Amos Nur Wayne Loel Professor of Earth Sciences, Emeritus Department Geophysics Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Geophysics (1969) B.Sc., Hebrew University, Geology (1962) Email Amos.Nur@stanford.edu Stanford Earth Page Featured Publications Article Unconventional Petroleum Geology Second Edition Foreword 2017 Article Rock physics analysis and time-lapse rock imaging of geochemical effects due to the injection of CO2 into reservoir rocks 2011 Article Elastic wave speeds and moduli in polycrystalline ice Ih, sI methane hydrate, and sII methane-ethane hydrate 2009 Article The catastrophic end of the Bronze Age: Earthquakes or Sea people 2008 Article Seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands: Part 2 - Influence of sorting- and compaction-induced porosity variation 2007 Article Pressure Seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands: Part 1 trends from 0.1 to 20 MPa 2007 Article Seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands: Part 2 - Influence of sorting and compaction induced porosity variation 2007 Book Subsidence History and Its Impacts to Hydrocarbon Potential of The Song Hong Basin, Vietnam 2007 Article Subsurface fluid flow and its implications for seabed pockmarks and mud volcanoes: An approach of distinct element method(DEM) 2007 Article Seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands: Part 1 - Pressure trends from 0.1 to 20 MPa 2007 Article Evidence for Tectonic Activity During the Mature Harappan Civilization, 2600-1800 BCE 2006 Article Earthquakes and Archeology: Neocatastrophism or Science? 2006 Article Evaluation of Porosity and Permeability for an Oil Prospect, Offshore Vietnam by using Artificial Neural Networks 2006 Article Permeability-porosity transforms from small sandstone fragments 2006 Article Detection of stress-induced velocity anisotropy in unconsolidated sands 2006 Article Permeability prediction from thin sections: 3D reconstruction and Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulation 2004 Article Permeability prediction from thin sections: 3D reconstruction and Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulation 2004 Article Transport property modeling in partially-saturated rocks using pore-scale simulations, EOS Trans 2004 Article Real time monitoring of permeability 2003 Article Us Patent No: 6516080 - Numerical method of estimating physical properties of three-dimensional porous media 2003 Book Quantitative acoustic mocroscopy: Application to petrophysical studies of reservoir rocks 2003 Article Measured temperature and pressure dependence of V-p and V-s in compacted, polycrystalline sI methane and sII methane-ethane hydrate 2003 Article Elastic properties of dry clay mineral aggregates, suspensions and sandstones 2003 Article Rock property determination using digital rock physics 2003 Article Rock physics of a gas hydrate reservoir 2003 Inproceedings Computational rock physics: Latice-Boltzmann fluid flow simulationin porous media dna dits applications 2003 Article Correction to Liquefaction and dynamic poroelasticity in soft sediments by Ran Bachrach, Amos Nur, and Amotz Agnon 2003 Article Elastic properties of dry clay mineral aggregates, suspensions and sandstones 2003 Article 2003 Rock Physics for Gas Hydrate Reservoir Characterization 2003 Article Material and stress rotations: The key to reconciling crustal faulting complexity with rock mechanics 2003 Article Measured temperature and pressure dependence of compressional (V-p) and shear (V-s) wave speeds in compacted, polycrystalline ice Ih 2003 Article Efficient parallel implementation of two-phase Lattice-Boltzmann flow simulation. 