Publications

de Boer, T., van Rijnsoever, F., Dilaver, G., Wijngaards-de Meij, L., & de Bresser, H. (2026). Setting the bar: simulating the effect of admission instruments on student cohorts’ diversity. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02602938.2026.2656290

Xu, W., Yan, M., Guan, C., Fu, Q., Yu, L., Li, B., Zhang, D., Shen, M., Xu, Z., & Zhang, Y. (2026). Paleomagnetic constraints on the northernmost boundary of the southeastward extrusion in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Science China Earth Sciences. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-025-1855-2

Guo, C., Ma, T., Cao, W., Li, C., Miao, X., He, Q., & Liu, X. (2026). Coupled multicomponent two-phase flow and geomechanical modeling for hydrogen storage in an anticline aquifer with N2 cushion gas injection. Gas Science and Engineering, 150, Article 205910. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgsce.2026.205910

Dialeismas, E., de Bresser, H., Hangx, S., & ter Heege, J. (2026). An experimental investigation of dynamic recrystallisation processes and their influence on the mechanical properties of natural rock salt samples. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-9678

Amiri, H., Dialeismas, V., Freitas, D., Rizzo, R., Fusseis, F., & Pleumper, O. (2026). Quantifying Reaction-Induced Porosity During KBr–KCl Replacement: 4D Synchrotron Tomography and Statistical Microstructure Descriptors. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-5065

Regenauer-Lieb, K., Hu, M., Sun, Q., Liu, C., Zhu, Z., & Calo, V. (2026). A Thermodynamic Framework for Turing-Type Instabilities in Porous Media: Part I Theory. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27(3), Article e2025GC012710. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012710

Regenauer-Lieb, K., Hu, M., Sun, Q., Liu, C., Zhu, Z., & Calo, V. (2026). A Thermodynamic Framework for Turing-Type Instabilities in Porous Media: Part II Applications. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 27(3), 1-20. Article e2025GC012717. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GC012717

Wassing, B. B. T., Pogacnik, J., Broothaers, M., Buijze, L., & de Bresser, J. H. P. (2026). Mechanisms of induced seismicity due to geothermal operations in the Dinantian fractured carbonates in Mol, Belgium. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 45, Article 100797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2026.100797

Mtabazi, E. G., Beekman, F., de Bresser, H., van Wees, J. D., & Boniface, N. (2026). Integrated 3D geological model of the East African Rift basins and upper crust in SW Tanzania – Implications for geothermal resources. Global and Planetary Change, 257, Article 105250. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2025.105250

Jefferd, M., Brantut, N., Mitchell, T. M., & Meredith, P. G. (2026). The Influence of Elevated Temperature on Time-Dependent Compaction Creep in Bleursville Sandstone. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 131(2), Article e2025JB032433. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB032433

Marketos, G., Broerse, T., Spiers, C. J., & Govers, R. (2026). Time-dependence of subsidence above a producing gas reservoir with salt top seal: A finite element model study of the role of salt flow. AAPG Bulletin, 110(2), 143-163. https://doi.org/10.1306/11122520175

Shinohara, T., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2026). Microphysics of Time-Dependent Deformation of Clay-Bearing Sandstone: Grain Shape Matters. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-025-05192-2

Li, X., Si, G., Cao, W., & Li, T. (2026). Anisotropic damage characterisation by integrating moment tensor inversion and P wave velocity monitoring. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 167, Article 106947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tust.2025.106947

Liu, L., Li, Y., Cao, W., Wang, T., Zhang, L., & Feng, X. (2026). Coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-damage modeling of cold-water injection in deep geothermal reservoirs. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 18(1), 39-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2025.06.002

de Bresser, H. (2026). Lessons learnt voor de toekomst in het onderwijs in de Aardwetenschappen. Geo.brief, 50(1), 14-17.

