We present a discussion of the state-of-the-art on the use of discrete fracture networks
(DFNs) for modelling geometrical characteristics, geomechanical evolution and …

Earthquakes are the result of a combination of (1) physico-chemical processes operating in
fault zones, which allow ruptures to nucleate and rock friction to decrease with increasing …

We describe a numerical investigation of seismicity induced by injection into a single
isolated fracture. Injection into a single isolated fracture is a simple analog for shear …

The classical concept of hydraulic fracturing is that large, wing-shaped tensile fractures
propagate away from the wellbore. However, in low matrix permeability settings such as …

Complex fracture damage around large faults is often simplified to fit exponential or power
law decay in fracture density with distance from the fault. Noise in these datasets is attributed …

Injection-induced seismicity has become one of the most critical challenges for the
widespread deployment of Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). In particular, some EGS …

We report systematic spatial variations in fault rocks along nonplanar strike‐slip faults cross‐
cutting the Lake Edison Granodiorite, Sierra Nevada, California (Sierran wavy fault) and …

We derive the relationships that link the general elastic properties of rock masses to the
geometrical properties of fracture networks, with a special emphasis to the case of frictional …

Faults in the upper crust initiate from pre-existing (inherited) or precursory (early-formed)
structures and typically grow by the mechanical interaction and linkage of these structures …

Empirically based rate‐and‐state friction laws (RSFLs) have been proposed to model the
dependence of friction forces with slip and time. The relevance of the RSFL for earthquake …