Dr. André Niemeijer

Earth Simulation Lab
Princetonlaan 4
Kamer 0.38
3584 CB Utrecht

Dr. André Niemeijer

Associate Professor
Experimental rock deformation
+31 30 253 1177
a.r.niemeijer@uu.nl

Publications

2023

Scholarly publications

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. [229974]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2023.229974
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), [e2022JB025729]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025729
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), [e2022JB025072]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025072
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), [e2]. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2023.2
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), [10236]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-37052-w

2022

Scholarly publications

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), [e2022JB024353]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024353
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), [e2022JB024530]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB024530
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. [106831]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106831
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
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
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

2021

Scholarly publications

Schutjens, P. M., Spiers, C., & Niemeijer, A. (2021). Surface microstructures developed on polished quartz crystals embedded in wet quartz sand compacted under hydrothermal conditions. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 1-12. [14920]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94376-1
Korkolis, E., Niemeijer, A., Paulssen, H., & Trampert, J. (2021). A laboratory perspective on the Gutenberg-Richter and characteristic earthquake models. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(8), 1-21. [e2021JB021730]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JB021730
Pijnenburg, R., Laumann, S., Wessels, R., ter Maat, G., Armstrong, L., Bieńkowski, J., Sleeman, R., Vardon, P., Bruhn, D., Barnhoorn, A., Niemeijer, A., Plümper, O., Willingshofer, E., Spiers, C., Wapenaar, K., Trampert, J., & Drury, M. (2021). EPOS-NL is the Dutch solid earth science infrastructure for research on georesources and geohazards. Paper presented at 1st EAGE Workshop on Induced Seismicity, EAGE GeoTech 2021, Virtual, Online. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202131023
Hunfeld, L. B., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., Ma, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2021). Seismic Slip-Pulse Experiments Simulate Induced Earthquake Rupture in the Groningen Gas Field. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(11), [e2021GL092417]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL092417
Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2021). Microphysical Modeling of Carbonate Fault Friction at Slip Rates Spanning the Full Seismic Cycle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(3), 1-24. [e2020JB021024]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021024
Buijze, L., Guo, Y., Niemeijer, A. R., Ma, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2021). Effects of heterogeneous gouge segments on the slip behavior of experimental faults at dm scale. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 554, [116652]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116652

2020

Scholarly publications

Biemiller, J., Boulton, C., Wallace, L., Ellis, S., Little, T., Mizera, M., Niemeijer, A., & Lavier, L. (2020). Mechanical Implications of Creep and Partial Coupling on the World's Fastest Slipping Low-Angle Normal Fault in Southeastern Papua New Guinea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(10), [e2020JB020117]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB020117
Chen, J., Verberne, B. A., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2020). Flow-to-Friction Transition in Simulated Calcite Gouge: Experiments and Microphysical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(11), [e2020JB019970]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019970
Verberne, B. A., Van Den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). The physics of fault friction: Insights from experiments on simulated gouges at low shearing velocities. Solid Earth, 11(6), 2075-2095. [100]. https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-2075-2020
Boulton, C., Mizera, M., Hamers, M., Müller, I., Ziegler, M., Niemeijer, A., & Little, T. (2020). Heterogeneous stresses and deformation mechanisms at shallow crustal conditions, Hungaroa Fault Zone, Hikurangi Subduction Margin, New Zealand. Abstract from EGU2020-11961. https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-11961
Chen, J., van den Ende, M. P. A., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2020). Microphysical Model Predictions of Fault Restrengthening Under Room-Humidity and Hydrothermal Conditions: From Logarithmic to Power-Law Healing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(4), 1-22. [e2019JB018567]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018567
Hunfeld, L. B., Chen, J., Hol, S., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). Healing Behavior of Simulated Fault Gouges From the Groningen Gas Field and Implications for Induced Fault Reactivation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(7), [e2019JB018790]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018790
van den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Ampuero, J. P. (2020). Rheological Transitions Facilitate Fault-Spanning Ruptures on Seismically Active and Creeping Faults. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8), [e2019JB019328]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB019328
Buijze, L., Guo, Y., Niemeijer, A. R., Ma, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). Nucleation of Stick-Slip Instability Within a Large-Scale Experimental Fault: Effects of Stress Heterogeneities Due to Loading and Gouge Layer Compaction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(8), [e2019JB018429]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018429
Niemeijer, A., Fagereng, Å., Ikari, M., Nielsen, S., & Willingshofer, E. (2020). Faulting in the laboratory. In D. Tanner, & C. Brandes (Eds.), Understanding Faults: Detecting, Dating, and Modeling (pp. 167-220). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-815985-9.00005-9
Liu, J., Hunfeld, L. B., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). Frictional properties of simulated shale-coal fault gouges: Implications for induced seismicity in source rocks below Europe's largest gas field. International Journal of Coal Geology, 226, [103499]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coal.2020.103499
Okamoto, A. S., Niemeijer, A. R., Takeshita, T., Verberne, B. A., & Spiers, C. J. (2020). Frictional properties of actinolite-chlorite gouge at hydrothermal conditions. Tectonophysics, 779, [228377]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228377
Kumar, P., Korkolis, E., Benzi, R., Denisov, D., Niemeijer, A., Schall, P., Toschi, F., & Trampert, J. (2020). On interevent time distributions of avalanche dynamics. Scientific Reports, 10, [626]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-56764-6
Hirauchi, K. I., Yamamoto, Y., den Hartog, S. A. M., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2020). The role of metasomatic alteration on frictional properties of subduction thrusts: An example from a serpentinite body in the Franciscan Complex, California. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 531, [115967]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115967

