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 …

[HTML][HTML] Chemo-hydro-mechanical effects of CO2 injection on reservoir and seal rocks: A review on laboratory experiments

A Vafaie, J Cama, JM Soler, IR Kivi… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Geological carbon storage is one of the technologies required to arrive at the ambitious yet
realistic net-zero emission target and climate change neutrality. Injected CO 2 in geological …

The brittle-ductile transition in porous rock: A review

T Wong, P Baud - Journal of Structural Geology, 2012 - Elsevier
Many of the earliest laboratory studies of the brittle-ductile transition were on porous rocks,
with a focus on the evolution of failure mode from brittle faulting to cataclastic flow with …

Effects of porosity and crack density on the compressive strength of rocks

P Baud, T Wong, W Zhu - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and …, 2014 - Elsevier
We analyzed a compilation of previously published and new data on the uniaxial
compressive strength (UCS) of various rock types using the pore-emanated crack and the …

Permeability and porosity relationships of edifice-forming andesites: a combined field and laboratory study

J Farquharson, MJ Heap, NR Varley, P Baud… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2015 - Elsevier
Permeability of the edifice is one of the key parameters governing eruptive style, magnitude,
and frequency of active stratovolcanoes. This study presents a suite of density and …

Mechano-chemical interactions in sedimentary rocks in the context of CO2 storage: Weak acid, weak effects?

J Rohmer, A Pluymakers, F Renard - Earth-Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the corrosive nature of dissolved CO 2, the potential short or long term alteration of
rock properties, represents a major issue in several sites where natural CO 2 circulation is …

Microstructural controls on the physical and mechanical properties of edifice‐forming andesites at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

MJ Heap, Y Lavallée, L Petrakova… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The reliable assessment of volcanic unrest must rest on an understanding of the rocks that
form the edifice. It is their microstructure that dictates their physical properties and …

Capillary trapping in sandstones and carbonates: Dependence on pore structure

Y Tanino, MJ Blunt - Water Resources Research, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Residual non‐wetting phase saturation and wetting‐phase permeability were measured in
three limestones and four sandstones ranging in porosity from 0.13 to 0.28 and in absolute …

Pore geometry as a control on rock strength

A Bubeck, RJ Walker, D Healy, M Dobbs… - Earth and Planetary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The strength of rocks in the subsurface is critically important across the geosciences, with
implications for fluid flow, mineralisation, seismicity, and the deep biosphere. Most studies of …

Stress sensitivity of porosity and permeability under varying hydrostatic stress conditions for different carbonate rock types of the geothermal Malm reservoir in …

D Bohnsack, M Potten, S Freitag, F Einsiedl… - Geothermal …, 2021 - Springer
In geothermal reservoir systems, changes in pore pressure due to production (depletion),
injection or temperature changes result in a displacement of the effective stresses acting on …