Frederick M. Chester
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University
Professor
Expertise: Geomechanics, Structural geology, Earthquake physics
About Me
Publications
Chen, X., & Chester, F. M. (2024, 09). Velocity dependence of dynamic rock friction in high-speed friction and stick-slip tests. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14011
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2023). Investigating dynamic weakening in laboratory faults using multi-scale flash heating coupled with mm-scale contact evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128, 22. doi: 10.1029/2023JB027110. SCEC Contribution 11819
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2022, 09). Multi-scale flash-weakening incorporating inhomogeneous normal stress in high-velocity friction experiments on granite. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12450
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2021, 08). Investigating the influence of mm-scale contact processes on dynamic weakening in high-speed rock friction experiments. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11614
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2021). Characterizing the distribution of temperature and normal stress on flash-heated granite surfaces at seismic slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(5). SCEC Contribution 10819
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2020, 08). Investigation of transient and hysteretic flash-weakening behavior observed in high-speed friction experiments. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10726
Dorsey, M. T., Chester, J. S., & Chester, F. M. (2019, 08). Older and Deeper Seismic Deformation in the San Gabriel Crystalline Basement Complex Along the South Branch of the Punchbowl Fault. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9839
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2019, 08). Controlling the life-time and rest-time of asperity contact populations to investigate the temperature and stress distribution in flash-weakened frictional surfaces in granite. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9726
Barbery, M. R., Saber, O., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2017, 08). Examination of multi-scale flash-heating at seismic slip rates in granite. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7819
Chester, F. M., Saber, O., & Alvarado, J. (2016, 08). Multi-Scale Flash Heating and Frictional Weakening at Seismic Slip-Rates in Rock. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7041
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., & Saber, O. (2016, 08). Dynamic Weakening of Sliding Friction and the Influence of Gouge Development. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6878
French, M. E., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2015). Micro-mechanisms of creep in clay-rich gouge from the Central Deforming Zone of the San Andreas Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(2), 827-849. SCEC Contribution 1959
Coble, C., French, M. E., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., & Kitajima, H. (2014). In situ frictional properties of San Andreas Fault gouge at SAFOD. Geophysical Journal International,. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu306. SCEC Contribution 1942
French, M. E., Kitajima, H., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., & Hirose, T. (2014). Displacement and dynamic weakening processes in smectite-rich gouge from the Central Deforming Zone of the San Andreas Fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(3), 1777-1802. doi: 10.1002/2013JB010757. SCEC Contribution 1941
Kitajima, H., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2010). Dynamic weakening of gouge layers in high-speed shear experiments: Assessment of temperature-dependent friction, thermal pressurization, and flash heating. Journal of Geophysical Research,. SCEC Contribution 1441
Kitajima, H., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., & Shimamoto, T. (2010). High-speed friction of disaggregated ultracataclasite in rotary shear: Characterization of frictional heating, mechanical behavior, and microstructure evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth,. doi: 10.1029/2009JB007038. SCEC Contribution 1313
Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., & Kronenberg, A. (2005). Fracture Surface Energy of the Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas System. Nature, 437(7055), 133-136. doi: 10.1038/nature03942. SCEC Contribution 823
Li, Y., Chester, F. M., & Vidale, J. E. (2001). Shallow Seismic Profiling at the Punchbowl Fault Zone, Southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 91(6), 1820-1830. doi: 10.1785/0120000050. SCEC Contribution 507
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
