From fluid flow to coupled processes in fractured rock: Recent advances and new frontiers

HS Viswanathan, J Ajo‐Franklin… - Reviews of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Quantitative predictions of natural and induced phenomena in fractured rock is one of the
great challenges in the Earth and Energy Sciences with far‐reaching economic and …

Using a deep neural network and transfer learning to bridge scales for seismic phase picking

C Chai, M Maceira… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The important task of tracking seismic activity requires both sensitive detection and accurate
earthquake location. Approximate earthquake locations can be estimated promptly and …

Close observation of hydraulic fracturing at EGS Collab Experiment 1: Fracture trajectory, microseismic interpretations, and the role of natural fractures

P Fu, M Schoenball, JB Ajo‐Franklin… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the wide application of hydraulic fracturing in enhanced geothermal system (EGS)
development and unconventional hydrocarbon production, our understanding of the many …

Three‐dimensional thermoporoelastic modeling of hydrofracturing and fluid circulation in hot dry rock

S Li, D Zhang - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Geothermal energy, featured as a renewable low‐carbon energy resource, exhibits great
potential in mitigating global warming. However, efficient mining of geothermal energy from …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-disciplinary characterizations of the BedrettoLab–a new underground geoscience research facility

X Ma, M Hertrich, F Amann, K Bröker… - Solid Earth, 2022 - se.copernicus.org
The increased interest in subsurface development (eg, unconventional hydrocarbon,
engineered geothermal systems (EGSs), waste disposal) and the associated (triggered or …

[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 …

Geological activity shapes the microbiome in deep-subsurface aquifers by advection

Y Zhang, RN Horne, AJ Hawkins… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Subsurface environments host diverse microorganisms in fluid-filled fractures; however, little
is known about how geological and hydrological processes shape the subterranean …

Crustal permeability generated through microearthquakes is constrained by seismic moment

P Yu, A Mali, T Velaga, A Bi, J Yu, C Marone… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
We link changes in crustal permeability to informative features of microearthquakes (MEQs)
using two field hydraulic stimulation experiments where both MEQs and permeability …

[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 …