2019

Scholarly publications

van den Ende, M. P. A., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2019). Influence of Grain Boundary Structural Evolution on Pressure Solution Creep Rates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(10), 10210-10230. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JB017500
Boulton, C., Niemeijer, A. R., Hollis, C. J., Townend, J., Raven, M. D., Kulhanek, D. K., & Shepherd, C. L. (2019). Temperature-dependent frictional properties of heterogeneous Hikurangi Subduction Zone input sediments, ODP Site 1124. Tectonophysics, 757, 123-139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.02.006
Okamoto, A. S., Verberne, B. A., Niemeijer, A. R., Takahashi, M., Shimizu, I., Ueda, T., & Spiers, C. J. (2019). Frictional Properties of Simulated Chlorite Gouge at Hydrothermal Conditions: Implications for Subduction Megathrusts. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(5), 4545-4565. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017205
Hunfeld, L. B., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2019). Temperature and Gas/Brine Content Affect Seismogenic Potential of Simulated Fault Gouges Derived From Groningen Gas Field Caprock. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(6), 2827-2847. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GC008221
van den Ende, M. P. A., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2019). An investigation into the role of time-dependent cohesion in interseismic fault restrengthening. Scientific Reports, 9, [9894]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-46241-5
Hellebrekers, N., Niemeijer, A. R., Fagereng, Å., Manda, B., & Mvula, R. L. S. (2019). Lower crustal earthquakes in the East African Rift System: Insights from frictional properties of rock samples from the Malawi rift. Tectonophysics, 767, [228167]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.228167
Zhou, W., Paulssen, H., & Niemeijer, A. (2019). P wave travel time changes in the Groningen reservoir. 63. Abstract from Schatzalp, 3rd induced seismicity workshop, Davos, Switzerland.
Zhou, W., Paulssen, H., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2019). Monitoring the Groningen gas field. CREEP workshop at Les Houches, Les Houches, France.

2018

Scholarly publications

Boulton, C. J., Little, T. A., Niemeijer, A., Hamers, M. F., & Ellis, S. M. (2018). Evidence for mixed-mode failure at shallow crustal levels, Hungaroa Fault Zone, Hikurangi Subduction Margin, New Zealand. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AGUFM.T14B..02B
Zhou, W., Paulssen, H., & Niemeijer, A. (2018). Imaging the velocity and the velocity variations of the Groningen gas reservoir in the Netherlands. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2018, Wien, Austria.
Zhou, W., Paulssen, H., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2018). P wave travel time variations in the Groningen gas field caused by reservoir compaction. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2018, Washington D.C., United States.
Ohl, M., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., King, H. E., & Plümper, O. (2018). In-situ stable isotope tracing of nanoscale deformation processes in earthquake-prone crustal fault materials. Poster session presented at Goldschmidt 2018, Boston, United States.
van den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Ampuero Saenz, J. P. (2018). Microphysically-based modelling of earthquake cycles incorporating seismic and aseismic slip. Abstract from KAUST Workshop on Seismic Hazard Assessment, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
van den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Ampuero Saenz, J. P., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2018). Giant Earthquakes on Quiet Faults Governed by Rheological Transitions. Poster session presented at Workshop on Modeling Earthquake Source Processes, Pasadena, California, United States.
Kurzawski, R. M., Niemeijer, A. R., Stipp, M., Charpentier, D., Behrmann, J. H., & Spiers, C. J. (2018). Frictional Properties of Subduction Input Sediments at an Erosive Convergent Continental Margin and Related Controls on Décollement Slip Modes: The Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(10), 8385-8408. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JB015398
Niemeijer, A. R. (2018). Velocity-dependent slip weakening by the combined operation of pressure solution and foliation development. Scientific Reports, 8, [4724]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22889-3
van den Ende, M. P. A., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2018). Time‐dependent compaction as a mechanism for regular stick‐slips. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(12), 5959-5967. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL078103
van den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Ampuero, J-P., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2018). A comparison between rate-and-state friction and microphysical models, based on numerical simulations of fault slip. Tectonophysics, 733, 273-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2017.11.040
van den Ende, M. P. A., Marketos, G., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2018). Investigating compaction by intergranular pressure solution using the Discrete Element Method. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 123(1), 107-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014440

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Ohl, M., King, H. E., Niemeijer, A. R., Cordier, P., Drury, M. R., & Plümper, O. (2018). Deformation mechanisms and slip localization in seismically active carbonate faults: A case study on natural carbonate fault gouges from one of the most seismically active regions in Europe . Abstract from Nederlands Aardwetenschappelijk Congres 2018, Veldhoven, Netherlands.

