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1. Ben-Avraham, Z., Lyakhovsky, V. and Schubert, G., 2010. Drop-down formation of deep basins along the Dead Sea and other strike-slip fault systems. Geophys. J. Int. 181, 185-197. (Download PDF file)

2. Lyakhovsky, V., and Hamiel, Y. 2010. Nonlinear elasticity and scalar damage rheology model for fractured rocks. In: Shear physics at the meso-scale in earthquake and landslide mechanics. Hatzor, Y. H., J. Sulem, and I. Vardoulakis (Editors). CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, p. 123-132.

3. Hamiel, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., Katz, O., Fialko, Y. and Reches, Z. 2010. Damage rheology and stable versus unstable fracturing of rocks. In: Shear physics at the meso-scale in earthquake and landslide mechanics. Hatzor, Y. H., J. Sulem, and I. Vardoulakis (Editors). CRC Press/Balkema, The Netherlands, p. 133-144.

4. Lyakhovsky, V., and Y. Ben-Zion. 2009. Evolving geometrical and material properties of fault zones in a damage rheology model, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 10, Q11011, doi:10.1029/2009GC002543 (Download PDF file)

5. Y. Yechieli, U. Kafri, S. Wollman, E. Shalev and V. Lyakhovsky. 2009. The effect of base level changes and geological structures on the location of the groundwater divide, as exhibited in the hydrological system between the Dead Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. Journal of Hydrology, 378, 218-229, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.09.023 (Download PDF file)

6. V. Lyakhovsky, Y. Hamiel, P. Ampuero and Y. Ben-Zion. 2009. Nonlinear damage rheology and wave resonance in rocks. Geophys. J. Int. 178, 910-920. (Download PDF file)

7. Y. Hamiel, V. Lyakhovsky, S. Stanchits, G. Dresen and Y. Ben-Zion. 2009. Brittle deformation and damage-induced seismic wave anisotropy in rocks. Geophys. J. Int. 178, 901-909. (Download PDF file)

8. Y. Finzi, E.H. Hearn, Y. Ben-Zion and V. Lyakhovsky. 2009. Structural properties and deformation patterns of evolving strike-slip faults: Numerical simulations incorporating damage rheology. Pure and Appl. Geophys. 166, 1537-1573. (Download PDF file)

9. T. Levi, R. Weinberger, Y. Eyal, V. Lyakhovsky and E. Heifetz, 2008. Velocities and driving pressures of clay-rich sediments injected into clastic dykes during earthquakes. Geophys. J. Int. 175, 1095-1107. (Download PDF file)

10. Kiro, Y., Y. Yechieli, V. Lyakhovsky, E. Shalev, and A. Starinsky, 2008. Time response of the water table and saltwater transition zone to a base level drop, Water Resour. Res., 44, W12442, doi:10.1029/2007WR006752 (Download PDF file)

11. N.G. Lensky, R.S.J. Sparks, O. Navon & V. Lyakhovsky, 2008. Cyclic activity at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat: degassing-induced pressurization and stick-slip extrusion. In: Lane, S.J. & Gilbert, J.S. (eds) Fluid Motions in Volcanic Conduits: A Source of Seismic and Acoustic Signals. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 307, 169-188. (Download PDF file)

12. I. Kurzon, V. Lyakhovsky, O. Navon & N.G. Lensky, 2008. Damping of pressure waves in visco-elastic, saturated bubbly magma. In: Lane, S.J. & Gilbert, J.S. (eds) Fluid Motions in Volcanic Conduits: A Source of Seismic and Acoustic Signals. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 307, 11-31. (Download PDF file)

13. R.Weinberger, O.Maimon, Z.B.Begin, V. Lyakhovsky, 2008. Joint nucleation from cavity-shaped flaws: field observations, probability of occurance, and 3-D mechanical analysis, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9,Q03020, doi:10.1029/2007GC001782. (Download PDF file)

14. V. Lyakhovsky and Y. Ben-Zion, 2008. Scaling relations of earthquakes and aseismic deformation in a damage rheology model. Geophys. J. Int. 172, 651-662. (Download PDF file)

