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Publications

Below, you will find a list of publications relating to research activities conducted in the BedrettoLab. As data will be acquired and publications written they will progressively be published below. The data sets which are made publicly available will also be published here.

Journal Contributions

Conference Contributions

Theses

Working Papers/Reports

Research Data

Other Publications

Impact of injection rate ramp-up on nucleation and arrest of dynamic fault slip

Ciardo, Federico; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio

Size effect in true mode II fracturing of rocks: Theory and experiment

Bahrami, Bahador; Ghouli, Saeid; Nejati, Morteza; Ayatollahi, Majid Reza; Driesner, Thomas

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

Ma, Xiaodong; Hertrich, Marian; Amann, Florian; Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Gischig, Valentin; Hochreutener, Rebecca; Kaestli, Philipp; Krietsch, Hannes; Marti, Michele; Naegeli, Barbara; Nejati, Morteza; Obermann, Anne; Plenkers, Katrin; Rinaldi, Antonio P.; Shakas, Alexis; Villiger, Linus; Wenning, Quinn; Zappone, Alba Simona; Bethmann, Falko

True Mode III Fracturing of Rocks: An Axially Double-Edge Notched Brazilian Disk Test

Bahrami, Bahador; Nejati, Morteza; Ayatollahi, Majid Reza; Driesner, Thomas

Hydraulic stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in underground laboratories: Stepping up the scale towards engineered geothermal systems

Gischig, Valentin S.; Giardini, Domenico; Amann, Florian; Hertrich, Marian; Krietsch, Hannes; Loew, Simon; Maurer, Hansruedi; Villiger, Linus; Wiemer, Stefan; Bethmann, Falko; Brixel, Bernard; Doetsch, Joseph; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Driesner, Thomas; Dutler, Nathan; Evans, Keith F.; Jalali, Mohammadreza; Jordan, David; Kittilä, Anniina; Ma, Xiaodong; Meier, Peter; Nejati, Morteza; Obermann, Anne; Plenkers, Katrin; Saar, Martin O.; Shakas, Alexis; Valley, Benoît

Geology along the Bedretto tunnel: kinematic and geochronological constraints on the evolution of the Gotthard Massif (Central Alps)

Rast, Markus; Galli, Andrea; Ruh, Jonas B.; Guillong, Marcel; Madonna, Claudio

Estimating the Least Principal Stress in a Granitic Rock Mass: Systematic Mini-Frac Tests and Elaborated Pressure Transient Analysis

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Ma, Xiaodong

Laboratory simulation of fault reactivation by fluid injection and implications for induced seismicity at the BedrettoLab, Swiss Alps

Volpe, Giuseppe; Pozzi, Giacomo; Collettini, Cristiano; Spagnuolo, Elena; Achtziger-Zupančič, Peter; Zappone, Alba Simona; Aldega, Luca; Meier, M.A.; Giardini, Domenico; Cocco, Massimo

Earthquake doublet in Turkey and Syria

Dal Zilio, Luca; Ampuero, Jean-Paul

Subduction earthquake cycles controlled by episodic fluid pressure cycling

Dal Zilio, Luca; Gerya, Taras

Harnessing the potential of digital twins in seismology

Dal Zilio, Luca; Giardini, Domenico; Carbonell, Ramon; Wiemer, Stefan

Fault Zone Spatial Stress Variations in a Granitic Rock Mass: Revealed by Breakouts Within an Array of Boreholes

Zhang, Shihuai; Ma, Xiaodong; Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; van Limborgh, Rutger; Wenning, Quinn; Hertrich, Marian; Giardini, Domenico

Constraining the stress field and its variability at the BedrettoLab: Elaborated hydraulic fracture trace analysis

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Ma, Xiaodong; Zhang, Shihuai; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Hertrich, Marian; Klee, Gerd; Greenwood, Andrew; Caspari, Eva; Giardini, Domenico

Incorporating Full Elastodynamic Effects and Dipping Fault Geometries in Community Code Verification Exercises for Simulations of Earthquake Sequences and Aseismic Slip (SEAS)

