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Daniel R. Faulkner is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research spans across multiple fields, primarily focused on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering. The subfields of study that characterize their work include Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, Environmental Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their scholarly contributions emphasize a range of topics, including:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Methane hydrates and related phenomena
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Rock mechanics and modeling
  • Reservoir engineering and simulation methods

The scientist has published frequently in several key venues, with notable recurring appearances in:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Some of their recent research papers include:

  • "Fault rock heterogeneity can produce fault weakness and reduce fault stability" (2022) published in Nature Communications
  • "The stabilizing effect of high pore-fluid pressure along subduction megathrust faults: Evidence from friction experiments on accretionary sediments from the Nankai Trough" (2021) published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "The Role of Grain Size and Effective Normal Stress on Localization and the Frictional Stability of Simulated Quartz Gouge" (2021) published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • "A criteria-driven approach to the CO2 storage site selection of East Mey for the acorn project in the North Sea" (2021) published in Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "The Effect of Clay Content on the Dilatancy and Frictional Properties of Fault Gouge" (2023) published in Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Throughout their career, Daniel R. Faulkner has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including Takehiro Hirose, Matt J. Ikari, Harold Tobin, Kyuichi Kanagawa, and Gaku Kimura, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 18 joint works.

Best Publications

  • A review of recent developments concerning the structure, mechanics and fluid flow properties of fault zones

    D.R. Faulkner;C.A.L. Jackson;R.J. Lunn;R.W. Schlische

  • The nature and origin of off-fault damage surrounding strike-slip fault zones with a wide range of displacements: A field study from the Atacama fault system, northern Chile

    T.M. Mitchell;D.R. Faulkner

  • On the internal structure and mechanics of large strike-slip fault zones: field observations of the Carboneras fault in southeastern Spain

    D.R Faulkner;A.C Lewis;E.H Rutter

  • Slip on 'weak' faults by the rotation of regional stress in the fracture damage zone.

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;David Healy;David Healy;M. J. Heap;M. J. Heap

  • Scaling of fault damage zones with displacement and the implications for fault growth processes

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;E. Jensen;J. Cembrano

  • Strength, porosity, and permeability development during hydrostatic and shear loading of synthetic quartz-clay fault gouge

    B. R. Crawford;B. R. Crawford;D. R. Faulkner;D. R. Faulkner;E. H. Rutter

  • Can the maintenance of overpressured fluids in large strike-slip fault zones explain their apparent weakness?

    Daniel R. Faulkner;Ernest H. Rutter

  • Experimental measurements of permeability evolution during triaxial compression of initially intact crystalline rocks and implications for fluid flow in fault zones

    T. M. Mitchell;D. R. Faulkner

  • Comparisons of water and argon permeability in natural clay‐bearing fault gouge under high pressure at 20°C

    D. R. Faulkner;E. H. Rutter

  • Stuck in the mud? Earthquake nucleation and propagation through accretionary forearcs

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;J. Behnsen;T. Hirose

  • Towards quantifying the matrix permeability of fault damage zones in low porosity rocks

    T.M. Mitchell;D.R. Faulkner

  • Elastic moduli evolution and accompanying stress changes with increasing crack damage: implications for stress changes around fault zones and volcanoes during deformation

    M. J. Heap;D. R. Faulkner;P. G. Meredith;S. Vinciguerra

  • Quantifying the evolution of static elastic properties as crystalline rock approaches failure

    M.J. Heap;D.R. Faulkner

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

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

  • Diagenetic and sedimentary controls on porosity in Lower Carboniferous fine-grained lithologies, Krechba field, Algeria: A petrological study of a caprock to a carbon capture site

    P.J. Armitage;R.H. Worden;D.R. Faulkner;A.C. Aplin

  • Fault zone architecture and deformation processes within evaporitic rocks in the upper crust

    N. De Paola;N. De Paola;C. Collettini;D. R. Faulkner;F. Trippetta

  • The effect of mineralogy and effective normal stress on frictional strength of sheet silicates

    Julia Behnsen;Daniel R. Faulkner

  • Experimental measurement of, and controls on, permeability and permeability anisotropy of caprocks from the CO2 storage project at the Krechba Field, Algeria

    P. J. Armitage;D. R. Faulkner;R. H. Worden;A. C. Aplin

  • Pore Fluid Pressure Development in Compacting Fault Gouge in Theory, Experiments, and Nature

    Daniel R. Faulkner;Catalina Sanchez-Roa;Carolyn Boulton;Carolyn Boulton;S. A. M. den Hartog

  • On the structure and mechanical properties of large strike-slip faults

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;E. H. Rutter;J. Cembrano

  • 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

John Wheeler
John Wheeler University of Liverpool
José Cembrano
José Cembrano Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
John Townend
John Townend Victoria University of Wellington
Ernest Rutter
Ernest Rutter University of Manchester
Richard H. Worden
Richard H. Worden University of Liverpool
Cristiano Collettini
Cristiano Collettini Sapienza University of Rome
Virginia Toy
Virginia Toy Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
David J. Prior
David J. Prior University of Otago
Takehiro Hirose
Takehiro Hirose Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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