Publications

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Li, X., Si, G., Shi, B., Cao, W., Cai, W., Oh, J., & Canbulat, I. (2024). Statistical properties of seismic foreshocks and aftershocks associated with longwall mining: Implications from the Epidemic Type Aftershock Sequence model. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 16(12), 4878-4894. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.02.021

Shinohara, T., Jefferd, M., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2024). The effect of strain rate on inelastic strain development in porous sandstones deformed under reservoir conditions. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 184, Article 105947. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105947

Liu, J., Wolterbeek, T. K. T., & Spiers, C. (2024). Volumetric response and permeability evolution during carbonation of crushed peridotite under controlled stress-pressure-temperature conditions. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 182, Article 105886. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105886

Yu, B., Chen, J., Spiers, C. J., Ma, S., Zhang, M., Qi, W., & Chen, H. (2024). Frictional Properties of Simulated Fault Gouges Subject to Normal Stress Oscillation and Implications for Induced Seismicity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(9), Article e2024JB029521. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029521

Doll, P., Turner, G. M., Kennedy, B. M., Nichols, A. R. L., Greve, A., Cole, J. W., Eaves, S. R., Townsend, D. B., Leonard, G. S., & Conway, C. E. (2024). Paleomagnetism-Based Chronology of Holocene Lava Flows at Mt Ruapehu, Aotearoa New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(9), Article e2024GC011745. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GC011745

Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2024). Rapid Normal Stress Oscillations Cause Weakening and Anelastic Dilation in Gouge-Bearing Faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 51(15), Article e2024GL109755. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109755

Tulley, C. J., ten Thij, L., Niemeijer, A. R., Hamers, M. F., & Fagereng (2024). Activation of Dissolution-Precipitation Creep Causes Weakening and Viscous Behavior in Experimentally Deformed Antigorite. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(8), Article e2024JB029053. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029053

Lei, H., Niemeijer, A. R., Zhou, Y., & Spiers, C. J. (2024). Frictional Properties of Natural Granite Fault Gouge Under Hydrothermal Conditions: A Case Study of Strike-Slip Fault From Anninghe Fault Zone, Southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(8), Article e2024JB028760. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB028760

Zhan, W., Niemeijer, A. R., Berger, A., Nevskaya, N., Spiers, C. J., & Herwegh, M. (2024). The Frictional-Viscous Transition in Experimentally Deformed Granitoid Fault Gouge. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(8), Article e2024JB028797. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB028797

Boer, T. D., Van Rijnsoever, F., & Bresser, H. D. (2024). Dear admission committee. . . Which moves in application essays predict student master grades? PLoS One, 19(6), Article e0304394. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304394

Wolterbeek, T. K. T., Snippe, J. R., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2024). Impact of humid supercritical CO2 flow and CO2 solvation-induced cement porewater expulsion on reactive self-sealing processes along wellbore microannuli. Geoenergy Science and Engineering, 235, Article 212728. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoen.2024.212728

Hung, C.-C., Niemeijer, A. R., & Vasconcelos, I. (2024). Strain Localization in Sandstone-Derived Fault Gouges Under Conditions Relevant to Earthquake Nucleation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129(4), Article e2024JB028889. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB028889

Carpentier, S., Meekes, S., Frumau, A., Verberne, M., Candela, T., & Koster, K. (2024). A novel geophysical method to monitor ultra-shallow reservoirs: mapping of soil moisture content in subsiding peatlands to forecast drought effects and CO2 emissions. First Break, 42(3), 85-91. https://doi.org/10.3997/1365-2397.fb2024027

Hung, C.-C. (2024). Experimental and Numerical Perspectives on The Role of Localization and Heating in Small-Magnitude Earthquakes. [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Universiteit Utrecht]. Utrecht University. https://doi.org/10.33540/2170

Arts, J. P. B., Niemeijer, A. R., Drury, M. R., Willingshofer, E., & Matenco, L. C. (2024). The frictional strength and stability of spatially heterogeneous fault gouges. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 628, 1-13. Article 118586. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118586

Fu, Q., Yan, M., Dekkers, M. J., Li, B., Guan, C., Yu, L., Xu, W., Shen, M., & Xu, Z. (2024). Inverse magnetic fabric of remagnetized limestones in the Zaduo area, Eastern Qiangtang Terrane: Implications for oroclinal bending in the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. Tectonophysics, 871, Article 230175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.230175

Verberne, M., Koster, K., & Fokker, P. A. (2024). Multi-data settlement prediction along a road section integrating InSAR and coastal subsurface information with data assimilation. Frontiers in Earth Science, 11, Article 1323874. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2023.1323874

Noda, A., Greve, A., Woodhouse, A., & Crundwell, M. (2024). Depositional rate, grain size and magnetic mineral sulfidization in turbidite sequences, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 67(3), 288-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2022.2099910

Woodhouse, A., Barnes, P. M., Shorrock, A., Strachan, L. J., Crundwell, M., Bostock, H. C., Hopkins, J., Kutterolf, S., Pank, K., Behrens, E., Greve, A., Bell, R., Cook, A., Petronotis, K., LeVay, L., Jamieson, R. A., Aze, T., Wallace, L., Saffer, D., & Pecher, I. (2024). Trench floor depositional response to glacio-eustatic changes over the last 45 ka, northern Hikurangi subduction margin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 67(3), 312-335. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2022.2099432