2017

Scholarly publications

Spiers, C. J., Hangx, S. J. T., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). New approaches in experimental research on rock and fault behaviour in the Groningen gas field. Geologie en Mijnbouw/Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 96(S5), 55-69. https://doi.org/10.1017/njg.2017.32
Korkolis, E., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). Insights into earthquake nucleation from acoustic emissions and stick-slip instabilities in friction experiments. In 79th EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2017 European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE.
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Hirose, T., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Frictional properties of JFAST core samples and implications for slow earthquakes at the Tohoku subduction zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(17), 8822-8831. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GL073460
Toy, V. G., Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Allen, M. J., Becroft, L., Boles, A., Boulton, C., Carpenter, B. M., Cooper, A., Cox, S. C., Daube, C., Faulkner, D. R., Halfpenny, A., Kato, N., Keys, S., Kirilova, M., Kometani, Y., Little, T., Mariani, E., ... DFDP-2 Science Team (2017). Bedrock geology of DFDP-2B, central Alpine Fault, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 60(4), 497-518. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2017.1375533
Hunfeld, L. B., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Frictional Properties of Simulated Fault Gouges from the Seismogenic Groningen Gas Field Under In Situ P–T -Chemical Conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(11), 8969-8989. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014876
Townend, J., Sutherland, R., Toy, V. G., Doan, M. L., Célérier, B., Massiot, C., Coussens, J., Jeppson, T., Janku-Capova, L., Remaud, L., Upton, P., Schmitt, D. R., Pezard, P., Williams, J., Allen, M. J., Baratin, L. M., Barth, N., Becroft, L., Boese, C. M., ... Zimmer, M. (2017). Petrophysical, Geochemical, and Hydrological Evidence for Extensive Fracture-Mediated Fluid and Heat Transport in the Alpine Fault's Hanging-Wall Damage Zone. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(12), 4709-4732. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017GC007202
Korkolis, E., Ampuero Saenz, J. P., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). The nucleation of "fast" and "slow" stick slip instabilities in sheared granular aggregates. In European Geosciences Union, General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria, 23-28 April 2017: Abstracts (pp. 14538). (Geophysical Research Abstracts; Vol. 19). European Geosciences Union (EGU).
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/359529/EGU2017_14538_1.pdf?sequence=1
Verberne, B. A., Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., de Bresser, J. H. P., Pennock, G. M., Drury, M. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Microscale cavitation as a mechanism for nucleating earthquakes at the base of the seismogenic zone. Nature Communications, 8, [1645]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01843-3
Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Toy, V., Upton, P., Coussens, J., Allen, M., Baratin, L. M., Barth, N., Becroft, L., Boese, C., Boles, A., Boulton, C., Broderick, N. G. R., Janku-Capova, L., Carpenter, B. M., Célérier, B., Chamberlain, C., Cooper, A., Coutts, A., ... Zimmer, M. (2017). Extreme hydrothermal conditions at an active plate-bounding fault. Nature, 546(7656), 137-140. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22355
Toy, V. G., Niemeijer, A., Renard, F., Morales, L., & Wirth, R. (2017). Striation and slickenline development on quartz fault surfaces at crustal conditions: Origin and effect on friction. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(5), 3497-3512. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013498
Chen, J., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). Seismogenic Potential of a Gouge-filled Fault and the Criterion for its Slip Stability: Constraints from a Microphysical Model. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 9658-9688. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014228
Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Microphysically derived expressions for rate-and-state friction parameters, a, b, and Dc. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 9627-9657. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014226
Chen, J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Fokker, P. A. (2017). Vaporization of fault water during seismic slip. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(6), 4237-4276. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013824, https://doi.org/10.1002/ 2016JB013824
Chen, J., Niemeijer, A., Yao, L., & Ma, S. (2017). Water vaporization promotes coseismic fluid pressurization and buffers temperature rise. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(5), 2177-2185. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL071932
Buijze, L., Niemeijer, A. R., Han, R., Shimamoto, T., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Friction properties and deformation mechanisms of halite(-mica) gouges from low to high sliding velocities. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 458, 107-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.059
Takahashi, M., van den Ende, M. P. A., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Shear localization in a mature mylonitic rock analogue during fast slip. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18(2), 513-530. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006687

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Buijze, L., Guo, Y., Niemeijer, A. R., Ma, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Stresses, deformation, and seismic events on scaled experimental faults with heterogeneous fault segments and comparison to numerical modeling. Abstract from European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
Korkolis, E., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). Insight into Earthquake Nucleation from Acoustic Emissions and Stick-slip Instabilities in Friction Experiments. Paper presented at 79th EAGE Conference & Exhibition. https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201701218
Korkolis, E., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). Locating the origin of stick slip instabilities in sheared granular layers. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.
van den Ende, M. P. A., Niemeijer, A. R., Marketos, G., & Spiers, C. J. (2017). Are slide-hold-slide tests a good analogue for the seismic cycle?. Abstract from European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-7318.pdf
van den Ende, M. P. A., Chen, J., Ampuero Saenz, J. P., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2017). Earthquake and slow-slip nucleation investigated with a micro-physics based seismic cycle simulator. Abstract from European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria. http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2017/EGU2017-7249.pdf
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/353149/Earthquake.pdf?sequence=1
Ohl, M., Chatzaras, V., Niemeijer, A. R., King, H. E., Drury, M. R., & Plümper, O. (2017). Multi-scale investigation into the mechanisms of fault mirror formation in seismically active carbonate rocks. Poster session presented at EGU General Assembly 2017, Vienna, Austria.

