William A. Griffith
Ohio State University
Professor
Expertise: structural geology, fault mechanics, earthquake physics
About Me
Publications
Smith, Z. D., Bürgmann, R., Griffith, W. A., Nevitt, J. M., Waligora, F., & Materna, K. (2024, 09). Coseismic rock pulverization inhibited by exhumation of mechanically anisotropic rock: Insights from Ridgecrest, California. Poster Presentation at 2024 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13623
Kindred Weigandt, C. A., Griffith, W., & Rockwell, T. (2023). Role of confinement in coseismic pulverization: Testing the rock record of rupture directivity on the San Jacinto fault, Southern California. Journal of Structural Geology, 177. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2023.104999. SCEC Contribution 13389
Fullriede, A., Griffith, W. A., & Rockwell, T. K. (2023, 09). Off-Fault Damage Characterization in the Damage Zone of the Coachella Segment of the Southern San Andreas Fault, California. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13097
Smith, Z. D., Bürgmann, R., Grifith, W. A., Hu, M., & Manga, M. (2023, 09). Off-fault damage accumulation and evolution in distributed fault systems near Ridgecrest, CA. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13007
Gaston, H. E., Griffith, W. A., & Rockwell, T. K. (2022, 09). Off-Fault deformation along the Superstition Hills and Elsinore Faults: Is there a fingerprint of Mmax preserved in fault damage zones?. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12555
Griffith, W. A., Kindred Weigandt, C. A., Gaston, H. E., & Rockwell, T. K. (2022, 09). Can we identify fingerprints of seismic rupture in fault damage zones?. Oral Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12545
Mayback, D., Griffith, W. A., Braunagel, M. J., Biek, R. F., Hacker, D. B., Malone, D. H., & Rivera, T. A. (2022, 09). Rate & state dependent friction and the nucleation of long runout landslides: Application to the Marysvale Gravity Slide Complex, Utah. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12535
Kindred Weigandt, C. A., Griffith, W. A., & Rockwell, T. K. (2022, 09). Role of Confinement in Coseismic Pulverization: Testing the Rock Record of Rupture Directivity on the San Jacinto Fault. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12405
Smith, Z. D., & Grifith, W. A. (2022, 09). Failure of sandstone with preexisting damage under dynamic tensile loading. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12277
Braunagel, M. J., & Griffith, W. A. (2021, 08). Microstructural Controls on Mixed Mode Dynamic Fracture Propagation in Crystalline and Porous Sedimentary Rocks. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11532
Kindred Weigandt, C. A., Griffith, W., & Rockwell, T. K. (2021, 08). Role of Confinement in Coseismic Pulverization of Sediments: Testing the Rock Record of Rupture Directivity on the San Jacinto Fault. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11153
Smith, Z. D., & Griffith, W. A. (2020, 08). The influence of lithology and preexisting damage on brittle fragmentation during dynamic tensile loading. Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10426
Kindred, C. A., Griffith, W. A., & Rockwell, T. K. (2020, 08). Role of confinement in coseismic pulverization of sediments: testing the rock record of rupture directivity on the San Jacinto fault . Poster Presentation at 2020 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 10311
Griffith, W. A., Smith, Z. D., Braunagel, M., Marren, T., & Larocque, S. (2019, 08). Inelastic off-fault deformation and pulverization in the lab: Tensile fragmentation of crystalline vs. granular sedimentary rocks in response to isotropic tension. Poster Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9570
Last updated Sep 19, 2024.