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Elizabeth (Libby) Ritz

Title:Graduate Student, Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences
Primary Affiliation:Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences
Office Location:Mitchell Bldg  B09
Research Group:Structural Geology and Geomechanics
E-mail:lritz@stanford.edu

Education

  • 2013 expected | PhD, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University
  • 2008 | BA, Magna Cum Laude, Geology, Carleton College
  • March 25-31 2012 | ExxonMobil Guadalupe Mountains Short Course

Honors & Awards

  • 2010 | Chevron Grant, Stanford
  • 2009 | McGee Grant, Stanford
  • 2007 | Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) Sportsmanship Award
  • 2007 | MIAC Academic All-Conference
  • 2006 | MIAC Academic All-Conference

University Service

  • 2009 – 2010 | Vice Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Committee
  • 2008 – 2009 | Secretary, Stanford Student Chapter of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences

Professional Activities

  • 2008 – present| Member, American Geophysical Union
  • 2008 – 2009 | Member, Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Society

Publications

  • Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., 2011, Closure of circular arc cracks under general loading: effects on stress intensity factors: International Journal of Fracture, v. 167, p. 3-14.
  • Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., 2012, Stick, slip, and opening of wavy frictional faults: a numerical approach in two dimensions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 117.
  • In press | Ritz, E., Mutlu, O., and Pollard, D.D., Integrating complementarity into the 2D displacement discontinuity boundary element methodto model faults and fractures with frictional contact properties, Computers & Geosciences.

       

    Presentations:

  • American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., The influence of fault geometry and frictional contact properties on slip surface behavior and off-fault damage: insights from quasi-static modeling of small strike-slip faults from the Sierra Nevada, CA | Poster; San Francisco, CA | December | 2011 
  • Rock Fracture Project Workshop | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., A new look at slip distributions and opening on non-planar faults: results from a numerical approach to the 2D wavy fault problem | Talk; Bluff, UT | June 2011 
  • American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting | Ritz, E., Pollard, D.D., and Griffith, W.A., Implications of fault curvature for slip distributions, opening, and damage | Poster; San Francisco, CA | December | 2010  
  • The E. M. Anderson meeting: Stress controls on faulting, fracturing, and igneous intrusion in the Earth's crust | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D.,  Deformation and stress heterogeneity due to slip on non-planar faults | Talk; Glasgow, Scotland | September 2010  
  • Rock Fracture Project Workshop | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., Stress heterogeneity due to slip on non-planar faults: implications for local damage and fluid flow | Talk; Houston, TX | June 2010  
  • Geophysics and Subsurface Fluid Flow, Geosciences Research Program Symposium, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., On the mechanical behavior of curved faults: implications for fluid flow and damage zones | Talk; Gaithersburg, MD | March 2010  
  • American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., On the mechanical behavior of curved faults | Poster; San Francisco, CA | December 2009  
  • Rock Fracture Project Workshop | Ritz, E., and Pollard, D.D., Modeling faults with wing cracks: a numerical investigation of incipient crack growth | Talk; Stanford, CA | June 2009

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