Richard H. Sibson

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Richard H. Sibson

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According to Wikipedia, Richard Hugh Sibson is a New Zealand structural geologist and emeritus professor at the University of Otago, who has received numerous honors and awards for his work in the field of earthquake research. He has caused a 'fundamental shift' in the interpretation of the relationship between earthquakes and fault zone geology and on the origin of fault-hosted mineral deposits.

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Richard H. Sibson's Published Works

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Fault rocks and fault mechanisms (1977) (1939)
High-angle reverse faults, fluid-pressure cycling, and mesothermal gold-quartz deposits (1988) (1025)
Structural permeability of fluid-driven fault-fracture meshes (1996) (808)
Fault zone models, heat flow, and the depth distribution of earthquakes in the continental crust of the United States (1982) (778)
Generation of Pseudotachylyte by Ancient Seismic Faulting (1975) (748)
A note on fault reactivation (1985) (676)
Implications of fault-valve behaviour for rupture nucleation and recurrence (1992) (667)
Seismic pumping—a hydrothermal fluid transport mechanism (1975) (636)
Earthquake rupturing as a mineralizing agent in hydrothermal systems (1987) (510)
Interactions between Temperature and Pore-Fluid Pressure during Earthquake Faulting and a Mechanism for Partial or Total Stress Relief (1973) (508)
Continental fault structure and the shallow earthquake source (1983) (504)
Crustal stress, faulting and fluid flow (1994) (439)
Introduction to Special Section: Mechanical Involvement of Fluids in Faulting (1995) (431)
Earthquake faulting as a structural process (1989) (428)
Fluid involvement in normal faulting (2000) (425)
Conditions for fault-valve behaviour (1990) (419)
Thickness of the Seismic Slip Zone (2003) (409)
Brecciation processes in fault zones: Inferences from earthquake rupturing (1986) (393)
Roughness at the base of the seismogenic zone: Contributing factors (1984) (347)
Structural controls on hydrothermal flow in a segmented rift system, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand (2004) (321)
Stopping of earthquake ruptures at dilational fault jogs (1985) (320)
EARTHQUAKES AND ROCK DEFORMATION IN CRUSTAL FAULT ZONES (1986) (266)
Rupture nucleation on unfavorably oriented faults (1990) (261)
Normal faults, normal friction? (2001) (240)
Mélange rheology and seismic style (2010) (240)
Seismogenic framework for hydrothermal transport and ore deposition (2001) (237)
Selective fault reactivation during basin inversion: potential for fluid redistribution through fault-valve action (1995) (232)
Transient discontinuities in ductile shear zones (1980) (221)
Stress/fault controls on the containment and release of overpressured fluids: Examples from gold-quartz vein systems in Juneau, Alaska; Victoria, Australia and Otago, New Zealand (1998) (214)
Brittle-failure controls on maximum sustainable overpressure in different tectonic regimes (2003) (183)
Controls on maximum fluid overpressure defining conditions for mesozonal mineralisation (2004) (178)
Controls on low-stress hydro-fracture dilatancy in thrust, wrench and normal fault terrains (1981) (177)
Stress, fluid pressure and structural permeability in seismogenic crust, North Island, New Zealand (2003) (146)
The habitat of fault-generated pseudotachylyte : Presence vs. absence of friction-melt (2013) (145)
Brittle failure mode plots for compressional and extensional tectonic regimes (1998) (144)
Fluid Flow Accompanying Faulting: Field Evidence and Models (2013) (132)
An episode of fault-valve behaviour during compressional inversion? — The 2004 MJ6.8 Mid-Niigata Prefecture, Japan, earthquake sequence (2007) (124)
Dip range for intracontinental reverse fault ruptures: Truth not stranger than friction? (1998) (117)
Rupturing in overpressured crust during compressional inversion—the case from NE Honshu, Japan (2009) (111)
Fault-valve behavior and the hydrostatic-lithostatic fluid pressure interface (1992) (106)
Shear veins observed within anisotropic fabric at high angles to the maximum compressive stress (2010) (100)
Power dissipation and stress levels on faults in the upper crust (1980) (100)
An assessment of field evidence for ‘Byerlee’ friction (1994) (85)
