Mark Zoback

Mark Zoback
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Stanford University University of Arizona
Awards	Walter H. Bucher Medal (2008) Louis Néel Medal (2013)
Scientific career
Fields	Geophysics
Institutions	Stanford University

Mark D. Zoback is an American geophysicist and emeritus faculty at Stanford University. ^[1] Zoback is the author of the textbook Reservoir Geomechanics. ^[2]

Career

Zoback is a senior fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy at Stanford University, an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Academy of Engineering. ^[3] He co-directs the Stanford Center for Induced and Triggered Seismicity (SCITS) ^[4] and the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative (NGI).

Personal life

He is married to the American geophysicist Mary Lou Zoback.

Selected publications

• John Townend; Mark D. Zoback (2000). "How faulting keeps the crust strong". Geology . 28 (5): 399–402. Bibcode:2000Geo....28..399T. doi:10.1130/0091-7613(2000)28<399:HFKTCS>2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0091-7613. Wikidata   Q57850245.
• Mary Lou Zoback; Mark Zoback (10 November 1980). "State of stress in the conterminous United States". Journal of Geophysical Research . 85 (B11): 6113–6156. Bibcode:1980JGR....85.6113Z. doi:10.1029/JB085IB11P06113. ISSN   0148-0227. Wikidata   Q97855966.
• Mary Lou Zoback; Mark D. Zoback; J. Adams; et al. (September 1989). "Global patterns of tectonic stress". Nature . 341 (6240): 291–298. Bibcode:1989Natur.341..291Z. doi:10.1038/341291A0. ISSN   1476-4687. Wikidata   Q56610367.

References

1. "Mark Zoback". Stanford Earth Faculty Directory Emeritus. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
2. Zoback, Mark D. (2010). Reservoir Geomechanics (Pbk. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN   978-0521146197.
3. "Zoback, Mark". aaas.org. Retrieved April 20, 2017.
4. "Mark Zoback - ResFrac Corporation". www.resfrac.com. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2025-02-20.