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Papers and Publications (1970-1979)

Hiroo Kanamori, Amos Nur, D. Chung, D. Wones, & Gene Simmons. Elastic wave velocities of lunar samples at high pressures and their geophysical implications. Science, 30 January, V167, pp 726-728.

Ki-iti Horai & Amos Nur. Relationship among terrestrial heat flow, thermal conductivity, and geothermal gradient. JGR, April 10, V75, pp 1985-1991.

C. E. Helsley & Amos Nur. The paleomagnetism of cretaceous rocks from Israel. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 8, pp 4032-4100.

Keiiti Aki, Thomas DeFazio, Paul Reasenberg, & Amos Nur. An active experiment with earthquake fault for an estimation of the insitu stress. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, V60, #4, pp 1315-1336.

Amos Nur & Charles E. Helsley. Paleomagnetism of tertiary and recent lavas of Israel. Earth & Planetary Science Letters 10, pp 375-379.

Amos Nur. Viscous phase in rocks an the low-velocity zone. JGR, February 10, V76, #5, pp 1270-1277.

Amos Nur. Effects of stress on velocity anisotropy in rocks with cracks. JGR, V76, #8, pp 2022-2034, March 10.

Amos Nur & J. D. Byerlee. An exact effective stress law for elastic deformation of rock with fluids. JGR, V76, #26, pp 6414-6419.

Joseph J. Spranza & Amos Nur. Seasonal deformation of 2-mile straight line. Journal of Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, V97, #SM 12, pp 1623-1634, December.

Amos Nur and John R. Booker. Aftershocks caused by pore fluid flow? Science, V175, pp 885-877, December.

J. F. Hermance, A. Nur, & S. Bjorsson. Electric properties of basalt: Relation of laboratory to in situ measurements. JGR, V77, #8, pp 1424-1429, March 10.

Amos Nur. Dilatancy, pore fluids, and premonitory variations of ts/tp travel times. Bulletin of Seismological Society of America, V62, #5, pp 1217-1222.

Amos Nur & Robert L. Kovach. The role of pore fluids in tectonic processes. Geophysics, V3, #2, pp 29-33.

A. Nur. Role of pore fluids in faulting. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. Land. A274, pp 297-304.

R. J. Kovach & A. Nur, Editors. Proceedings of the conference on tectonic problems of the San Andreas Fault system. Stanford University Earth Science Series, VXII, pp 512.

Amos Nur, M. Lee-Bell, & Pradeep Talwani. Fluid flow and faulting: 1: A detailed study of the dilatancy mechanism and premonitory velocity changes. Stanford University Earth Science Series, VXIII, pp 391-404.

Amos Nur & Phillip Schultz. Fluid flow and faulting, 2: A stiffness model for seismicity. Stanford University Earth Science Series, VXIII, pp 405-416.

Ansel G. Johnson, Robert L. Kovach, Amos Nur, & John R. Booker. Pore pressure changes during creep events on the San Andreas fault. JGR, V78, #5, pp 851-857, February 10.

J. K. Garg & Amos Nur. Effective stress laws for fluid saturated porous rocks. JGR, V78, #26, pp 5911-5921, September 10.

Pradeep Talwani, Amos Nur, & Robert L. Kovach. Compressional and shear wave velocities in granular materials to 2.5 kilobars. JGR, V78, #29, pp 6899-6909, October 10.

Pradeep Talwani, Amos Nur, & Robert L. Kovach. Implications of elastic wave velocities for Apollo 17 rock powders. Proceedings of the fifth lunar conference (Supplement 5, Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta) V3, pp 2919-2926.

Ansel G. Johnson, Robert L. Kovach, & Amos Nur. Fluid-pressure variations and fault creep in central California. Tectonophysics, V23,pp 257-266.

Amos Nur & Gerald Mavko. Postseismic viscoelastic rebound. Science, V183, pp 204-206, 18th. January.

Amos Nur. Matsushiro, Japan, Earthquake swarm: Confirmation of the dilatancy-fluid diffusion model. Geology, pp 217-221. May.

Amos Nur. Tectonophysics: The study of relations between deformation and forces in the earth. Theme 2. Tectonophysics, Proceedings of the Third Congress of the International Society for Rock Mechanics, Denver.

Amos Nur. A note on the constitutive law for dilatancy. Pageoph. V113, pp 197-206.

Gerald Mavko & Amos Nur. Melt squirt in the asthenosphere. JGR, V80, #11, pp 1444-1448, April 10.

Robert L. Kovach & Amos Nur. Water-level fluctuations and earthquakes on the San Andreas fault zone. Geology, pp 437-440, August.

Amos Nur. Origin of velocity changes before earthquakes.: The dilatancy diffusion hypothesis and its confirmation.Volcanos & Tectonosphere. Ed. by Hitoshi Aoki & Susamu Iizuka. Tokai University Press.

