Publications

Cowie, P.A., G. Roberts, J. Bull and F. Visini , Relationships between fault geometry, slip rate variability and earthquake recurrence in extensional settings, Geophysical Journal International, 189, 143-160, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05378.x, 2012. (download a copy)

Faure Walker, J. P., G. P. Roberts, P. A. Cowie, I. Papanikolaou, I., A. M. Michetti, P. Sammonds, P., M. Wilkinson, K.J. McCaffrey, R.J. Phillips, Relationship between topography and strain rate in the actively extending Italian Apennines. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 325/326, 76-84, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.01.028, 2012. (download a copy)

Hobley, D. E. J., H. D. Sinclair, S. M. Mudd, P. A. Cowie, Field calibration of sediment flux dependent river incision., J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 116, F04017, doi:10.1029/2010JF001935, 2011. (download a copy)

Attal, M., P. A. Cowie, A. C. Whittaker, D. E. J. Hobley, G. E. Tucker, G. P. Roberts, Testing fluvial erosion models using the transient response of bedrock rivers to tectonic forcing in the Apennines, Italy, J. Geophys. Res. Earth Surface, 116, F02005, doi:10.1029/2010JF001875, 2011. (download a copy)

Roberts, G. P, B. Raithatha, G. Sileo, A. Pizzi, S. Pucci, J. Faure-Walker, M. Wilkinson, K. McCaffrey, R. J. Phillips, A. M. Michetti, L. Guerrieri, A. Blumetti, E. Vittori, , P. A. Cowie, P. Sammods, P. Galli, P. Boncio, C. Bristow, R. Walters, Shallow subsurface structure of the 6th April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture at Paganica, investigated with Ground Penetrating Radar., Geophysical J. Int., 183(2), 774-790, 2010.

Faure Walker, J.P. , G.P. Roberts, , P.R. Sammonds, P. A. Cowie, Comparison of earthquake strains over 10**2 to 10**4 year timescales: Insights into variability in the seismic cycle in central Apennines, Italy., J. Geophys. Res., 115, B10418, doi:10.1029/2009JB006462, 2010.

Hobley, D. E. J., H. D. Sinclair, , P. A. Cowie, Processes, rates and timescales of fluvial response in an ancient post-glacial landscape of the NW India Himalaya., GSA Bulletin, 122 (no. 9/10), p. 1569-1584, doi: 10.1130/B30048.1, 2010.

Wilkinson M., K. McCaffrey, G. Roberts , P. A. Cowie,R. Phillips, A. Michetti, E. Vittori, L. Guerrieri, A. Blumetti, A. Bubeck, A. Yates, G. Sileo Partitioned postseismic deformation associated with the 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila earthquake surface rupture measured using a terrestrial laser scanner., Geophysical Res. Lett., 37, L10309, doi: 10.1029/2010GL043099, 2010.

Faure Walker, J.P. , G.P. Roberts, , P. A. Cowie, I.D.Papanikolaou, P.R. Sammonds, A.M. Michetti, and R.J. Phillips, Horizontal strain rates and throw rates across breached relay zones, central Italy: Implications for the preservation of throw deficits at points of normal fault linkage., J. Struct. Geol., 31(10), 1145-1160, 2009.

Roberts, G. P. , S.L. Houghton, C. Underwood, I. Papanikolaou, , P. A. Cowie, P. van Calsteren, T. Wigley, F.J. Cooper and J. M. McArthur, Localization of Quaternary slip rates in an active rift in 10**5 years: A example from central Greece constrained by U234-Th230 coral dates from uplifted paleoshorelines, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B10406, 2009.

Attal, M., G. E. Tucker, Whittaker, A.C., P. A. Cowie, and G. P. Roberts, Modeling fluvial incision and transient landscape evolution: Influence of dynamic channel adjustment, J. Geophys. Res.,113, F03013, doi:10.1029/2007JF000893, 2008. (download a copy)

Cowie, P. A., A. C. Whittaker, M. Attal, G. P. Roberts, G. E. Tucker and A. Ganas, New constraints on sediment flux dependent river incision: Implications for extracting tectonic signals from river profiles, Geology, 36(7), 535-538, 2008.

