Research Abstracts
**Almeida, R., Chester, J., Chester, F., ***Waller, T. J., Kirschner, D., Moore, D., Lithology and structure of SAFOD Phase I core samples, EarthScope/SAFOD Session, EOS Trans. AGU, T21A-0454, 86(52), 2005.
Chester, J. S., Chester, F.M., Kronenberg, A.K., Fracture surface energy of the Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas System, AGU Chapman Conference "Radiated Energy and the Physics of Earthquake Faulting", Portland, Maine, June, 2005.
Chester, J. S., *Kitajima, H., Shimamoto, T., and Chester, F. M., Dynamic weakening of ultracataclasite during rotary shear at seismic slip rates, EOS Trans. AGU, T21B-0472, 86(52), 2005.
Chester, J. S., Convener and Speaker for Session on Fault Zone Geology, Workshop on Physical Limits to Earthquake Ground Motion in Rock, sponsored by Southern California Earthquake Center and U.S. Geological Survey, Palm Springs, CA, September, 2005.
Kirschner, D.L., Evans, J., Chester, J., Chester, F., Solum, J., Moore, D., Elemental and stable isotope chemistry of cuttings and core samples from SAFOD drill hole, (EarthScope/SAFOD Session), EOS Trans. AGU, T21A-0452, 86(52), 2005.
*Kitajima, H., Chester, J. S., Shimamoto, T., and Chester, F. M., Friction Strength of Punchbowl Fault Ultracataclasite at Seismic Slip Rates, Proceedings and Abstracts SCEC Annual Meeting, Vol. XV, p. 140, 2005.
**Rodriguez, E., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., A microstructural study of the extension-fracture to shear-fracture transition in Carrara Marble, EOS Trans. AGU, T21B-0472, 86(52), 2005.
**Bobich, J., Chester, F. M., J. S. Chester, Experimental analysis of hybrid fracture in Berea Sandstone. EOS Trans. AGU, 85(47), 2004.
Chester, J. S., Chester, F.M., Kronenberg, A.K., Quantifying fracture surface energy of an exhumed fault zone from structural observations, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting Proceedings and Abstracts Volume IX, Palm Springs, CA., September 19-23, 2004.
Chester, J. S., Chester, F.M., Kronenberg, A.K., Fracture surface energy of mature fault zones from structural observations of the Punchbowl fault, California, EOS Trans. AGU, 85(17), invited, 2004.
Chester, J. S., **Lenz, S., Chester, F. M., Kronenberg, A. K., **Lang, R. A., Mechanisms of compaction of quartz sand at diagenetic conditions, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April, Dallas, TX, A-24, 2004.
Karner, S. L., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Kronenberg, A. K., Hajash, A., Granular deformation of quartz sand: critical state failure model and implications for clastic rocks, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April, Dallas, TX, A-74, 2004.
Karner, S. L., Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., Hajash, A., Macroscopic strength profiles determined from hydrothermal deformation experiments on granular quartz sand, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Hedberg Conference, February 8-11, Austin, TX, 2004.
**Zhang, L., Chester, J. S., Mechanical constraints on trishear kinematic models of the backlimbs of fault-bend and fault-propagation folds, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting, April, Dallas, TX, oral presentation by J. S. Chester, A-154, 2004.
Chester, J. S., Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, F. M., Guillemette, R. N, Characterization of natural slip surfaces relevant to earthquake mechanics, EOS Trans. AGU, 84(46), 2003.
Chester, J. S, Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, F. M., Guillemette, R. N, Characterization of natural slip surfaces relevant to earthquake mechanics, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Annual Meeting Proceedings and Abstracts Volume XIII, p. 75, Oxnard, CA., September 7-11, 2003.
**Orofino, J. C., Chester, J. S., *Finn, M. D., **Graff, M. C., **McGuire, J. B., Structural fabric of the Palisades monocline: A study of positive inversion, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, accepted for annual meeting, Seattle, WA, 2003.
