Demian Saffer - Publications

Affiliations: 
Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, United States 
Area:
Hydrology, Marine Geology, Geology

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2023 Gase AC, Bangs NL, Saffer DM, Han S, Miller PK, Bell RE, Arai R, Henrys SA, Kodaira S, Davy R, Frahm L, Barker DHN. Subducting volcaniclastic-rich upper crust supplies fluids for shallow megathrust and slow slip. Science Advances. 9: eadh0150. PMID 37585538 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh0150  0.388
2023 Bolton DC, Marone C, Saffer D, Trugman DT. Foreshock properties illuminate nucleation processes of slow and fast laboratory earthquakes. Nature Communications. 14: 3859. PMID 37386022 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39399-0  0.352
2023 Shreedharan S, Saffer D, Wallace LM, Williams C. Ultralow frictional healing explains recurring slow slip events. Science (New York, N.Y.). 379: 712-717. PMID 36795827 DOI: 10.1126/science.adf4930  0.331
2020 Barnes PM, Wallace LM, Saffer DM, Bell RE, Underwood MB, Fagereng A, Meneghini F, Savage HM, Rabinowitz HS, Morgan JK, Kitajima H, Kutterolf S, Hashimoto Y, Engelmann de Oliveira CH, Noda A, et al. Slow slip source characterized by lithological and geometric heterogeneity. Science Advances. 6: eaay3314. PMID 32232148 DOI: 10.1126/Sciadv.Aay3314  0.393
2019 Tobin H, Saffer D. Future Opportunities in Scientific Ocean Drilling: Natural Hazards Oceanography. 32: 135-135. DOI: 10.5670/Oceanog.2019.134  0.316
2018 Leeman JR, Marone CJ, Saffer D. Frictional Mechanics of Slow Earthquakes Journal of Geophysical Research. 123: 7931-7949. DOI: 10.1029/2018Jb015768  0.358
2018 Kinoshita C, Saffer D, Kopf A, Roesner A, Wallace LM, Araki E, Kimura T, Machida Y, Kobayashi R, Davis E, Toczko S, Carr S. Changes in Physical Properties of the Nankai Trough Megasplay Fault Induced by Earthquakes, Detected by Continuous Pressure Monitoring Journal of Geophysical Research. 123: 1072-1088. DOI: 10.1002/2017Jb014924  0.414
2017 Araki E, Saffer DM, Kopf AJ, Wallace LM, Kimura T, Machida Y, Ide S, Davis E. Recurring and triggered slow-slip events near the trench at the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust. Science (New York, N.Y.). 356: 1157-1160. PMID 28619941 DOI: 10.1126/science.aan3120  0.331
2017 Kitajima H, Takahashi M, Otsubo M, Saffer D, Kimura G. Strength and deformation behavior of the Shimanto accretionary complex across the Nobeoka thrust Island Arc. 26. DOI: 10.1111/Iar.12192  0.455
2017 Brown KM, Poeppe D, Josh M, Sample J, Even E, Saffer D, Tobin H, Hirose T, Kulongoski JT, Toczko S, Maeda L, Party IES. The action of water films at Å-scales in the Earth: Implications for the Nankai subduction system Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 463: 266-276. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2016.12.042  0.381
2017 Li X, Feng Z, Han G, Elsworth D, Marone C, Saffer D, Cheon D. Permeability Evolution of Propped Artificial Fractures in Green River Shale Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 50: 1473-1485. DOI: 10.1007/S00603-017-1186-2  0.307
2017 Kitajima H, Saffer D, Sone H, Tobin H, Hirose T. In Situ Stress and Pore Pressure in the Deep Interior of the Nankai Accretionary Prism, Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Site C0002 Geophysical Research Letters. 44: 9644-9652. DOI: 10.1002/2017Gl075127  0.473
2017 Brodsky EE, Saffer D, Fulton P, Chester F, Conin M, Huffman K, Moore JC, Wu H. The postearthquake stress state on the Tohoku megathrust as constrained by reanalysis of the JFAST breakout data Geophysical Research Letters. 44: 8294-8302. DOI: 10.1002/2017Gl074027  0.408
2016 Leeman JR, Saffer DM, Scuderi MM, Marone C. Laboratory observations of slow earthquakes and the spectrum of tectonic fault slip modes Nature Communications. 7. DOI: 10.1038/Ncomms11104  0.461
2016 Harris R, Wallace L, Webb S, Ito Y, Mochizuki K, Ichihara H, Henrys S, Tréhu A, Schwartz S, Sheehan A, Saffer D, Lauer R. Investigations of Shallow Slow Slip Offshore of New Zealand Eos. 97. DOI: 10.1029/2016Eo048945  0.535
2016 Wallace LM, Araki E, Saffer D, Wang X, Roesner A, Kopf A, Nakanishi A, Power W, Kobayashi R, Kinoshita C, Toczko S, Kimura T, Machida Y, Carr S. Near-field observations of an offshore Mw 6.0 earthquake from an integrated seafloor and subseafloor monitoring network at the Nankai Trough, southwest Japan Journal of Geophysical Research. 121: 8338-8351. DOI: 10.1002/2016Jb013417  0.464