2002 Article Aftershocks and pore fluid diffusion following theLanders earthquake 2002 Inproceedings Quantitative acoustic microscopy: Application to petrophysical studies of reservoir rocks 2002 Article Aftershocks and pore fluid diffusion following the 1992 Landers earthquake 2002 Article Us Patent No: 6,516,080 B1. Numerical method of estimating physical properties of three-dimensional porous media 2002 Article The 1993 M4.7 Kuwait earthquake: Induced by the burning of the oil fields 2002 Article The 1993 M4.7 Kuwait earthquakes: Induced by the burning of the oil fields 2002 Article Erroneous interpretation of historical documents related to the epicenter of the 1927 Jericho earthquake in the Holy Land 2002 Article Parallel two-phase flow simulation and representative elementary volume 2002 Article Ultrasonic velocity measurements in volcanic rocks: correlation with microtexture 2002 Article On the universality of diagnetic trends 2002 Article Us Patent No: 6,374,186 B1. Method for over pressure detection from compressional and shear-wave data. 2002 Article Stratigraphy-guided rock physics 2002 Article Liquefaction and dynamic poroelasticity in soft sediments 2001 Article What riggered the collapse? Earthquake storms. 2001 Article Residual topography, lithospheric structure and sunken slabs in the central Mediterranean 2001 Article Integrating reservoir engineering and sattelite remote sensing for (true) continuous time-lapse reservoir monitoring 2001 Article Linking oil production to surface subsidence from satellite radar interferometry 2001 Article Effect of initial distribution of two fluids on relative permeability using Lattice-Boltzmann method, EOS Trans 2001 Article 3-D seismic interperation of tectonic wrenching and faulting in La Cira-Infantas 2001 Book Critical porosity models 2001 Article Computational rock physics at the pore scale: Transport properties and diagenesis in realistic pore geometries 2001 Article Two-phase flow in complex porous media using Lattice-Boltzmann method 2001 Article Theoretical rock physics for bypassed oil detection behind casing: La Cira-Infantas Oil Field 2001 Article Permeability and porosity of sandstone from 2D microimages 2001 Book Acoustic properties in rocks saturated with petroliferous liquids: Chapter 9 in Handbook Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases, Volume IV: Elastic Properties of Fluids: Liquids and Gases, eds 2000 Article Use of compressional and shear wave velocity for overpressure detection, Proceedings - Offshore Technology Conference 2000 Inproceedings Introduction to physical properties and elasticity models. 2000 Inproceedings Rock physics characterization for gas hydrate reservoirs - Elastic properties 2000 Article Permeability as a toggle switch in fluid-controlled crustal processes 2000 Book Acoustic properties of petroliferous liquids: Chapter 8 in Handbook of Elastic Properties of Solids, Liquids and Gases, Volume IV: Elastic Properties of Fluids: Liquids and Gases, eds 2000 Article Seismic velocities and Poisson's ration of shallow unconsolidated sands 2000 Article Poseidon's horses: Plate tectonics and earthquakes storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean 2000 Article Permeability as a toggle switch in fluid-controlled crustal processes 2000 Article Crustal fluids and earthquakes -GeoComplexity and the Physics of earthquakes. 2000 Article Estimating the amount of gas hydrate and free gas from marine seismic data 2000 Article Permeability Estimation by Numerical Flow Simulation on 3-D Porous Media Extended from Thin Sections, EOS Trans 2000 Article Seismic velocities and Poisson's ratio of shallow unconsolidated sands 2000 Article Flow-limited Diagenesis and Transport Properties of Porous Media using Lattice-Boltzmann Method, 70th International Symposium of Society of Exploration Geophysicists 2000 Inproceedings Laboratory measurements of compressional and shear wave speeds through methane hydrate 2000 Article Plate detachment, asthenosphere upwelling, and topography across subduction zones 2000 Article Elastic moduli of cemented sphere packs 1999 Article Note: A new estimate for the epicenter of the Jericho earthquake of 11 July, 1927 1999 Article Elastic-wave velocity in marine sediments with gas hydrates: Effective medium modeling 1999 Article Overpressure detection from compressional and shear-wave data 1999 Article Plate detachment, asthenosphere upwelling, and topography across subduction zones 1999 Article Identifying patchy saturation from well logs 1999 Article Elastic-wave velocities in sandstones with non-load-bearing clay 1999 Article