Introduction to Pageoph Topical Volume on 'Rock Physics and Natural Hazards'

Natural hazards events such as Earthquakes or volcanic eruptions involve activation of coupled thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical processes in rocks. The 7th. Euro-conference of Rock Physics and Geomechanics sponsored by the Italian Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), the French Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and Exon-Mobil, was held on September 25 to 30, 2007, in Erice, Italy, to explore how rock physics experiments and models can help understand and constrain natural hazards mechanisms, and, to foster cross-disciplinary collaborations