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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Diane E. Moore is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences with an emphasis on Geophysics. Other subfields in which they have contributed include Environmental Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics in Diane E. Moore's work include earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, high-pressure geophysics and materials, methane hydrates and related phenomena, seismic waves and analysis, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, and earthquake detection and analysis.

Frequent co-authors associated with Diane E. Moore are:

  • D. A. Lockner (7 collaborations)
  • C. A. Morrow (3 collaborations)
  • T.N. Jeppson (3 collaborations)
  • N. M. Beeler (3 collaborations)
  • B. Bekins (2 collaborations)

The scientist has published in various venues, with repeated appearances in:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America (5 publications)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (3 publications)
  • Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (2 publications)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (1 publication)
  • Geophysical Research Letters (1 publication)

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Comparative Properties of Saponitic Fault Gouge and Serpentinite Muds Cored From Mud Volcanoes of the Mariana Subduction Zone", 2025, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "Time-Dependent Weakening of Granite at Hydrothermal Conditions", 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Weakening of Peridotite Sheared at Hydrothermal Conditions", 2021, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
  • "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
  • "SERPENTINITE AND CREEP ALONG THE RODGERS CREEK FAULT, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA", 2020, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Diane E. Moore has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • The role of microcracking in shear-fracture propagation in granite

    Diane E. Moore;D.A. Lockner

  • Talc-bearing serpentinite and the creeping section of the San Andreas fault

    Diane E. Moore;Michael J. Rymer

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

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

  • Low strength of deep San Andreas fault gouge from SAFOD core

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

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

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

  • Strengths of serpentinite gouges at elevated temperatures

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

  • Reduction of Permeability in Granite at Elevated Temperatures

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner;James D. Byerlee

  • Permeability reduction in granite under hydrothermal conditions

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

  • Talc friction in the temperature range 25°–400 °C: relevance for fault-zone weakening

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

  • Mineralogical characterization of protolith and fault rocks from the SAFOD Main Hole

    John G. Solum;Stephen H. Hickman;David A. Lockner;Diane E. Moore

  • Frictional strengths of talc-serpentine and talc-quartz mixtures

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

  • Sliding behavior and deformation textures of heated illite gouge

    Diane E. Moore;R. Summers;J. D. Byerlee

  • Strength of chrysotile-serpentinite gouge under hydrothermal conditions: Can it explain a weak San Andreas fault?

    Diane E. Moore;D.A. Lockner;R. Summers;M. Shengli

  • Permeability of granite in a temperature gradient

    C. Morrow;D. Lockner;D. Moore;J. Byerlee

  • Microcrack interaction leading to shear fracture

    David A. Lockner;Diane E. Moore;Ze'ev Reches

  • Chemical reactions accompanying fluid flow through granite held in a temperature gradient

    Diane E. Moore;C.A. Morrow;J. D. Byerlee

  • 11. Friction of the Smectite Clay Montmorillonite: A Review and Interpretation of Data

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

  • Frictional properties of exhumed fault gouges in DFDP-1 cores, Alpine Fault, New Zealand

    Carolyn Boulton;Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner;Virginia G. Toy

  • Comparative Deformation Behavior of Minerals in Serpentinized Ultramafic Rock: Application to the Slab-Mantle Interface in Subduction Zones

    Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

  • New evidence for polyphase metamorphism of glaucophane schist and eclogite exotic blocks in the Franciscan Complex, California and Oregon

    Diane E. Moore;M. C. Blake

  • Frictional strength of wet and dry montmorillonite

    Carolyn A. Morrow;Diane E. Moore;David A. Lockner

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Lockner
David A. Lockner United States Geological Survey
James D. Byerlee
James D. Byerlee United States Geological Survey
James W. Evans
James W. Evans Iowa State University
Stephen H. Hickman
Stephen H. Hickman United States Geological Survey
Teng-fong Wong
Teng-fong Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
W. G. Ernst
W. G. Ernst Stanford University
John Townend
John Townend Victoria University of Wellington
Rupert Sutherland
Rupert Sutherland Victoria University of Wellington
John I. Garver
John I. Garver Union College

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