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Papers and Publications (1980-1989)

Amos Nur. Seismic velocities in low porosity rocks. Source mechanism and earthquake prediction. pp 71-98.

Amos Nur & Moshe Israel. The role of heterogeneities in faulting. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 21, pp 225-236.

Eve S. Sprunt & Amos Nur. Another look at pore structure: Cathodoluminsence Petrography. Society of Professional Well Log Analysts. 21st. Annual Logging Symposium, July 8/11.

T. N. Narasimhan, W. N. Houston, & A. M. Nur. the role of pore pressure in deformation in geologic processes. Geology, V8, pp 349-351, July.

Zvi Ben Avraham & Amos Nur. The elevation of volcanos and their edifice heights at subduction zones. JGR, V85, B8, pp 4325-4335, August 10.

Joel Walls, Amos Nur & Thierry Boubie. Effects of pressure and partial water saturation on gas permeability. SPE 9378, pp 1-5.

Amos Nur, Joel D. Walls, Kenneth Winkler, & John DeVilbiss. Effects of fluid saturation on waves in porous rock and relations to hydraulic permeability. Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, pp 450-458, December.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Volcanic gaps and their consumption of aseismic ridges in South America. GSA memoir 154.

William H. Prescott & Amos Nur. The accommodation of relative motion at depth on the San Andreas fault system in California. JGR, V86, #B2, 999-1004, February 10.

A. Nur & Z. Ben-Avraham. Lost Pacifica Continent: A mobilistic speculation. Vicariance Biography: A critique, by G. Nelson and D. E. Rosen.

Amos Nur. Rupture mechanics of plate boundaries. AGU, Maurice Ewing Series 4, pp 620-634.

Amos Nur & William Murphy. Wave velocities and attenuation in porous media with fluids. Proceedings of the 4th. Int. Conference on Continuum models of discrete systems. Stockholm, Sweden, June 29-July 3.

J. M. Potter, W. E. Dibble, & A. Nur. Effects of temperature and solution composition on the permeability of St. Peter's sandstone - role of iron (III). JPT Forum, pp 905-907, May.

Z. Ben-Avraham, A. Nur, D. Jones, & A. Cox. Continental accretion: from Oceanic plateaus to allochthonous terranes. Science, V213, pp 47-54, July 3.

A. Nur & Z. Ben-Avraham. Displaced terranes and mountain building. Academic Press, NY (K. Hsu, Ed).

Atilla Aydin & Amos Nur. Evolution of pull apart basins and push-up ranges. Pacific Petroleum Geologist Newsletter, 2-4.

Amos Nur. The origin of tensile fracture lineaments. Journal of Structural Geology, V4 #1, pp 31-40.

Amos Nur. Processes in rocks with fluids at elevated pressure and temperature. High-Pressure Researches in Geoscience, pp 67-83.

Kenneth W. Winkler & Amos Nur. Seismic attenuation: Effects of pore fluids and frictional sliding. Geophysics, V47, #1, pp 1-15, January.

Carol Tosaya & Amos Nur. Effects of diagenesis and clays on compressional velocities in rocks. Geophysical Research Letters, V9, #1, pp 5-8, January.

Atilla Aydin & Amos Nur. Evolution of pull-apart basins and their scale independence. Tectonics, V1, #1, pp 91--105, February.

Amos M. Nur. Seismic imaging in enhanced recovery. SPE/DOE 10680, pp 99-109, April 4/7.

Terry Jones & Amos Nur. Seismic velocity and anisotropy in mylonites and the reflectivity of deep crustal fault zones. Geology, V10, pp 260-263, May.

Amos Nur. Introduction to the special issue on accretion tectonics. JGR, V87, #B5, pp 3631, May 10.

Joel Walls, Amos M. Nur & Thierry Bourbie. Effects of pressure and partial water saturation on gas permeability in tight sands; experimental results. Journal of Petroleum Technology, pp 930-936, April.

Zvi Ben-Avraham, Amos Nur, & David Jones. The emplacement of ophiolites by collision. JGR, V87, #B5, pp 3861-3867, May 10.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Oceanic plateaus, the fragmentation of continents, and mountain building. JGR, V87, #B5, pp 3644-3661, May 10.

R. J. Knight & A. Nur. Measurements and analysis of the electrical response of sedimentary rocks. EOS. Transactions, V63, #45, November 9.