Kronenberg, A. K., Karner, S. L., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., Temperature-dependent deformation of granular quartz sand, EOS Trans. AGU, 83, p. 47, 2002.
Chester, J. S., Structure and Petrology of the Kern Canyon Fault, California: A Deeply Exhumed Strike-slip Fault, Gordon Conference on Rock Deformation, Barga, Italy, May 19-24, 2002.
**Kuhle, N. J., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Fault and Fracture Fabrics of Inversion Structures: Effect of Burial History and Rock Ductility, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts, 11, A97, 2002.
Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., **Wilson, J. E., Kirschner, D. L., Paleostress and Slip Distribution in Large-Displacement Faults of the San Andreas System, California, Program and Abstracts for International Workshop on Physics of Active Fault, NIED, Tsukuba, Japan (http://romalia.bosai.go.jp/Fault_WS/Fault_WS-abstract.pdf), 2002.
Karner, S. L., Chester, F. M., Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, J. S., **Lenz, S. C., Hajash, A., and *He, W., Compressibility and particle size effects of compacted granular quartz, EOS Trans. AGU, 82, F1231, 2001.
**Kuhle, N. J., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Kinematics of inversion of normal-faulted strata as a function of depth of burial and rock ductility, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33, p. A-150, 2001.
Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., and Hajash, A., Creep compaction of quartz aggregates under dry and fluid-saturated conditions, DOE BES Workshop on Fundamentals of Geophysical Imaging, Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences Workshop, Feb. 18-19, Gaithersburg, MD, 2000.
**Kuhle, N. J., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Influence of inversion magnitude and burial path on inversion structures, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A31, 2000.
**Kuhle, N. J., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Fault-fold evolution in reverse-reactivated normal faults, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, South Central Meeting, v. 32, no.3, p. A16, 2000.
**Neal, L A., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Wintsch, R. P., Internal structure of the Kern Canyon fault, California: A deeply exhumed strike-slip fault, EOS Trans. AGU, 81, p. F1145, 2000.
Chester, F. M., Kirschner, D. L., Chester, J. S., Extreme localization of slip during earthquake rupture - field evidence from the Punchbowl and San Gabriel faults, San Andreas system, California, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, F689, 1999.
Chester, J. S., Tuttle, M., **Noonan, B., Sims, J., Paleoseismology Study in the Cache River Valley, Southern Illinois, Mid-America Seismic Hazard Meeting, St. Louis, MO, January 6-8, 1999.
*He, W., **Lang, R. A., Chester, F. M., Chester, J. S., Hajash, A., Kronenberg, A. K., Creep compaction of quartz aggregates under dry and fluid-saturated conditions, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, F1020, 1999.
**Noonan, B., Chester,J. S., Tuttle, M., Sims, J., and Dyer-Williams, K., Liquefaction features in the Cache River Valley, Southern Illinois, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, S224, 1999.
Tuttle, M., Sims, J., and Chester, J., Paleoseismology Study in the St. Louis Region, Mid-America Seismic Hazard Meeting, St. Louis, MO, January 6-8, 1999.
**Wilson, J. E., Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., Microfracture fabric of the Punchbowl fault zone, San Andreas system, California, EOS Trans. AGU, 80, F746, 1999.
Chester, F. M., Kirschner, D. L., and Chester,J. S., Structural and geochemical investigations of the Punchbowl fault, San Andreas system, California, in Program & Abstracts of the International Workshop on Frontiers in Monitoring Science and Technology for Earthquake Environments, Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute Publication, TW7400 98-001, 4 pp., Toki, Japan, 1998.
Hajash, A., *Yilmaz, R., Kronenberg, A. K., Chester, F. M., and Chester, J. S, Fluid-assisted compaction of quartz aggregates at low temperature and subcritical effective pressure, EOS Trans. AGU, 79, F820, 1998.