Erickson, Brittany A.; Jiang, Junle; Lambert, Valère; Barbot, Sylvain D.; Abdelmeguid, Mohamed; Almquist, Martin; Ampuero, Jean-Paul; Ando, Ryosuke; Cattania, Camilla; Chen, Alexandre; Dal Zilio, Luca; Deng, Shuai; Dunham, Eric M.; Elbanna, Ahmed E.; Gabriel, Alice-Agnes; Harvey, Tobias W.; Huang, Yihe; Kaneko, Yoshihiro; Kozdon, Jeremy E.; Lapusta, Nadia; et al.

Modelling and inferring fracture curvature from borehole GPR data: A case study from the Bedretto Laboratory, Switzerland

Escallón Botero, Daniel; Shakas, Alexis; Maurer, Hansruedi

Multi-Disciplinary Monitoring Networks for Mesoscale Underground Experiments: Advances in the Bedretto Reservoir Project

Plenkers, Katrin; Reinicke, Andreas; Obermann, Anne; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Krietsch, Hannes; Fechner, Thomas; Hertrich, Marian; Kontar, Karam; Maurer, Hansruedi; Philipp, Joachim; Rinderknecht, Beat; Volksdorf, Manuel; Giardini, Domenico; Wiemer, Stefan

Selection and characterization of the target fault for fluid-induced activation and earthquake rupture experiments

Achtziger-Zupančič, Peter; Ceccato, Alberto; Zappone, Alba Simona; Pozzi, Giacomo; Shakas, Alexis; Amann, Florian; Behr, Whitney Maria; Escallón Botero, Daniel; Giardini, Domenico; Hertrich, Marian; Jalali, Mohammadreza; Ma, Xiaodong; Meier, Men-Andrin; Osten, Julian; Wiemer, Stefan; Cocco, Massimo

Multiscale Seismic Monitoring in the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BULGG)

Mesimeri, Maria; Scarabello, Luca; Zimmermann, Eric; Haag, Thomas; Zylis, Emil; Villiger, Linus; Kästli, Philipp; Meier, Men-Andrin; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Obermann, Anne; Hertrich, Marian; Clinton, John Francis; Giardini, Domenico; Wiemer, Stefan

Hydromechanical characterization of a fractured crystalline rock volume during multi-stage hydraulic stimulations at the BedrettoLab

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Ma, Xiaodong; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Rosskopf, Martina; Obermann, Anne; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Hertrich, Marian; Serbeto, Francisco; Maurer, Hansruedi; Wiemer, Stefan; Giardini, Domenico

Structural Evolution, Exhumation Rates, and Rheology of the European Crust During Alpine Collision: Constraints From the Rotondo Granite—Gotthard Nappe

Ceccato, Alberto; Behr, Whitney M.; Zappone, Alba Simona; Tavazzani, Lorenzo; Giuliani, Andrea

Permeability enhancement from a hydraulic stimulation imaged with Ground Penetrating Radar

Shakas, Alexis; Maurer, Hansruedi; Giertzuch, Peter-Lasse; Hertrich, Marian; Giardini, Domenico; Serbeto, Francisco; Meier, Peter

Field-Scale Characterization of Permeability-Stress Relationship in Bedretto Underground Laboratory in Switzerland

Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Ma, Xiaodong; Hertrich, Marian; Loew, Simon

High-Resolution Seismo-hydromechnic Monitoring in Mesoscale Multi-stage Stimulation Experiment

Plenkers, Katrin; Krietsch, Hannes; Gischig, Valentin; Selvadurai, Paul Antony; Shakas, Alexis; Villiger, Linus; Hertrich, Marian; Giardini, Domenico; Maurer, Hansruedi

Stress variations around a fault zone in a granitic rock mass: insights from breakout observations within an array of boreholes

Zhang, Shihuai; Ma, Xiaodong; Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; van Limborgh, Rutger; Wenning, Quinn; Hertrich, Marian; Giardini, Domenico

The response of a fractured crystalline reservoir to natural pressure buildup: Experiment results from the Bedretto Lab