2016

Scholarly publications

Elsworth, D., Spiers, C. J., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2016). Understanding induced seismicity. Science, 354(6318), 1380-1381. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal2584
Bakker, E., Hangx, S. J. T., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Frictional behaviour and transport properties of simulated fault gouges derived from a natural CO2 reservoir. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54, 70-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.08.029
Kurzawski, R. M., Stipp, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Spiers, C. J., & Behrmann, J. H. (2016). Earthquake nucleation in weak subducted carbonates. Nature Geoscience, 9, 717-722. [ngeo2774]. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo2774
Yao, L., Ma, S., Niemeijer, A. R., Shimamoto, T., & Platt, J. D. (2016). Is frictional heating needed to cause dramatic weakening of nanoparticle gouge during seismic slip? Insights from friction experiments with variable thermal evolutions. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(13), 6852-6860. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069053
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V. G., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2016). Large-displacement, hydrothermal frictional properties of DFDP-1 fault rocks, Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Implications for deep rupture propagation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121(2), 624-647. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012593
Pluymakers, A. M. H., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Frictional properties of simulated anhydrite-dolomite fault gouge and implications for seismogenic potential. Journal of Structural Geology, 84, 31-46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.11.008
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Plümper, O., Hirose, T., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Nucleation of frictional instability caused by fluid pressurization in subducted blueschist. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 2543-2551. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL067569
Chen, J., Yang, X., Ma, S., Yang, T., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2016). Hydraulic properties of samples retrieved from the Wenchuan earthquake Fault Scientific Drilling Project Hole-1 (WFSD-1) and the surface rupture zone: Implications for coseismic slip weakening and fault healing. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(7), 2717-2744. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GC006376
Yao, L., Ma, S., Platt, J. D., Niemeijer, A. R., & Shimamoto, T. (2016). The crucial role of temperature in high-velocity weakening of faults: Experiments on gouge using host blocks with different thermal conductivities. Geology, 44(1), 63-66. https://doi.org/10.1130/G37310.1

Other output

Takahashi, M., van den Ende, M. P. A., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Critical velocity for shear localization in a mature mylonitic rock analogue. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.
Hunfeld, L. B., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Seismogenic potential of Anhydrite-Carbonate fault gouge sensitive to pore fluid composition. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2016). Unstable slip events at 600 °C in simulated fault gouges from the Principal Slip Zone (PSZ) of the Alpine Fault. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Fransisco, California, United States.
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2016). Low frictional strength of Alpine Fault rocks of DFDP-1 at elevated temperature and low slip rate. Poster session presented at ICDP / IODP Symposium, Delft, Netherlands.
Niemeijer, A. R. (2016). Friction and frictional stability of fault rocks under hydrothermal conditions: Effects of viscous deformation mechanisms and reactions. Abstract from Gordon Research Conference - Rock Deformation, Andover, United States.
Toy, V., Niemeijer, A. R., Morales, L., Wirth, R., & Renard, F. (2016). Striation development on quartz fault surfaces at crustal conditions: origin and effect on friction. Abstract from Gordon Research Conference - Rock Deformation, Andover, United States.
Korkolis, E., Niemeijer, A. R., Paulssen, H., & Trampert, J. A. (2016). Acoustic emission monitoring of stick-slip instabilities in laboratory experiments. Abstract from Gordon Research Conference - Rock Deformation, Andover, United States.
Buijze, A. J. L., Guo, Y. S., Niemeijer, A. R., Yi, Y. T., Ma, S., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Unstable slip events on large-scale experimental faults with variable along-fault lithologies. Abstract from Gordon Research Conference - Rock Deformation, Andover, United States.
Sutherland, R., Townend, J., Toy, V., Upton, P., & DFDP-2 Science Team (2016). Extreme hydrothermal conditions near an active plate-bounding fault, DFDP-2B borehole, Alpine Fault. Abstract from International Symposium of Crustal Dynamics, Takayama, Japan.
Verberne, B. A., Niemeijer, A. R., Spiers, C. J., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Pennock, G. M. (2016). Strength, Stability, and Microstructure of Simulated Calcite Faults Sheared Under Laboratory Conditions Spanning the Brittle-Ductile Transition. Abstract from International Symposium of Crustal Dynamics, Takayama, Japan.
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2016). Unstable slip events at 600 °C in simulated fault gouges from the Principal Slip Zone (PSZ) of the Alpine Fault. Abstract from Deep Fault Drilling Project, Takayama, Japan.
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2016). Low frictional strength of Alpine Fault rocks of DFDP-1 at elevated temperature and low slip rate. Abstract from International Symposium of Crustal Dynamics, Takayama, Japan.
Amirzada, Z., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2016). Principal controls on the dynamics of a spring-slider. Abstract from NAC 13, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Zhou, W., Paulssen, J. A. M., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2016). Assessing the potential hazards associated with induced seismicity from seismic monitoring and experiments. Abstract from NAC 13, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Niemeijer, A. R. (2016). Slip velocity has major impact on the frictional strength and microstructure of quartz-muscovite gouges under hydrothermal conditions. Abstract from NAC 13, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Toy, V., Niemeijer, A. R., Morales, L., Wirth, R., & Renard, F. (2016). Striation development during fault slip depends on temperature under hydrothermal conditions. Abstract from EGU 2016, Vienna, Austria.