2016 Wojatschke J, Scuderi MM, Warr LN, Carpenter BM, Saffer D, Marone C. Experimental constraints on the relationship between clay abundance, clay fabric, and frictional behavior for the Central Deforming Zone of the San Andreas Fault Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 17: 3865-3881. DOI: 10.1002/2016Gc006500  0.47
2016 Huffman KA, Saffer DM. In situ stress magnitudes at the toe of the Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism, offshore Shikoku Island, Japan Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 121: 1202-1217. DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012415  0.404
2015 Saffer DM. The permeability of active subduction plate boundary faults Geofluids. 15: 193-215. DOI: 10.1111/gfl.12103  0.423
2015 Ellis S, Fagereng Å, Barker D, Henrys S, Saffer D, Wallace L, Williams C, Harris R. Fluid budgets along the northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand: The effect of a subducting seamount on fluid pressure Geophysical Journal International. 202: 277-297. DOI: 10.1093/Gji/Ggv127  0.402
2015 Saffer DM, Wallace LM. The frictional, hydrologic, metamorphic and thermal habitat of shallow slow earthquakes Nature Geoscience. 8: 594-600. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2490  0.42
2015 Ikari MJ, Kameda J, Saffer DM, Kopf AJ. Strength characteristics of Japan Trench borehole samples in the high-slip region of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 412: 35-41. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.12.014  0.408
2015 Leeman J, Scuderi MM, Marone C, Saffer D. Stiffness evolution of granular layers and the origin of repetitive, slow, stick-slip frictional sliding Granular Matter. 17: 447-457. DOI: 10.1007/S10035-015-0565-1  0.385
2015 Li J, Shillington DJ, Bécel A, Nedimović MR, Webb SC, Saffer DM, Keranen KM, Kuehn H. Downdip variations in seismic reflection character: Implications for fault structure and seismogenic behavior in the Alaska subduction zone Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 120: 7883-7904. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jb012338  0.323
2015 Hornbach MJ, Manga M, Genecov M, Valdez R, Miller P, Saffer D, Adelstein E, Lafuerza S, Adachi T, Breitkreuz C, Jutzeler M, Le Friant A, Ishizuka O, Morgan S, Slagle A, et al. Permeability and pressure measurements in Lesser Antilles submarine slides: Evidence for pressure-driven slow-slip failure Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jb012061  0.419
2015 Carpenter BM, Saffer DM, Marone C. Frictional properties of the active San Andreas Fault at SAFOD: Implications for fault strength and slip behavior Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 120: 5273-5289. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jb011963  0.37
2015 Scuderi MM, Kitajima H, Carpenter BM, Saffer DM, Marone C. Evolution of permeability across the transition from brittle failure to cataclastic flow in porous siltstone Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 16: 2980-2993. DOI: 10.1002/2015Gc005932  0.308
2015 Lauer RM, Saffer DM. The impact of splay faults on fluid flow, solute transport, and pore pressure distribution in subduction zones: A case study offshore the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. DOI: 10.1002/2014Gc005638  0.595
2014 Haines S, Marone C, Saffer D. Frictional properties of low-angle normal fault gouges and implications for low-angle normal fault slip Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 408: 57-65. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2014.09.034  0.469
2014 Carpenter BM, Kitajima H, Sutherland R, Townend J, Toy VG, Saffer DM. Hydraulic and acoustic properties of the active Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Laboratory measurements on DFDP-1 drill core Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 390: 45-51. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2013.12.023  0.407
2013 Ikari MJ, Niemeijer AR, Spiers CJ, Kopf AJ, Saffer DM. Experimental evidence linking slip instability with seafloor lithology and topography at the Costa Rica convergent margin Geology. 41: 891-894. DOI: 10.1130/G33956.1  0.352
2013 Ikari MJ, Marone C, Saffer DM, Kopf AJ. Slip weakening as a mechanism for slow earthquakes Nature Geoscience. 6: 468-472. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo1818  0.405
