Thomas H. Goebel
University of Memphis
Assistant Professor
Expertise: acoustic emissions, statistical seismology, rock mechanics
About Me
Publications
Kwiatek, G., Martínez-Garzón, P., Goebel, T. H., Bohnhoff, M., Ben-Zion, Y., & Dresen, G. (2023). Complex multi-scale preparatory processes of stick-slip events on rough laboratory faults. Journal of Geophysical Research, (under review). SCEC Contribution 12746
Rinty, S., & Goebel, T. H. (2024, 09). Volcano Tectonic & Long Period Event Classification from Eruptions . Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13660
Kyriakopoulos, C., Goebel, T. H., Thapa, N., Abbasi, Z., Hosain, A., Islam, A., Nadimi, K., Rinti, S., Sarker, K., & Shali, H. (2023, 09). Highlights from the Second CERI Annual Field Trip to Southern California, May 15-19, 2023. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13240
Kyriakopoulos, C., Goebel, T. H., Bhattarai, R. R., Pandey, K., Koirala, R., & Bazán Flores, L. I. (2022, 09). From Bombay Beach to Carrizo Plain: Highlights from the first CERI San Andreas Field Trip, July 25-29, 2022. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12269
Pandey, K., Goebel, T. H., Taira, T., & Dresen, G. (2021, 08). Change in seismic velocity during laboratory triaxial stick-slip experiments. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11222
Koirala, R., Brodsky, E., Goebel, T. H., & Kwiatek, G. (2021, 08). Induced seismicity spikes during abrupt changes in injection and production rates in geothermal reservoirs. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11146
Goebel, T. H., & Shirzaei, M. (2021, 07). More than 40 years of potentially induced seismicity close to the San Andreas fault in San Ardo, central California. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11054
Abercrombie, R. E., Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Pennington, C. N., Hardebeck, J. L., Goebel, T. W., & Ruhl, C. J. (2021). Does Earthquake Stress Drop Increase With Depth in the Crust?. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(10). doi: 10.1029/2021JB022314. SCEC Contribution 11037
Goebel, T. H., & Shirzaei, M. (2020). More Than 40 yr of Potentially Induced Seismicity Close to the San Andreas Fault in San Ardo, Central California. Seismological Research Letters, 92(1), 187-198. doi: 10.1785/0220200276. SCEC Contribution 11880
Abercrombie, R. E., Trugman, D. T., Shearer, P. M., Chen, X., Zhang, J., Pennington, C. N., Hardebeck, J. L., Goebel, T. H., & Ruhl, C. J. (2020, 08). Does earthquake stress drop increase with depth? . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10725
Goebel, T. H., Chang, K. W., & Brodsky, E. E. (2019, 07). A mechanism for induced earthquakes at large distances and depths from injection wells. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9293
Brodsky, E. E., & Goebel, T. H. (2018, 08). The spatial footprint of injection wells in a global compilation of induced earthquake sequences. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8717
Goebel, T. H., Rosson, Z., Brodsky, E. E., & Walter, J. I. (2018, 08). Rapid induced seismicity mitigation and its impact on aftershock productivity in Oklahoma. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8416
Goebel, T. H., Kwiatek, G., Becker, T. W., Brodsky, E. E., & Dresen, G. (2017, 08). What allows seismic events to grow big?: Insights from b-value and fault roughness analysis in laboratory stick-slip experiments. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7463
Goebel, T. H., Walter, J. I., Murray, K., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017). Comment on “How will induced seismicity in Oklahoma respond to decreased saltwater injection rates?” by C. Langenbruch and M. D. Zoback. Science Advances, 3(8). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1700441. SCEC Contribution 7294
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2017). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >40 km from fluid disposal wells. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 472, 50-61. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.05.011. SCEC Contribution 7293
Goebel, T. H., Weingarten, M., Chen, X., Haffener, J., & Brodsky, E. E. (2016, 08). The 2016 Mw5.1 Fareview, Oklahoma earthquakes: Evidence for long-range poroelastic triggering at >30 km from disposal wells. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6657
van der Elst, N. J., Page, M. T., Weiser, D. A., Goebel, T. H., & Hosseini, S. M. (2016, 09). Induced earthquake magnitudes are as large as (statistically) expected. Oral Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 6366
Goebel, T. H. (2015). A comparison of seismicity rates and fluid-injection operations in Oklahoma and California: Implications for crustal stresses. The Leading Edge, 34(6), 640-648. doi: 10.1190/tle34060640.1. SCEC Contribution 6114
Goebel, T. H., Hauksson, E., Shearer, P. M., & Ampuero, J. (2015). Stress-drop heterogeneity within tectonically complex regions: a case study of San Gorgonio Pass, southern California. Geophysical Journal International, 202(1), 514-528. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggv160. SCEC Contribution 6113
Goebel, T. H., Hauksson, E., Aminzadeh, F., & Ampuero, J. (2015). An objective method for the assessment of fluid injection-induced seismicity and application to tectonically active regions in central California. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, n/a-n/a. doi: 10.1002/2015JB011895. SCEC Contribution 6112
Hauksson, E., Goebel, T. H., Ampuero, J., & Cochran, E. S. (2015). A century of oilfield operations and earthquakes in the greater Los Angeles basin, southern California. The Leading Edge, 34(6), 650-652,654-656. doi: 10.1190/tle34060650.1. SCEC Contribution 2072
Goebel, T. H., Becker, T. W., Sammis, C. G., Dresen, G., & Schorlemmer, D. (2014). Off-fault damage and acoustic emission distributions during the evolution of structurally-complex faults over series of stick-slip events. Geophysical Journal International, 197(3), 1705-1718. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggu074. SCEC Contribution 1902
Goebel, T. H., Candela, T., Sammis, C. G., Becker, T. W., & Dresen, G. (2014). Seismic event distributions and off-fault damage during frictional sliding of saw-cut surfaces with predefined roughness. Geophysical Journal International,. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt401. SCEC Contribution 1901
Goebel, T. H., Schorlemmer, D., Becker, T. W., Dresen, G., & Sammis, C. G. (2013). Acoustic emissions document stress changes over many seismic cycles in stick-slip experiments. Geophysical Research Letters, 40(10), 2049-2054. doi: 10.1002/grl.50507. SCEC Contribution 1854
Goebel, T. H., Sammis, C. G., Becker, T. W., Dresen, G., & Schorlemmer, D. (2013). A comparision of seismicity characteristics and fault structure in stick-slip experiments and nature. Pure and Applied Geophysics,. doi: 10.1007/s00024-013-0713-7. SCEC Contribution 1849
Goebel, T. H., Becker, T. W., Schorlemmer, D., Stanchits, S. A., Sammis, C. G., Rybacki, E., & Dresen, G. (2012). Identifying fault heterogeneity through mapping spatial anomalies in acoustic emission statistics. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117(B3), B03310. doi: 10.1029/2011JB008763. SCEC Contribution 1900
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.
