• Brittle Deformation of Carbonated Peridotite—Insights From Listvenites of the Samail Ophiolite (Oman Drilling Project Hole BT1B) 

      Menzel, Manuel D.ORCIDiD; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; de Obeso, Juan CarlosORCIDiD; Kotowski, AlissaORCIDiD; Manning, Craig E.; Kelemen, Peter B.; Kettermann, MichaelORCIDiD; Jesus, Ana P.; Harigane, YumikoORCIDiD; and the Oman Drilling Project Phase 1 Science Team (Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2020)
      Hole BT1B of the Oman Drilling Project provides a continuous sampling from listvenite into the metamorphic sole that preserves the deformation, hydration, and carbonation processes of oceanic mantle peridotite at the base ...
    • Experimental study of the evolution of fault gouge in layered sand–clay sequences 

      Schmatz, Joyce; Vrolijk, Peter; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Giese, Steffen; Ziegler, Martin; Zee, Wouter van der (11. Symposium "Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie", 2006-03)
      This study focuses on clay smear processes during fault gouge evolution in sand-clay sequences at depths up to 2 km. A clay-rich fault gouge can dramatically lower the fault’s permeability, and prediction of this process ...
    • Fossil overpressures compartments? A case study from the Eifel area and some general aspects 

      Hilgers, ChristophORCIDiD; Bücker, Carsten; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD (11. Symposium "Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie", 2006-03)
      Fluid overpressures are well known from hydrocarbon exploration in many sedimentary basins. They can reach almost lithostatic values, and may cause the fracturing of rock. Fracturing allows the discharge of fluid overpressure, ...
    • Incomplete Crack Sealing Causes Localization of Fracturing in Hydrothermal Quartz Veins 

      Späth, MichaelORCIDiD; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Nestler, BrittaORCIDiD (Geophysical Research Letters, 2022-08-10)
      Cyclic microfracturing and epitaxial crystal growth have long been recognized in crack‐seal veins, but an understanding of a single crack‐seal cycle is still missing. Here we present a phase‐field model that includes both ...
    • Kinematics of Crystal Growth in Single‐Seal Syntaxial Veins in Limestone ‐ A Phase‐Field Study 

      Späth, MichaelORCIDiD; Spruženiece, LieneORCIDiD; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Selzer, MichaelORCIDiD; Arndt, Max; Nestler, BrittaORCIDiD (Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2021-09-28)
      Building on recent developments in phase‐field modeling of structural diagenesis, we present an analysis of single‐seal syntaxial calcite vein microstructure in a variety of limestones. We focus on the effects of fracture ...
    • Microstructural analysis of the RWTH-1 cores in thinsections 

      Scholz, Katerina; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Trautwein, Ute; Kukla, Peter A.ORCIDiD (11. Symposium "Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie", 2006-03)
      The Aachen RWTH-1 well was drilled to 2544mTVD for geothermal purposes and gives substance to extensive geoscientific research. It is located in a hydrothermally and seismically active area of the Aachen Anticline, 500m ...
    • Microstructures of fibrous halite veins 

      Hilgers, ChristophORCIDiD; Pennock, Gill; Schléder, Zsolt; Burliga, Stansilaw; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD (11. Symposium "Tektonik, Struktur- und Kristallingeologie", 2006-03)
      Halite veins hosted in clastic sedimentary rocks are frequently observed next to evaporite layers. Their microstructure can be enhanced by gamma irradiation and etching, which can be used to infer the deformation mechanism of ...
    • Phase‐Field Simulations of Epitaxial Crystal Growth in Open Fractures With Reactive Lateral Flow 

      Späth, MichaelORCIDiD; Selzer, MichaelORCIDiD; Busch, BenjaminORCIDiD; Schneider, DanielORCIDiD; Hilgers, ChristophORCIDiD; Urai, Janos L.ORCIDiD; Nestler, BrittaORCIDiD (Water Resources Research, 2023-08-01)
      Abstract

      Fluid flow in fracture porosity in the Earth's crust is in general accompanied by ...