Griffith's Structural Geology and Geomechanics Lab

Publications:

 

Dr. W. Ashley Griffith

 

Beyer, J.* and W. A. Griffith, Influence of mechanical stratigraphy on clastic injectite growth at Sheep Mountain Anticline, WY, Geosphere,

(under review)

 

Barber, Troy J.* and W.A. Griffith, Experimental constraints on dynamic pulverization as a dissipative process during seismic slip, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, (under review)

 

Stanton-Yonge, A.*, J. Cembrano, W.A. Griffith, R. St Julien*, and P. Iturrieta, Tectonic role of margin-parallel and margin-transverse structures during oblique subduction in the Southern Volcanic Zone of the Andes: Insights from Boundary Element Modeling, Tectonics, (under review)

 

H.O. Ghaffari, W.A. Griffith, and  P. Benson, Dynamic evolution of wet cracking noises, Journal of Geophysical Research (under revision)

 

Elizalde, C.*, W. A. Grifith, and T. Miller, 2016, Thrust fault nucleation due to heterogeneous bedding plane slip: Evidence from an Ohio coal mine, Engineering Geology,doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2016.03.001. (pdf)

 

H.O. Ghaffari, W.A. Griffith, P. Benson, K. Xia, and R.P. Young, 2016, Observation of the Kibble-Zurek mechanism in microscopic acoustic crackling noises, Nature Scientific Reports, , doi:10.1038/srep21210.

 

Pan, E., A. Molavi Tabrizi, A. Sangghaleh, and W.A. Griffith, 2015, Displacement and stress fields due to finite faults and opening-mode fractures in an anisotropic elastic half-space, Geophysical Journal International, ,203 (2): 1193-1206, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv362. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., and V. Prakash, 2015, Integrating field observations and fracture mechanics models to constrain seismic source parameters for ancient earthquakes, Geology. (pdf)

 

Rowe, C. and W. A. Griffith, 2015, Do faults preserve a record of seismic slip? A second opinon, Journal of Structural Geology. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., J.B. Becker*, K.M. Cione*, and T. Miller, 2014, 3D Topographic stress perturbations and implications for ground control in underground coal mines, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2014.03.013.(pdf)

 

Newman*, P. and W.A. Griffith, 2014, The work budget of rough faults, Tectonophysics, 636, pp100-110, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2014.08.007 (pdf)

 

Pan, E., J.H. Yuan, W.Q. Chen, W.A. Griffith, 2014, Elastic deformation due to polygonal dislocations in a transversely isotropic half-space,  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, Vol. 104, No. 6, doi: 10.1785/0120140161 (pdf)

 

Tabrizi, A.M., W.A. Griffith, E. Pan, and Y. Zhao, 2014, Combined effects of rock bedding orientation and topography on stresses around mine openings, Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, p. 243-247. (pdf)

 

Tabrizi, A. M., Pan, E., Martel, S. J., Xia, K., Griffith, W. A., & Sangghaleh, A., 2014, Stress fields induced by a non-uniform displacement discontinuity in an elastic half plane. Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 132, 177-188, doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2014.10.009 (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., T.M. Mitchell, J. Renner, G. Di Toro, 2012, Coseismic damage and softening of fault rocks at seismic depths, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353-354, 219-230. (pdf)

 

Niemeijer, A., G. Di Toro, W.A. Griffith, A. Bistacchi, S.A.F. Smith, and S. Nielsen, 2012, Inferring earthquake mechanics using an integrated field and laboratory approach, Journal of Structural Geology, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2012.02.018. (pdf)

 

Ngo, D., Y. Huang, A. J. Rosakis, W.A. Griffith, and D.D. Pollard, 2012, Off-fault tensile cracks: A link between geological fault observations, lab experiments and dynamic rupture models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, B01307, doi:10.1029/2011JB008577. (pdf)

 

Bistacchi, A., W.A. Griffith, S. Nielsen, S.A.F. Smith, G. Di Toro, and R. Jones, 2011, Surface roughness of ancient seismic faults: a combined LIDAR and high resolution photogrammetric analysis of fault trace profiles, Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi: 10.1007/s00024-011-0301-7. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., S. Nielsen, and G. Di Toro, S. E. A. Smith, 2010, Rough faults, distributed weakening, and off-fault deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B08409, doi:10.1029/2009JB006925. (pdf)

 

Nielsen, S., G. Di Toro, W.A. Griffith, 2010, Friction and roughness of a melting rock surface, Geophysics Journal International, 182: 299–310. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04607. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., G. Di Toro, G. Pennacchioni, D.D. Pollard, and S. Nielsen, 2009. Static stress drop associated with brittle slip events on exhumed faults, Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B02402, doi: 10.1029/2008JB005879. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., A.J. Rosakis, D.D. Pollard, and C.-W. Ko, 2009. Dynamic rupture experiments elucidate tensile crack development during propagating earthquake ruptures, Geology, 37, 795–798, doi: 10.1130/G30064A.1. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., P.F. Sanz, and D.D. Pollard, 2009.  Influence of outcrop scale fractures on the effective stiffness of fault damage zone rocks, for Pure and Applied Geophysics Special Issue on “Mechanics, Structure, and Evolution of Fault Zones”, p. 1-33, doi: 10.1007/s00024-009-0519-9. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A., G. Di Toro, G. Pennacchioni, and D.D. Pollard, 2008. Thin pseudotachylytes in faults of the Mt. Abbot Quadrangle, Sierra Nevada: Physical constraints for seismic slip, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 30, pp. 1186-1194. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A. and M.L. Cooke, 2005. How sensitive are fault slip rates in the Los Angeles Basin to tectonic boundary conditions? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 95, pp. 1263-1275. (pdf)

 

Griffith, W.A. and M.L. Cooke, 2004. Mechanical validation of the three-dimensional intersection geometry between the Puente Hills blind-thrust system and the Whittier fault, Los Angeles, California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 94 pp. 493-505. (pdf)

 

*denotes student author