Brittleness is a key mechanical characteristic of rock and critical to various engineering
practices particularly to design efficient fracturing stimulation of unconventional shale gas …

Stylolites are ubiquitous geo-patterns observed in rocks in the upper crust, from geological
reservoirs in sedimentary rocks to deformation zones, in folds, faults, and shear zones …

Deformation bands are common subseismic structures in porous sandstones that vary with
respect to deformation mechanisms, geometries and distribution. The amount of cataclasis …

Seismic imaging is the most common tool to detect subsurface structures in continental and
marine settings. Despite technological advancement, seismic analysis of carbonates is still …

We discuss techniques to represent groundwater flow in carbonate aquifers using the three
existing modeling approaches: equivalent porous medium, conduit network, and discrete …

This work focuses on the role played by depositional/diagenetic heterogeneities on the
vertical growth of sub-seismic, high-angle structural elements such as joints, sheared joints …

We performed triaxial deformation experiments on a water‐saturated porous limestone
under constant strain rate and constant stress (creep) conditions. The tests were conducted …

The introduction reviews topics relevant to the fundamental controls on fluid flow in
carbonate reservoirs and to the prediction of reservoir performance. The review provides …

A methodology to assess the effects of structural heterogeneities below seismic resolution in
porous carbonate grainstones on reservoir performance during production is developed by …

Conjugate, or bimodal, fault patterns dominate the geological literature on shear failure.
Based on Anderson's (1905) application of the Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion, these …