An evidently precursory acoustic emission (AE) time series, characterized by a time‐
reversed Omori law, is registered prior to the unconfined catastrophic rupture of brittle …

One of the most intriguing and (from the point of view of modeling) poorly understood
aspects of geomaterial mechanics is strain localization. Strain localization is a common …

A volcano can be considered as a dynamical system, and each time series recorded at a
volcano can be interpreted as one of its observables. It is therefore theoretically possible to …

Elastic waves are generated when brittle materials are subjected to increasing strain. Their
number and energy increase non-linearly, ending in a system-sized catastrophic failure …

Catastrophic failure of brittle rocks is important in managing risk associated with system‐
sized material failure. Such failure is caused by nucleation, growth, and coalescence of …

The precursory response rate with the relationship of the time-reversed Omori law can
characterize the damage acceleration behavior in the approach to the local instability of …

By means of extensive lattice-element simulations, we investigate stress transmission and its
relation with failure properties in increasingly disordered porous systems. We observe a non …

Microscale heterogeneities influence failure mechanisms in the crust. To track the
microstructural changes in rock samples when loaded until failure, we employed a novel …

Forecasting the timing of an earthquake is both fascinating and challenging. In this paper,
four efforts were made to prospectively forecast the laboratory earthquake timing of granite …

Eruption forecasting is a challenging task because of the inherent complexity of volcanic
systems. Despite remarkable efforts to develop complex models in order to explain volcanic …