2026 David A. Lockner: Earth Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Earth Science	67	1213	1074	550	472	186	17288

Research.com Recognitions

2002 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

David A. Lockner is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with key subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research topics encompass earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, seismic waves and analysis, rock mechanics and modeling, methane hydrates and related phenomena, as well as hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Frequent publication venues for their research include OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, and Communications Earth & Environment.

Some of David A. Lockner's recent papers are as follows:

Direct Evidence for Fluid Pressure, Dilatancy, and Compaction Affecting Slip in Isolated Faults, 2020, Geophysical Research Letters
A Geology and Geodesy Based Model of Dynamic Earthquake Rupture on the Rodgers Creek-Hayward-Calaveras Fault System, California, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
Friction in clay-bearing faults increases with the ionic radius of interlayer cations, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
Time-Dependent Weakening of Granite at Hydrothermal Conditions, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
Electrical Properties and Anisotropy of Schists and Fault Rocks from New Zealand's Southern Alps under Confining Pressure, 2022, Geosciences

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated extensively with David A. Lockner include:

D. E. Moore
N. M. Beeler
T.N. Jeppson
C. A. Morrow
Brian D. Kilgore

David A. Lockner has also been recognized as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) since 2002.

Best Publications

The role of acoustic emission in the study of rock fracture

D. Lockner

1561
Citations
Quasi-static fault growth and shear fracture energy in granite

D. A. Lockner;J. D. Byerlee;V. Kuksenko;A. Ponomarev

1236
Citations
Frictional slip of granite at hydrothermal conditions

Michael L. Blanpied;David A. Lockner;James D. Byerlee

710
Citations
Nucleation and growth of faults in brittle rocks

Ze'ev Reches;David A. Lockner

600
Citations
The role of microcracking in shear-fracture propagation in granite

Diane E. Moore;D.A. Lockner

485
Citations
Effect of clay content and mineralogy on frictional sliding behavior of simulated gouges: Binary and ternary mixtures of quartz, illite, and montmorillonite

Sheryl Tembe;David A. Lockner;Teng-Fong Wong

475
Citations
Fault stability inferred from granite sliding experiments at hydrothermal conditions

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

461
Citations
The effect of mineral bond strength and adsorbed water on fault gouge frictional strength

C.A. Morrow;Diane E. Moore;D.A. Lockner

453
Citations
Low strength of deep San Andreas fault gouge from SAFOD core

David A. Lockner;Carolyn A. Morrow;Diane E. Moore;Stephen H. Hickman

411
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
Crystallographic controls on the frictional behavior of dry and water-saturated sheet structure minerals

Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

349
Citations
An earthquake mechanism based on rapid sealing of faults

Michael L. Blanpied;David A. Lockner;James D. Byerlee

340
Citations
Fault weakening and earthquake instability by powder lubrication

Ze’ev Reches;David A. Lockner

337
Citations
Changes in seismic velocity and attenuation during deformation of granite

D. A. Lockner;J. B. Walsh;J. D. Byerlee

287
Citations
Strengths of serpentinite gouges at elevated temperatures

D. E. Moore;D. A. Lockner;Shengli Ma;R. Summers

264
Citations
Chapter 1 Observations of Quasistatic Fault Growth from Acoustic Emissions

D.A. Lockner;J.D. Byerlee;V. Kuksenko;A. Ponomarev

262
Citations
Why earthquakes correlate weakly with the solid Earth tides: Effects of periodic stress on the rate and probability of earthquake occurrence

Nick Beeler;David Lockner

254
Citations
A generalized law for brittle deformation of Westerly granite

David A. Lockner

246
Citations
Pore fluid pressure, apparent friction, and Coulomb failure

N. M. Beeler;R. W. Simpson;S. H. Hickman;D. A. Lockner

238
Citations
Hydrofracture in Weber Sandstone at high confining pressure and differential stress

D. Lockner;J. D. Byerlee

223
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James D. Byerlee United States Geological Survey

Diane E. Moore United States Geological Survey

Ze'ev Reches University of Oklahoma

Teng-fong Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong

Stephen H. Hickman United States Geological Survey

M. J. S. Johnston United States Geological Survey

Charles G. Sammis University of Southern California

James C. Savage United States Geological Survey

Bernhard M. Krooss RWTH Aachen University

Philip G. Meredith University College London

External Links

Personal website of David A. Lockner Google Scholar page

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