Seismic response of hectometer‐scale fracture systems to hydraulic stimulation in the Bedretto Underground laboratory, Switzerland

A Obermann, M Rosskopf, V Durand… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We performed a series of hydraulic stimulations at 1.1 km depth in the Bedretto underground
laboratory, Switzerland, as part of an overall research strategy attempting to understand …

[HTML][HTML] Permeability evolution during pressure-controlled shear slip in saw-cut and natural granite fractures

Z Li, X Ma, XZ Kong, MO Saar, D Vogler - Rock Mechanics Bulletin, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid injection into rock masses is involved during various subsurface engineering
applications. However, elevated fluid pressure, induced by injection, can trigger shear slip …

[HTML][HTML] Lithology-controlled stress variations of Longmaxi shale–Example of an appraisal wellbore in the Changning area

X Ma, S Zhang, X Zhang, J Liu, J Jin, W Cheng… - Rock Mechanics …, 2022 - Elsevier
The Longmaxi shale is an extensive, prolific unconventional play in southwestern China. Its
development in the Changning area is affected by ineffective hydraulic fracturing (HF) …

[HTML][HTML] Applications and future developments of the (thermo-) poro-elastic theory in geophysics

M Nespoli, H Yu, AP Rinaldi, R Harrington… - Earth-Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Fluids are naturally present in the crust from subsoil to several kilometers deep. The
representation of the Earth's crust as a purely elastic medium ignores the effects of fluids …

[HTML][HTML] Hydromechanical characterization of a fractured crystalline rock volume during multi-stage hydraulic stimulations at the BedrettoLab

K Bröker, X Ma, NG Doonechaly, M Rosskopf… - Geothermics, 2024 - Elsevier
Multi-stage hydraulic stimulation experiments were conducted at the Bedretto Geothermal
Testbed (Switzerland) at a depth of over 1 km to study seismo-hydromechanical processes …

Estimating the least principal stress in a granitic rock mass: systematic mini-frac tests and elaborated pressure transient analysis

K Bröker, X Ma - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2022 - Springer
The hydraulic fracturing technique (also termed mini-frac test) is commonly used to estimate
the in situ stress field. We recently conducted a mini-frac stress measurement campaign in …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory simulation of fault reactivation by fluid injection and implications for induced seismicity at the BedrettoLab, Swiss Alps

G Volpe, G Pozzi, C Collettini, E Spagnuolo… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Fluid induced fault reactivation experiments will take place as part of the “Fault Activation
and Earthquake Rupture” project (FEAR) at the BedrettoLab, an underground laboratory for …

[HTML][HTML] Recent developments, challenges, and future research directions in tomographic characterization of fractured aquifers

LM Ringel, WA Illman, P Bayer - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
This work reviews various studies of hydraulic and pneumatic tomography for estimation of
flow properties of fractured geologic media with hydraulic and pneumatic tomography. The …

Aseismic strain localization prior to failure and associated seismicity in crystalline rock

AF Salazar Vásquez, PA Selvadurai, P Bianchi… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Recent laboratory tests and large-scale observations have revealed the complex interplays
between aseismic and seismic deformation, as well as the progressive localization of the …

Full-scale loading test of jet grouting in the artificial island–immersed tunnel transition area of the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Sea link

Y Wang, H Qin, L Zhao - International Journal of Geomechanics, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Abstract In the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge mega project, several ground treatment
methods were applied in the transition area between the artificial island and immersed tube …