Publications

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. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2024.105886

Wang, J., Wang, S., Chen, Z., Zou, Y., Cao, W., Zhou, J., & Li, C. (2024). Influence of Inclined Joint on Dynamic Response of Rectangular Opening Subject to Blast-Induced Stress Wave. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, online first. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-024-09437-0

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

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, online first. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2024.02.021

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

Hung, C.-C., Niemeijer, A. R., Raoof, A., & Sweijen, T. (2023). Investigation of strain localization in sheared granular layers using 3-D discrete element modeling. Tectonophysics, 862, 1-13. Article 229974. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229974

Heeb, J., Healy, D., Timms, N. E., & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2023). Rapid hydration and weakening of anhydrite under stress: implications for natural hydration in the Earth's crust and mantle. Solid Earth, 14(9), 985-1003. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-14-985-2023

Harpers, N., Wen, M., Miller, P., Hangx, S., & Busch, A. (2023). The Harpers THMC flow bench: A triaxial multi-reactor setup for the investigation of long-term coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical-chemical fluid-rock interaction. Review of Scientific Instruments, 94(9), 1-14. Article 095112. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0160906

Bérest, P., Gharbi, H., Blanco-Martín, L., Brouard, B., Brückner, D., DeVries, K. L., Hévin, G., Hofer, G., Spiers, C. J., & Urai, J. L. (2023). Salt Creep: Transition Between the Low and High Stress Domains. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 56(11), 8305-8316. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03485-y

Zand, F., Hangx, S. J. T., Spiers, C. J., van den Brink, P. J., Burns, J., Boebinger, M. G., Poplawsky, J. D., Monai, M., & Weckhuysen, B. M. (2023). Elucidating the Structure and Composition of Individual Bimetallic Nanoparticles in Supported Catalysts by Atom Probe Tomography. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 145(31), 17299-17308. https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.3c04474

Hangx, S., & Pijnenburg, R. (2023). Compaction in the Groningen Gas Field: An overview of our understanding of the compaction behaviour of the Slochteren sandstone and surroundings during and after production.

Diekmann, L., Vasconcelos, I., & Van Leeuwen, T. (2023). A note on Marchenko-linearised full waveform inversion for imaging. Geophysical Journal International, 234(1), 228-242. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad066

Hamers, M. F., Niemeijer, A. R., & Drury, M. R. (2023). Cathodoluminescence as a tracing technique for quartz precipitation in low velocity shear experiments. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 10236. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37052-w

Wolterbeek, T. K. T., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2023). The thermal properties of set Portland cements – a literature review in the context of CO2 injection well integrity. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 126, 1-16. Article 103909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.103909

Zhang, M., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2023). Effect of CO2-H2O-Smectite Interactions on Permeability of Clay-Rich Rocks Under CO2 Storage Conditions. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 56(5), 3451-3474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-023-03259-6

Heeb, J., Healy, D., Timms, N. E., & Gomez-Rivas, E. (2023). Grain boundary networks and shape preferred orientation: A fresh angle on pattern quantification with GBPaQ. Computers and Geosciences, 174, Article 105311. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2023.105311

Busch, A., Hangx, S., Vialle, S., Rizzo, R. E., & Kampman, N. (2023). Mechanical weakening of a mudrock seal by reaction with CO2-charged fluids. Geology, 51(7), 616-620. https://doi.org/10.1130/G51250.1

Chen, J., Hunfeld, L. B., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2023). Fault Weakening During Short Seismic Slip Pulse Experiments: The Role of Pressurized Water and Implications for Induced Earthquakes in the Groningen Gas Field. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(2), Article e2022JB025729. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025729

Pluymakers, A., Muntendam-Bos, A. G., & Niemeijer, A. (2023). Induced seismicity: a global phenomenon with special relevance to the Dutch subsurface. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 102(1), Article e2. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2023.2

Okuda, H., Niemeijer, A. R., Takahashi, M., Yamaguchi, A., & Spiers, C. J. (2023). Hydrothermal Friction Experiments on Simulated Basaltic Fault Gouge and Implications for Megathrust Earthquakes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(1), Article e2022JB025072. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025072

Ndayishimiye, A., Bang, S. H., Spiers, C. J., & Randall, C. A. (2023). Reassessing cold sintering in the framework of pressure solution theory. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 43(1), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2022.09.053

Boulton, C., Mizera, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Little, T. A., Müller, I. A., Ziegler, M., & Hamers, M. F. (2022). Observational and theoretical evidence for frictional-viscous flow at shallow crustal levels. Lithos, 428-429, 1-21. Article 106831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106831

Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). Seismic Fault Slip Behavior Predicted From Internal Microphysical Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(11), Article e2022JB024530. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024530

Miocic, J. M., Alcalde, J., Heinemann, N., Marzan, I., & Hangx, S. (2022). Toward Energy-Independence and Net-Zero: The Inevitability of Subsurface Storage in Europe. ACS Energy Letters, 7(8), 2486-2489. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsenergylett.2c01303

Van Stappen, J. F., McBeck, J. A., Cordonnier, B., Pijnenburg, R. P. J., Renard, F., Spiers, C. J., & Hangx, S. J. T. (2022). 4D Synchrotron X-ray Imaging of Grain Scale Deformation Mechanisms in a Seismogenic Gas Reservoir Sandstone During Axial Compaction. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 55(8), 4697-4715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-02842-7

Leah, H., Fagereng, Groome, N., Buchs, D., Eijsink, A., & Niemeijer, A. (2022). Heterogeneous Subgreenschist Deformation in an Exhumed Sediment-Poor Mélange. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(8), Article e2022JB024353. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024353

Ji, Y., Spiers, C. J., Hangx, S. J. T., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Drury, M. R. (2022). 4D microtomography of brine-assisted healing processes in deformation-damaged rocksalt: A first look. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 88-97). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-9

Muhammad, N., de Bresser, J. H. P., Peach, C. J., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). A composite flow law for wet polycrystalline halite to capture the transition from dislocation creep to solution-precipitation creep. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 141-152). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-14

Niemeijer, A., van den Ende, M., Spiers, C., & Marone, C. (2022). A review of frictional sliding on brine-penetrated faults in salt. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 38-45). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-4

van Oosterhout, B. G. A., Hangx, S. J. T., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). A threshold stress for pressure solution creep in rock salt: Model predictions vs. observations. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 57-67). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-6

Friedenberg, L., Bartol, J., Bean, J., Czaikowski, O., Düsterloh, U., Gartzke, A.-K., Hangx, S., Laurich, B., Lerch, C., Lerche, S., Lippmann-Pipke, J., Liu, W., Lüdeling, C., Mills, M., Müller-Hoeppe, N., Popp, T., Rabbel, O., Rahmig, M., Reedlunn, B., ... Zhao, J. (2022). Compaction of crushed salt for safe containment: Overview of phase 2 of the KOMPASS project. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 283-291). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-27

Muhammad, N., de Bresser, J. H. P., Peach, C. J., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). Creep behaviour of bischofite, carnallite and mixed bischofite-carnallite-halite salt rock at in situ conditions. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 212-223). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-20

Niemeijer, A., Marone, C., & Elsworth, D. (2022). Effects of grain size distribution on the permeability of compacting aggregates: Results from rock-analogue experiments and microphysical models. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 78-87). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-8

van Oosterhout, B. G. A., Hangx, S. J. T., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). Mechanisms of dilatancy in rock salt at the grain-scale and implications for the dilatancy boundary. In J. H. P. D. Bresser, M. R. Drury, P. A. Fokker, M. Gazzani, S. J. T. Hangx, A. R. Niemeijer, & C. J. Spiers (Eds.), The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022 (1 ed., pp. 25-37). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808-03

de Bresser, J. H. P., Drury, M. R., Fokker, P. A., Gazzani, M., Hangx, S. J. T., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (Eds.) (2022). The Mechanical Behavior of Salt X: Proceedings of the 10th Conference on the Mechanical Behavior of Salt (SaltMech X), Utrecht, The Netherlands, 06-08 July 2022. (1 ed.) CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003295808

Hong, G., Till, J. L., Greve, A., Lee, S.-M., & Oman Drilling Project Science Team (2022). New Rock Magnetic Analysis of Ultramafic Cores From the Oman Drilling Project and Its Implications for Alteration of Lower Crust and Upper Mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(7), 1-21. Article e2022JB024379. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024379

Zhang, M., Spiers, C. J., Liu, J., & Zhou, H. (2022). Stress-Strain-Sorption Behaviour of Smectites Upon Exposure to Dry and Wet CO2. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 911247. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.911247

Liu, J., & Spiers, C. J. (2022). Permeability of Bituminous Coal to CH4 and CO2 Under Fixed Volume and Fixed Stress Boundary Conditions: Effects of Sorption. Frontiers in Earth Science, 10, Article 877024. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.877024