Shakas, Alexis; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Hertrich, Marian; Wenning, Quinn; Maurer, Hansruedi; Brixel, Bernard; Zappone, Alba Simona; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Obermann, Anne; Ma, Xiaodong; Kaestli, Philipp; Linwood, Paul; Hochreutener, Rebecca; Wiemer, Stefan; Giardini, Domenico

Bedretto Deep Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies - a new Interdisciplinary Research Facility

Hertrich, Marian; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Krietsch, Hannes; Ma, Xiaodong; Nejati, Morteza; Plenkers, Katrin; Shakas, Alexis; Driesner, Thomas; Loew, Simon; Maurer, Hansruedi; Meier, Peter; Saar, Martin O.; Wiemer, Stefan; Giardini, Domenico

Hydro-Geomechanical Observations During Multistage Hydraulic Stimulation at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory, Switzerland

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Ma, Xiaodong; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Hertrich, Marian; Maurer, Hansruedi; Giardini, Domenico; Rinaldi, Antonio Pio; Clasen Repollés, Victor; Obermann, Anne; Wiemer, Stefan

GPR imaging of fractures in the Bedretto Lab

Shakas, Alexis; Giertzuch, Peter-Lasse

Hydraulic Characterization of the Bedretto Underground Laboratory

Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Dutler, Nathan; Brixel, Bernard; Hertrich, Marian; Loew, Simon

Preliminary in situ stress and fractures characterization in the Bedretto Underground Laboratory, Swiss Alps: implications on hydraulic stimulation

Ma, Xiaodong; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Hertrich, Marian; Gischig, Valentin; Klee, Gerd da Fontoura, Sérgio A.B.; Rocca, Ricardo J.; Pavón Mendoza, José

Inducing shear slip in an underground laboratory: Workflow to constrain the full stress tensor demonstrated by application to the Bedretto Underground Laboratory

Ankush, Singh; Ma, Xiaodong; Zoback, Mark D.

Design of the seismic monitoring network for the stimulation experiments in the Bedretto Deep Underground Rock Laboratory

Hertrich, Marian; Villiger, Linus; Doetsch, Joseph; Obermann, Anne; Ma, Xiaodong; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima

In situ stress characterization in the Bedretto Underground Laboratory: implications for induced slip of pre-existing fractures/faults

Ma, Xiaodong; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Hertrich, Marian; Gischig, Valentin; Jordan, David

Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies: Ongoing Activities and Future Opportunities

Plenkers, Katrin; Hertrich, Marian; Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Nima; Krietsch, Hannes; Ma, Xiaodong; Nejati, Morteza; Obermann, Anne; Reinicke, Andreas; Shakas, Alexis; Giardini, Domenico

Constraining a geological model of a shear zone by combining geophysical borehole logging and GPR

Shakas, Alexis; Hertrich, Marian; Maurer, Hansruedi; Krietsch, Hannes

Theses

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In situ stress profiling along Bedretto boreholes via integrated geomechanical approaches

Stadler, Deborah

Investigating anisotropic seismic velocities of the Rotondo granite in intact and fractured sections by crosshole seismic surveys

Epiney, Claire

Geological model selection for the Bedretto lab using gravity and magnetic observations

Houtsma, Fenna

Deep Alpine Fluids: Origin, pathways and dynamic remobilisation in response to hydraulic stimulations at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies (BULGG)

Arnet, Moira

Inferring in situ stress variations from post-drilling borehole diametrical deformation

Chong, Jinqiu

Hydraulic Backbone of CB1 to CB3 Boreholes in the Bedretto Underground Lab

Münger, Andri

Geology, Geochronology and Rock Magnetics Along Bedretto Tunnel (Gotthard Massif, Central Alps) and Numerical Modelling of Quartz-Biotite Aggregates

Rast, Markus

From stress field heterogeneity to hydraulic stimulation mechanisms: Insights from a hectometer-scale fractured rock mass

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert

Semantic image segmentation and automated structure picking from acoustic televiewer images

