Break-Through Rocks

Project Information

BREAK

Grant agreement ID: 101019628

DOI 10.3030/101019628

EC signature date 29 June 2021

Start date 1 January 2022

End date 31 December 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost € 3 421 845,00

EU contribution € 3 421 845,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITETET I OSLO
Norway

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (13)

Pressure Solution Grain Boundary Sliding as a Large Strain Mechanism of Superplastic Flow in the Upper Crust

Author(s): J. P. Gratier, L. Menegon, F. Renard
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2022JB026019, ISSN 2169-9356
Publisher: American Geophysical Union

How Do Earthquakes Stop? Insights From a Minimal Model of Frictional Rupture

Author(s): F. Barras, K. Thøgersen, E. Aharonov, F. Renard
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2022JB026070, ISSN 2169-9356
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022jb026070

Four-dimensional X-ray micro-tomography imaging of dynamicprocesses in geosciences

Author(s): C. Noiriel, F. Renard
Published in: Comptes Rendus Geosciences, Issue 354, 2022, Page(s) 255-280, ISSN 1631-0713
Publisher: Elsevier Masson
DOI: 10.5802/crgeos.137

The evolving representative elementary volume size in crystalline and granular rocks under triaxial compression approaching macroscopic failure

Author(s): J.A. McBeck, B. Cordonnier, F. Renard
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 232, 2022, Page(s) 1898–1913, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac426

Pressure Solution Grain Boundary Sliding as a Large Strain Mechanism of Superplastic Flow in the Upper Crust

Author(s): Jean‐Pierre Gratier, Luca Menegon, François Renard
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2024, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2022jb026019

Deriving Three-Dimensional Properties of Fracture Networks From Two-Dimensional Observations in Rocks Approaching Failure Under Triaxial Compression: Implications for Fluid Flow

Author(s): J. McBeck, F. Renard
Published in: Water Resources Research, Issue 58, 2022, Page(s) e2022WR032783, ISSN 1944-7973
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022wr032783

Predicting fault reactivation and macroscopic failure in discrete element method simulations of restraining and releasing step overs

Author(s): J. McBeck, Y. Ben-Zion, F. Renard
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 593, 2022, Page(s) 117667, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117667

Dynamic Evolution of Porosity in Lower-Crustal Faults During the Earthquake Cycle

Author(s): S. Michalchuk, S. Zertani, F. Renard, F. Fusseis, A. Chogani, O. Plümper, L. Menegon
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2023JB026809, ISSN 2169-9356
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb026809

Deformation evolves from shear to extensile in rocks due to energy optimization

Author(s): Jess McBeck, Benoît Cordonnier, Michele Cooke, Laura Fattaruso, François Renard
Published in: Communications Earth & Environment, Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) 352, ISSN 2662-4435
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01023-w

Fault surface morphology as an indicator for earthquake nucleation potential

Author(s): A. M. Eijsink; J. D. Kirkpatrick; F. Renard; M. J. Ikari
Published in: Geology, Issue 50, 2022, Page(s) 1356-1360, ISSN 0091-7613
Publisher: Geological Society of America
DOI: 10.1130/g50258.1

Nanoscale Damage Production by Dynamic Tensile Rupture in α-Quartz

Author(s): M. G. Guren, H. A. Sveinsson, A. Malthe-Sørenssen, F. Renard
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 49, 2022, Page(s) e2022GL100468, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022gl100468

The Influence of Confining Pressure and Preexisting Damage on Strain Localization in Fluid-Saturated Crystalline Rocks in the Upper Crust

Author(s): J. McBeck, B. Cordonnier, Y. Ben-Zion, F. Renard
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2023JB026987, ISSN 2169-9356
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb026987

Gas Migration Episodes Observed During Peridotite Alteration in the Samail Ophiolite, Oman

Author(s): J. M. Aiken, R. A. Sohn, F. Renard, J. Matter, P. Kelemen, B. Jamtveit
Published in: Geophysical Research Letters, Issue 49, 2022, Page(s) e2022GL100395, ISSN 0094-8276
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
DOI: 10.1029/2022gl100395