Structure and distribution of fault rocks in the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand (1981) (82)
Stress switching in subduction forearcs: Implications for overpressure containment and strength cycling on megathrusts (2013) (76)
A Brittle Failure Mode Plot Defining Conditions for High-Flux Flow (2000) (70)
Stress Control of an Evolving Strike-Slip Fault System during the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, Earthquake Sequence (2011) (67)
Incrementally developed slickenfibers — Geological record of repeating low stress-drop seismic events? (2011) (66)
Accommodation of compressional inversion in north-western South Island (New Zealand): Old faults versus new? (2006) (56)
Kinetic shear resistance, fluid pressures and radiation efficiency during seismic faulting (1977) (55)
Earthquake Rupturing in Fluid-Overpressured Crust: How Common? (2014) (53)
Tectonic controls on maximum sustainable overpressure: fluid redistribution from stress transitions (2000) (53)
Earthquakes and lineament infrastructure (1986) (49)
Tensile overpressure compartments on low-angle thrust faults (2017) (45)
Load-strengthening versus load-weakening faulting (1993) (45)
Fault welding by pseudotachylyte formation (2016) (44)
Preparation zones for large crustal earthquakes consequent on fault-valve action (2020) (44)
29 - Geology of the Crustal Earthquake Source (2002) (40)
Junction magnetic anomaly north of Waikato River (1970) (38)
High-angle reverse faulting in northern New Brunswick, Canada, and its implications for fluid pressure levels (1989) (35)
Loading of faults to failure (1991) (34)
Rupture Interaction with Fault Jogs (2013) (33)
ASEISMIC FRACTURING AND CATACLASIS INVOLVING REACTION SOFTENING WITHIN CORE MATERIAL FROM THE CAJON PASS DRILL HOLE (1992) (31)
Diverse habitats of pseudotachylytes in the Alpine Fault Zone and relationships to current seismicity (2011) (30)
Surface breakthrough of a basement fault by repeated seismic slip episodes: The Ostler Fault, South Island, New Zealand (2007) (29)
Reverse fault rupturing: competition between non-optimal and optimal fault orientations (2012) (29)
Andersonian wrench faulting in a regional stress field during the 2010–2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, earthquake sequence (2012) (29)
Proceedings of conference XLV; a workshop on Fault segmentation and controls of rupture initiation and termination (1989) (28)
Earthquake faulting, induced fluid flow, and fault-hosted gold-quartz mineralization (1992) (27)
Fluid chemistry of veining associated with an ancient microearthquake swarm, Benmore Dam, New Zealand (2001) (25)
Deformed Neogene basins, active faulting and topography in Westland: Distributed crustal mobility west of the Alpine Fault transpressive plate boundary (South Island, New Zealand) (2016) (23)
The scope of earthquake geology (2011) (21)
Hinge-parallel fluid flow in fold-thrust belts: how widespread?* (2005) (21)
Au-quartz mineralization near the base of the continental seismogenic zone (2007) (21)
Frictional Mechanics of Seismogenic Thrust Systems in the Upper Continental Crust—Implications for Fluid Overpressures and Redistribution (2004) (19)
Faulting, Fracturing and Igneous Intrusion in the Earth's Crust (2012) (18)
The Outer Hebrides thrust : its structure, mechanism and deformation environment (1977) (18)
Stress, faulting, fracturing and seismicity: the legacy of Ernest Masson Anderson (2012) (17)
Fission-track age for a pseudotachylite from the Alpine Fault Zone, New Zealand (1985) (17)
Arterial faults and their role in mineralizing systems (2019) (16)
Tectonic Setting and Sedimentary Evolution of The South-west Margin of The Corinth Rift (aigion - Xylocastro Area) (2002) (14)
Bilaterian Burrows and Grazing Behavior at >585 Million Years Ago (2012) (12)
Paleomagnetism of the Ocotillo Badlands, southern California, and implications for slip transfer through an antidilational fault jog (1991) (10)
Internal structure of a Parkfield-scale dilational fault jog; the Martha Hill lode system, Waihi, New Zealand (1986) (10)
Experimental thermal fragmentation in relation to seismic faulting (1978) (10)
Proceedings of workshop LXIII; USGS Red-Book conference on the Mechanical involvement of fluids in faulting (1994) (10)
An Episode of Fault-Valve Behavior During Compressional Inversion - the 2004 MJ 6.8 Niigata-ken Chuetsu Earthquake Sequence (2006) (10)