Zvi Ben Avraham & A. Nur. An introductory overview to the concept of displaced terranes. Canadian J. Earth Sciences, V20, pp 994-999.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Break-up and accretion tectonics. Accretion tectonics in the Circum-Pacific Regions. Ed. by M. Hashimoto and S. Uyeda, pp 3-18.

Terry Jones & Amos Nur. Velocity and attenuation in sandstone at elevated temperatures and pressures. Geophysical Research Letters, V10, #2, pp 140-143, February.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Volcanic gaps due to oblique consumption of aseismic ridges. Tectonophysics, 99, pp 355-362.

W. E. Dibble, Jr., Amos Nur, & J. M. Potter. Porosity reduction in sandstone. SPE 11970, pp 1-5, October 5/8.

Amos Nur. Accreted terranes. Reviews of Geophysics and Space Physics. V21, #8, pp 1779-1982.

Thierry Bourbie & Amos Nur. Effects of attenuation on reflections: Experimental test. JGR, V89, #B7, pp 6197-6202,, July 10.

Donald A. Seeburger & Amos Nur. A pore space model for rock permeability and bulk modulus. JGR, V89, #B1, pp 527-536, January 10.

C. Tosaya, A. Nur, P. Aronstam, & G. DaPrat. Monitoring of thermal EOR fronts by seismic methods. Extended abstract. SPE California Regional Meeting Volume, pp 10-20, April/Anaheim.

Terry D. Jones & Amos Nur. The nature of seismic reflections from deep crustal fault zones. JGR, V89, #B5, pp 3153-3171, May 10.

Amos Nur, Carol Tosaya, & Dung Vo-Thanh. Seismic monitoring of thermal enhanced oil recovery processes. 54th. Annual International SEG meeting. Expanded abstracts with biographies. Technical Program, pp 337-340. December, Atlanta, GA.

Rosemary Knight & Amos Nur. The effect of level of water saturation of the dielectric constant of sandstones. Transactions, SPWLA, 25th. Annual Logging Symposium, pp 123-133, June 10/13, New Orleans.

H. Ron, R. Freund, Z. Garfunkel, & A. Nur. Block rotation by strike-slip faulting: Structural and paleomagnetic evidence. JGR, V89, #B7, pp 6256-6270, July 10.

Joseph Walder & Amos Nur. Porosity reduction and crustal pore pressure development. JGR, V89, #B13, pp 11539-11548, December 10.

P. Doyen, A. Journel, & Amos Nur. Porosity mapping in petroleum reservoirs using seismic data. 54th. Annual International SEG meeting, Expanded abstracts with biographies. Technical program, pp 328-330, December, Atlanta/GA.

Joseph Walder & Amos Nur. Physical processes in accumulating sediments 3: Fluid flow and pore pressure in compacting sand-shale sequences. Bulletin.

Susan McGeary, Amos Nur, & Zvi Ben-Avraham. spatial gaps in arc volcanism: The effect of collision or subjection of oceanic plateaus. Tectonophysics, 119, pp 195-221, October.

R. J. Knight, A. Nur, & I. D. Raistrick. Modelling the electrical response of sandstones with an equivalent circuit. Transactions, SPWLA, 26th. Annual logging symposium, pp 96-103, June/New Orleans.

David P. Yale & Amos Nur. Network modelling of flow, storage and deformation in porous rocks. 55th. Annual International SEG meeting, Expanded abstracts with biographies, Technical Program, pp 91-94, October, Washington, DC.

Eulogio Antonio Del Pino & Amos Nur. Seismic wave polarization applied to geophysical tomography. 55th. Annual International SEG meeting, Expanded abstracts with biographies, Technical Program, pp 620-622, October, Washington, DC.

R. J. Knight & A. Nur. The effect of surface area to volume ratio on the dielectric response of sandstones. The Chemistry and Physics of Composite Medial, Electrochem. Soc., Proceedings, V85-8, pp 336-345.

Ehud J. Schmidt, Kathy K. Velasco, & Amos Nur. Quantifying solid fluid interfacial phenomena in porous rocks with proton NMR. Proceedings of the symposium on the Chemistry and Physics of composite Media, The Electrochemical Society, Volume 85-8, pp 292-304.

Zvi Ben-Avraham & Amos Nur. The effect of collision processes at subduction zones on tectonic events in the oceans. Geodynamic Series. AGU.

Ehud J. Schmidt & Amos M . Nur. Wideband acoustic response of fluid saturated porous rocks. J. Acoust. Soc., Am., Sup 1, Vol 79, pp S62.