15. U. Kafri, M. Goldman, V. Lyakhovsky, C. Scholl, a. Helwig, B. Tezkan, 2007. The configuration of the fresh-saline groundwater interface within the regional Judea Group carbonate aquifer in northern Israel between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea base levels as delineated by deep geoelectromagnetic soundings, Journal of Hydrology, 344, 123-134. (Download PDF file)

16. E. Shalev, V. Lyakhovsky and Y. Yechieli, 2007. Is advective heat transport significant at the Dead Sea basin? Geofluids, 7, 292-300. (Download PDF file)

17. Y. Yechieli, U. Kafri, S. Wolman, V. Lyakhovsky and R. Weinberger, 2007. On the relation between steep monoclinal flexure zones and steep hydraulic gradients. Groundwater, 45:616-626. (Download PDF file)

18. V. Lyakhovsky and Y. Hamiel, 2007. Damage evolution and fluid flow in poroelastic rock. Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 43: 13-23. (Download PDF file)

19. Y. Hamiel, O. Katz, V. Lyakhovsky, Z. Reches, and Y. Fialko, 2006. Stable and unstable damage evolution in rocks with implications to fracturing of granite. Geophys. J. Int. 167, 1005-1016, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03126.x (Download PDF file)

20. A. Segev, M. Rybakov, V. Lyakhovsky, A. Hofstetter, G. Tibor, V. Goldshmidt, Z. Ben Avraham, 2006. The structure, isostasy and gravity field of the Levant continental margin and the southeast Mediterranean area. Tectonophysics 425: 137-157 (Download PDF file)

21. R. Weinberger, V. Lyakhovsky, G. Baer, and Z. B. Begin, 2006 Mechanical modeling and InSAR measurements of Mount Sedom uplift, Dead Sea basin: Implications for effective viscosity of rock salt, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q05014, doi:10.1029/2005GC001185. (Download PDF file)

22. L. Collier, J.W. Neuberg, N. Lensky, V. Lyakhovsky, O. Navon, 2006. Attenuation in gas-charged magma. J. Volcanology and Geothermal Res. 153:21-36 (Download PDF file)

23. N.G. Lensky, R.W. Niebo, J.R. Holloway, V. Lyakhovsky, O. Navon, 2006. Bubble nucleation as a trigger for xenolith entrapment in mantle melts, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 245:278-288. (Download PDF file)

24. Y. Ben-Zion and V. Lyakhovsky, 2006. Analysis of aftershocks in a lithospheric model with seismogenic zone governed by damage rheology. Geophys. J. Int.165, 197-210, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02878.x (Download PDF file)

25. E. Shalev, V. Lyakhovsky, and Y. Yechieli, 2006. Salt dissolution and sinkhole formation along the Dead Sea shore. J. Geophys. Res., 111, B03102, doi:10.1029/2005JB004038. (Download PDF file)

26. Lensky, N. G., Y. Dvorkin, V. Lyakhovsky, I Gertman, and I. Gavrieli, 2005. Water, salt, and energy balances of the Dead Sea, Water Resour. Res., 41, W12418, doi:10.1029/2005WR004084. (Download PDF file)

27. Hamiel, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., Agnon, A., 2005. Rock dilation, nonlinear deformation, and pore pressure change under shear. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 237: 577-589 (Download PDF file)

28. Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Zion, Y., Agnon, A., 2005. A viscoelastic damage rheology and rate- and state-dependent friction. Geophys. J. Int. 161:179-190. (Download PDF file)

29. Hamiel, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., Agnon, A., 2005. Poroelastic damage rheology: Dilation, compaction, and failure of rocks. Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 6, Q01008, doi:10.1029/2004GC000813. (Download PDF file)

30. Hamiel, Y., Liu, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Zion, Y., Lockner, D., 2004. A viscoelastic damage model with applications to stable and unstable fracturing. Geophys. J. Int. 159:1155-1165. (Download PDF file)

31. Hamiel, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., Agnon, A., 2004. Coupled evolution of damage and porosity in poroelastic media: theory and applications to deformation of porous rocks. Geophys. J. Int. 156:701-713. (Download PDF file)

32. Lensky, N., Navon, O., Lyakhovsky, V., 2004. Bubble growth during decompression of magma: experimental and theoretical investigation. J. Volcanology and Geothermal Res. 129:7-22 (Download PDF file)