2015

Scholarly publications

Verberne, B. A., Niemeijer, A. R., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Strength, stability, and microstructure of simulated calcite faults sheared under laboratory conditions spanning the brittle-plastic transition. In P. Delage, S. Ghabezloo, J-M. Pereira, & M. Vandamme (Eds.), 5th International Workshop of Young Doctors in Geomechanics, W(H)YDOC 15 Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, France. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Berend_Verberne/publication/304912565_Strength_stability_and_microstructure_of_simulated_calcite_faults_sheared_under_laboratory_conditions_spanning_the_brittle-plastic_transition/links/577d09cd08ae36fde03f1685/Strength-stability-and-microstructure-of-simulated-calcite-faults-sheared-under-laboratory-conditions-spanning-the-brittle-plastic-transition.pdf
Verberne, B. A., Niemeijer, A. R., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Mechanical behavior and microstructure of simulated calcite fault gouge sheared at 20-600°C: Implications for natural faults in limestones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120(12), 8169-8196. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012292
Pluymakers, A. M. H., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2015). Healing and sliding stability of simulated anhydrite fault gouge: Effects of water, temperature and CO2. Tectonophysics, 656, 111-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2015.06.012
Ikari, M. J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Marone, C. (2015). Experimental investigation of incipient shear failure in foliated rock. Journal of Structural Geology, 77, 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.05.012

Professional publications

Hangx, S., & Niemeijer, A. (2015). Living with geo-resources and geo-hazards. Adjacent Government, November 2015, 254-255. http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?EID=793abb3f-e692-439f-9236-554269c9e570

Other output

van den Ende, M. P. A., Marketos, G., Spiers, C. J., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2015). A Microphysical Interpretation of Rate-and-State Friction Behaviour: Insights from Discrete Element Modelling. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/webprogram/Paper74109.html
Korkolis, E., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Acoustic monitoring of laboratory faults: locating the origin of unstable slip events.
van den Ende, M. P. A., Marketos, G., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). A microphysical interpretation for rate-and-state friction behaviour: Insights from discrete element modelling. Poster session presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
Takahashi, M., van den Ende, M. P. A., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Thin shear localization in matured mylonitic rock. Abstract from Japan Geoscience Union annual meeting 2015, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Hirose, T., Plümper, O., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Frictional properties of materials along the plate boundary of Tohoku subduction zone: implications for slow slip events. Abstract from Japan Geoscience Union annual meeting 2015, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
Shimamoto, T., Lu, Y., Ma, S., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2015). Frictional heating causes high-velocity weakening of gouge; inference from specimens with different thermal conductivity. Abstract from Japan Geoscience Union annual meeting 2015, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan.
Marketos, G., van den Ende, M. P. A., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2015). DEM simulations of compaction bands in sandstones, as related to differences between lab and field observations. Abstract from 11th EURO-conference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, Ambleside, United Kingdom.
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Plümper, O., Hirose, T., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Frictional properties of blueschist under in-situ conditions and implications for fault motion. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
DFDP2-team (2015). Extreme hydrothermal conditions near an active geological fault, DFDP-2B borehole, Alpine Fault, New Zealand. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
Toy, V., Niemeijer, A. R., Morales, L., Wirth, R., & Renard, F. (2015). Striation development during fault slip depends on temperature under hydrothermal conditions. Abstract from The Institute for Geoscience Research Centre (TIGeR) conference, Perth, Australia.
Boulton, C., Zimmer, V., Davies, T., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2015). Subseismic-to-seismic frictional properties of an analogue fault gouge. Abstract from Geoscience Society of New Zealand annual meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.
Boulton, C., Lu, Y., Niemeijer, A. R., Faulkner, D., Ma, S., Shimamoto, T., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2015). Frictional properties of Alpine Fault gouges and cataclasites. Abstract from Geoscience Society of New Zealand annual meeting, Wellington, New Zealand.
Niemeijer, A. R., & Plümper, O. (2015). Low frictional strength of phyllosilicate-bearing mixtures: mechanical data and microstructural observations. Abstract from Geological Society of America Annual Meeting 2015, Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
Niemeijer, A. R., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2015). Low frictional strength of Alpine Fault rocks of DFDP-1 at elevated temperature and low slip rate. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States.
Verberne, B. A., Niemeijer, A. R., de Bresser, J. H. P., & Spiers, C. J. (2015). Strength, stability, and microstructure of simulated calcite faults sheared under laboratory conditions spanning the brittle-ductile transition. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, California, United States. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/webprogram/Paper78168.html
Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., de Bresser, H., & Spiers, C. (2015). Frictional-viscous transition in simulated calcite fault gouge sheared at 550°C. Abstract from EGU 2015, United Kingdom.
Bakker, E., Niemeijer, A., Hangx, S., & Spiers, C. (2015). Effect of carbonate content on the mechanical behaviour of clay fault-gouges. Abstract from EGU 2015, United Kingdom.