2013 Guo J, Underwood MB, Likos WJ, Saffer DM. Apparent overconsolidation of mudstones in the Kumano Basin of southwest Japan: Implications for fluid pressure and fluid flow within a forearc setting Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14: 1023-1038. DOI: 10.1029/2012Gc004204  0.347
2013 Haines SH, Kaproth B, Marone C, Saffer D, Van der Pluijm B. Shear zones in clay-rich fault gouge: A laboratory study of fabric development and evolution Journal of Structural Geology. 51: 206-225. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jsg.2013.01.002  0.439
2013 Ito T, Funato A, Lin W, Doan ML, Boutt DF, Kano Y, Ito H, Saffer D, McNeill LC, Byrne T, Moe KT. Determination of stress state in deep subsea formation by combination of hydraulic fracturing in situ test and core analysis: A case study in the IODP Expedition 319 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 118: 1203-1215. DOI: 10.1002/Jgrb.50086  0.366
2013 Moore GF, Boston BB, Sacks AF, Saffer DM. Analysis of normal fault populations in the Kumano Forearc Basin, Nankai Trough, Japan: 1. Multiple orientations and generations of faults from 3-D coherency mapping Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14: 1989-2002. DOI: 10.1002/Ggge.20119  0.45
2013 Sacks A, Saffer DM, Fisher D. Analysis of normal fault populations in the Kumano forearc basin, Nankai Trough, Japan: 2. Principal axes of stress and strain from inversion of fault orientations Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14: 1973-1988. DOI: 10.1002/ggge.20118  0.344
2013 Saffer DM, Flemings PB, Boutt D, Doan ML, Ito T, McNeill L, Byrne T, Conin M, Lin W, Kano Y, Araki E, Eguchi N, Toczko S. In situ stress and pore pressure in the kumano forearc basin, offshore SW Honshu from downhole measurements during riser drilling Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14: 1454-1470. DOI: 10.1002/Ggge.20051  0.362
2012 Thu MK, Ito T, Lin W, Doan ML, Boutt D, Kawamura Y, Khong CK, McNeill L, Byrne T, Saffer D, Araki E, Eguchi N, Sawada I, Flemings P, Kano Y, et al. Operational review of the first wireline in situ stress test in scientific ocean drilling Scientific Drilling. 35-39. DOI: 10.2204/Iodp.Sd.13.06.2011  0.324
2012 Carpenter BM, Saffer DM, Marone C. Frictional properties and sliding stability of the San Andreas fault from deep drill core Geology. 40: 759-762. DOI: 10.1130/G33007.1  0.399
2012 Kitajima H, Saffer DM. Elevated pore pressure and anomalously low stress in regions of low frequency earthquakes along the Nankai Trough subduction megathrust Geophysical Research Letters. 39. DOI: 10.1029/2012Gl053793  0.358
2012 Lauer RM, Saffer DM. Fluid budgets of subduction zone forearcs: The contribution of splay faults Geophysical Research Letters. 39. DOI: 10.1029/2012Gl052182  0.582
2012 Boutt DF, Saffer D, Doan ML, Lin W, Ito T, Kano Y, Flemings P, McNeill LC, Byrne T, Hayman NW, Moe KT. Scale dependence of in-situ permeability measurements in the Nankai accretionary prism: The role of fractures Geophysical Research Letters. 39. DOI: 10.1029/2012Gl051216  0.357
2012 Song I, Saffer DM, Flemings PB. Mechanical characterization of slope sediments: Constraints on in situ stress and pore pressure near the tip of the megasplay fault in the Nankai accretionary complex Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12. DOI: 10.1029/2011Gc003556  0.4
2012 Moore GF, Saffer D, Studer M, Costa Pisani P. Structural restoration of thrusts at the toe of the Nankai Trough accretionary prism off Shikoku Island, Japan: Implications for dewatering processes Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gc003453  0.379
2012 Ikari MJ, Saffer DM. Comparison of frictional strength and velocity dependence between fault zones in the Nankai accretionary complex Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gc003442  0.401
2012 Ikari MJ, Saffer DM. Permeability contrasts between sheared and normally consolidated sediments in the Nankai accretionary prism Marine Geology. 295: 1-13. DOI: 10.1016/J.Margeo.2011.11.006  0.424
2011 Saffer DM, Tobin HJ. Hydrogeology and mechanics of subduction zone forearcs: Fluid flow and pore pressure Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences. 39: 157-186. DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Earth-040610-133408  0.412
2011 Ikari MJ, Marone C, Saffer DM. On the relation between fault strength and frictional stability Geology. 39: 83-86. DOI: 10.1130/G31416.1  0.359
