Gevorg G. Kocharyan

Professor, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics

Institute of Geodynamics of Geospheres, RAS, Moscow, Russia

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Scientific interests: geomechanics, geophysics, mechanical and seismic effects of explosion. More than 80 publications on the influence of geodynamic factors on mechanical stability in engineering; deformation characteristics of intervals between the blocks, dynamic deformation of block rock massifs, initiation of deformation processes in the Earth’s crust by small perturbations. A leader and a participant of federal and international projects. A member of the International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM), a member of Scientific and Dissertational councils of IDG RAS.

Publications 2019–2024

• Adushkin V.V., Besedina A.N., Kocharyan G.G., Semenova I.E., Zhukova S.A., Zhuravleva O.G., 2024. A New Approach to Hazard Control of Human-Triggered Earthquakes near Mining Facilities. DOKLADY EARTH SCIENCES 519(1), 1930–1935. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1028334X24603213
• Kocharyan G.G., Shatunov I.V., 2024. Topical Issues in Hydrogeology of Seismogenic Fault Zones. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 60(4), 681–703. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351324700575
• Budkov A.M., Kocharyan G.G., 2024. Formation of the Near-Fault Damage Zone during Dynamic Rupture in a Crystalline Rock Mass. PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS 27(3), 303–316. https://doi.org/10.1134/S102995992403007X
• Ruzhich V.V., Kocharyan G.G., Ostapchuk A.A., Shilko E.V., 2024. Different-Scale Heterogeneities in Segments of Active Faults and Their Influence on Slip Modes. PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS 27(3), 217–228. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959924030019
• Qi C., Wang Z., Kocharyan G.G., 2024. Mechanical Model of Evolution of Granular Matter Force Chains. GRANULAR MATTER 26(2), 35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10035-024-01406-6
• Qi C., Wang M., Kocharyan G., Kunitskikh A., Wang Z., 2024. Dynamically Triggered Seismicity on a Tectonic Scale: A Review. DEEP UNDERGROUND SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 3(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/dug2.12060
• Besedina A.N., Gridin G.A., Kocharyan G.G., Morozova K.G., Pavlov D.V., 2024. Activation of Seismo-Acoustic Events after Large-Scale Blasting at an Iron Ore Body of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 60(1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739124010010
• Gao A., Qi C., Shan R., Wang C., Kocharyan G.G., 2023. Identification and Early Warning Method of Key Disaster-Causing Factors of AE Signals for Red Sandstone by Principal Component Analysis Method. AIN SHAMS ENGINEERING JOURNAL 14(10), 102205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asej.2023.102205
• Budkov A.М., Kocharyan G.G., Kishkina S.В., 2023. Assessment of Change in Rock Mass Permeability in the Vicinity of Underground Explosion from Experimental Data and Numerical Modeling. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 59, 8–16. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739123010027
• Kocharyan G.G., Besedina A.N., Gridin G.А., Morozova K.G., Ostapchuk A.A., 2023. Friction as a Factor Determining the Radiation Efficiency of Fault Slips and the Possibility of Their Initiation: State of the Art. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 59, 337–363. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351323030060
• Gridin G.А., Kocharyan G.G., Morozova K.G., Novikova E.V., Ostapchuk A.A., Pavlov D.V., 2023. Evolution of Sliding Along a Heterogeneous Fault. A Large-Scale Laboratory Experiment. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 59, 460–467. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351323030047
• Kocharyan G.G., Ostapchuk A.A., 2023. Mesostructure of a Tectonic Fault Slip Zone. PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS 26, 82–92. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959923010095
• Besedina A.N., Kocharyan G.G., 2023. A New Approach to Reducing the Risk of Large-Scale Man-Induced Earthquakes Based on the Results of Microseismic Monitoring. MINING INDUSTRY JOURNAL S1, 28–34. https://doi.org/10.30686/1609-9192-2023-S1-28-34
• Kocharyan G.G., Ostapchuk A.A., Pavlov D.V., Gridin G.А., Morozova K.G., Hongwen J., Panteleev I.А., 2022. Laboratory Study on Frictional Behavior of Rock Blocks of Meter Scale. Methods and Preliminary Results. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 58, 929–940. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351322060064
• Kocharyan G.G., Budkov A.М., Kishkina S.В., 2022. Effect of Slip Zone Structure on Earthquake Rupture Velocity. PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS 25, 549–556. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959922060078
• Kocharyan G.G., Sharafiev Z.Z., Kishkina S.В., Qi Ch., 2022. Phenomenon of Reduction in Friction at the Toe of Gravity Landslide under Seismic Vibration Effect. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 58, 173–183. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739122020016
• Budkov A.М., Kishkina S.В., Kocharyan G.G., 2022. Modeling Supershear Rupture Propagation on a Fault with Heterogeneous Surface. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 58, 562–575. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351322040012