Poseidon's horses: Plate tectonics and earthquake storms in the Late Bronze Age Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean 1999 Article Overpressure detection from compressional- and shear-wave data 1999 Article High-resolution shallow-seismic experiments in sand, Part II: Velocities in shallow unconsolidated sand 1999 Article Sediments with gas hydrates: Internal structure from seismic AVO 1999 Article Identifying patchy saturation from well logs 1999 Inproceedings Seismic detection of viscous contaminant using shallow seismic reflection 1999 Article The formation of Mount Etna as the consequence of slab rollback 1999 Article High-resolution shallow-seismic experiments in sand, Part 1: Water table, fluid flow, and saturation 1999 Article Holocene stratigraphy of the Dead Sea: Correlation of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles to sediment cores 1999 Article Holocene stratigraphy of the Dead Sea: correlation of high-resolution seismic reflection profiles to sediment cores 1999 Inproceedings High-resolution shallow-seismic experiments in sand, Part I: Water table, fluid flow, and saturation 1998 Inproceedings Seismic detection of viscous contaminant using shallow seismic reflection 1998 Inproceedings High-resolution shallow-seismic experiments in sand, Part II: Velocities in shallow unconsolidated sand 1998 Article A study of porosity and permeability using a lattice Boltzmann simulation 1998 Article Stability analysis of a pressure-solution surface 1998 Article Time-average equation revisited 1998 Article Acoustic signatures of patchy saturation 1998 Article A physical model for porosity reduction in sandstones 1998 Article Sediments with gas hydrates: Internal structure from seismic AVO 1998 Article Acoustic signatures of partial saturation 1998 Article Elastic strain energy as a control in the evolution of asymmetric pressure-solution contacts 1998 Inproceedings Numerical simulation of postseismic deformation due to pore fluid diffusion 1998 Article Vertical axis rotations in the Mojave: Evidence from the Independence dike swarm: Reply 1997 Article The effect of a percolation threshold in the Kozeny-Carman relation 1997 Inproceedings Geophysical imaging of transient ground water flow in partially saturated aquifers 1997 Inproceedings Structure of hydrated sediment from seismic and rock physics 1996 Inproceedings Seismic signatures of patchy saturation 1996 Article Vertical axis rotations in the Mojave: Evidence from the Independence dike swarm 1996 Article Elasticity of high-porosity sandstones: Theory for two North Sea data sets 1996 Article Stress sensitivity of sandstones 1996 Article Earthquakes as a coupled shear stress high pore pressure dynamical system 1996 Article SCALE EFFECTS ON DYNAMIC WAVE-PROPAGATION IN HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA 1995 Article SQUIRT FLOW IN FULLY SATURATED ROCKS 1995 Article EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES OF CEMENTED GRANULAR-MATERIALS 1994 Article SEISMIC SIGNATURES OF RESERVOIR TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES AND PORE FLUID DISTRIBUTION 1994 Article PORE PRESSURE PROFILES IN FRACTURED AND COMPLIANT ROCKS 1994 Article THE SQUIRT-FLOW MECHANISM - MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION 1994 Inproceedings CRITICAL POROSITY - A PHYSICAL BOUNDARY IN POROELASTICITY 1993 Article NARROW SUBDUCTING SLABS AND THE ORIGIN OF BACKARC BASINS 1993 Article ROTATION OF STRESS AND BLOCKS IN THE LAKE MEAD, NEVADA, FAULT SYSTEM 1993 Article THE NATURE OF THE LANDERS-MOJAVE EARTHQUAKE LINE 1993 Article DYNAMIC POROELASTICITY - A UNIFIED MODEL WITH THE SQUIRT AND THE BIOT MECHANISMS 1993 Article ULTRASONIC VELOCITIES IN SANDS - REVISITED 1993 Article RELATING P-WAVE ATTENUATION TO PERMEABILITY 1993 Article FILTRATION FRONTS IN PRESSURE COMPLIANT RESERVOIRS 1992 Article ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF VEIN CALCITE AND ITS FLUID INCLUSIONS - IMPLICATION TO PALEOHYDROLOGICAL SYSTEMS, TECTONIC EVENTS AND VEIN FORMATION PROCESSES 1992 Article THE DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS COMPRESSIBLE FLUID IN A FRACTURE 