Liu, C., Chen, J., Regenauer-Lieb, K., & Hu, M. (2026). The role of G-annulus in the interaction of fluid-driven cracks in porous media. Acta Geotechnica. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-026-02997-5

Hung, C.-C., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2025). High-speed infrared thermography for measuring flash temperatures in sheared fault gouge analogues. Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, 14(2), 513-525. https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-14-513-2025

van Oosterhout, B. G. A. (2025). Creep and porosity-permeability evolution in and around backfilled openings in a radioactive waste repository in rock salt: An experimental, microphysical and analytical study. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/3221

Verberne, M., Koster, K., de Bresser, H., & Fokker, P. A. (2025). Disentangling Subsidence from Shallow Soil Processes and Gas Extraction in a Dutch UNESCO World Heritage Polder with InSAR and Data Assimilation. Earth Systems and Environment. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41748-025-00885-8

Nie, X. F., Li, T. W., Liu, L. K., Cao, W. Z., Zhou, Q., Fan, Z. D., Wang, M. H., & Ren, L. (2025). Experimental investigation of fault slip modes and seismic characteristics in shale under typical stress paths. Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation, 256(Part B), 1-11. Article 118259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2025.118259

Arts, J. P. B., Rodrigues, D., Nader, F. H., Drury, M. R., Matenco, L. C., Willingshofer, E., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2025). Interaction between diagenesis and faulting in sandstone reservoirs: Inferences from the Groningen gas field. Journal of Structural Geology, 201, Article 105554. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105554

Li, M., Niemeijer, A. R., & van Dinther, Y. (2025). Frictional healing and induced earthquakes on conventionally stable faults. Nature Communications, 16(1), Article 9140. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63482-3

Verberne, M. A. M. (2025). Disentangling subsidence: Towards a holistic approach. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/3008

Lei, H., Zhou, Y., Niemeijer, A. R., Chen, J., & Spiers, C. J. (2025). Frictional Behavior of Natural Granite Gouges at Hydrothermal Conditions With Varied Initial Grain Size. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(19), Article e2025GL115135. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115135

Mijnliefff, H., Buijze, L., Rosendaal, E., Schoof, F., Vorage, R., & van Wees, J. D. (2025). Geothermal energy – from potential plays to successful growth. In J. T. Veen, G.-J. Vis, J. D. Jager, & T. Wong (Eds.), Geology of the Netherlands: Second Edition (pp. 701-728). Taylor and Francis. https://doi.org/10.5117/9789463728362_ch19

Zhang, L., Mi, Z., Cao, W., Liu, L., Tas, L., & Hermans, T. (2025). Multi-objective optimization of energy efficiency and geomechanical safety in high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage (HT-ATES) systems based on coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical (THM) analysis. Energy, 332, 1-18. Article 137096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.137096

Verberne, M., Teatini, P., Koster, K., Fokker, P., & Zoccarato, C. (2025). An integral approach using InSAR and data assimilation to disentangle and quantify multi-depth driven subsidence causes in the Ravenna coastland, Northern Italy. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 43, Article 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2025.100710

Amiri, H., Dialeismas, V., Freitas, D., Rizzo, R. E., Chogani, A., & Plümper, O. (2025). Transient porosity during fluid-mineral interaction, Part 2: Generative AI. Essoar. https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.175587740.05926718/v1

Amiri, H., Dialeismas, V., Freitas, D., Rizzo, R. E., Chogani, A., Schlepütz, C. M., Fusseis, F., & Plümper, O. (2025). Transient porosity during fluid-mineral interaction. Part 1: In-situ 4D tomography. ESS Open Archive. https://doi.org/10.22541/au.175555084.48718645/v1

Verberne, M., Koster, K., De Bresser, H., & Fokker, P. A. (2025). Fifty Years of Intermediate-Depth Compaction in the Coastal Plain of the Netherlands: Detailed Analysis of Twenty Extensometers. Journal of Surveying Engineering, 151(3), Article 05025002. https://doi.org/10.1061/JSUED2.SUENG-1514

Svensson, K., van Oosterhout, B., Hesser, J., Spiers, C. J., & Laurich, B. (2025). Microstructural evolution of compacted granular salt: insights from 40-year-old backfill at a former potash mine (Sigmundshall, northern Germany). Journal of Structural Geology, 197, Article 105429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105429

Shinohara, T., Verberne, B. A., Spiers, C. J., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2025). Rate-dependent inelastic deformation of Slochteren sandstone: implication for reservoir compaction in the Groningen gas field. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources, 11(1), Article 83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-025-01014-5

Heeb, J., Hangx, S., & de Bresser, H. (2025). Mechanical and transport properties of rock salt under simulated cavern wall conditions in the framework of cyclic hydrogen storage. In S. R. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. S. A. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI (1st ed., pp. 894-903). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003637349

Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2025). An Extended Microphysical Friction Model for Variable Normal Stress Conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(7), Article e2025JB032033. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JB032033

Spiers, C. (2025). Deformation and water-assisted diffusive mass transfer in rock salt. In S. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI: Proceedings (pp. 426-437). CRC Press.

