*** New!
New paper on sill emplacement - NOT controlled by layering or other 'local' anisotropies:
Stephens, T.L., Walker, R.J., Healy, D., Bubeck, A., England, R.W. & McCaffrey, K.J. (2017). 'Igneous sills record regional stress fluctuations during volcano construction: Isle of Mull, Scotland'. Earth & Planetary Science Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.003
New paper on deformation around voids, pores & vesicles:
Davis, T., Healy, D., Bubeck, A. & Walker, R.J. (2017). 'Stress concentrations around voids in three dimensions: The roots of failure'. Journal of Structural Geology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.07.013
New paper on sill emplacement - NOT controlled by layering or other 'local' anisotropies:
Stephens, T.L., Walker, R.J., Healy, D., Bubeck, A., England, R.W. & McCaffrey, K.J. (2017). 'Igneous sills record regional stress fluctuations during volcano construction: Isle of Mull, Scotland'. Earth & Planetary Science Letters. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.09.003
New paper on deformation around voids, pores & vesicles:
Davis, T., Healy, D., Bubeck, A. & Walker, R.J. (2017). 'Stress concentrations around voids in three dimensions: The roots of failure'. Journal of Structural Geology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2017.07.013
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