Ari Ben-Menahem, Amos Nur, & Moshe Vered. Tectonics, seismicity and structure of the Afro-Eurasian junction - the breading of an incoherent plate. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, V12, pp 1-50.

James W. Spencer, Jr., & Amos M. Nur. The effects of pressure, temperature, and pore water on velocities in Westerly Granite. JGR, V81, #5, pp 899-904, February 10.

Eve S. Sprunt & Amos Nur. Reduction of porosity by pressure solution: experimental verification. Geology, V4, pp 463-466, August.

Zvi Ben-Avraham & Amos Nur. Slip rates and morphology of continental collision belts. Geology, V4, pp 661-664, November.

Amos Nur. A book review. Earthquake prediction by Tsuneji Rititaki, Science, V192, pp 688.

Amos Nur. A book review. The earth - by Sir Harold Jeffreys. Science, pp 708, December.

Berry Raleigh, Gordon Bennett, Harmon Craig, Thomas Hanks, Peter Molnar, Amos Nur, James Savage, Christopher Scholtz, Ralph Turner, and Francis Wu. Prediction of the Haicheng earthquake. AGU, V58, #5, pp 236-272, May.

Kenneth W. Winkler & Amos Nur. Depth constrains on dilatance induced velocity anomalies. J. Phys. Earth, 25, Suppl., S231-S241.

M. Lee-Bell, S. Thomas Crouch, & Amos Nur. Non-Newtonian antiplane flow and its application to plate deformation. Tectonophysics, V39, pp 501-514.

Eve S. Sprint & Amos Nur. Destruction of porosity through pressure solution. Geophysics, V42, pp 762-741, June.

Eve S. Sprint & Amos Nur. Experimental study of the effects of stress on solution rate. JGR, V82, #20, pp 3013-3022, July 10.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Lost Pacifica continent. Nature, V270, #5632, pp 41-43, November 3.

Amos Nur. The tensile origin of fracture-controlled lineaments. Third International symposium of Basement Tectonic contributions #22, pp 155-167.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. The eastern Mediterranean and the Levant: Tectonics of continental collision. Tectonophysics, V46, pp 297-311.

Amos Nur. Nonuniform friction as a physical basis for earthquake mechanics. Pageoph. V116.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Speculations on mountain building and the lost Pacific continent. J. Phys. Earth, 26, suppl., S21-S37.

M. Lee-Bell & Amos Nur. Strength changes due to reservoir induced pore pressure and stresses and application to Lake Oroville. JGR, V83, #B9, pp 4469-4483.

Gerald M. Mavko & Amos Nur. The effect of nonelliptical cracks on the compressibility of rocks. JGR, V83, #B9, pp 4459-4468, September 10.

Patricia C. Arditty, Henry J. Ramey, Jr., & Amos Nur. Response of a closed well-reservoir system to stress induced by earth tides. SPE 8484, pp 1-15, October 1-3.

Kenneth Winkler, Amos Nur, & Michael Gladwin. Friction and seismic attenuation in rocks. Nature, 277, pp 528-531.

Kenneth Winkler & Amos Nur. Pore fluids and seismic attenuation in rocks. Geophysical Research Letters, V6, #1, pp 1-4, January.

Gerald M. Mavko & Amos Nur. Wave attenuation in partially saturated rocks. Geophysics, V44, #2, pp 161-178, February.

Moshe Israel & Amos Nur. A complete solution of a one-dimensional propagating fault with nonuniform stress and strength. JGR, V84, #B5, pp 2223-2234, May 10.

Kenneth D. Mahrer & Amos Nur. Strike slip faulting in a downward varying crust. JGR, V84, #B5, pp 2296-2302, May 10.

Kenneth D. Mahrer & Amos Nur. Static strike-slip faulting in a horizontally varying crust. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, V69, #69, pp 975-1099, August.

Hisao Ito, John DeVilbiss, & Amos Nur. Compressional and shear waves in saturated rock during water-steam transition. JGR, V84, #B9, pp 4731-4735, August 10.

Eve S. Sprunt & Amos Nur. Microcracking and healing in granites: New evidence from cathodoluminsence. Science, V205, pp 495-497, August 3.

Amos Nur, K. Winkler & J. DeVilbiss. Effects of fluid saturation on waves in porous rocks. 7th. formation evaluation symposium of the Canadian Well Logging Society in Calgary, October 21/24.

Amos M. Nur, Kenneth Winkler, John DeVilbiss & Joel D. Walls. Effects of fluid saturation on waves in porous rock and relation to hydraulic permeability. SPE 8235, pp 1-8, September 23/26.

Joel Walls & Amos Nur. Pore pressure and confining pressure dependence of permeability in sandstone. 7th. formation evaluation symposium of the Canadian Well Logging Society in Calgary, October 21/24.

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