2011 Carpenter BM, Marone C, Saffer DM. Weakness of the San Andreas Fault revealed by samples from the active fault zone Nature Geoscience. 4: 251-254. DOI: 10.1038/Ngeo1089  0.361
2011 Doan ML, Conin M, Henry P, Wiersberg T, Boutt D, Buchs D, Saffer D, McNeill LC, Cukur D, Lin W. Quantification of free gas in the Kumano fore-arc basin detected from borehole physical properties: IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009 Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 12. DOI: 10.1029/2010Gc003284  0.342
2011 Ikari MJ, Strasser M, Saffer DM, Kopf AJ. Submarine landslide potential near the megasplay fault at the Nankai subduction zone Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 312: 453-462. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2011.10.024  0.384
2011 Long H, Flemings PB, Germaine JT, Saffer DM. Consolidation and overpressure near the seafloor in the Ursa Basin, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 305: 11-20. DOI: 10.1016/J.Epsl.2011.02.007  0.307
2011 Saffer DM. Hydrostratigraphy as a Control on Subduction Zone Mechanics through its Effects on Drainage: An Example from the Nankai Margin, SW Japan Frontiers in Geofluids. 114-131. DOI: 10.1002/9781444394900.ch9  0.371
2010 McNeill L, Saffer D, Byrne T, Araki E, Toczko S, Eguchi N, Takahashi K. IODP Expedition 319, NanTroSEIZE stage 2: First IODP riser drilling operations and observatory installation towards understanding subduction zone seismogenesis Scientific Drilling. 4-13. DOI: 10.2204/Iodp.Sd.10.01.2010  0.482
2010 Fulton PM, Harris RN, Saffer DM, Brodsky EE. Does hydrologic circulation mask frictional heat on faults after large earthquakes? Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2009Jb007103  0.34
2009 Tobin HJ, Saffer DM. Elevated fluid pressure and extreme mechanical weakness of a plate boundary thrust, Nankai Trough subduction zone Geology. 37: 679-682. DOI: 10.1130/G25752A.1  0.442
2009 Ikari MJ, Saffer DM, Marone C. Frictional and hydrologic properties of a major splay fault system, Nankai subduction zone Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl040009  0.4
2009 Skarbek RM, Saffer DM. Pore pressure development beneath the décollement at the Nankai subduction zone: Implications for plate boundary fault strength and sediment dewatering Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006205  0.379
2009 Ikari MJ, Saffer DM, Marone C. Frictional and hydrologic properties of clay-rich fault gouge Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008Jb006089  0.401
2009 Fulton PM, Saffer DM. Potential role of mantle-derived fluids in weakening the San Andreas Fault Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006087  0.432
2009 Haines SH, Van Der Pluijm BA, Ikari MJ, Saffer DM, Marone C. Clay fabric intensity in natural and artificial fault gouges: Implications for brittle fault zone processes and sedimentary basin clay fabric evolution Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2008Jb005866  0.393
2009 Carpenter BM, Marone C, Saffer DM. Frictional behavior of materials in the 3D SAFOD volume Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2008Gl036660  0.374
2009 Fulton PM, Saffer DM, Bekins BA. A critical evaluation of crustal dehydration as the cause of an overpressured and weak San Andreas Fault Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 284: 447-454. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.05.009  0.316
2009 Brodsky EE, Ma KF, Mori J, Saffer DM. Rapid response fault drilling past, present, and future Scientific Drilling. 66-74.  0.317
2008 Saffer DM, Underwood MB, Mckiernan AW. Evaluation of factors controlling smectite transformation and fluid production in subduction zones: Application to the Nankai Trough Island Arc. 17: 208-230. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2008.00614.x  0.31
2007 Spinelli GA, Saffer DM. Trench-parallel fluid flow in subduction zones resulting from temperature differences Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 8. DOI: 10.1029/2007GC001673  0.321
2007 Ikari MJ, Saffer DM, Marone C. Effect of hydration state on the frictional properties of montmorillonite-based fault gouge Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 112. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jb004748  0.316