Whittaker, A.C., M. Attal, P. A. Cowie, G. E. Tucker and G. P. Roberts, Decoding temporal and spatial patterns of uplift using transient river long profiles, Geomorphology, 100, 506-526, 2008. (download a copy)

Whittaker, A.C., P. A. Cowie, M. Attal, G. E. Tucker and G. P. Roberts, Contrasting transient and steady state rivers crossing active normal faults: New field observations from Italy, Basin Research, 19, 529-556, 2007. (download a copy)

Whittaker, A.C., P. A. Cowie, M. Attal, G. E. Tucker and G. P. Roberts, Bedrock channel adjustment to tectonic forcing: Implications for predicting river incision rates, Geology, 35(2), 103-106, 2007.

Cowie, P. A., G. Roberts and E. Mortimer, Strain localisation within fault arrays over timescales of 10**0 to 10**7 years - Observations, explanations and debates, In: Handy, M.R., G. Hirth, and N. Hovius, eds. Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth. Dahlem Workshop Report 95. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007, (p.47-77). (download a copy)

Furlong, K., G.C. Beroza, J-P Brun, Cowie, P. A., M.R. Handy, W.D. Mooney, T. Taymaz, C. Teyssier, A. Vauchez, B. Wernicke Group Report: Nucleation and Growth of fault systems, In: Handy, M.R., G. Hirth, and N. Hovius, eds. Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth. Dahlem Workshop Report 95. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007 (p.79-98). (download a copy)

Cowie, P. A., M. Attal, G. E. Tucker, A. C. Whittaker, M. Naylor, A. Ganas and G. P. Roberts, Investigating the surface process response to fault interaction and linkage using a numerical modelling approach, Basin Research, 18(3), 231-266, 2006. (download a copy)

Bull, J. M., P. M. Barnes, G. Lamarche, D. J. Sanderson, P. A. Cowie, S. K. Taylor and J. K. Dix, High-Resolution Record of Displacement Accumulation on an Active Normal fault: Implications for Models of Slip Accumulation during Repeated Earthquakes, J. Struct. Geol., 28(7), 1146-1166, 2006. (download a copy)

Naylor, M., H. D. Sinclair, S. Willett and P. A. Cowie, A discrete element model for orogenesis and accretionary wedge growth, J. Geophys. Res, 110, B12403, 2005. (download a copy)

Cowie, P. A., J. R. Underhill, M. D. Behn, J. Lin and C. Gill, Spatio-temporal evolution of strain accumulation derived from multi-scale observations of Late Jurassic rifting in the northern North Sea: A critical evaluation of models for lithospheric extension, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 234, 401-419, 2005. (download a copy)

Mortimer, E. J., S. Gupta, and P. A. Cowie, Clinoform nucleation and growth in coarse-grained deltas, Loreto Basin, Baja California Sur, Mexico: a response to episodic accelerations in fault displacement, Basin Research, 17, 337-359, 2005.(download a copy)

Nascimento, A. F., R. J. Lunn, and P. A. Cowie, Modelling the Heterogeneous Hydraulic Properties of Faults Using Constraints from Reservoir Induced Seismicity Data, J. Geophys. Res., 110, B9, B090201, 2005.(download a copy)

Nascimento, A. F., R. J. Lunn, and P. A. Cowie, Numerical Modelling of Pore Pressure Diffusion in a Reservoir-Induced Seismicity Site in NE Brazil, Geophys. J. Int., 160(1), 249-262, 2005.(download a copy)

Nascimento, A. F., P. A. Cowie, R. J. Lunn, and R. G. Pearce, Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Induced Seismicity at Acu Reservoir, NE Brazil, Geophys. J. Int., 158(3), 1041-1052, 2004.(download a copy)

Bruderer, C., P. A. Cowie, Y. Bernabé and I. Main, Relating Flux Channelling to Tracer Dispersion in Heterogeneous Networks, Advances in Water Resources, 27, 843-855, 2004.(download a copy)

Roberts, G. P., P. A. Cowie, I. Papanikolaou and A. Michetti, Fault Scaling Relationships, Deformation Rates and Seismic Hazards: An Example from Lazio-Abruzzo Apennines, Central Italy, J. Struct. Geol., 26(2), 377-398, 2004.(download a copy)