Atilla Aydin & Amos Nur. The types and role off stepovers in strike-slip tectonics. The Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, pp 35-44.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Effects of pore fluid viscosity on the acoustical velocities in porous rocks. J. Acoust. Soc., Am., Vol 78, Supl. 1. pp 85-86.

R. J. Knight & A. Nur. Dielectric enhancement due to the presence of thin gas pockets. Transactions, SPWLA 27th. Annual Logging Symposium.

Zvi Ben-Avraham, Gabriel Shaliv, & Amos Nur. Acoustic reflectivity and shallow sedimentary structure in the Sea of Galilee, Jordan Valley, Marine Geology, 70 (1986) 175-189.

Ehud J. Schmidt, Katherine K. Velasco, & Amos Nur. Quantifying solid-fluid interfacial phenomena in porous rocks with proton NMR. Journal of Applied Physics 59 (8), April 15.

De-hua Han, A. Nur, & F. D. Morgan. Velocity measurement and empirical modeling in sandstones. In Transactions SPWLA, 27th. Annual Logging Symposium, March.

De-hua Han, Amos Nur, & F. D. Morgan. The events of porosity and clay content on wave velocities in sandstones. Geophysics, V51, pp 2093-2107, November, reprinted Geophysics, V52, pp 1439-1440, October, 87.

De-hua Han & Amos Nur. The effects of porosity and clay content on wave velocities in sandstones. SEG Abstract.

Amos Nur, Hagai Ron, & Oona Scotti. Fault mechanics and the kinematics of block rotations. Geology, V14, pp 746-749, September.

Hagai Ron, Atilla Aydin & Amos Nur. Strike-slip faulting and block rotation in the Lake Mead fault system. Geology, V14, pp 1020-1023, December.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Effect of temperature on wave velocities in sands and sandstones with heavy hydrocarbons. SEG, Expanded abstract . March 3/5.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. The effects of temperature on seismic wave velocities in rocks saturated with hydrocarbons. SPE 15646 SPE Reservoir Engineering, 3 (10 158-164.

Zvi Ben Avraham & Amos Nur. collisional processes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Geologische Rundschau 75/1 (209-217) Stutgart.

Giuseppe Cello & Amos Nur. A model for the emplacement of thrust systems. Tectonics.

J. Walder & Amos Nur. Permeability measurement by the pulse-decay method: Effects of poroelastic phenomena and non-linear pore pressure diffusion. Int . J. Rock Mech., Min. Sci & Geomech. Vol 23, #3, pp 225-232.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Oceanic plateaus review. Oxford University Press, August.

Zhijing Wang, De-hua Han, & Amos Nur. Recent advances and developments in rock physics, Part 1, Seismic wave velocities and attenuations. Collections of Geophysical Technology, Ed. by the editorial department of Oil Geophysical Prospecting 7, 1-17 (in Chinese).

Zhijing Wang, De-hua Han, & Amos Nur. Recent advances and developments in Rock Physics, Part 2, Electrical properties and modelling of rocks. Collections of Geophysical Technology, Ed. by the editorial department of Oil Geophysical Prospecting, 8 1-34 (in Chinese).

Rosemary J. Knight & Amos Nur. the dielectric constant of sandstones, 60 kHz to 4MHz. Geophysics, Vol 52, #5, pp 644-654, May.

Amos Nur. Seismic rock properties for reservoir description and monitoring. G. Nolet, Ed. Seismic Tomograpy, pp 203-237.

Amos Nur & Hagai Ron. Kinematics and mechanics of tectonic block rotations: A review. Pageoph. April.

Carol Tosaya, Amos Nur, Dung Vo-Thanh, & Giovanni Da Prat. Laboratory seismic methods for remote monitoring of thermal EOR. SPE Reservoir Engineering, Vol 2. #2, pp 235-242, May.

A. Nur. Seismic reservoir description and monitoring. Topic 4, 12th. World Petroleum Congress, Houston.

Amos Nur, Hagai Ron, & Atilla Aydin. Reply on "Strike-slip faulting and block rotation in the Lake Mead fault system by Guth and Smith" Geology, pp 580, June.

