Monica Barbery
Graduate Student
Experimental rock mechanics, fault mechanics, earthquake source physics
Research
Monica’s research focuses on earthquake physics and friction and faulting in rock. Her research utilizes a high-speed biaxial apparatus to experimentally deform rocks at accelerations, velocities and pressures approaching values expected in the seismogenic zone in combination with thermomechanical modelling and microstructural analysis.
Selected Publications
Barbery, M. R., Chester, F. M., & Chester, J. S. (2021). Characterizing the distribution of temperature and normal stress on flash heated granite surfaces at seismic slip rates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021353. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021353Education
B.S. Geology, University of Texas at Arlington (2010)
M.S. Earth and Environmental Science, University of Texas at Arlington (2015)
Awards
Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Science Foundation, 2021 (Start date 6/2022)
Michael T. Halbouty Graduate Fellowship, College of Geosciences, Texas A&M University, 2021
John and Frances Handin Graduate Fellowship, Center for Tectonophysics, Texas A&M University, 2020
Outstanding Student Presentation Award, AGU, 2019