Perritaz, Paloma

Hydrogeological gravity anomalies in the Bedretto tunnel

Schneider, Yannik

Applying Machine Learning to Detect and Enhance Fractures from GPR-reflection data

Pormes, Hendrik

Borehole Indicators of In Situ Stress Field Heterogeneity at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory

van Limborgh, Rutger

Geological characterisation of an underground research facility in the Bedretto tunnel

Meier, Matthias

In-situ stress and rock mass characterization via mini-frac tests at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert

Heat Dilution Testing in Deep Underground Excavations

Meier, Matthias

Geological Characterization of the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geoenergies

Jordan, David

Integrated geomechanics study of in situ stress and fracture system in the Bedretto Underground Lab: insights from a tripod of boreholes

Rousopoulou, Vasiliki

3D geological model of a shear zone conditioned on geophysical data and geological observations

Hediger, Roman

Estimating the least principal stress in a granitic rock mass: systematic mini-frac tests and elaborated pressure transient analysis

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Ma, Xiaodong

Validation of Technologies for reservoir engineering (VALTER)

Giardini, Domenico; Wiemer, Stefan; Maurer, Hansruedi; Hertrich, Marian; Meier, Peter; Alcolea, Andrés; Castilla, Raymi; Hochreutener, Rebecca

Induced seismic hazard and risk analysis of hydraulic stimulation experiments at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BULGG)

Gischig, Valentin; Bethmann, Falko; Hertrich, Marian; Wiemer, Stefan; Mignan, Arnaud; Broccardo, Marco; Villiger, Linus; Obermann, Anne; Diehl, Tobias

Hydro-mechanical earthquake cycles in a poro-visco-elasto-plastic fluid-bearing fault structure

Dal Zilio, Luca; Hegyi, Betti; Behr, Whitney; Gerya, Taras

On petrophysical and geomechanical properties of Bedretto Granite

David, Christian; Nejati, Morteza; Geremia, Davide

Research Data

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Borehole Trajectories for VALTER volume, Bedretto Lab

Shakas, Alexis; Wenning, Quinn; Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Escallón Botero, Daniel; Behnen, Kathrin; Hertrich, Marian

Data collection for the Bedretto Reservoir Project (BRP)

BedrettoLab Team

Geological model selection for the Bedretto lab using gravity and magnetic observations

Houtsma, Fenna

Crosshole Seismic Survey Data in the tripod boreholes (BedrettoLab)

Behnen, Kathrin

Multi-scale and multi-borehole mapping of breakouts in a granitic rock mass

van Limborgh, Rutger; Zhang, Shihuai; Ma, Xiaodong

Data set of mini-frac tests at the Bedretto Lab (SB boreholes)

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Klee, Gerd; Ma, Xiaodong

Data set of televiewer logging and fractures at the Bedretto Lab (SB boreholes)

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Caspari, Eva; Greenwood, Andrew

Pressure - flow rate (P-Q) analysis of VALTER phase 1 stimulations at the Bedretto Lab

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert

Borehole logging data (acoustic and optical televiewer) from boreholes in the Bedretto Lab

Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Wenning, Quinn; Hertrich, Marian; Ma, Xiaodong

Seismic Catalogs for the 2022-2023 Hydraulic Stimulation Experiments at the Bedretto Underground Laboratory

Rosskopf, Martina; Durand, Virginie; Obermann, Anne

Structure picks from boreholes in the Bedretto Lab

Wenning, Quinn; Castilla, Raymi; Bröker, Kai Erich Norbert; Zappone, Alba Simona; Ma, Xiaodong; Hertrich, Marian; Shakas, Alexis

Post-processed GPR data for CB boreholes

Shakas, Alexis

Borehole Logging Data from Characterization Boreholes in Bedretto Underground Lab for Geoenergies

Shakas, Alexis

Other Publications

Blog article by Dr Nicolas Barbosa (French, English)

Activity & Science Report

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SCCER-SoE Annual Conference 2019 (Talks, Posters)

Publications of the Grimsel ISC project