33. Lensky, N.G., Niebo R.W., Holloway J., Lyakhovsky V., Navon O., 2002. Bubble nucleation as trigger for dike initiation in the mantle. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (15A): A448-A448 Suppl. 1

34. Amit, H., Lyakhovsky, V., Katz, A., Starinsky, A., and Burg, A., 2002. Interpretation of spring recession curves. Groundwater, 40:543-551. (Download PDF file)

35. Ben-Zion, Y., Lyakhovsky, V., 2002. Accelerating seismic release and related aspects of seismicity patterns on earthquake faults. Pure and Appl. Geophys. 159:2385-2412. (Download PDF file)

36. Basson, U., Ben-Avraham, Z., Garfunkel, Z., Lyakhovsky, V., 2002. Development of recent faulting in the southern Dead Sea Rift according to GPR imaging. European Geophysical Society (EGS) Stephan Mueller Special Publication Series, 2:1-23. (Download PDF file)

37. Lensky, N., Lyakhovsky, V., Navon, O. 2002. Expansion dynamics of volatile-saturated fluid and bulk viscosity of bubbly magmas. J. Fluid Mechanics. 460:39-56. (Download PDF file)

38. Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Zion, Y., Agnon, A., 2001. Earthquake cycle, fault zones and seismicity pattern s in a rheologically layered lithosphere. J. Geophys. Res. 106:4103-4120. (Download PDF file)

39. Lensky N., Lyakhovsky V., Navon, O. 2001. Radial variations of melt viscosity around growing bubbles and gas overpressure in vesiculating magmas. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 186: 1-6. (Download PDF file)

40. Lyakhovsky, V. 2001. Scaling of fracture length and distributed damage. Geophys. J. Int., 144:114-122. (Download PDF file)

41. Lyakhovsky V., Ilchev A., and Agnon A., 2001. Modeling of damage and instabilities of rock mass by means of a non-linear rheological model. In: Dynamic rock mass response to mining, G. van Aswegen, R.J. Durrheim, W.D. Ortlepp (eds), Rockbursts and seismicity in mines – RaSiM5, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, SA, pp. 413-420.

42. Ilchev A. and Lyakhovsky V., 2001. Practical aspects of the hybridization of the boundary integral method with damage rheology modeling for the assimilation of seismic data. In: Dynamic rock mass response to mining, G. van Aswegen, R.J. Durrheim, W.D. Ortlepp (eds), Rockbursts and seismicity in mines; RaSiM5, South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Johannesburg, SA, pp. 421-426.

43. Weinberger R., Lyakhovsky V., Aydin A., Katz Y., and Hamiel Y., 2001. Faiult-zone architecture, permeability structure and mechanical involvement of fluids in faulting; Stage II. Geol. Survey of Israel, TR-GSI/12/2001.

44. Hurwitz, S., Stanislavsky, E., Lyakhovsky, V., and Gvirtzman, H., 2000. Groundwater interactions with an alternating fresh/saline water lake in a continental rift: Sea of Galilee, Israel. GSA Bulletin, 112:1694-1702. (Download PDF file)

45. Hurwitz, S., Lyakhovsky, V., and Gvirtzman, H., 2000. Transient salt transport modeling of shallow brine beneath a fresh-water lake, the Sea of Galilee, Israel. Water Resources Research, 36:101-107.

46. Weinberger, R., Lyakhovsky, V., Baer, G., and Agnon, A. 2000. Damage zone around en-echelon dyke segments in porous sandstone. J. Geophys. Res. 105:3115-3133. (Download PDF file)

47. Ben-Zion, Y., Dahmen, K., Lyakhovsky, V., Ertas, D., and Agnon, A., 1999. Self-driven mode switching of earthquake activity on a fault system. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 172:11-21. (Download PDF file)

48. Meriaux, C., Lister, J.R., Lyakhovsky, V., and Agnon, A. 1999. Dyke propagation and distributed damage of the host rock. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 165:177-185. (Download PDF file)

49. Weinberger R, Lyakhovsky V., and Agnon A., 1999. Damage evolution and propagation path of en-echelon cracks. In: Rock mechanics for industry, Amadei, Kranz, Scott and Smealie (eds). Balkema, Rotterdam, pp 1125-1143

50. Navon, O., Chekhmir, A., Lyakhovsky, V., 1998, Bubble growth in highly viscous melts: theory, experiments, and explosivity of lava domes. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 160:763-776. (Download PDF file)

51. Navon, O. and Lyakhovsky, V., 1998. Vesiculation processes in Silicic Magmas. In: Gilbert, J.S. and Sparks R.S.J. (eds) The Physics of Explosive Volcanic Eruptions. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 145,27-50.