Hardacre, K. M. and P. A. Cowie, Controls on Strain Localisation in a 2D Elasto-Plastic Layer: Insights into Size-Frequency Scaling of Extensional Fault Populations, J. Geophys. Res., 108 (B11), 2529, doi: 10.1029/2001JB001712, 2003.(download a copy)

Sinclair, H. D. and P. A. Cowie, Basin-Floor Topography and the Scaling of Turbidites, J. Geol., 111(3), 277-299, 2003.(download a copy)

Hardacre, K. and P. A. Cowie, Variability in Fault Size Scaling due to Rock Strength Heterogeneity: A Finite Element Investigation, J. Struct. Geol., 25(10), 1735-1750, 2003.(download a copy)

Shipton, Z. and P. A. Cowie, A Conceptual Model for the Origin of Fault Damage Zone Structures in High-Porosity Sandstone, J. Struct. Geol., 25, 333-344, 2003.(download a copy)

Roberts, G. P., A. Michetti, P. A. Cowie, N. C. Morewood and I. Papanikolaou, Fault Slip-Rate Variations During Crustal-Scale Strain Localisation, Central Italy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 29(8), 10.1029/2001GL013529, 2002. (download a copy)

Shipton, Z. and P. A. Cowie, Damage Zone and Slip-Surface Evolution over Micro- to Kilometre Scales in High-Porosity Navajo Sandstone, Utah, J. Struct. Geol., 23, 1825-1844, 2001.(download a copy)

Cowie, P. A. and G. P. Roberts, Constraining Slip Rates and Spacings of Active Normal Faults, J. Struct. Geol., 23, 1901-1903, 2001.(download a copy)

Bonnet, E., O. Bour, N. Odling, P. Davy, I. Main, P. Cowie and B. Berkowitz, Scaling of Fracture Systems in Geological Media, Rev. Geophys.,39, 347-383, 2001.(download a copy)

Cowie, P. A., S. Gupta and N. H. Dawers, Implications of Fault Interaction for Early Syn-Rift Sedimentation: Insights from a Numerical Fault Growth Model, Basin Res., 12, 241-262, 2000.(download a copy)

Gupta, S. and P. A Cowie, Processes and Controls on the Stratigraphic Development of Extensional Basins, Basin Res., 12, 185-194, 2000.(download a copy)

Borgos, H., P. A. Cowie and N. H. Dawers, Practicalities of Extrapolating 1D Fault and Fracture Size-Frequency Distributions to Higher Dimensional Samples, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 28377-28391, 2000.(download a copy)

Escartin, J., P. A. Cowie, R. C. Searle, S. Allerton, N. C. Mitchell and A. P. Slootweg, Quantifying Tectonic and Magmatic Strain at a Slow-Spreading Ridge Segment (Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 29N), J. Geophys. Res., 104, 10421-10437, 1999.

Maillot, B., P. A. Cowie and D. Lague, Simulating Polyphase Faulting with a Tensorial 3D model of Fault Growth, in Faulting, Fault Sealing and Fluid Flow in Hydrocarbon Reservoirs, eds., G. Jones, Q. Fisher, and R. Knipe, Spec. Pub. Geol. Soc. Lond., 147, 209-216, 1998.

Cowie, P. A., Normal Fault Growth in 3D in Continental and Oceanic Crust, Faulting and Magmatism at Mid-Ocean Ridges, eds. R. Buck, P. Delaney, J. Karson and Y. Lagabrielle, AGU Monograph, 106, 1998.(download a copy)

Gupta, S., P. A. Cowie, N. H. Dawers and J. R. Underhill, A Mechanism to Explain Rift Basin Subsidence and Stratigraphic Patterns through Fault Array Evolution, Geology, 26, 595-598, 1998.(download a copy)

Cowie, P. A., A Healing-Reloading Feedback Control on the Growth Rate of Seismogenic Faults, J. Struct. Geol., 20, 1075-1087 , 1998.(download a copy)

Cowie, P. A. and Z. K. Shipton, Fault Tip Displacement Gradients and Process Zone Dimensions, J. Struct. Geol., 20, 983-997, 1998. (download a copy).