Cretaceous age, composition, and microstructure of pseudotachylyte in the Otago Schist, New Zealand (2010) (9)
Dual-Driven Fault Failure in the Lower Seismogenic Zone (2020) (9)
Comparative tomography of reverse-slip and strike-slip seismotectonic provinces in the northern South Island, New Zealand (2019) (9)
The edge of failure: critical stress overpressure states in different tectonic regimes (2017) (8)
Charles Lyell and the 1855 Wairarapa, New Zealand Earthquake: Recognition of Fault Rupture Accompanying an Earthquake (2006) (8)
Conference explores mechanical involvement of fluids in faulting (1994) (7)
Radiant flux as a guide to relative seismic efficiency (1978) (5)
A comment on ‘Frictional heating on a fault zone with finite thickness’, R. K. Cardwell, D. S. Chinn, G. F. Moore and D. L. Turcotte (1979) (4)
Comment and Reply on Earthquake rupturing as a mineralizing agent in hydrothermal systems (1988) (4)
Review: Factors Affecting the Assessment of Earthquake Hazard from Compressional Inversion Structure (2018) (4)
Structural and morpho-tectonic evidence of Quaternary faulting within the Moutere Depression, South Island, New Zealand (2018) (4)
Mechanics of tectonic faulting: models and basic concepts: Mandl, G. 1988. Elsevier, Amsterdam. 407 pp. Price $79 (hardcover) (1989) (3)
Crustal dynamics: unified understanding of geodynamic processes at different time and length scales (2018) (3)
Seismic Style In Relation To Heat Flow Along The San Andreas Fault System (1982) (3)
EQC Project 08 / 547 Characterising the Seismic Potential of Compressional Inversion Structures , NW South Island (2010) (3)
Nobody's fault (1991) (3)
Is the Chrystalls Beach Accretionary Melange a Fossil Subduction Channel Shear Zone (2007) (2)
Rheological Models for Continental Seismicity and Maximum Seismogenic Depth (1988) (2)
Experimental Fault Reactivation on Favourably and Unfavourably Oriented Faults (2010) (2)
Incremental Slip Along Dilatant Faults in Ancient Fluid-Rich Subduction Zones (2012) (1)
Incrementally Developed `Dilational Hydro-Shears' Forming at High Angles to σ1 in Foliated Mélange Matrix (2009) (1)
Fluid Overpressuring in the Lower Seismogenic Zone - How Widespread? (2008) (1)
Abstracts of Other Conference Presentations (1992) (0)
Does Earthquake Rupturing Initiate in Fluid-Overpressured Crust? - The Case for Scientific Drilling in NE Honshu (2009) (0)
AIP Confrence Proceedings: Preface (2007) (0)
Spatial and temporal stress field changes in the focal area of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake, New Zealand: A multi-fault process interpretation (2022) (0)
Microearthquake slip increments recorded in quartz slikenfibers, Chrystalls Beach accretionary complex, New Zealand (2005) (0)
Detection of tremors in the Marlborough region and its relationship with the 2016 Mw 7.9 Kaikoura (New Zealand) earthquake (2021) (0)
Cyclical Fault Permeability in the Lower Seismogenic Zone: Geological Evidence (2005) (0)
Drainage Asperities on Subduction Megathrusts (2012) (0)
Correction to: Crustal dynamics: unified understanding of geodynamic processes at different time and length scales (2019) (0)
Incremental Growth of Quartz Slickenfibres on Shearing Surfaces in an Ancient Subduction Complex - Record of Paleomicroearthquakes? (2004) (0)
Shallow Hydrothermal Flow in a Strike-Slip Fault System, Mt Isa, Australia: A Proterozoic Analog for Modern Geothermal Systems Along Strike-Slip Faults (2014) (0)
Spatiotemporal distribution of regional stress field associated with the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake estimated by stress tensor inversion of focal mechanisms in the northern South Island, New Zealand (2017) (0)
st ress Control of an ev olving st rike-sl ip Fault sy stem during the 2010-2011 Canterbury, New Zealand, ea rthquake se quence (2011) (0)
Discussion (1983) (0)
Internal Structure of a Strike-Slip Dilational Fault Jog: Overlander Fault, Mt Isa Inlier, Australia (2004) (0)
Book review (1988) (0)
Cretaceous age , composition , and microstructure of pseudotachylyte in the Otago 1 Schist , New Zealand 2 3 Running title : Pseudotachylyte in the Otago Schist 4 5 (2010) (0)
Detection of S-wave reflectors beneath aftershock area of the 2016 Kaikoura earthquake (2020) (0)
Spaciotemporal Stress Change during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, New Zealand (2018) (0)

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