| Updip limit of the seismogenic zone beneath the accretionary prism of southwest Japan: An effect of diagenetic to low-grade metamorphic processes and increasing effective stress JC Moore, D Saffer Geology 29 (2), 183-186, 2001 | 516 | 2001 |
| Comparison of smectite-and illite-rich gouge frictional properties: application to the updip limit of the seismogenic zone along subduction megathrusts DM Saffer, C Marone Earth and Planetary Science Letters 215 (1-2), 219-235, 2003 | 508 | 2003 |
| Hydrogeology and mechanics of subduction zone forearcs: Fluid flow and pore pressure DM Saffer, HJ Tobin Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 39, 157-186, 2011 | 422 | 2011 |
| Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay‐rich fault gouge MJ Ikari, DM Saffer, C Marone Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 114 (B5), 2009 | 391 | 2009 |
| Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone BM Carpenter, C Marone, DM Saffer Nature Geoscience 4 (4), 251-254, 2011 | 263 | 2011 |
| On the relation between fault strength and frictional stability MJ Ikari, C Marone, DM Saffer Geology 39 (1), 83-86, 2011 | 261 | 2011 |
| Laboratory observations of slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip modes JR Leeman, DM Saffer, MM Scuderi, C Marone Nature communications 7 (1), 1-6, 2016 | 258 | 2016 |
| New insights into deformation and fluid flow processes in the Nankai Trough accretionary prism: Results of Ocean Drilling Program Leg 190 GF Moore, A Taira, A Klaus, L Becker, B Boeckel, BA Cragg, A Dean, ... Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 2 (10), 2001 | 213 | 2001 |
| Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust E Araki, DM Saffer, AJ Kopf, LM Wallace, T Kimura, Y Machida, S Ide, ... Science 356 (6343), 1157-1160, 2017 | 207 | 2017 |
| The frictional, hydrologic, metamorphic and thermal habitat of shallow slow earthquakes DM Saffer, LM Wallace Nature Geoscience 8 (8), 594-600, 2015 | 207 | 2015 |
| Episodic fluid flow in the Nankai accretionary complex: Timescale, geochemistry, flow rates, and fluid budget DM Saffer, BA Bekins Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 103 (B12), 30351-30370, 1998 | 199 | 1998 |
| Critically pressured free-gas reservoirs below gas-hydrate provinces MJ Hornbach, DM Saffer, W Steven Holbrook Nature 427 (6970), 142-144, 2004 | 193 | 2004 |
| Elevated fluid pressure and extreme mechanical weakness of a plate boundary thrust, Nankai Trough subduction zone HJ Tobin, DM Saffer Geology 37 (8), 679-682, 2009 | 189 | 2009 |
| Effect of hydration state on the frictional properties of montmorillonite‐based fault gouge MJ Ikari, DM Saffer, C Marone Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 112 (B6), 2007 | 187 | 2007 |
| Porosity loss within the underthrust sediments of the Nankai accretionary complex: Implications for overpressures E Screaton, D Saffer, P Henry, S Hunze Geology 30 (1), 19-22, 2002 | 157* | 2002 |
| Pore pressure development and progressive dewatering in underthrust sediments at the Costa Rican subduction margin: Comparison with northern Barbados and Nankai DM Saffer Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 108 (B5), 2003 | 152 | 2003 |
| Laboratory results indicating complex and potentially unstable frictional behavior of smectite clay DM Saffer, KM Frye, C Marone, K Mair Geophysical Research Letters 28 (12), 2297-2300, 2001 | 152 | 2001 |
| Slip weakening as a mechanism for slow earthquakes MJ Ikari, C Marone, DM Saffer, AJ Kopf Nature geoscience 6 (6), 468-472, 2013 | 145 | 2013 |
| Smectite diagenesis, pore-water freshening, and fluid flow at the toe of the Nankai wedge KM Brown, DM Saffer, BA Bekins Earth and Planetary Science Letters 194 (1-2), 97-109, 2001 | 139 | 2001 |
| Breakdown pressure and fracture surface morphology of hydraulic fracturing in shale with H 2 O, CO 2 and N 2 X Li, Z Feng, G Han, D Elsworth, C Marone, D Saffer, DS Cheon Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources 2 (2), 63-76, 2016 | 125 | 2016 |
Chris MaroneProfessor of Geophysics, Penn State UniversityVerified email at psu.edu