1992 Article ULTRASONIC VELOCITY AND ANISOTROPY OF HYDROCARBON SOURCE ROCKS 1992 Article PETROPHYSICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CAJON PASS SCIENTIFIC WELL - IMPLICATIONS FOR FLUID-FLOW AND SEISMIC STUDIES IN THE CONTINENTAL-CRUST 1992 Article COMPRESSIONAL VELOCITY AND POROSITY IN SAND-CLAY MIXTURES 1992 Article PETROPHYSICAL CLASSIFICATION OF SILICICLASTICS FOR LITHOLOGY AND POROSITY PREDICTION FROM SEISMIC VELOCITIES 1992 Article AND THE WALLS CAME TUMBLING DOWN 1991 Article ULTRASONIC VELOCITIES IN PURE HYDROCARBONS AND MIXTURES 1991 Article KOZENY-CARMAN RELATION FOR A MEDIUM WITH TAPERED CRACKS 1991 Article PORE-FILLING MATERIAL AND ITS EFFECT ON VELOCITY IN ROCKS 1991 Article THE EFFECT OF CEMENTATION ON THE ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF GRANULAR MATERIAL 1991 Article DISTRIBUTED DEFORMATION AND BLOCK ROTATION IN 3 DIMENSIONS 1991 Article ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES IN PETROLEUM OILS 1990 Article PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE FOR COUNTERCLOCKWISE BLOCK ROTATION IN THE NORTH NEVADA RIFT REGION 1990 Article MULTIPLE STRIKE-SLIP-FAULT SETS - A CASE-STUDY FROM THE DEAD-SEA TRANSFORM 1990 Article THE OSCILLATIONS OF A VISCOUS COMPRESSIBLE FLUID IN AN ARBITRARILY-SHAPED PORE 1990 Article DISPERSION ANALYSIS OF ACOUSTIC VELOCITIES IN ROCKS 1990 Article WAVE VELOCITIES IN HYDROCARBON-SATURATED ROCKS - EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 1990 Article STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING AND BLOCK ROTATION IN THE LAKE MEAD FAULT SYSTEM - RESPONSE 1989 Article PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS FROM LATE PALEOZOIC DIKES FROM THE NORTHWESTERN JUNGGAR BLOCK, NORTHWESTERN CHINA 1989 Article PERCOLATION OF ELECTRICAL AND ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF GRANULAR-MATERIALS AT THE TRANSITION FROM A SUSPENSION TO A LOOSE PACKING 1989 Inproceedings KINEMATICS AND MECHANICS OF TECTONIC BLOCK ROTATIONS 1989 Article EMPLACEMENT OF FORELAND THRUST SYSTEMS 1988 Article ACTIVE TRANSCURRENT FAULT SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTH AFRICAN PASSIVE MARGIN 1987 Article STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING AND BLOCK ROTATION IN THE LAKE MEAD FAULT SYSTEM 1987 Article THE DIELECTRIC-CONSTANT OF SANDSTONES, 60 KHZ TO 4 MHZ 1987 Article EFFECTS OF POROSITY AND CLAY CONTENT ON WAVE VELOCITIES IN SANDSTONES - REPLY 1987 Article ACOUSTIC REFLECTIVITY AND SHALLOW SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE IN THE SEA OF GALILEE, JORDAN VALLEY 1986 Article COLLISIONAL PROCESSES IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 1986 Article STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING AND BLOCK ROTATION IN THE LAKE MEAD FAULT SYSTEM 1986 Article EFFECTS OF POROSITY AND CLAY CONTENT ON WAVE VELOCITIES IN SANDSTONES 1986 Article FAULT MECHANICS AND THE KINEMATICS OF BLOCK ROTATIONS 1986 Article PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT BY THE PULSE-DECAY METHOD - EFFECTS OF POROELASTIC PHENOMENA AND NONLINEAR PORE PRESSURE DIFFUSION 1986 Article QUANTIFYING SOLID FLUID INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA IN POROUS ROCKS WITH PROTON NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE 1986 Article SPATIAL GAPS IN ARC VOLCANISM - THE EFFECT OF COLLISION OR SUBDUCTION OF OCEANIC PLATEAUS 1985 Inproceedings ROLE OF STEPOVERS IN STRIKE-SLIP TECTONICS 1984 Article THE NATURE OF SEISMIC REFLECTIONS FROM DEEP CRUSTAL FAULT ZONES 1984 Article POROSITY REDUCTION AND CRUSTAL PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT 1984 Article EFFECTS OF ATTENUATION ON REFLECTIONS - EXPERIMENTAL TEST 1984 Article BLOCK ROTATION BY STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING - STRUCTURAL AND PALEOMAGNETIC EVIDENCE 1984 Article A PORE-SPACE MODEL FOR ROCK PERMEABILITY AND BULK MODULUS 1984 Article VELOCITY AND ATTENUATION IN SANDSTONE AT ELEVATED-TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES 1983 Article AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW TO THE CONCEPT OF DISPLACED TERRANES 1983 Article