The mechanical behaviour and failure modes of volcanic rocks: a review

MJ Heap, MES Violay - Bulletin of Volcanology, 2021 - Springer
The microstructure and mineralogy of volcanic rocks is varied and complex, and their
mechanical behaviour is similarly varied and complex. This review summarises recent …

The risks of long-term re-injection in supercritical geothermal systems

F Parisio, V Vilarrasa, W Wang, O Kolditz… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Supercritical geothermal systems are appealing sources of sustainable and carbon-free
energy located in volcanic areas. Recent successes in drilling and exploration have opened …

Influence of alteration on the mechanical behaviour and failure mode of andesite: implications for shallow seismicity and volcano monitoring

SP Mordensky, MJ Heap, BM Kennedy, HA Gilg… - Bulletin of …, 2019 - Springer
Volcanoes often host hydrothermal systems that alter the host rock. To understand the
influence of alteration on mechanical behaviour of edifice-forming rock, we performed a …

Brittle‐ductile deformation and tensile rupture of dome lava during inflation at Santiaguito, Guatemala

AJ Hornby, Y Lavallée, JE Kendrick… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gas‐and‐ash explosions at the Santiaguito dome complex, Guatemala, commonly occur
through arcuate fractures, following a 5‐to 6‐min period of inflation observed in long‐period …

The impact of complex volcanic plumbing on the nature of seismicity in the developing magmatic natron rift, Tanzania

MC Reiss, JD Muirhead, AS Laizer, F Link… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Constraining the architecture of complex 3D volcanic plumbing systems within active rifts,
and their impact on rift processes, is critical for examining the interplay between faulting …

Intense seismicity during the 2014–2015 Bárðarbunga‐Holuhraun rifting event, Iceland, reveals the nature of dike‐induced earthquakes and caldera collapse …

T Ágústsdóttir, T Winder, J Woods… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Over 2 weeks in August 2014, magma propagated 48 km laterally from Bárðarbunga
volcano before erupting at Holuhraun for 6 months, accompanied by collapse of the caldera …

Creating cloud-fracture network by flow-induced microfracturing in superhot geothermal environments

R Goto, N Watanabe, K Sakaguchi, T Miura… - Rock mechanics and …, 2021 - Springer
Superhot geothermal environments with temperatures of approximately 400–500° C at
depths of approximately 2–4 km are attracting attention as new kind of geothermal resource …

Stress fields around magma chambers influenced by elastic thermo-mechanical deformation: implications for forecasting chamber failure

J Browning, Ö Karaoğlu, Ö Bayer, MB Turgay… - Bulletin of …, 2021 - Springer
Defining the conditions that lead to the rupture of a magma chamber is essential to forecast
eruptions. So far, models simulating magma chamber dynamics have neglected the effects …

Wellbore stability in high-temperature granite under true triaxial stress

R Goto, K Sakaguchi, F Parisio, K Yoshioka… - Geothermics, 2022 - Elsevier
Supercritical/superhot geothermal success depends on successful drilling. However,
wellbore stability in supercritical environments has not been investigated because imposing …

A model of failure and localization of basalt at temperature and pressure conditions spanning the brittle‐ductile transition

F Parisio, C Lehmann, T Nagel - Journal of Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Natural phenomena such as seismicity, volcanism, and fluid circulation in volcanic areas are
influenced by the mechanical response of intact basalt. When subjected to a wide range of …