2014

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A. R., & Collettini, C. (2014). Frictional properties of a low-angle normal fault under in situ conditions: Thermally-activated velocity weakening. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171(10), 2641-2664. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-013-0759-6
Niemeijer, A. R., & Vissers, R. L. M. (2014). Earthquake rupture propagation inferred from the spatial distribution of fault rock frictional properties. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 396, 154-164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.04.010
Pluymakers, A. M. H., Samuelson, J. E., Niemeijer, A., & Spiers, C. (2014). Effects of temperature and CO2 on the frictional behavior of simulated anhydrite fault rock. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 119(12), 8728-8747. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014JB011575
Verberne, B. A., Spiers, C. J., Niemeijer, A. R., de Bresser, J. H. P., de Winter, D. A. M., & Plümper, O. (2014). Frictional properties and microstructure of calcite-rich fault gouges sheared at sub-seismic sliding velocities. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 171, 2617-2640. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-013-0760-0

Popularising publications

Niemeijer, A., & Vissers, R. L. M. (2014). Lorca had alles tegen (news item). De Telegraaf.

Other output

Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., & Spiers, C. (2014). Strength and stability of calcite fault rocks sheared throughout the frictional-viscous transition. Abstract from NAC 12, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Netherlands.
den Hartog, S., Niemeijer, A., Saffer, D. M., & Marone, C. (2014). Frictional behaviour of exhumed subduction zone sediments from the Shimanto Belt, Japan, at in-situ P-T conditions and implications for megathrust seismogenesis. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, [EGU2014-13135].
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/308378/EGU2014_13135.pdf?sequence=1
Buijze, L., Niemeijer, A., Han, R., Shimamoto, T., & Spiers, C. (2014). Four frictional regimes as a function of slip rate in halite and halite-muscovite gouge deformed from low to high velocities. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 16, [EGU2014-10055].
https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/308375/55.pdf?sequence=1
Kurzawski, R., Stipp, M., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., & Behrmann, J. H. (2014). Magnetic fabrics and frictional behaviour of subduction zone input material from the erosive continental margin offshore Costa Rica (Costa Rica Seismogenesis Project, IODP expeditions 334 and 344).. Abstract from IODP/ICDP Kolloquium, Nordbayern, Germany.
Kurzawski, R., Stipp, M., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., & Behrmann, J. H. (2014). Frictional properties of subduction zone input material from the erosive continental margin offshore Costa Rica (IODP expeditions 334 and 344). Abstract from Tekonik-Strukturgeologie-Kristallingeologie (TSK), Potsdam, Germany.
Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., & Spiers, C. (2014). Strength and stability of calcite fault rocks sheared throughout the frictional-viscous. Abstract from NAC 12, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Netherlands.
Niemeijer, A., den Hartog, S., & Spiers, C. (2014). Slip velocity has major impact on the frictional strength and microstructure of quartz-muscovite gouges under hydrothermal conditions. Abstract from NAC 12, Veldhoven, the Netherlands, Netherlands.
Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., & Spiers, C. (2014). Strength and stability of calcite gouge sheared at 20-600 °C. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria.
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A., Plümper, O., Hirose, T., & Spiers, C. (2014). Frictional properties of glaucophane schist under hydrocentral depth conditions. Abstract from Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS), Sapporo, Japan. http://www.asiaoceania.org/society/absList14/absView.asp?absID=1857
Kurzawski, R., Stipp, M., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., & Behrmann, J. H. (2014). Temperature-controlled change in frictional properties - a key for shallow seismogenesis along the Middle America Trench offshore Costa Rice (IODP expeditions 334 and 344). Abstract from GeoFrankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Niemeijer, A., Boulton, C., Toy, V., Townend, J., & Sutherland, R. (2014). Frictional properties of Alpine Fault rocks of DFDP-1 under hydrothermal conditions and high shear strain. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, United States. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/21033
den Hartog, S., Marone, C., Niemeijer, A., & Saffer, D. M. (2014). Friction of megathrust gouges at in-situ subduction zone conditions: strength, rate dependence and microphysical mechanisms. Abstract from AGU 2014, San francisco, United Kingdom. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/3750
Sawai, M., Niemeijer, A., Hirose, T., & Spiers, C. (2014). Depth Limits of slow slip events at the Japan Trench: Insights from friction experiments under in-situ conditions. Abstract from AGU 2014, San francisco, United Kingdom. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/15327
Hangx, S., Pijnenburg, R., Niemeijer, A., Bakker, E., Samuelson, J., & Spiers, C. (2014). No Seal, No Deal: the Importance of understanding caprock integrity during long-term CO2 storage. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, California, United States. https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm14/meetingapp.cgi#Paper/25395
Niemeijer, A. (Author), & Vissers, R. L. M. (Author). (2014). Wrijving maakt Spaanse aardbeving desastreus (article by Marlies ter Voorde). Web publication/site, Kennislink.nl. http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/wrijving-maakte-spaanse-aardbeving-desastreus

