*** New!
Updated version (1.8) of our FREE code for quantifying fracture patterns:
https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/58860-davehealy-aberdeen-fracpaq
*** New!
New paper on igneous sills and tectonic shortening:
Walker, R.J., Healy, D., Kawanzaruwa, T., Wright, K., England, R., McCaffrey, K., Bubeck, A., Stephens, T., Farrell, N.J.C. & Blenkinsop, T. (2017). 'Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael Sub-Volcanic Field, Utah'. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. DOI: 10.1130/B31671.1
*** New!
New paper on in situ stress in the Niger Delta:
Adewole, E.O. & Healy, D. (2017). 'Systematic assessment of fault stability in the Northern Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria: Implication for hydrocarbon prospects and increased seismicities'. Tectonophysics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.005
Updated version (1.8) of our FREE code for quantifying fracture patterns:
https://uk.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/58860-davehealy-aberdeen-fracpaq
*** New!
New paper on igneous sills and tectonic shortening:
Walker, R.J., Healy, D., Kawanzaruwa, T., Wright, K., England, R., McCaffrey, K., Bubeck, A., Stephens, T., Farrell, N.J.C. & Blenkinsop, T. (2017). 'Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael Sub-Volcanic Field, Utah'. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America. DOI: 10.1130/B31671.1
*** New!
New paper on in situ stress in the Niger Delta:
Adewole, E.O. & Healy, D. (2017). 'Systematic assessment of fault stability in the Northern Niger Delta Basin, Nigeria: Implication for hydrocarbon prospects and increased seismicities'. Tectonophysics. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.005
Welcome to Fractured Rock Physics
My work covers Structural Geology, Rock Physics, and Geomechanics. There's a clear overlap among all of these fields: the physical response of fluid-saturated, fractured rocks to variations in pressure and stress. Currently based at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, I conduct and supervise research and consultancy projects in the field of Fractured Rock Physics.
Ongoing and recently completed projects include studies of fractured and faulted carbonates, sandstones, metamorphic and igneous basement (gneisses and granites) and evaporites. This work has quantified the physical properties and mechanical responses of fractured and faulted rock. All projects integrate outcrop data with laboratory measurements and quantitative, physical models.
The overall aim of my work is to provide better understanding and better models of stressed, fractured and saturated rock. For more information, please contact info@fracturedrockphysics.com
Dr Dave Healy
My work covers Structural Geology, Rock Physics, and Geomechanics. There's a clear overlap among all of these fields: the physical response of fluid-saturated, fractured rocks to variations in pressure and stress. Currently based at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, I conduct and supervise research and consultancy projects in the field of Fractured Rock Physics.
Ongoing and recently completed projects include studies of fractured and faulted carbonates, sandstones, metamorphic and igneous basement (gneisses and granites) and evaporites. This work has quantified the physical properties and mechanical responses of fractured and faulted rock. All projects integrate outcrop data with laboratory measurements and quantitative, physical models.
The overall aim of my work is to provide better understanding and better models of stressed, fractured and saturated rock. For more information, please contact info@fracturedrockphysics.com
Dr Dave Healy