Ian Main

PROF

PERSONAL CHAIR IN SEISMOLOGY AND ROCK PHYSICS, School of GeoSciences

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Catastrophic failure in porous media: how and when? https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/phd/programmes-supervisors/physical-sciences/phd-projects?item=855 Seismicity induced by geothermal energy production https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/phd/programmes-supervisors/physical-sciences/phd-projects?item=856 Do aftershocks contribute significantly to seismic risk and loss? https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/phd/programmes-supervisors/physical-sciences/phd-projects?item=1295 Forecasting Earthquakes Using Machine Learning and Statistics https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/phd/programmes-supervisors/physical-sciences/phd-projects?item=561 Fault distributions and seismic hazard in evolving normal fault networks https://www.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/postgraduate/phd/programmes-supervisors/physical-sciences/phd-projects?item=862

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Current Research Interests

Seismology: earthquake hazard; earthquake predictability; non-linear dynamics and statistical mechanics of earthquake sources; earthquake triggering. Rock Physics: fluid flow in fractured media; fracture scaling; fluid-rock interactions during deformation; coupling of mechanical, chemical and hydraulic processes; time-dependent deformation.

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An automatically generated high-resolution earthquake catalogue for the 2016–2017 Central Italy seismic sequence, including P and S phase arrival times
Spallarossa, D., Cattaneo, M., Scafidi, D., Michele, M., Chiaraluce, L., Segou, M. & Main, I., 1 Apr 2021, In: Geophysical Journal International. 225, 1, p. 555-571
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Catastrophic failure: how and when? Insights from 4D in‐situ x‐ray micro‐tomography
Cartwright‐taylor, A., Main, I. G., Butler, I. B., Fusseis, F., Flynn, M. & King, A., 1 Aug 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth. 125, 8, e2020JB019642.
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Data-driven optimization of seismicity models using diverse data sets: generation, evaluation and ranking using inlabru
Bayliss, K., Naylor, M., Illian, J. & Main, I., 1 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth. 125, 11, e2020JB020226.
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Digital rock physics in four dimensions: Simulating cementation and its effect on seismic velocity
Singh, J., Cilli, P., Hosa, O. & Main, I., 3 Jun 2020, In: Geophysical Journal International. 222, 3
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Frontiers of seismology
Ziolkowski, A., Bell, A., Browitt, C., Curtis, A., MacDonald, C., Main, I., Peacock, S., Rawlinson, N., Storchak, D. & Walker, A., 1 Aug 2020, In: Astronomy & Geophysics. 61, 4, p. 4.29–4.35
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RISE: Real-time Earthquake Risk Reduction for a Resilient Europe
Main, I., Lindgren, F., McCloskey, J. & Naylor, M.
EU government bodies
1/09/19 → 28/02/23
Project: Research
GCRF Multi-hazard Urban Disaster Risk Transitions Hub
Bell, A., Attal, M., Gourmelen, N., Main, I., McCloskey, J., Mudd, S., Naylor, M. & Sinclair, H.
NERC
13/02/19 → 12/02/24
Project: Research
Catastrophic Failure: what controls precursory damage localisation in rocks?
Main, I., Bell, A., Butler, I., Curtis, A. & Fusseis, F.
NERC
1/12/17 → 31/08/21
Project: Research
Rift volcanism: past, present and future
Whaler, K., Bell, A., Calder, E. & Main, I.
NERC
1/09/14 → 31/05/21
Project: Research
NSFGEO-NERC: The central Apennines earthquake cascade under a new microscope
Naylor, M., Bell, A., Main, I. & McCloskey, J.
NERC
2/01/18 → 31/03/21
Project: Research

In-situ rock deformation and micron-scale crack network evolution: a high-resolution time-resolved x-ray micro-tomography dataset
Cartwright-Taylor, A. (Creator), Main, I. (Project Leader), Butler, I. (Creator), Fusseis, F. (Creator), Flynn, M. (Creator) & King, A. (Creator), British Geological Survey National Geoscience Data Centre, 11 Jun 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5285/0dc00069-8da8-474a-8993-b63ef5c25fb8, http://data.ceda.ac.uk/ngdc/R001693-1
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Chasing Quakes
Ian Main & Margarita Segou
1/12/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
Prof Ian Main (GeoSciences) speculates on reasons for upsurge in earthquakes in Scotland
Ian Main
10/11/16 → 16/11/16
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Professor Ian Main comments on court ruling over L'Aquila earthquake
Ian Main
28/10/12
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Professor Ian Main comments on likelihood of the earthquake in Turkey triggering a tremor in Istanbul
Ian Main
12/03/10
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Professor Ian Main explains why Japanese earthquake predicted to cause very few casualties
Ian Main
12/03/11
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research