Dynamics of rock deformation at the brittle-plastic transition and the depth of earthquake faulting

Project Information

RockDEaF

Grant agreement ID: 804685

DOI

10.3030/804685

Project closed

EC signature date 20 August 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 30 June 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 499 990,00

EU contribution

€ 1 499 990,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

Fluid pressure heterogeneity during fluid flow in rocks: new laboratory measurement device and method

Author(s): Nicolas Brantut, Franciscus M Aben
Published in: Geophysical Journal International, Issue 225/2, 2021, Page(s) 968-983, ISSN 0956-540X
Publisher: Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggab019

Compactive Deformation of Sandstone Under Crustal Pressure and Temperature Conditions

Author(s): Mark Jefferd, Nicolas Brantut, Philip G. Meredith, Thomas M. Mitchell, Oliver Plümper
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126/4, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb020202

Off‐Fault Damage Characterization During and After Experimental Quasi‐Static and Dynamic Rupture in Crustal Rock From Laboratory P Wave Tomography and Microstructures

Author(s): Franciscus M. Aben, Nicolas Brantut, Thomas M. Mitchell
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 125/8, 2020, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb019860

Insight into the microphysics of antigorite deformation from spherical nanoindentation

Author(s): Lars N. Hansen, Emmanuel C. David, Nicolas Brantut, David Wallis
Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, Issue 378/2165, 2020, Page(s) 20190197, ISSN 1364-503X
Publisher: Royal Society of London
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0197

Dilatancy stabilises shear failure in rock

Author(s): Frans M. Aben, Nicolas Brantut
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 574, 2021, Page(s) 117174, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117174

Rupture and Afterslip Controlled by Spontaneous Local Fluid Flow in Crustal Rock

Author(s): Frans M. Aben; Nicolas Brantut
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2023JB027534, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb027534

Stress-induced anisotropic poroelasticity in Westerly granite

Author(s): Elsigood B., N. Brantut, P. G. Meredith, D. Healy, T. M. Mitchell and F. M. Aben
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 128, 2023, Page(s) e2023JB026909, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb026909

Grain-size effects during semi-brittle flow of calcite rocks

Author(s): Harbord, Christopher; Brantut, Nicolas; Wallis, David
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2023, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2023jb026458

Dilatancy-induced fluid pressure drop during dynamic rupture: Direct experimental evidence and consequences for earthquake dynamics

Author(s): Nicolas Brantut
Published in: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Issue 538, 2020, Page(s) 116179, ISSN 0012-821X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116179

Dilatancy toughening of shear cracks and implications for slow rupture propagation

Author(s): Nicolas Brantut
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2021jb022239

Fault friction during simulated seismic slip pulses

Author(s): Christopher Harbord, Nicolas Brantut, Elena Spagnuolo, Giulio Di Toro
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2021jb022149

A high pressure, high temperature gas medium apparatus to measure acoustic velocities during deformation of rock

Author(s): C. Harbord; N. Brantut; E. C. David; T. M. Mitchell
Published in: Review of Scientific Instruments, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 1089-7623
Publisher: AIP
DOI: 10.1063/5.0084477

Micromechanical controls on the brittle-plastic transition in rocks

Author(s): Dong Liu; Nicolas Brantut
Published in: Geophysics Journal International, Issue 15, 2023, ISSN 1365-246X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggad065

Micromechanics of rock damage and its recovery in cyclic loading conditions

Author(s): Nicolas Brantut; Léo Petit
Published in: Geophysics Journal International, 2023, ISSN 1365-246X
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggac447

Fault reactivation and strain partitioning across the brittle-ductile transition

Author(s): Gabriel G. Meyer, Nicolas Brantut, Thomas M. Mitchell, Philip G. Meredith
Published in: Geology, Issue 47/12, 2019, Page(s) 1127-1130, ISSN 0091-7613
Publisher: Geological Society of America
DOI: 10.1130/g46516.1

Sliding Crack Model for Nonlinearity and Hysteresis in the Triaxial Stress‐Strain Curve of Rock, and Application to Antigorite Deformation

Author(s): Emmanuel C. David, Nicolas Brantut, Greg Hirth
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 125/10, 2020, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2019jb018970

Time Dependent Mechanical Crack Closure as a Potential Rapid Source of Post‐Seismic Wave Speed Recovery: Insights From Experiments in Carrara Marble

Author(s): Gabriel G. Meyer, Nicolas Brantut, Thomas M. Mitchell, Philip G. Meredith, Oliver Plümper
Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Issue 126/4, 2021, ISSN 2169-9313
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1029/2020jb021301