Zhan, W., Niemeijer, A. R., Berger, A., Spiers, C. J., Gfeller, F. E., & Herwegh, M. (2025). The effect of micas on the strength of experimental granitoid fault gouge. Tectonophysics, 908, Article 230772. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230772

Shinohara, T., Thieulot, C., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2025). Non-Hertzian Stress Fields in Simulated Porous Sandstone Grains and Implications for Compactive Brittle Failure-A High-Resolution FEM Approach. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(6), Article e2024JB030818. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB030818

Moghadam, A., & Amiri, S. (2025). Quantitative assessment of well leakage, part II: Case studies for CCS. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 42, Article 100675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2025.100675

Hangx, S. J. T., Wolterbeek, T. K. T., Bruggeman, M. J., & Plümper, O. (2025). The influence of hydrating mineral components on wellbore sealing capacity of salt-plugged wells. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, 42, Article 100661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2025.100661

Hung, C. C., Niemeijer, A., Aretusini, S., Spagnuolo, E., Chen, J., & Hamers, M. (2025). Dynamic weakening in sandstone-derived fault gouges during simulated small-magnitude earthquakes under variable loading and environmental conditions. Geophysical Journal International, 241(2), 1009-1028. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf077

Yu, B., Niemeijer, A. R., Chen, J., Ma, S., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Feng, J. (2025). Effects of Periodic Normal Stress Oscillations on Frictional Properties of Simulated Natural Fault Gouges Under In Situ P-T Conditions. Geophysical Research Letters, 52(8), Article e2024GL112199. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL112199

Zhang, L., Dieudonné, A. C., Daniilidis, A., Dong, L., Cao, W., Thibaut, R., Tas, L., & Hermans, T. (2025). Thermo-hydro-mechanical modeling of geothermal energy systems in deep mines: Uncertainty quantification and design optimization. Applied Energy, 377, Article 124531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.124531

Li, M., Niemeijer, A., & van Dinther, Y. (2025). Earthquake Nucleation and Slip Behavior Altered by Stochastic Normal Stress Heterogeneity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 130(1), Article e2024JB029857. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029857

ter Heege, J., & de Bresser, H. (2025). Grain size effects in salt rheology. In S. R. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. S. A. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI (pp. 448-460). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003637349

Jain, G., Hangx, S., ter Heege, J., & de Bresser, H. (2025). Impact of pressure solution creep and threshold stress on deformation and stress state around a salt cavern. In S. R. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. S. A. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI (pp. 347-359). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003637349

Wang, J., Wang, S., Chen, Z., Zou, Y., Cao, W., Zhou, J., & Li, C. (2025). Influence of Inclined Joint on Dynamic Response of Rectangular Opening Subject to Blast-Induced Stress Wave. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 50(11), 8439–8456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09437-0

Friedenberg, L., Bartol, J., Beese, S., de Bresser, H., Coulibaly, J., Dusterloh, U., Eickemeier, R., Gatzke, A., Hangx, S., Jantschik, K., Kirby, M., Laurich, B., Lech, C., Lerche, S., Li, L., Liu, W., Ludeling, C., Mills, M., Naumann, D., ... Zemke, K. (2025). Multi-scale experimental and numerical analysis of crushed salt material used as engineering backfill in a nuclear waste repository in rock salt (MEASURES). In S. R. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. S. A. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI (pp. 662-670) https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003637349

Dialeismas, V., de Bresser, H., Hangx, S., ter Heege, J., & Spiers, C. (2025). The transition from dislocation creep to pressure solution in natural rock salt and constraints on the threshold stress for pressure solution. In S. R. Sobolik, M. Ingraham, E. Matteo, M. Mills, T. S. A. Ross, D. Conley, & J. Stormont (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt XI (pp. 94-106). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003637349

Shinohara, T. (2024). Rate-dependent deformation behaviour of porous sandstones at reservoir conditions: An experimental, numerical and microphysical study. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/2632

Eberhard, L., Niemeijer, A. R., & Plümper, O. (2024). Experimental Evidence for Reaction-Induced Weakening of (Carbonated) Serpentinite Fault Gouges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(12), Article e2024JB029887. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029887