A. M. Nur & Z. Wang. Seismic monitoring EOR: The petrophysical basis. SPE 16865, pp 307-314.

A. Nur & H. Ron. Block rotations, fault domains and crustal deformation. Annaeles Tectonicae. Vol1, #1, pp 40-47.

Zvi Ben-Avraham, Amos Nur, & Giuseppe Cello. Active transcurrent fault system along the North African passive margin. Tectonophysics, 141, pp 249-260.

R. J. Knight & A. Nur. Geometrical effects in the dielectric response of partially saturated sandstones. The Log Analyst. Vol 28, #6, pp 513-519, November/December.

Zvi Ben-Avraham, Amos Nur, & Giuseppe Cello. Active transcurrent fault system along the North African passive margin. Tectonophysics, 141, pp 249-260.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Seismic velocities in heavy oil and tar sands: The basis for insitu recovery monitoring. Unitar/Undp 4th. International Conference on Heavy crude and tar sands, 4, 601-611.

Z. Wang & A. M. Nur. Effects of CO2 flooding in wave velocities in rocks with hydrocarbons, SPE/DOE 17345, April 17/20 also in SPE Reservoir Engineering, November 89, pp 429-436.

Z. Wang & A. Nur. Effect of different pore fluids on velocities in rocks: SEG expanded abstract. 928-930, Geophysics.

William L. Fisher, Ernest E. Angino, George E. Claypool, Paul C. Henshaw Jr., Roy M. Knapp, Morris W. Leighton, Amos M. Nur, M. Ray Thomasson, & Peter R. Vail. Scientific drilling and hydrocarbon resources manuscript. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Velocity dispersion and the "local flow" mechanism in rocks. SEG expanded abstract, 548-550.

Lev Vernik and Amos Nur. Zeolite mineralization within brittle fault zones: A clue for geophysical anomalies, EOS Transactions, AGU 69, 1499. 1988.

A. Nur H. Ron & Oona Scotti. Mechanics of distributed fault and block rotation. C. Kissel and C. Laj (eds) Paleomagnetic rotations and continental deformation, 209-228, Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Amos Nur, Hagai Ron, & Oona Scotti. Kinematics and mechanics of tectonic block rotations. Geophysical Monograph 49 IUGG, V4, Slow Deformation and transmission of stress in the earth. Eds. Steve C. Cohen, Petr Vanick. P31.

D. Marion, A. Nur, & F. Alabert. Modelling the relationships between sonic velocity, porosity, permeability, and shaliness in sand, shale, and shaley sand. SPWLA, June, proceedings of the 30th. Annual meeting.

A. M. Nur & Zhijing Wang. Seismic and acoustic velocities in reservoir rocks. Vol. 1. Experimental Studies, SEG book series, ed Franklyn K. Levin, Geophysics reprint series #10.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Oceanic plateaus and the Pacific ocean margins. The evolution of the Pacific Ocean Margins ed. Zvi Ben-Avraham, Oxford University Press, pp 7-20.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Monitoring the thermal recovery with the use of seismic methods. OGP, 24 (2) pp 144- 154, Chinese Journal on Petroleum and Geophysical Exploration, April.

Amos Nur. Four-dimensional seismology and (true) direct detection of hydrocarbons: the petrophysical basis. The Leading Edge, Vol 8, #9, pp 30-36.

H. Ron, A. Nur, & Y. Eyal. Multiple strike slip fault sets: A case study from the Dead Sea transform. Tectonics, V9, 6: 1421-1431.

Yianping Li, Robert Sharps, Michael McWilliams, Amos Nur, Yongan Li, Quang Li, & Wei Zhang. Paleomagnetic results from late Palaeozoic dikes from the Northwestern Junggar Block, Northwestern China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 94, 123-130.

Dominique Marion, A. Nur, & F. Alabert. Modelling the relationships between sonic velocity, porosity, permeability, and shaliness in sand, shale and shaley sand. Paper G. in proceedings of the SPWLA annual meeting, Denver.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Wave velocities in hydrocarbon saturated rocks: Experimental results. Geophysics. Vol.55 #6, P. 723-733. June 1990.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Dispersion analysis of acoustic velocties in rocks. J. Acoust. Soc., Am, 87 (6) June, 1990.

Zhijing Wang & Amos Nur. Seismic monitoring thermal enhanced oil recovery processes: Oil Geophysical Prospecting 24 (2), 144-154.

Amos Nur & Zvi Ben-Avraham. Far-traveled terranes. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series Editor: Rhodes W. Fairbridge; in Solid Earth Geophysics, edited by David E. James, pp 395-407.

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