Catalogo dei Corsi di studio

Prof. Chris Marone

Professional Preparation/Education
Binghamton University Binghamton, NY (USA) Geology B.A. 1981

Columbia University New York, NY (USA) Geophysics M.A. 1984

Columbia University New York, NY (USA) Geophysics M. Phil. 1987

Columbia University New York, NY (USA) Geophysics Ph.D. 1988

Appointments/Professional Affiliations
2020- Prof. (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

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
Marone s 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 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; 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. 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. Gualandi, A., Faranda, D., Marone, C., Cocco, M. and G. Mengaldo, Deterministic and stochastic chaos characterize laboratory earthquakes, Earth and Plan. Sci. Lett., 604, 117995, doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.117995, 2023.

3. Noël, C., Giorgetti, C., Scuderi, M. M., Collettini, C., and C. Marone, C., The effect of shear displacement and wear on fault stability: Laboratory constraints. J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 128, doi.org/10.1029/2022JB026191, 2023.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Niemeijer, A., Elsworth, D. and C. Marone, Effects of grain size distribution on the permeability of compacting aggregates: results from rock-analogue experiments and microphysical models, The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X, Edited By J.H.P. de Bresser, M.R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S.J.T. Hangx, A.R. Niemeijer, C.J. Spiers, doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808, 2022.

8. 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., doi.org/10.1029/2021GC0101072022, 2022.

9. Volpe, G., Pozzi, G., Carminati, E. Barchi, M. R., Scuderi, M. M., Tinti, E., Aldega, L., Marone, C. and C. Collettini, Frictional controls on the seismogenic zone: insights from the Apenninic basement, Central Italy, Earth and Plan. Sci. Lett., 583, 117444, doi.org10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117444, 2022.

10. An, M., Zhang, F., Min, K.B., Elsworth, D., Marone, C. and Changrong He, The potential for low-grade metamorphism to facilitate fault instability in a geothermal reservoir, Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, 10.1029/2021GL093552, 2021.

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_1057...

f. Seismic Slowdowns Could Warn of Impending Earthquakes http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/seismic-slowdowns-could-war...

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