2006 Saffer DM, Bekins BA. An evaluation of factors influencing pore pressure in accretionary complexes: Implications for taper angle and wedge mechanics Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 111. DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003990  0.316
2005 Saffer DM, McKiernan AW. Permeability of underthrust sediments at the Costa Rican subduction zone: Scale dependence and implications for dewatering Geophysical Research Letters. 32: 1-4. DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021388  0.305
2005 Screaton EJ, Saffer DM. Fluid expulsion and overpressure development during initial subduction at the Costa Rica convergent margin Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 233: 361-374. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.02.017  0.315
2004 Spinelli GA, Saffer DM. Along-strike variations in underthrust sediment dewatering on the Nicoya margin, Costa Rica related to the updip limit of seismicity Geophysical Research Letters. 31.  0.326
2003 Underwood MB, Moore GF, Taira A, Klaus A, Wilson MEJ, Fergusson CL, Hirano S, Steurer J, Becker K, Becker L, Boeckel B, Cragg B, Dean A, Henry P, Hisamitsu T, ... ... Saffer D, et al. Sedimentary and tectonic evolution of a trench-slope basin in the Nankai subduction zone of southwest Japan Journal of Sedimentary Research. 73: 589-602. DOI: 10.1306/092002730589  0.328
2003 Orange DL, Saffer D, Jeanjean P, Al-Khafaji Z, Humphrey G, Riley G. Measurements and modeling of the shallow pore pressure regime at the Sigsbee Escarpment Successful prediction of overpressure and ground-truthing with borehold measurements Geophysics. 22: 906-913. DOI: 10.1190/1.1614157  0.345
2003 Saffer DM, Marone C. Comparison of smectite- and illite-rich gouge frictional properties: Application to the updip limit of the seismogenic zone along subduction megathrusts Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 215: 219-235. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00424-2  0.357
2003 Saffer DM, Screaton EJ. Fluid flow at the toe of convergent margins: Interpretation of sharp pore-water geochemical gradients Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 213: 261-270. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00343-1  0.313
2003 Saffer DM, Bekins BA, Hickman S. Topographically driven groundwater flow and the San Andreas heat flow paradox revisited Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 108.  0.307
2003 Saffer DM. Pore pressure development and progressive dewatering in underthrust sediments at the Costa Rican subduction margin: Comparison with northern Barbados and Nankai Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth. 108.  0.424
2002 Holbrook WS, Lizarralde D, Pecher IA, Gorman AR, Hackwith KL, Hornbach M, Saffer D. Escape of methane gas through sediment waves in a large methane hydrate province Geology. 30: 467-470. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0467:Eomgts>2.0.Co;2  0.315
2002 Screaton E, Saffer D, Henry P, Hunze S. Porosity loss within the underthrust sediments of the Nankai accretionary complex: Implications for overpressures Geology. 30: 19-22. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2002)030<0019:Plwtus>2.0.Co;2  0.409
2001 Moore JC, Saffer D. Updip limit of the seismogenic zone beneath the accretionary prism of Southwest Japan: An effect of diagenetic to low-grade metamorphic processes and increasing effective stress Geology. 29: 183-186. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0183:Ulotsz>2.0.Co;2  0.475
2001 Saffer DM, Frye KM, Marone C, Mair K. Laboratory results indicating complex and potentially unstable frictional behavior of smectite clay Geophysical Research Letters. 28: 2297-2300. DOI: 10.1029/2001Gl012869  0.402
2000 Silver E, Kastner M, Fisher A, Morris J, McIntosh K, Saffer D. Fluid flow paths in the Middle America Trench and Costa Rica margin Geology. 28: 679-682. DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<679:Ffpitm>2.0.Co;2  0.43
2000 Saffer DM, Silver EA, Fisher AT, Tobin H, Moran K. Inferred pore pressures at the Costa Rica subduction zone: Implications for dewatering processes Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 177: 193-207. DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00048-0  0.326
1999 Saffer DM, Bekins BA. Fluid budgets at convergent plate margins: Implications for the extent and duration of fault-zone dilation Geology. 27: 1095-1098.  0.374
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