52. Agnon, A., Lyakhovsky, V., Myers R., 1998. Simulated damage along faults in sandstone: Preliminary results and comparison with field observations, Stanford Rock Fracture Project, 9: 1-10.

53. Lyakhovsky, V., Reches Z., Weinberger, R., Scott, T.E., 1997. Non-linear elastic behavior of damaged rocks. Geophys. J. Int. 130: 157-166. (Download PDF file)

54. Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Zion, Y., Agnon, A., 1997. Distributed damage, faulting, and friction. J. Geophys. Res. 102: 27,635-27,649. (Download PDF file)

55. Smolyaninova, E., Mikhailov, V., Lyakhovsky, V., 1997. Numerical modeling of regional and local stress field in the northern Black Sea. Physics Solid Earth, 4:74-82.

56. Agnon A., Lyakhovsky V., Ben-Zion Y., 1997. Localization of distributed damage and strain to stick-slip faults. In: Localization phenomena and dynamics of brittle and granular systems, Columbia University, NY, C.H.Scholz (ed.), pp. 33-39.

57. Lyakhovsky, V., Chekhmir A. and Navon, O. 1997. Bubble growth in highly viscous melts: theory, experiments and applications. Proceedings of the Unzen International Workshop: Decade Volcano and Scientific Drilling, Shimabara, Japan. (ed: S. Nakada) pp. 108-113.

58. Lyakhovsky, V., Hurwitz, S., Navon, O. 1996. Bubble growth in rhyolitic melts: experimental and numerical investigations. Bull. Volcanology, 58: 19-32. (Download PDF file)

59. Smolyaninova, E., Mikhailov, V., Lyakhovsky, V., 1996. Numerical modeling of regional neotectonic movements in the northern Black Sea. Tectonophysics, 266: 221-231 (Download PDF file)

60. Weinberger R., Lyakhovsky V., Baer G., and Agnon A. 1996. Evolution of host-rock deformation and damaged zones around interacting en-echelon dyke segments. Geol. Survey of Israel, Current Res., 10: 74-78.

61. Ben-Avraham, Z., Lyakhovsky, V., Grasso, M. 1995. Simulation of the collisional zone segmentation in the Central Mediterranean. Tectonophysics, 243: 57-68 (Download PDF file)

62. Agnon, A, Lyakhovsky, V. 1995. Oceanic topography and heat flow: indications for a silent discharge of cold rock into the convecting earth. Geophys. Res. Lett. 22:1273-1276.

63. Agnon A, Lyakhovsky V. 1995. Damage distribution and localization during dyke intrusion. In: Baer and Heimann (eds). Physics and Chemistry of Dykes, Balkema, Rotterdam. p. 65-78

64. Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Avraham, Z., Reznikov, M. 1994. Stress distribution over the Mozambique Ridge. Tectonophysics, 240:21-27.

65. Lyakhovsky, V., Ben-Avraham, Z., Achmon, M. 1994. The origin of the Dead Sea rift. Tectonophysics, 240:29-43.

66. Hurwitz, S., Lyakhovsky, V., and Navon, O. 1994. Diffusive growth of water bubbles in rhyolitic melts. Mineral. Mag. 58A, 440-441.

67. Lyakhovsky, V., Podladchikov, Yu., Poliakov, A. 1993. Rheological model of a fractured solid. Tectonophysics, 226: 187-198 (Download PDF file)

68. Poliakov A., Cundall P., Podladchikov Yu., Lyakhovsky V. 1993. An explicit inertial method for the simulation of viscoelastic flow: An evaluation of elastic effects on diapiric flow in two and three layer models. Proceeding of NATO Advanced Study Institute on Dynamic Modeling and Flow in the Earth and Planets. In: D.B.Stone and S.K.Runcorn (eds.), Flow and Creep in the Solar system: Observations, Modeling and Theory, Kluwerr, Holland, 175-195 (Download PDF file)

69. Ben-Avraham, Z., Lyakhovsky, V. 1992. Faulting process along the northern Dead Sea transform and Levant margin. Geology, 20:1139-1142

70. Bolshoi, A., Cundall P.A., Podladchikov Y.Y., and Lyakhovsky V. 1992. An explicit inertial method for the simulation of viscoelastic flow: an evaluation of elastic effects on diapiric flow in two- and three-layer model. Univ. Minnesota Supercomputer Inst. Res. Report 92/110. 20 p.

