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N. M. Beeler is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Geophysics and Mechanics of Materials. The scientist's work spans several main topics including earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, rock mechanics and modeling, geological and geochemical analysis, seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, and seismic imaging and inversion techniques.

They have authored multiple papers published in well-known scientific journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • Direct Evidence for Fluid Pressure, Dilatancy, and Compaction Affecting Slip in Isolated Faults (2020, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • The evolution of rock friction is more sensitive to slip than elapsed time, even at near-zero slip rates (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • On the Scale-Dependence of Fault Surface Roughness (2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth)
  • Time-Dependent Weakening of Granite at Hydrothermal Conditions (2023, Geophysical Research Letters)
  • Teleseismic waves reveal anisotropic poroelastic response of wastewater disposal reservoir (2021, Earth and Planetary Physics)

The main publication venues where Beeler's work appears most frequently include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Earth and Planetary Physics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beeler are:

  • D. A. Lockner
  • Brian D. Kilgore
  • Pathikrit Bhattacharya
  • Allan M. Rubin
  • T. E. Tullis

Their research integrates fields such as engineering, with subfields including artificial intelligence, mechanical engineering, and civil and structural engineering contributing to the interdisciplinary nature of their work.

Best Publications

  • Frictional Behavior of Large Displacement Experimental Faults

    N. M. Beeler;T. E. Tullis;M. L. Blanpied;J. D. Weeks

  • The roles of time and displacement in the evolution effect in rock friction

    N. M. Beeler;T. E. Tullis;J. D. Weeks

  • Earthquake triggering by transient and static deformations

    J. Gomberg;N. M. Beeler;M. L. Blanpied;P. Bodin

  • Constitutive relationships and physical basis of fault strength due to flash heating

    N. M. Beeler;T. E. Tullis;D. L. Goldsby

  • 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

  • Pore fluid pressure, apparent friction, and Coulomb failure

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

  • Transient triggering of near and distant earthquakes

    Joan Gomberg;Michael L. Blanpied;N. M. Beeler

  • Premonitory slip and tidal triggering of earthquakes

    David A. Lockner;Nick M. Beeler

  • A Simple Stick-Slip and Creep-Slip Model for Repeating Earthquakes and its Implication for Microearthquakes at Parkfield

    N. M. Beeler;D. L. Lockner;S. H. Hickman

  • Self-healing slip pulses in dynamic rupture models due to velocity-dependent strength

    N. M. Beeler;T. E. Tullis

  • Tidal triggering of low frequency earthquakes near Parkfield, California: Implications for fault mechanics within the brittle‐ductile transition

    A.M. Thomas;R. Burgmann;David R. Shelly;Nicholas M. Beeler

  • On rate-state and Coulomb failure models

    J. Gomberg;N. Beeler;M. Blanpied

  • On the Expected Relationships among Apparent Stress, Static Stress Drop, Effective Shear Fracture Energy, and Efficiency

    N. M. Beeler;T.-F. Wong;S. H. Hickman

  • Earthquake stress drop and laboratory-inferred interseismic strength recovery

    N. M. Beeler;S. H. Hickman;T.-f. Wong

  • Improved constraints on the estimated size and volatile content of the Mount St. Helens magma system from the 2004–2008 history of dome growth and deformation

    Larry G. Mastin;Mike Lisowski;Evelyn Roeloffs;Nick Beeler

  • Constraints on the Size, Overpressure, and Volatile Content of the Mount St. Helens Magma System from Geodetic and Dome-Growth Measurements During the 2004-2006+ Eruption

    Larry G. Mastin;Evelyn Roeloffs;Nick M. Beeler;James E. Quick

  • The role of fluid pressure on frictional behavior at the base of the seismogenic zone

    Greg Hirth;Nicholas M. Beeler

  • Laboratory Generated M -6 Earthquakes

    Gregory C. McLaskey;Brian D. Kilgore;David A. Lockner;Nicholas M. Beeler

  • Direct Evidence for Fluid Pressure, Dilatancy, and Compaction Affecting Slip in Isolated Faults

    B. Proctor;B. Proctor;D. A. Lockner;B. D. Kilgore;T. M. Mitchell

  • The roles of time and displacement in velocity-dependent volumetric strain of fault zones

    N. M. Beeler;T. E. Tullis

  • Rock friction under variable normal stress

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  • Does fault strengthening in laboratory rock friction experiments really depend primarily upon time and not slip

    Pathikrit Bhattacharya;Pathikrit Bhattacharya;Allan M. Rubin;Nicholas M. Beeler

  • Stress‐induced, time‐dependent fracture closure at hydrothermal conditions

    N. M. Beeler;S. H. Hickman

Frequent Co-Authors

Terry E. Tullis
Terry E. Tullis Brown University
David A. Lockner
David A. Lockner United States Geological Survey
Greg Hirth
Greg Hirth Brown University
Larry G. Mastin
Larry G. Mastin United States Geological Survey
Roland Bürgmann
Roland Bürgmann University of California, Berkeley
Stephen H. Hickman
Stephen H. Hickman United States Geological Survey
Stefan Nielsen
Stefan Nielsen Durham University
Teng-fong Wong
Teng-fong Wong Chinese University of Hong Kong
John P. Platt
John P. Platt University of Southern California
Giulio Di Toro
Giulio Di Toro University of Padua

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