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 …

Rock fracture under upper crustal conditions is driven not only by applied stresses, but also
by time-dependent, chemically activated subcritical cracking processes. These subcritical …

Mathematical modelling of rheological fracture of rock cracks under the combined effect of
hydraulic pressure and far field stresses has not been fully studied so far. The objectives of …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

This paper investigates fracture toughness and subcritical crack growth of marble, lherzolite,
and amphibolite under different environments aiming to better understand the effect of …

Abstract Freeze-thaw-fatigue (FTF) testing was carried out on Tibet marble at lab-scale by
considering various Freeze-Thaw (FT) cycles and multi-level cyclic loading. The aim is to …

An evidently precursory acoustic emission (AE) time series, characterized by a time‐
reversed Omori law, is registered prior to the unconfined catastrophic rupture of brittle …

Laboratory testing of shale gas reservoir rocks reveal varying amounts of time-dependent
viscous deformation in response to applied differential stress. The time-dependent …

Microcracks can affect the mechanical properties of rocks, such as their stiffness and
strength. To provide a link between the microstructural parameters and the mechanical …

This work constructs a fracture mechanics framework for conceptualizing mechanical rock
breakdown and consequent regolith production and erosion on the surface of Earth and …