in scientific drilling.

Honors and Awards

Louis Nel 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; 8 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.     Bolton, D. C., Shreedharan, S. Rivire, J., and C. Marone, C, Acoustic energy release during the laboratory seismic cycle: insights on laboratory earthquake precursors and prediction, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 125, 10.1029/2019JB018975, 2020.

2.     Im, K., Saffer, D. M., Marone, C. and J. P. Avouac, Slip rate-dependent friction as a universal mechanism for slow slip events, Nature Geosc., 10.1038/s41561-020-0627-9, 2020.

3.     Kenigsberg, A. R., Rivire, J., Marone, C. and D. M. Saffer, Evolution of elastic and mechanical properties during fault shear: the roles of clay content, fabric development, and porosity. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 10.1029/2019JB018612, 2020. _

4.     Kenigsberg, A. R., Rivire, J., Marone, C. and D. M. Saffer, A method for determining absolute ultrasonic velocities and elastic properties of experimental shear zones, Int. J. Rock Mech. and Min. Sci., 30,10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104306, 2020.

5.     Manogharan P., Wood, C., Rivire, J., Elsworth, D. and Marone, C., Shokouhi, P., Elastodynamic nonlinear response of dry intact, fractured and saturated rock, American Rock Mechanics Association, ARMA 20-1673, 2020.

6.     Miller, P. K., Marone, C., and D. M. Saffer., The role of deformation bands in dictating poromechanical properties of unconsolidated sand and sandstone, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10.1029/2020GC009143, 2020.

7.     Shokouhi, P., Jin, J., Manogharan, P., Wood, C., Rivire, J., Elsworth, D. and C. Marone, An experimental investigation of the coupling between elastodynamic and hydraulic properties of naturally fractured rock at the laboratory scale, American Rock Mechanics Association, ARMA 20-1519, 2020.

8.     Shreedharan, S., Bolton, D. C., Rivire, J., and C. Marone, Preseismic fault creep and elastic wave amplitude precursors scale with lab earthquake magnitude for the continuum of tectonic failure modes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2020GL086986, 2020._

9.     Trugman, D., McBrearty, I. W., Bolton, D. C., Guyer, R. A., Marone, C., and P. A. Johnson, The spatio-temporal evolution of granular microslip precursors to laboratory earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2020GL088404, 2020.

10.  Veedu, D. M., Giorgetti, C., Scuderi, M. M., Barbot, S., Marone, C., and C. Collettini, Bifurcations at the stability transition of earthquake faulting, Geophys. Res. Lett., 10.1029/2020GL087985, 2020.

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