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Computational mechanics, rock mechanics, groundwater hydrology, mathematical modeling, poromechanics, coupled processes, contaminant hydrology, mining engineering, petroleum engineering and fracture hydrology with applications to geothermal energy; the de
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Recent Publications
A Laboratory Investigation of Friction and Frictional Stability of Epidote Gouge Under Shear-Reactivation and Concurrent Fluid-Flow
An, M., Huang, R., Yin, Z. Y., Huang, L., Zhong, Z. & Elsworth, D., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 230497.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reactivation of critically-stressed basement faults and related induced seismicity in the southeastern Sichuan basin
An, M., Huang, R., Elsworth, D., Zhang, F., Yin, Z. Y., Huang, L. & Xu, Z., Mar 6 2025, In: Tectonophysics. 898, 230628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Thermoporoelastic stress perturbations from hydraulic fracturing and thermal depletion in enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and implications for fault reactivation and seismicity
An, M., Huang, R., Elsworth, D., Zhang, F. & Dontsov, E., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Particle transport in fractured geo-energy reservoirs considering the effect of fluid inertia and turbulent flow: A review
Edirisinghe, E. A. A. V., Perera, M. S. A., Elsworth, D., Matthai, S. K. & Goudeli, E., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17, 3, p. 1906-1939 34 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Constraints on triggered seismicity and its control on permeability evolution
Elsworth, D., Li, Z., Yu, P., An, M., Zhang, F., Huang, R., Sun, Z., Cui, G., Chen, T., Gan, Q., Zhao, Y., Liu, J. & Liu, S., Jan 2025, In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17, 1, p. 20-30 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Influence of roughness and slip velocity on the evolution of frictional strength
Gan, Q., Zhang, X., Li, Q., Chen, J., Zhang, F., Zhong, Z., Jia, Y., Yu, P., An, M. & Elsworth, D., Apr 2025, In: International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 188, 106076.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Mechanistic controls on permeability evolution in thermally-upgraded low-maturity oil shales: Application of machine learning outputs
He, B., Xie, L., Liu, X., Liu, J. & Elsworth, D., Apr 2025, In: Unconventional Resources. 6, 100133.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ancient ocean coastal deposits imaged on Mars
Li, J., Liu, H., Meng, X., Duan, D., Lu, H., Zhang, J., Zhang, F., Elsworth, D., Cardenas, B. T., Manga, M., Zhou, B. & Fang, G., Mar 4 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 122, 9, e2422213122.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dynamic evolution of reservoir permeability and deformation in geothermal battery energy storage using abandoned mines
Liu, Y., Liang, Y., Ma, Y., Liu, J., Elsworth, D. & Gan, Q., Jan 2025, In: Rock Mechanics Bulletin. 4, 1, 100155.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Moment tensor inversion of mining-induced seismic events and forward modeling of critical fault slip to prevent rockbursts
Song, J., Lu, C., Zang, A., Elsworth, D., Zhang, X., Qi, Q. & Song, C., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hydro-Grain-Texture Modeling of Systematics of Propagation, Branching, and Coalescence of Fluid-Driven Fractures
Wang, S., Elsworth, D., Zhang, L., Zhao, X. & Wang, T., Jan 2025, In: Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 58, 1, p. 623-644 22 p., 104766.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Permeability evolution of fluid-injection-reactivated granite fractures of contrasting roughnesses
Zhang, F., He, G., An, M., Huang, R. & Elsworth, D., Feb 2025, In: Underground Space (new). 20, p. 33-45 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Underground energy storage using abandoned oil & gas wells assisted by geothermal
Zhang, Q., Dahi Taleghani, A. & Elsworth, D., Feb 28 2025, In: Journal of Energy Storage. 110, 115317.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Why does coal permeability time dependency matter?
Zhao, Y., Zhao, Y., Liu, J., Wei, M., Zhao, Z. & Elsworth, D., Feb 1 2025, In: Fuel. 381, 133373.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The Stability Transition From Stable to Unstable Frictional Slip With Finite Pore Pressure
Affinito, R., Wood, C., Marty, S., Elsworth, D. & Marone, C., Jan 16 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 1, e2023GL105568.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review