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Overview

Brett M. Carpenter is affiliated with the University of Oklahoma in the United States. Their primary field of study is Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on Geophysics.

Their research extensively covers areas such as earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, high-pressure geophysics and materials, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, seismic waves and analysis, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Some of Carpenter's recent papers include:

  • Asperity Failure Control of Stick-Slip Along Brittle Faults (2020), published in Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • Application of Constitutive Friction Laws to Glacier Seismicity (2020), published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Strain localization and migration during the pulsed lateral propagation of the Shire Rift Zone, East Africa (2022), published in Tectonophysics
  • Basement-controlled deformation of sedimentary sequences, Anadarko Shelf, Oklahoma (2020), published in Basin Research
  • Frictional stability and hydromechanical coupling of serpentinite-bearing fault gouge (2022), published in Geophysical Journal International

Frequent co-authors of Carpenter include:

  • Folarin Kolawole
  • Kurt J. Marfurt
  • Zonghu Liao
  • William Kibikas
  • Z. Reches

Carpenter has contributed extensively to notable publication venues such as:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Interpretation
  • Tectonophysics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Journal International

The research topics and publication venues reflect an interdisciplinary approach, integrating mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, ocean engineering, and even artificial intelligence to address complex problems in earth sciences.

Best Publications

  • Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone

    B. M. Carpenter;C. Marone;D. M. Saffer

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine fault, New Zealand

    Rupert Sutherland;Virginia G. Toy;John Townend;Simon C. Cox

  • Beyond Byerlee friction, weak faults and implications for slip behavior.

    C. Collettini;T. Tesei;M.M. Scuderi;B.M. Carpenter

  • Laboratory observations of time-dependent frictional strengthening and stress relaxation in natural and synthetic fault gouges

    Brett M Carpenter;Brett M Carpenter;Matt J Ikari;Matt J Ikari;C Marone

  • Heterogeneous strength and fault zone complexity of carbonate-bearing thrusts with possible implications for seismicity

    Telemaco Tesei;Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Massimiliano R. Barchi;Brett M. Carpenter

  • Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault

    Rupert Sutherland;Rupert Sutherland;John Townend;Virginia Toy;Phaedra Upton

  • Frictional strength and healing behavior of phyllosilicate-rich faults

    Telemaco Tesei;Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Brett M. Carpenter;Brett M. Carpenter;Cecilia Viti

  • Frictional properties and sliding stability of the San Andreas fault from deep drill core

    B.M. Carpenter;D.M. Saffer;C. Marone

  • Frictional properties of the active San Andreas Fault at SAFOD: Implications for fault strength and slip behavior

    B. M. Carpenter;B. M. Carpenter;D. M. Saffer;C. Marone

  • Frictional behavior of materials in the 3D SAFOD volume

    B. M. Carpenter;C. Marone;D. M. Saffer

  • Physical properties of surface outcrop cataclastic fault rocks, Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    C. Boulton;B. M. Carpenter;V. Toy;C. Marone

  • A microphysical interpretation of rate- and state-dependent friction for fault gouge

    Matt J. Ikari;Matt J. Ikari;Brett M. Carpenter;Brett M. Carpenter;Chris Marone

  • Slip localization on the southern Alpine Fault New Zealand

    N.C. Barth;C.J. Boulton;B.M. Carpenter;Geoffrey Batt

  • Fault rock lithologies and architecture of the central Alpine fault, New Zealand, revealed by DFDP-1 drilling

    Virginia G. Toy;Carolyn J. Boulton;Carolyn J. Boulton;Rupert Sutherland;Rupert Sutherland;John Townend

  • A novel and versatile apparatus for brittle rock deformation

    Cristiano Collettini;Cristiano Collettini;Giuseppe Di Stefano;Brett Carpenter;Piergiorgio Scarlato

  • The onset of laboratory earthquakes explained by nucleating rupture on a rate-and-state fault.

    Yoshihiro Kaneko;Stefan B. Nielsen;Brett M. Carpenter;Brett M. Carpenter

  • The susceptibility of Oklahoma’s basement to seismic reactivation

    F. Kolawole;C. S. Johnston;C. B. Morgan;C. B. Morgan;J. C. Chang

  • Fault structure and slip localization in carbonate-bearing normal faults: An example from the Northern Apennines of Italy

    C. Collettini;B. M. Carpenter;C. Viti;F. Cruciani

  • Frictional behavior of talc‐calcite mixtures

    C. Giorgetti;B. M. Carpenter;C. Collettini;C. Collettini

  • The influence of normal stress and sliding velocity on the frictional behaviour of calcite at room temperature: Insights from laboratory experiments and microstructural observations

    B. M. Carpenter;C. Collettini;C. Collettini;Cecilia Viti;A. Cavallo

  • Nonlinear dynamical triggering of slow slip on simulated earthquake faults with implications to Earth

    P. A. Johnson;B. Carpenter;M. Knuth;B. M. Kaproth

  • Beyond Byerlee Friction, Weak Faults and Implications for Slip Behaviour

    C. Collettini;T. Tesei;M. M. Scuderi;B. M. Carpenter

  • Drilling reveals fluid control on architecture and rupture of the Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    R. Sutherland;V. G. Toy;J. Townend;S. Cox

Frequent Co-Authors

Cristiano Collettini
Cristiano Collettini Sapienza University of Rome
Chris Marone
Chris Marone Pennsylvania State University
Silvio Mollo
Silvio Mollo Sapienza University of Rome
Cecilia Viti
Cecilia Viti University of Siena
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
Demian M. Saffer
Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin
Virginia Toy
Virginia Toy Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Ze'ev Reches
Ze'ev Reches University of Oklahoma
Timothy A. Little
Timothy A. Little Victoria University of Wellington
John Townend
John Townend Victoria University of Wellington

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