71. Fadeev V., Lyakhovsky V., and Oganesian M., 1992. Formulation of the reverse gravi-mechanical problem. In: A.V.Chekunov (ed.). Lithosphere of the Central and Eastern Europe. Ukranian Ac. Sci. p 73-83

72. Mints, M., Kolpakov, N., Shenkman, E., Lyakhovsky, V., Smolyaninova, E. 1991. Geodynamical nature of some relief forming processes in Kola Peninsula. Geotectonics, 2:84-91

73. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1991. Joint interpretation method of gravimetric and seismic measurements. Doklady Ac. Sci. USSR.

74. Lyakhovsky V, Podladchikov Y., Poliakov A., 1991, Rheological model of a fractured solid, Univ. Minnesota Supercomputer Inst. Res. Report 91/296, 30 p.

75. Glaznev V., Scopenko G., Smolyaninova E., Lyakhovsky V. Complex geophysical model of the crust for the Baltic profile. Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Report S-25, 1991, pp. 107-113.

76. Lyakhovsky, V. 1990. Application of strain-dependent model to the analysis of stress fields in rocks. Physics of Solid Earth. 2:89-94

77. Myasnikov, V., Lyakhovsky, V., Podladchikov, Yu. 1990. Non-local model of strain-dependent visco-elastic media. Doklady Ac. Sci. USSR, 312:302-305 (Download PDF file)

78. Lyakhovsky, V., Salman, A., Lyubashevsky, M. 1990. High frequency diurnal seismic noise in Kopetdag fault region. Physics of Solid Earth. 2:94-96

79. Myasnikov, V., Lyakhovsky, V. 1990. Joint interpretation method of the data of gravimetric and seismic measurements. Doklady Ac. Sci. USSR, 314:1366-1369.

80. Myasnikov, V., Lyakhovsky, V., Fadeev, B., Zlochevsky, D. 1989. The evaluation of state of stress based on seismic data. Doklady Ac. Sci. USSR, 309:841-843

81. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1988. Acoustics of rheologically nonlinear solids. Int. J. Phys. Earth and Planet. Int. 50:60-64 (Download PDF file)

82. Lyakhovsky, V. 1988. The effective viscosity of fractured media. Physics of Solid Earth. 4:94-98

83. Mints, M., Kolpakov, N., Lanev, V., Rusanov, M., Lyakhovsky, V. Myasnikov, V. 1987. On the problem of the nature of subhorizontal seismic boundaries (interpretation of Kola super-deep hole). Doklady Ac. Sci. USSR, 296:71-76

84. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1987. Relation between seismic wave velocity and state of stress Geophys. J. Royal. Astr. Soc. 2:429-437 (Download PDF file)

85. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1986. Strain-dependent model, anisotropy and seismic boundaries. Physics of Solid Earth. 11:69-73

86. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1985. On the behavior of visco-elastic cracked solid. Physics of Solid Earth. 4:28-35

87. Lyakhovsky V., Tyupkin Yu., Timoshkina E. 1985. Data bank for planetary geophysics study. Materials of the World Data Center B., Moscow, USSR, p 1-34.

88. Lyakhovsky, V., Myasnikov, V. 1984. On the behavior of elastic cracked solid. Physics of Solid Earth. 10:71-75

89. Lyakhovsky, V., Papitashvily, N. 1982. Application of quickest descent method for the determination of amplitudes and phases of harmonic components in a random process. Geomagnetic Research. 28:21-25

90. Vadkovsky V., Lyakhovsky V., Tyupkin Yu. 1978. Time evolution of the seismic activity of the Balkan region. In: Materials of Data Interpretation in WDC, Moscow. p 11-23.