Alexandra A. DiMonte
Utah State University
Graduate Student Researcher
Expertise: shallow fault geology, experimental granular mechanics, clay mineralogy
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DiMonte, A. A., Bailey, L. R., Ault, A. K., Newell, D. L., Warren, A. M., Cox, S. E., Hemming, S. R., & Hirth, G. (2026, 08). Cryptic evolution of fault rocks along the shallow southern San Andreas fault system? Inherited material, shallow burial, and neoformed phases. Poster Presentation at 2026 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 15355
DiMonte, A. A., Bailey, L. R., Ault, A. K., Newell, D., Warren, A., Cox, S. E., Hemming, S. R., & Hirth, G. (2025, 09). Provenance and deformation of southern San Andreas fault gouge: insights from illite K-Ar thermochronometry and stable isotope (δ2H) geochemistry. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14418
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Shreedharan, S., & Hirth, G. (2025). Frictional Behavior of the Southern San Andreas Fault Reveals Ability to Host Shallow Slow Slip Events. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116498. SCEC Contribution 14092
Ault, A. K., DiMonte, A. A., Shreedharan, S., & Hirth, G. (2024, 09). Healing and frictional behavior of the shallow southern San Andreas fault gouge reveals ability to host geodetically observed creep events. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13857
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., & Meyers, C. (2024). Hematite frictional behavior and He loss from comminution during deformation experiments at slow slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, 129, e2023JB027514. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JB027514. SCEC Contribution 13410
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., & Meyers, C. D. (2023, 09). On-fault damage along the southern San Andreas fault: material characterization from natural and experimental clay-rich faults. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13233
Ault, A. K., Akciz, S. O., Newell, D. L., Balkaya, M., DiMonte, A. A., Hirth, G., & Zabcı, C. (2023, 09). The 2023 Kahramanmaraş, Turkey, earthquake sequence surface ruptures modified multi-earthquake cycle fault damage and spring hydrology. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13144
Bailey, L. R., Ault, A. K., Hemming, S., DiMonte, A. A., & Hirth, G. (2023, 09). What can clay minerals tell us about fault mechanics and deformation during the earthquake cycle? Insights from the Hidden Spring fault. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12818
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., & Bradbury, K. K. (2022). Hematite accommodated shallow, transient Pleistocene slow slip in the exhumed southern San Andreas fault system, California, USA. Geology, 50(12), 1443-1447. https://doi.org/10.1130/G50489.1. SCEC Contribution 12615
Ault, A. K., DiMonte, A. A., Jensen, J. L., Hirth, G., Meyers, C. D., & Bradbury, K. K. (2022, 09). Shallow, transient slow slip in the southern San Andreas fault system: insights from natural and experimental hematite and hematite-clay slip surfaces. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12289
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., & Meyers, C. D. (2021, 08). Characterizing shallow slow slip with natural and experimental hematite fault surfaces . Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11520
DiMonte, A. A., Ault, A. K., Bradbury, K. K., & Hirth, G. (2020, 08). Evidence for slow slip in Mecca Hills, CA, from microstructural and (U-Th)/He analysis of heterogeneous hematite coatings on shallow fault surfaces. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10564
Last updated Aug 10, 2026.
