2026 Chris Marone: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Engineering and Technology	78	612	579	215	196	292	19933
Earth Science	82	464	399	246	204	334	23312

Overview

Chris Marone is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States, with extensive research activity focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences. The primary fields of study encompass Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with notable contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics in earthquake and tectonic studies, seismology, and rock and materials mechanics. Key areas include:

Earthquake and tectonic studies
Seismology and Earthquake Studies
Seismic Waves and Analysis
High-pressure geophysics and materials
Earthquake Detection and Analysis
Rock Mechanics and Modeling
Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques

Chris Marone has authored multiple papers, some of the recent publications are:

"Slip-rate-dependent friction as a universal mechanism for slow slip events" (2020), published in Nature Geoscience
"Laboratory earthquake forecasting: A machine learning competition" (2021), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Deep learning for laboratory earthquake prediction and autoregressive forecasting of fault zone stress" (2022), published on arXiv (Cornell University)
"Using a physics-informed neural network and fault zone acoustic monitoring to predict lab earthquakes" (2023), published in Nature Communications
"Acoustic Energy Release During the Laboratory Seismic Cycle: Insights on Laboratory Earthquake Precursors and Prediction" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Frequent co-authors of Chris Marone include:

Jacques Rivière
Cristiano Collettini
Derek Elsworth
Parisa Shokouhi
Marco Maria Scuderi

Marone's publications appear regularly in a select group of venues, including:

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Nature Communications
Geophysical Research Letters
Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Best Publications

LABORATORY-DERIVED FRICTION LAWS AND THEIR APPLICATION TO SEISMIC FAULTING

Chris Marone

2367
Citations
On the mechanics of earthquake afterslip

Chris J. Marone;C. H. Scholtz;Roger Bilham

782
Citations
Frictional behavior and constitutive modeling of simulated fault gouge

Chris Marone;C. Barry Raleigh;C. H. Scholz

691
Citations
Comparison of smectite- and illite-rich gouge frictional properties: application to the updip limit of the seismogenic zone along subduction megathrusts

Demian M Saffer;Chris Marone

626
Citations
Fault zone fabric and fault weakness

Cristiano Collettini;André Niemeijer;André Niemeijer;Cecilia Viti;Chris Marone

603
Citations
The depth of seismic faulting and the upper transition from stable to unstable slip regimes

Chris Marone;C. H. Scholz

532
Citations
Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay‐rich fault gouge

Matt J. Ikari;Demian M. Saffer;Chris Marone

518
Citations
Scaling of the critical slip distance for seismic faulting with shear strain in fault zones

Chris Marone;Brian D. Kilgore

456
Citations
The effect of loading rate on static friction and the rate of fault healing during the earthquake cycle

Chris J. Marone

440
Citations
Influence of grain characteristics on the friction of granular shear zones

Karen Mair;Karen Mair;Kevin M. Frye;Chris Marone;Chris Marone

426
Citations
Laboratory observations of slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip modes.

J. R. Leeman;D. M. Saffer;M. M. Scuderi;M. M. Scuderi;C. Marone

420
Citations
Particle-size distribution and microstructures within simulated fault gouge

Chris Marone;C.H. Scholz

391
Citations
Influence of particle characteristics on granular friction

Jennifer L. Anthony;Jennifer L. Anthony;Chris Marone

383
Citations
On the relation between fault strength and frictional stability

Matt J. Ikari;Chris Marone;Demian M. Saffer

365
Citations
Quantitative measure of the variation in fault rheology due to fluid-rock interactions

M. L. Blanpied;C. J. Marone;D. A. Lockner;J. D. Byerlee

360
Citations
Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone

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

329
Citations
Friction of simulated fault gouge for a wide range of velocities and normal stresses

Karen Mair;Chris Marone

304
Citations
Effects of acoustic waves on stick–slip in granular media and implications for earthquakes

Paul A. Johnson;Heather Savage;Heather Savage;Matt Knuth;Matt Knuth;Joan Gomberg

258
Citations
Shear-induced dilatancy of fluid-saturated faults: Experiment and theory

Jon Samuelson;Derek Elsworth;Chris Marone

246
Citations
Fault healing inferred from time dependent variations in source properties of repeating earthquakes

Chris Marone;John E. Vidale;William L. Ellsworth

244
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Derek Elsworth Pennsylvania State University

Paul A. Johnson Los Alamos National Laboratory

Demian M. Saffer The University of Texas at Austin

Brett M. Carpenter University of Oklahoma

Robert A. Guyer Los Alamos National Laboratory

Jan Carmeliet ETH Zurich

Cristiano Collettini Sapienza University of Rome

André R. Niemeijer Utrecht University

Cecilia Viti University of Siena

Emily E. Brodsky University of California, Santa Cruz

External Links

Personal website of Chris Marone Google Scholar page

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