Tuttle, M., Chester, J. S., Lafferty, R., Dyer-Williams, K., Haynes, M., Cande, R., and **Sierzchula, M., Liquefaction features in southwestern Illinois and southeastern Missouri and their implications for paleoseismicity, EOS Trans. AGU, 79, p. S342, 1998.
**Astle, S., Chester, J., Snyder, W., Liberty, L., A structural reinterpretation of Buck Mountain, Eureka fold-and-thrust belt, Nevada, AAPG Bulletin, 81, p. 1218, 1997.
Chester, F. M., and Chester, J. S., Ultracataclasite structure and friction processes of the San Andreas fault, Eos Trans. AGU, 78, F475, 1997.
Tuttle, M. P., Lafferty, R. H., Cande, R. F., Chester, J. S., and Haynes, M., Evidence of earthquake-induced liquefaction north of the New Madrid seismic zone, central United States, Seismological Research Letters, v. 67, no. 2, p. 58, 1996.
Chester, J. S., and Chester, F. M.,Deformation at the corners of rotated crustal blocks in southeastern San Gabriel Mountains, California, EOS Trans. AGU, 76, p. F625-F626, 1995.
Spang, J. H., Chester, J. S., and Wiltschko, D. V., Physical models of a basic triangle zone, Canadian Society of Exploration Geop. and Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Joint National Convention, Program, pp. 215-216., 1994.
Spang, J. H., Chester, J. S., and Wiltschko, D. V., Physical models investigating the kinematic development of basic triangle zones, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, p. 64, 1994.
Chester, J. S. and Fletcher, R. C., Stress in anisotropic rock near weak faults, EOS Trans. AGU, 74, p. 579-580, 1993.
Chester, J. S., Imbrication and duplex development in the Absaroka thrust sheet, Haystack Peak area, Salt River Range, Wyoming, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, p. A182, 1992.
Chester, J. S., Geometry and fracture distribution in fault-propagation folds in nature and experiments. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Abstracts, v. 72, p. 171, 1988.
Chester, J. S., and Chester, F. M., Fault-propagation folding above planar thrust faults with application to thin-skinned and basement-cored folds. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, p. A181, 1988.
Chester, J. S., Mechanical stratigraphy of the Cambrian through Mississippian section in the Absaroka thrust sheet, Haystack Peak area, Wyoming. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, p. 618, 1987.
Chester, J. S., Spang, J. H., and Logan, J. M., Comparison of thrust fault rock models to Wyoming Foreland structure. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, p. 346, 1986.
Chester, J. S., Logan, J. M., and Spang, J. H., Role of layering in the deformation of thrust sheets. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, p. 346, 1986.
Savaso, J. A., Experiments investigating the effect of interlayer slip in non-scaled rock models of thrust faults. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 15, p. 10. AwardedBest Student Paper, 1983.
Logan, J. M., Savaso, J. A., and Patton, T. L., Rock models: A major tool for investigating mechanical processes. EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 64, p. 317, 1983.
Contract Reports
Chester, J.S., FY2001, Structure and Petrology of the Kern Canyon fault, California: A Deeply exhumed Strike-slip fault, Annual Project Summary, USGS # 00-HQ-GR-0029, Vol. 42, http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/
Chester, J. S. and Tuttle, M.T., FY2001, Paleoseismology Study in the Cache River Valley, Southern Illinois, Annual Project Summary, USGS # 1434-HQ-98-GR-00015, Vol. 42, http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/
Tuttle, M.T., Chester, J. S., Lafferty, R., Dyer-Williams, K., and Cande, B., 1999, Paleoseismology study northwest of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Final Report, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: NRC-04-95-045, 155 pp.
Chester, J. S. and Tuttle, M.T., 1998, Paleoseismology study in the Cache River Valley, southern Illinois, Annual Project Summary, USGS Award No: 1434-HQ-98-GR-00013, http://erp-web.er.usgs.gov/
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