Dr. Robert Shcherbakov

I. Book Chapters (Peer reviewed):

1. D.L. Turcotte, R. Shcherbakov, and J.B. Rundle, “Complexity and Earthquakes” in Treatise on Geophysics, Vol. 4, Chap. 23, Ed. H. Kanamori, pp. 675-700 (2007) Elsevier.

II. Journal Articles (Peer reviewed):

1. R. Shcherbakov, J.R. Holliday, D.L. Turcotte, and J.B. Rundle, “A method for forecasting the locations of future large earthquakes: An analysis and verification”, Geophys. Res. Lett., (2008) submitted.

2. S.G. Abaimov, D.L. Turcotte, R. Shcherbakov, J.B. Rundle, G. Yakovlev, C. Goltz, and W.I. Newman, “Earthquakes: recurrence and interoccurrence times”, Pure Appl. Geophys., (2008) accepted.

3. W.I. Newman, D.L. Turcotte, R. Shcherbakov, J.B. Rundle, P.B. Rundle, G. Yakovlev, A. Gabrielov, “Recurrence time statistics and the Weibull distribution: Earthquakes and models”, Phys. Rev. E. (2007) submitted [pdf].

4. D.L. Turcotte, S.G. Abaimov, R. Shcherbakov, and J.B. Rundle, “Recurrence and interoccurrence behavior of self-organized complex phenomena”, Nonlin. Proc. Geophys., 14 (2007) 455-464 [pdf].

5. K.Z. Nanjo, B. Enescu, R. Shcherbakov, D.L. Turcotte, T. Iwata, and Y. Ogata, “The decay of aftershock activity for Japanese and Sumatra earthquakes”, J. Geophys. Res. 112 B08309 (2007) [pdf].

6. J.B. Rundle et al., “Pattern Dynamics, pattern hierarchies, and forecasting in complex multi-scale earth systems”, Hydrol. Earth. Syst. Sci., 10 (2006) 1-8 [pdf].

7. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte, “Scaling properties of the Parkfield aftershock sequence”, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 94 (2006) S376-384 [pdf].

8. D.L. Turcotte and R. Shcherbakov, “Can damage mechanics explain temporal scaling laws in brittle fracture and seismicity?”, Pure Appl. Geophys., 163 (2006) 1031-1045 [pdf].

9. R. Shcherbakov, J. Van Aalsburg, J.B. Rundle, and D.L. Turcotte, “Correlations in aftershock and seismicity patterns”, Tectonophysics, 413 (2006) 53-62 [pdf].

10. R. Shcherbakov, G. Yakovlev, D.L. Turcotte, and J.B. Rundle, “Model for the distribution of aftershock interoccurrence times”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, Art. No. 218501 (2005) [pdf].

11. J.B. Rundle et al., “A simulation-based approach to forecasting the next great San Francisco earthquake” Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 102 (2005) 15363-15367 [pdf].

12. K. Nanjo, D.L. Turcotte, and R. Shcherbakov, “A model of damage mechanics for the deformation of the continental crust”, J. Geophys. Res. 110 B07403 (2005) [pdf].

13. R. Shcherbakov, D.L. Turcotte, and J.B. Rundle, “Aftershock statistics”, Pure Appl. Geophys. 162 (2005) 1051-1076 [pdf].

14. R. Shcherbakov, D.L. Turcotte, and J.B. Rundle, “A generalized Omori's law for earthquake aftershock decay”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31 (2004) L11613 [pdf].

15. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte, “A modified form of Bath’s law”, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 94(5) (2004) 1968-1975 [pdf].

16. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte, “A damage mechanics model for aftershocks”, Pure Appl. Geophys., 161 (2004) 2379-2391 [pdf].

17. J.B. Rundle, D.L. Turcotte, R. Shcherbakov, W. Klein, and C. Sammis, “Statistical physics approach to understanding the multiscale dynamics of earthquake fault systems”, Rev. Geophys., 41(1) (2003) 1019 [pdf].

18. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte, “Damage and self-similarity in fracture”, Theor. Appl. Fract. Mech., 39 (2003) 245-258 [pdf].

19. D.L. Turcotte, W.I. Newman, and R. Shcherbakov, “Micro- and macro-scopic models of rock fracture”, Geophys. J. Int., 152 (2003) 718-728 [pdf].

20. D.L. Turcotte, R. Shcherbakov, B.D. Malamud, and A.B. Kucinskas, “Is the Martian crust also the Martian elastic lithosphere?” J. Geophys. Res., 107 (E11) (2002) Art. No. 5091, 2001JE001594 [pdf].

21. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte, "Self-organizing height-arrow model: Numerical and analytical results", Physica A, 277 (2000) 274-292 [pdf].

22. N.S. Ananikian, R.G. Ghulghazaryan, N.Sh. Izmailian, and R. Shcherbakov, "Exact solution of a Z(4) gauge Potts model on planar lattices", Phys. Rev. E, 60 (1999) 5106 [pdf].

23. A.M. Povolotsky, V.B. Priezzhev, and R. Shcherbakov, "Dynamics of Eulerian walkers", Phys. Rev. E, 58 (1998) 5449 [pdf].

24. R. Shcherbakov, Vl.V. Papoyan, A.M. Povolotsky,  "Critical dynamics of self-organizing Eulerian walkers", Phys. Rev. E, 55 (1997) 3686 [pdf].

25. Vl.V. Papoyan and R. Shcherbakov, "Distribution of heights in the Abelian sandpile model on the Husimi lattice", Fractals, 4 (1996) 97-104 [pdf].

26. Vl.V. Papoyan and R. Shcherbakov, "Abelian sandpile model on the Husimi lattice of square plaquettes", J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 28 (1995) 6099-6107 [pdf].

27. N.S. Ananikian and R. Shcherbakov, "Reduction of a Z(3) gauge theory on the flat lattices to the spin-1 BEG model", Phys. Lett. A, 200 (1995) 27-30 [pdf].

28. N.S. Ananikian and R. Shcherbakov, "Tricritical phenomena in a Z(3) lattice gauge theory", J. Phys. A: Math. Gen., 27 (1994) L887-L890 [pdf].

29. N.S. Ananikian, N.Sh.  Izmailian, and R. Shcherbakov, "Exact solution of the Blume-Emery-Griffiths model on a Bethe lattice", JETP Lett., 59 (1994) 71-75 [pdf].

30. N.S. Ananikian, N.Sh. Izmailian, R. Shcherbakov, "Order-order phase transition in the BEG model", Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 34 (1992) 3448-3451, (in Russian).

III. Book Reviews (Peer reviewed):

1. R. Shcherbakov, Book Review: “Nonlinear Dynamics of the Lithosphere and Earthquake Prediction” by V.I. Keilis-Borok and A.A. Soloviev, EOS, 84 (2003) 321 [pdf].

IV. Conference Proceedings (Peer reviewed):

1. D.L. Turcotte, S.G. Abaimov, R. Shcherbakov, and J.B. Rundle, “Nonlinear dynamics of natural hazards”, in Nonlinear Dynamics in Geosciences by A. Tsonis and J. Elsner (eds.),  Springer, 2007, pp. 557-580 .

2. R. Shcherbakov and D.L. Turcotte. “Aftershocks and damage mechanics”, in Proceedings of the 3rd ACES International Workshop, (ACES, The University of Queensland), 2003, pp. 321-326 [pdf].

3. N.S. Ananikian and R. Shcherbakov, "The interrelation of a Z(3) gauge theory on the flat lattices and a spin-1 BEG model", in Proceedings of the VIII International Conference "Quarks-94", (World Scientific, Singapore), 1995, pp. 499-504 [pdf].

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PhD, Cornell University, 2002