2013

Scholarly publications

Lautze, N. C., Taddeucci, J., Andronico, A., Houghton, B., Niemeijer, A., & Scarlato, P. G. (2013). Insights into explosion dynamics and the production of ash at Stromboli from samples collected in real-time, October 2009. Special paper / Geological Society of America, 498, 125-139. https://doi.org/10.1130/2013.2498(08)
Ikari, M., Niemeijer, A. R., Spiers, C. J., Kopf, A. J., & Saffer, D. M. (2013). Experimental evidence linking slip instability with seafloor lithology and topography at the Costa Rica convergent margin. Geology, 41(8), 891-894. https://doi.org/10.1130/G33956.1
den Hartog, S. A. M., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2013). Friction on subduction megathrust faults: Beyond the illite-muscovite transition. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 373, 8-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.036
Scuderi, M. M., Niemeijer, A. R., Collettini, C., & Marone, C. (2013). Frictional properties and slip stability of active faults within carbonate-evaporite sequences: The role of dolomite and anhydrite. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 369-370, 220-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2013.03.024
Verberne, B. A., de Bresser, J. H. P., Niemeijer, A. R., Spiers, C. J., de Winter, D. A. M., & Plümper, O. (2013). Nanocrystalline slip zones in calcite fault gouge show intense crystallographic preferred orientation: Crystal plasticity at sub-seismic slip rates at 18–150 °C. Geology, 41(8), 863-866. https://doi.org/10.1130/G34279.1

Popularising publications

Niemeijer, A. (2013). Kans op spookaardbeving veel groter dan gedacht (interview by Marlies ter Voorde). Volkskrant. http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2844/Archief/archief/article/detail/3374682/2013/01/10/Kans-op-spookaardbeving-veel-groter-dan-gedacht.dhtml

Other output

Verberne, B., Spiers, C., Plümper, O., Niemeijer, A., & de Winter, M. (2013). Nanocrystalline mirror-slip surfaces in calcite gouge sheared at sub-seismic slip rates. Abstract from AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, California, United States.
Niemeijer, A. (Author). (2013). De grootste diepe aardbeving ooit gemeten (interview/article by Marlies ter Voorde). Web publication/site, Kennislink.nl. http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/de-grootste-diepe-aardbeving-ooit-gemeten
Niemeijer, A. (Author). (2013). Zwaardere aardbevingen door gaswinning Groningen (interview by Marlies ter Voorde). Web publication/site, Kennislink.nl. http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/zwaardere-aardbevingen-door-gaswinning-groningen
Niemeijer, A. (Author), Sluijs, A. (Author), & ten Kate, I. L. (Author). (2013). De wetenschapper leert door op televisie (interview). Web publication/site, DUB. http://www.dub.uu.nl/artikel/uitgeperst/wetenschapper-leert-door-op-televisie.html

2012

Scholarly publications

Liteanu, E., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C. J., Peach, C. J., & de Bresser, J. H. P. (2012). The effect of CO2 on creep of wet calcite aggregates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 117(B3), [B03211]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008789
Niemeijer, A., Di Toro, G., Griffith, W. A., Bistacchi, A., Smith, S. A. F., & Nielsen, S. (2012). Inferring earthquake physics and chemistry using an integrated field and laboratory approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 39, 2-36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2012.02.018
den Hartog, S. A. M., Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2012). New constraints on megathrust slip stability under subduction zone P-T conditions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 353-354, 240-252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2012.08.022

Other output

Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., He, C., & de Winter, M. (2012). Microphysical mechanisms controlling slip stability in calcite-rich fault gouges. Abstract from NAC 11, Veldhoven.
Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., He, C., & de Winter, M. (2012). Microphysical mechanisms controlling slip stability in calcite-rich fault gouges. Abstract from NAC 11, Veldhoven.
Verberne, B., Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C., He, C., & Drury, M. (2012). Microphysical mechanisms controlling slip stability in calcite-rich fault gouges. Abstract from EGU General Assembly 2012, Vienna, Austria.

2011

Scholarly publications

Collettini, C., Niemeijer, A., Viti, C., Smith, S. A. F., & Marone, C. (2011). Fault structure, frictional properties and mixed-mode fault slip behavior. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 311(3-4), 316-327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2011.09.020
Ikari, M., Niemeijer, A. R., & Marone, C. (2011). The role of fault zone fabric and lithification state on frictional strength, constitutive behavior, and deformation microstructure. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116(8), [B08404]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008264
Elkhoury, J. E., Niemeijer, A., Brodsky, E. E., & Marone, C. (2011). Laboratory observations of permeability enhancement by fluid pressure oscillation of in situ fractured rock. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116(2), B02311. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JB007759
Niemeijer, A., Di Toro, G., Nielsen, S., & Di Felice, F. (2011). Frictional melting of gabbro under extreme experimental conditions of normal stress, acceleration, and sliding velocity. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 116(7), B07404. https://doi.org/10.1029/2010JB008181

Professional publications

Niemeijer, A. (2011). Aardbeving in het laboratorium. Geo.brief, 36(8), 14-15.

