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Member Since 1987
Judith Savaso Chester
Professor, Texas A&M University College Station
Professional Experience
Texas A&M University College Station
Professor
1992 - Present
Education
Texas A&M University College Station
Doctorate
1992
Publications
Investigating Dynamic Weakening in Laboratory Faults Using Multi‐Scale Flash Heating Coupled With mm...
Flash‐weakening models typically show good agreement with the total magnitude of weakening in high‐speed rock friction experiments, how...
December 18, 2023
Coupled Brittle and Viscous Micromechanisms Produce Semibrit...
February 11, 2021
Localized Slip and Associated Fluidized Structures Record Se...
October 27, 2018
AGU Abstracts
Exploring the Roles of Mineralogy and Roughness on Hotspot Development in High-velocity Sliding Experiments on Faults in Westerly Granite
EFFECTS OF HETEROGENEITIES ON STRAIN LOCALIZATION IN THE CRUST AND MANTLE I ORAL
tectonophysics | 16 december 2022
Monica R. Barbery, Frederick M. Chester, Judith S....
Models for flash-weakening show overall agreement with mechanical results from high-velocity friction experiments on Westerly granite, however some as...
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Clumped Isotope Signatures of Deep Meteoric Fluid Infiltration along the Punchbowl Fault Zone, Southern California
FRICTIONAL, GEOLOGICAL, AND GEOPHYSICAL SIGNATURES OF FAULT HEALING: MECHANISMS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DEFORMATION DURING THE EARTHQUAKE CYCLE II POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2022
Matthew T. Dorsey, Judith S. Chester, Frederick M....
The Punchbowl fault zone (PFZ) is an inactive, exhumed strand of the San Andreas system accounting for 40-50 km of strike-slip displacement. The main ...
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Investigating flash weakening coupled with local, contact-scale temperature using high-speed friction experiments on granite
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF EARTH MATERIALS (PPEM): THE LONG AND THE SHORT OF IT II ORAL
mineral and rock physics | 16 december 2021
Monica R. Barbery, Frederick M. Chester, Judith S....
Models of flash weakening at microscopic contacts are consistent with observed weakening at high sliding rates in the lab, but do not correctly descri...
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Volunteer History
2017 - 2018
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
2013 - 2014
Member
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
2010 - 2012
Chair
Mineral and Rock Physics-Subcommittee on Physical Properties of Earth's Material
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