Publications related to Geology

Toward catchment hydro-biogeochemical theories

Andrea Rinaldo, Paolo Benettin, Ilja van Meerveld, Li Li

Headwater catchments are the fundamental units that connect the land to the ocean. Hydrological flow and biogeochemical processes are intricately coupled, yet their respective sciences have progressed without much integration. Reaction kinetic theories tha ...

WILEY2020

Fault's hydraulic diffusivity enhancement during injection induced fault reactivation: application of pore pressure diffusion inversions to laboratory injection experiments

François Xavier Thibault Passelègue

In situ observations of fluid induced fault slip reactivation, as well as the analysis of induced seismicity have demonstrated the complexity of fluid-fault interactions under geological conditions. If fluid flow commonly reactivates faults in the form of ...

OXFORD UNIV PRESS2020

Rock strength properties of granitic rocks in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

Federica Sandrone, Michel Jaboyedoff

Yosemite National Park, located in the central part of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, is a glacially carved landscape filled with iconic rock formations such as Cathedral Peak, El Capitan, and Half Dome. Igneous rocks, consisting primarily of variat ...

U.S. Geological Survey2020

Laboratory studies of hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle rocks with different grain sizes

Brice Tanguy Alphonse Lecampion, Dong Liu

Well completion for oil and gas, geothermal energy as well as CO2 storage sometimes require stimulation to achieve economical fluid flow rates (for both injector and producer wells). Predicting the growth of fluid-driven fractures in geological systems is ...

2020

Dissolution-reprecipitation reaction of dolomite: investigation of self- and tracer-diffusion using SIMS mini-spot and NanoSIMS profiles

Anders Meibom, Stéphane Laurent Escrig, Lukas Baumgartner

Recrystallization of minerals due to fluid infiltration modifies their original chemical and isotopic signature. Such processes are sought after as they give access to timescales of geologic processes, which are commonly quantified using diffusion chronome ...

2019

Emergence of Cracklike Behavior of Frictional Rupture: The Origin of Stress Drops

Jean-François Molinari, Thibault Didier Roch, Fabian Barras

The process of frictional rupture, i.e., the failure of frictional systems, abounds in the technological and natural world around us, ranging from squealing car brake pads to earthquakes along geological faults. A general framework for understanding and in ...

AMER PHYSICAL SOC2019

Emergence of self-affine surfaces during adhesive wear

Jean-François Molinari, Enrico Milanese, Ramin Aghababaei, Tobias Brink

Friction and wear depend critically on surface roughness and its evolution with time. An accurate control of roughness is essential to the performance and durability of virtually all engineering applications. At geological scales, roughness along tectonic ...

2019

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

Lyesse Laloui, Alessio Ferrari, Eleonora Crisci

Opalinus Clay is the selected host geomaterial for the construction of underground geological disposals for radioactive waste in Switzerland. The formation has been studied in several sites, i.e. the Mont Terri laboratory, and several boreholes in the nort ...

2019

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Toward catchment hydro-biogeochemical theories

Fault's hydraulic diffusivity enhancement during injection induced fault reactivation: application of pore pressure diffusion inversions to laboratory injection experiments

Role of stress field orientation on fault reactivation

Rock strength properties of granitic rocks in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

Laboratory studies of hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle rocks with different grain sizes

Pore space properties in carbonate fault rocks of peninsular Italy

Dissolution-reprecipitation reaction of dolomite: investigation of self- and tracer-diffusion using SIMS mini-spot and NanoSIMS profiles

Emergence of Cracklike Behavior of Frictional Rupture: The Origin of Stress Drops

Emergence of self-affine surfaces during adhesive wear

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

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Emergence of self-affine surfaces during adhesive wear

Role of stress field orientation on fault reactivation

Toward catchment hydro-biogeochemical theories

Impact of Mineralogical Composition on Geotechnical Properties of Opalinus Clay

Emergence of Cracklike Behavior of Frictional Rupture: The Origin of Stress Drops

Pore space properties in carbonate fault rocks of peninsular Italy

Rock strength properties of granitic rocks in Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California

Fault's hydraulic diffusivity enhancement during injection induced fault reactivation: application of pore pressure diffusion inversions to laboratory injection experiments

Laboratory studies of hydraulic fracture growth in quasi-brittle rocks with different grain sizes

Dissolution-reprecipitation reaction of dolomite: investigation of self- and tracer-diffusion using SIMS mini-spot and NanoSIMS profiles