Other output

Niemeijer, A. (Author). (2011). Ze smelten de stenen (interview by Marlies ter Voorde). Web publication/site, Kennislink.nl. http://www.kennislink.nl/publicaties/ze-smelten-de-stenen

2010

Scholarly publications

di Toro, G., Niemeijer, A., Tripoli, A., Nielsen, S., Di Felice, F., Scarlato, P., Spada, G., Allesandroni, R., Romeo, G., di Stefano, G., Smith, S., Spagnuolo, E., & Mariano, S. (2010). From field geology to earthquake simulation: A new state-of-The-art tool to investigate rock friction during the seismic cycle (SHIVA). Rendiconti Lincei, 21(1 Suppl.), 95-114. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-010-0097-x
Niemeijer, A., Marone, C., & Elsworth, D. (2010). Frictional strength and strain weakening in simulated fault gouge: Competition between geometrical weakening and chemical strengthening. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 115(B10), [B10207]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JB000838
Niemeijer, A., Marone, C., & Elsworth, D. (2010). Fabric induced weakness of tectonic faults. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(3), [L03304]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL041689

2009

Scholarly publications

Faoro, I., Niemeijer, A., Marone, C., & Elsworth, D. (2009). Influence of shear and deviatoric stress on the evolution of permeability in fractured rock. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 114(B1), [B01201]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005372
Niemeijer, A., Elsworth, D., & Marone, C. (2009). Significant effect of grain size distribution on compaction rates in granular aggregates. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 284(3-4), 386-391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.041
Collettini, C., Niemeijer, A., Viti, C., & Marone, C. (2009). Fault zone fabric and fault weakness. Nature, 462(7275), 907-910. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature08585

2008

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A., Marone, C., & Elsworth, D. (2008). Healing of simulated fault gouges aided by pressure solution: Results from rock analogue experiments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 113(B4), [B04204]. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005376
Niemeijer, A. R., Spiers, C. J., & Peach, C. J. (2008). Frictional behaviour of simulated quartz fault gouges under hydrothermal conditions: Results from ultra-high strain rotary shear experiments. Tectonophysics, 460(1-4), 288-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2008.09.003

2007

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2007). A microphysical model for strong velocity weakening in phyllosilicate-bearing fault gouges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 112(B10), B10405. https://doi.org/10.1029/2007JB005008

2006

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A. R. (2006). Effects of pressure solution and phyllosilicates on the slip and compaction behaviour of crustal fault rocks. Geologica Ultraiectina (255). [Doctoral thesis 1 (Research UU / Graduation UU), Utrecht University]. Departement Aardwetenschappen.
Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2006). Velocity dependence of strength and healing behaviour in simulated phyllosilicate-bearing fault gouge. Tectonophysics, 427(1-4), 231-253. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2006.03.048
Jefferies, S. P., Holdsworth, R. E., Wibberley, C. A. J., Shimamoto, T., Spiers, C. J., Niemeijer, A. R., & Lloyd, G. E. (2006). The nature and importance of phyllonite development in crustal-scale fault cores: an example from the Median Tectonic Line, Japan. Journal of Structural Geology, 28(2), 220-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2005.10.008
Revil, A., Leroy, P., Ghorbani, A., Florsch, N., & Niemeijer, A. R. (2006). Compaction of quartz sands by pressure solution using a Cole-Cole distribution of relaxation times. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 111(B9), B09205. https://doi.org/10.1029/2005JB004151

2005

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2005). Influence of phyllosilicates on fault strength in the brittle-ductile transition: Insights from rock analogue experiments. In D. Bruhn, & L. Burlini (Eds.), High Strain Zones: Structures and Physical Properties (pp. 303-327). (Geological Society Special Publication; No. 245). Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.245.01.15

2004

Scholarly publications

Spiers, C. J., de Meer, S., Niemeijer, A. R., & Zhang, X. D. (2004). Kinetics of rock deformation by pressure solution and the role of thin aqueous films. In S. Nakashima, C. J. Spiers, L. Mercury, P. A. Fenter, & M. F. Jr. Hochella (Eds.), Physicochemistry of Water in Geological and Biological Systems: Structures and Properties of Thin Aqueous Films (pp. 129-158). (Frontier Science Series; No. 44). Universal Academy press.

2002

Scholarly publications

Niemeijer, A. R., & Spiers, C. J. (2002). Compaction creep of quartz-muscovite mixtures at 500°C: Preliminary results on the influence of muscovite on pressure solution. In S. de Meer, M. R. Drury, J. H. P. de Bresser, & G. Pennock (Eds.), Deformation mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future perspectives (pp. 61-71). (Geological Society Special Publication; No. 200). Geological Society of London. https://doi.org/10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.200.01.04
Niemeijer, A., Spiers, C. J., & Bos, B. (2002). Compaction creep of quartz sand at 400-600°C: Experimental evidence for dissolution-controlled pressure solution. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 195(3-4), 261-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00593-3