Monica R. Barbery
Brown University
Senior Research Associate
Expertise: Experimental Rock Mechanics, Earthquake and Fault Mechanics
About Me
Publications
Barbery, M. R., & Tullis, T. E. (2025, 09). Assessing the role of roughness on the frictional strength of faults and frictional weakening by thermal pressurization. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14883
Armstrong, E. M., Barbery, M. R., Ault, A. K., Hirth, G., Shreedharan, S., & MacDonald, A. (2025, 09). The interplay between fault fabric and frictional healing in altered serpentinite-rich fault gouge. Poster Presentation at 2025 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 14363
Barbery, M. R., Armstrong, E. M., MacDonald, A., Shreedharan, S., Ault, A. K., & Hirth, G. (2024, 09). Experimental Constraints on Fault Healing and Shallow Earthquake Rupture Propagation in Altered, Clay-rich Serpentinite Gouge, Bartlett Springs Fault, CA. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13861
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. https://doi.org/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
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
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
Last updated Aug 15, 2025.