Searle, R. C., P. Cowie, N. C. Mitchell, S. Allerton, J. Escartin, C. J. MacLeod, S. M. Russell, P. A. Slootweg and T. Tanaka, Evolution of a Slow-Spreading Ridge Segment: The Mid-Atlantic Ridge at 29N, Earth and Planet Sci. Lett., 154, 167-183, 1998.

Cowie, P. A., Cracks in the Earth's surface, Physics World , 10, 31-35, 1997.

Oncel, A. O., I. Main, O. Alptekin, and P. Cowie, Spatial Variations in the Fractal Scaling Properties of Seismicity in the Anatolian Fault Zones, Tectonophysics, 257, 189-202, 1996.

Oncel, A. O., I. Main, O. Alptekin, and P. Cowie, Temporal Variations in the Fractal Scaling Properties of Seismicity in the North Anatolian Fault Zone between 31E and 41E, Pure and Appl. Geophys., 146, 1-13, 1995.

Cowie, P. A., D. Sornette and C. Vanneste, Multifractal Scaling Properties of an Organising Fault Population, Geophysical J. Int., 122/2, 457-469, 1995.

Cowie, P. A., R. Knipe and I. G. Main, Looking for Patterns in Fault Populations, EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 76, no. 12, 125, 1995.

Cowie, P. A., R. Knipe and I. G. Main, Faults in Focus, Terra Nova, 7, no. 1, 4-6, 1995.

Sornette, D., P. Cowie, P. Miltenberger, A. Sornette and C. Vanneste, Organisation of Rupture, Solid State Phenomena, 35-36, 303-318, 1994.

Cowie, P. A., A. Malinverno, W. B. F. Ryan and M. H. Edwards, Quantitative Fault Studies on the East Pacific Rise: A Comparison of Sonar Imaging Techniques, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 15205-15218, 1994.

Scholz, C. H., N. H. Dawers, J.-Z. Yu, M. H. Anders and P. A. Cowie, Fault growth and Fault Scaling Laws: Preliminary Results, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21951-21962, 1993.

Cowie, P. A., C. Vanneste and D. Sornette, Statistical Physics Model for the Spatio-temporal Evolution of Faults, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 21809-21822, 1993. (download a copy)

Malinverno, A. and P. A. Cowie, Normal Faulting and Topographic Roughness of Mid-Ocean Ridge Flanks, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17921-17939, 1993.

Cowie, P. A., C. H. Scholz, A. Malinverno and M. H. Edwards, Fault Strain and Seismic Coupling on the East Pacific Rise, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 17911-17920, 1993.

Bjarnason, I. Th., P. A. Cowie, M. H. Anders, L. Seeber and C. H. Scholz, The Iceland 1912 Earthquake Rupture: Growth and Development of a Nascent Transform System, Bull. Seis. Soc. Amer., 83, 416-435, 1993.

Cowie, P. A., and C. H. Scholz, Displacement-Length Scaling Relationship for Faults: Data Synthesis and Discussion, J. Struct. Geol., 14, 1149-1156, 1992c.

Cowie, P. A. and C. H. Scholz, Physical Explanation for Displacement-Length Relationship for Faults using a Post-Yield Fracture Mechanics Model, J. Struct. Geol., 14, 1133-1148, 1992b.

Cowie, P. A. and C. H. Scholz, Growth of Faults by Accumulation of Seismic Slip, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 11085-11096, 1992a.(download a copy)

Tuttle, M., P. A. Cowie, J. Tinsley and J. Berrell, Liquefaction and Foundation Failure at Moss Landing, Geophys. Res. Letts. (Special Volume on Loma Prieta California Earthquake of October 17, 1989), 17, 1797-1800, 1990.

Scholz, C. H. and P. A. Cowie, Determination of Total Strain from Faulting using Slip Measurements, Nature, 346, 837-839, 1990.(download a copy)

Cowie, P. A. and G. D. Karner, Gravity Effect of Sediment Compaction: Examples from the North Sea and Rhine Graben, Earth and Planet. Sci. Lett., 99, 141-153, 1990.