Publications

Journal Articles

Journal Articles

2024

Off-fault deformation feedback and strain localization precursor during laboratory earthquakes

G. G. Meyer; C. Giorgetti; S. Guérin-Marthe; M. Violay 

Communications Earth & Environment. 2024. Vol. 5, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s43247-024-01756-2.

Permeability partitioning through the brittle-to-ductile transition and its implications for supercritical geothermal reservoirs

G. Meyer; G. Shahin; B. Cordonnier; M. Violay 

Nature Communications. 2024. Vol. 15, num. 1. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-024-52092-0.

Compaction and Permeability Evolution of Tuffs From Krafla Volcano (Iceland)

M. J. Heap; K. Bayramov; G. Meyer; M. Violay; T. Reuschlé et al. 

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 2024. Vol. 129, num. 8. DOI : 10.1029/2024JB029067.

Introduction to special section on the rock physics contribution to the energy transition challenge

I. H. Falcon-Suarez; L. Adam; H. Marin-Moreno; G. Papageorgiou; L. X. Pimienta 

Geophysical Prospecting. 2024. DOI : 10.1111/1365-2478.13521.

Fault roughness controls injection-induced seismicity

L. Wang; G. Kwiatek; F. Renard; S. Guerin-Marthe; E. Rybacki et al. 

Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America. 2024. Vol. 121, num. 3, p. e2310039121. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2310039121.

Water weakening and the compressive brittle strength of carbonates: Influence of fracture toughness and static friction

C. Noël; B. Fryer; P. Baud; M. Violay 

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 2024. Vol. 177, p. 105736. DOI : 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105736.

Frictional weakening leads to unconventional singularities during dynamic rupture propagation

F. Paglialunga; F. Passelègue; M. Lebihain; M. Violay 

Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 2024. Vol. 626, p. 118550. DOI : 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118550.

2023

Influence of Viscous Lubricant on Nucleation and Propagation of Frictional Ruptures

F. Paglialunga; F. Passelegue; S. Latour; A. Gounon; M. Violay 

Journal Of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 4, p. e2022JB026090. DOI : 10.1029/2022JB026090.

A new high-pressure high-temperature deformation apparatus to study the brittle to ductile transition in rocks

G. G. Meyer; M. Acosta; H. Leclere; L. Morier; M. Teuscher et al. 

Review Of Scientific Instruments. 2023. Vol. 94, num. 4, p. 043903. DOI : 10.1063/5.0135947.

Single-Well Pore Pressure Preconditioning for Enhanced Geothermal System Stimulation

B. Fryer; M. Lebihain; M. Violay 

Journal Of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 2023. Vol. 128, num. 3, p. e2022JB025443. DOI : 10.1029/2022JB025443.

Bounding the localized to ductile transition in porous rocks: implications for geo-reservoirs

G. Meyer; M. Violay 

Geophysical Journal International. 2023.  p. ggad377. DOI : 10.1093/gji/ggad377.

The influence of water-saturation on the strength of volcanic rocks and the stability of lava domes

M. J. Heap; C. Harnett; J. Farquharson; P. Baud; M. Rosas-Carbajal et al. 

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research. 2023. Vol. 444, p. 107962. DOI : 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2023.107962.

Theses

2023

Nucleation, propagation, and scale dependence of laboratory frictional ruptures; implications for earthquake mechanics

F. Paglialunga / M. E. S. Violay; F. X. T. Passelègue (Dir.)  

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. 

Posters

2023

Permeability of Lanhelin granite through the brittle-ductile transition.

G. Meyer; M. Violay 

EGU 2023, Vienna, April 23-28, 2023.

Effects of water on the brittle to ductile transition of sandstones

F. Lazari; M. Violay; F. Begue 

EGU 2023, April 23-28, 2023.

Talks

2023

Effect of stress biaxiality on fracture energy and microstructures of tensile cracks

A. Guggisberg; M. Lebihain; J. Moore; M. Violay 

EGU 2023, Vienna, April 23-28, 2023.

The role of loading path on fault reactivation: a laboratory perspective

C. Giorgetti; M. Violay; C. Collettini 

EGU 2023, Vienna, April 23-28, 2023.

Effect of water on sandstone and limestone, fracture toughness, frictional parameters and brittle strength.

M. Violay; C. Noël; P. Baud 

EGU 2023, Vienna, April 23-28, 2023.

Investigating the nucleation of laboratory ruptures and the dependence with loading rate and geometrical heterogeneities

S. Guérin-Marthe; M. Violay 

ISTerre seminar, Chambéry, April 5, 2023.

Student Projects

2024

Vérifications et Impacts d’un microtunnelier. Etude de cas dans le contexte de l’excavation d’un système de récupération des eaux d’un tunnel ferroviaire

N. E. Dufour 

2024.