ACCRETED TERRANES 1983 Article VOLCANIC GAPS DUE TO OBLIQUE CONSUMPTION OF ASEISMIC RIDGES 1983 Article EFFECTS OF PRESSURE AND PARTIAL WATER SATURATION ON GAS-PERMEABILITY IN TIGHT SANDS - EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS 1982 Article EFFECTS OF DIAGENESIS AND CLAYS ON COMPRESSIONAL VELOCITIES IN ROCKS 1982 Article THE EMPLACEMENT OF OPHIOLITES BY COLLISION 1982 Article THE ORIGIN OF TENSILE FRACTURE LINEAMENTS 1982 Article SEISMIC ATTENUATION - EFFECTS OF PORE FLUIDS AND FRICTIONAL SLIDING 1982 Article SEISMIC VELOCITY AND ANISOTROPY IN MYLONITES AND THE REFLECTIVITY OF DEEP CRUSTAL FAULT ZONES 1982 Article EVOLUTION OF PULL APART BASINS AND THEIR SCALE INDEPENDENCE 1982 Article OCEANIC PLATEAUS, THE FRAGMENTATION OF CONTINENTS, AND MOUNTAIN BUILDING 1982 Article THE ACCOMMODATION OF RELATIVE MOTION AT DEPTH ON THE SAN-ANDREAS FAULT SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA 1981 Article CONTINENTAL ACCRETION - FROM OCEANIC PLATEAUS TO ALLOCHTHONOUS TERRANES 1981 Article VOLCANIC GAPS AND THE CONSUMPTION OF ASEISMIC RIDGES IN SOUTH-AMERICA 1981 Article EFFECTS OF FLUID SATURATION ON WAVES IN POROUS ROCK AND RELATIONS TO HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY 1980 Article ROLE OF HETEROGENEITIES IN FAULTING 1980 Article THE ELEVATION OF VOLCANOS AND THEIR EDIFICE HEIGHTS AT SUBDUCTION ZONES 1980 Article STATIC STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING IN A HORIZONTALLY VARYING CRUST 1979 Article COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR-WAVES IN SATURATED ROCK DURING WATER-STEAM TRANSITION 1979 Article FRICTION AND SEISMIC ATTENUATION IN ROCKS 1979 Article WAVE ATTENUATION IN PARTIALLY SATURATED ROCKS 1979 Article MICROCRACKING AND HEALING IN GRANITES - NEW EVIDENCE FROM CATHODOLUMINESCENCE 1979 Article STRIKE SLIP FAULTING IN A DOWNWARD VARYING CRUST 1979 Article PORE FLUIDS AND SEISMIC ATTENUATION IN ROCKS 1979 Article COMPLETE SOLUTION OF A ONE-DIMENSIONAL PROPAGATING FAULT WITH NONUNIFORM STRESS AND STRENGTH 1979 Article EFFECT OF NON-ELLIPTICAL CRACKS ON COMPRESSIBILITY OF ROCKS 1978 Article STRENGTH CHANGES DUE TO RESERVOIR-INDUCED PORE PRESSURE AND STRESSES AND APPLICATION TO LAKE OROVILLE 1978 Article NONUNIFORM FRICTION AS A PHYSICAL BASIS FOR EARTHQUAKE MECHANICS 1978 Article EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND LEVANT - TECTONICS OF CONTINENTAL COLLISION 1978 Article DESTRUCTION OF POROSITY THROUGH PRESSURE SOLUTION 1977 Article NON-NEWTONIAN ANTIPLANE FLOW AND ITS APPLICATION TO PLATE DEFORMATION 1977 Article LOST PACIFICA CONTINENT 1977 Article EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF EFFECTS OF STRESS ON SOLUTION RATE 1977 Inproceedings MECHANICAL CONSTRAINTS ON MODELS OF STRAIN ACCUMULATION ALONG SAN ANDREAS FAULT 1977 Article PREDICTION OF HAICHENG EARTHQUAKE 1977 Article TECTONICS, SEISMICITY AND STRUCTURE OF AFRO-EURASIAN JUNCTION - BREAKING OF AN INCOHERENT PLATE 1976 Article EFFECTS OF PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, AND PORE WATER ON VELOCITIES IN WESTERLY GRANITE 1976 Article REDUCTION OF POROSITY BY PRESSURE SOLUTION - EXPERIMENTAL-VERIFICATION 1976 Article SLIP RATES AND MORPHOLOGY OF CONTINENTAL COLLISION BELTS 1976 Article MELT SQUIRT IN ASTHENOSPHERE 1975 Article WATER-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS AND EARTHQUAKES ON SAN ANDREAS FAULT ZONE 1975 Inproceedings EFFECTS OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE, VARIABLE PRESSURE PORE WATER ON SEISMIC VELOCITIES 1974 Inproceedings POST SEISMIC DEFORMATION FROM VISCOUS RELAXATION AT DEPTH 1974 Article FLUID-PRESSURE VARIATIONS AND FAULT CREEP IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 1974 Article EFFECTIVE STRESS LAWS FOR FLUID-SATURATED POROUS ROCKS 1973 Inproceedings POST SEISMIC VISCOELASTIC REBOUND 1973 Inproceedings TIME-DEPENDENT VELOCITY OF WATER-SATURATED GRANITE AT HIGH-TEMPERATURES AND PRESSURES 1973 Article ROLE OF PORE FLUIDS IN FAULTING 1973 Article COMPRESSIONAL AND SHEAR WAVE VELOCITIES IN GRANULAR MATERIALS TO 2.5 KILOBARS 1973 Article PORE PRESSURE CHANGES DURING CREEP EVENTS ON SAN-ANDREAS FAULT 1973