• Kocharyan G.G., Loktev D.N., Ryakhovsky I.A., Sanina I.A., 2022. Large-Scale Research Facilities «Mid-Latitude Geophysical Observation Complex “Mikhnevo”. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 13(2). https://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2022-13-2-0590
• Kocharyan G.G., Sharafiev Z.Z., Kishkina S.В., Qi Ch., 2022. Phenomenon of Reduction in Friction at the Toe of Gravity Landslide under Seismic Vibration Effect. Journal of Mining Science 2, 3–14. https://doi.org/10.15372/FTPRPI20220201
• Kocharyan G.G., Kishkina S.В., Sharafiev Z.Z., 2021. Laboratory Research of Slope Stability under Impacts. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 57, 965–977. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739121060090
• Kocharyan G.G., Kishkina S.B., Sharafiev Z.Z., 2021. Laboratory Research of Slope Stability under Impacts. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 57, 965–977. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739121060090
• Ostapchuk A.A., Kocharyan G.G., Morozova K.G., Pavlov D.V., Gridin G.A., 2021. Peculiarities of Dynamic Slip Nucleation in a Thin Granular Layer. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 57, 659–670. http://doi.org/10.1134/S106935132105013X
• Kocharyan G.G., Besedina A.N., Kishkina S.B., Pavlov D.V., Sharafiev Z.Z., Kamenev P.A., 2021. Slope Failure Initiation by Seismic Loading from Different Sources. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 57, 614–626. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351321050116
• Kishkina S.B., Kocharyan G.G., Budkov A.M., Ivanchenko G.N., Loktev D.N., 2021. Impact of Open Pit Mining in Gorlovka Coal Basin on Large Earthquakes. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 57, 546–556. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739121040025
• Kocharyan G.G., 2021. Nucleation and Evolution of Sliding in Continental Fault Zones under the Action of Natural and Man-Made Factors: A State-of-the-Art Review. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 57, 439–473. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351321040066
• Kocharyan G.G., Kishkina S.B., 2021. The Physical Mesomechanics of the Earthquake Source. PHYSICAL MESOMECHANICS 24, 343–356. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1029959921040019
• Kocharyan G.G., Ostapchuk A.A., Pavlov D.V., 2021. Fault Sliding Modes – Governing, Evolution and Transformation. In: GP. Ostermeyer, V.L. Popov, E.V. Shilko, O.S. Vasiljeva (Eds), Multiscale Biomechanics and Tribology of Inorganic and Organic Systems. Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham, p. 323–358. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60124-9_15
• Stefanov Yu.P., Bakeev R.A., Kocharyan G.G., 2020. Block Displacement in the Presence of a Friction Spot. AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2310, 020326. http://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034777
• Besedina A.N., Kishkina S.B., Kocharyan G.G., Kulikov V.I., Pavlov D.V., 2020. Weak Induced Seismicity in the Korobkov Iron Ore Field of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 56, 339–350. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739120036818
• Besedina A.N., Kishkina S.B., Kocharyan G.G., Ryakhovskiy I.A., 2020. Microseismic Noise before and after Strong Earthquakes: Case Study of Chilean Subduction Zone. IZVESTIYA, PHYSICS OF THE SOLID EARTH 56, 151–161. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351320020020
• Leonov M.G., Kocharyan G.G., Revuzhenko A.F., Lavrikov S.V., 2020. Tectonics of Rock Loosening: Geological Data and Physics of the Process. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 11(3), 491–521. http://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2020-11-3-0488
• Kocharyan G.G., Batuhtin I.V., Budkov A.M., Ivanchenko G.N., Kishkina S.B., Pavlov D.V., 2019. On the Initiation of Dynamic Slips on Faults by Man-Made Impacts. IZVESTIYA, ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN PHYSICS 55, 1559–1571. http://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433819100049
• Bakeev R.A., Stefanov Yu.P., Kocharyan G.G., 2019. Stages of Strike-Slip Faulting and Block Structure Dynamics. AIP CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2167, 020025. http://doi.org/10.1063/1.5131892
• Kocharyan G.G., Kulikov V.I., Pavlov D.V., 2019. Impact of Massive Blasts on Stability of Tectonic Faults. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 55, 905–913. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739119066283
• Kocharyan G.G., Morozova K.G., Ostapchuk A.A., 2019. Acoustic Emission in a Layer of Geomaterial under Deformation by Shear. JOURNAL OF MINING SCIENCE 55, 358–363. http://doi.org/10.1134/S1062739119035660
• Kocharyan G., Lyakhov A. (Eds), 2019. Introduction. In: Trigger Effects in Geosystems. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham, p. v-vi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31970-0
• Kocharyan G., Budkov A., Kishkina S., 2019. Triggering Tectonic Earthquakes by Mining. In: G. Kocharyan, A. Lyakhov (Eds), Trigger Effects in Geosystems. Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences. Springer, Cham, p. 319–328. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31970-0_34
• Kocharyan G.G., Kishkina S.B., Budkov A.M., Ivanchenko G.N., 2019. On the Genesis of the 2013 Bachat Earthquake. GEODYNAMICS & TECTONOPHYSICS 10(3), 741–759. http://doi.org/10.5800/GT-2019-10-3-0439