Publications from 2025

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Bartol J, Becker D-A, Benbow S, Bond A, Frank T, LaForce T, Nicholas J, Jayne R, Stauffer PH, Stein E, Stone J and Wolf J (2025). Designing a repository in domal salt: The influence of design variants in different modelling environments. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Volume 42, 100659. Elsevier
Benbow S, Watson C, Bond A, Norris S, Parsons S and Kuhlman KL (2025). Coupled Modelling of Brine Availability in Salt-Based Disposal Facilities - Learning from DECOVALEX 2023. Energy Geoscience Conference Series, Volume 1. Geological Society
Graupner BJ, Thatcher K, Friedenberg L, Guo R, Hadgu T, Hou W, Kaiser S, Kim T, Park C-H, Lee C, Matteo E, Nagel T, Newson R, Pan P-Z, Pitz M, Rutqvist J, Thiedau J and Urpi L (2025). An international study on THM modelling of the full-scale heater experiment at Mont Terri laboratory, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Volume 41, 100631. Elsevier
- Rebecca Newson
- Kate Thatcher
J. Nicholas, S. Benbow, R. Metcalfe and P. Webb (2025). The Influence of Trapped Brine on the Sealing of Boreholes by Natural Salt Creep, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, Sixth EAGE Global Energy Transition Conference & Exhibition (GET 2025), Volume 2025, p.1 - 5 European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers
Kolditz O, McDermott C, Yoon JS, Mollaali M, Wang W, Hu M, Sasaki T, Rutqvist J, Birkholzer J, Park J-W, Park C-H, Liu H, Pan P-Z, Nagel T, Nguyen S, Kwon S, Lee C, Kim K-I, Bond A, Hadgu T and Fraser-Harris A (2025). A systematic model- and experimental approach to hydro-mechanical and thermo-mechanical fracture processes in crystalline rocks. Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Volume 41, 100616. Elsevier
- Alex Bond
Metcalfe R, Benbow SJ, Kawama D and Tachi Y (2025). Evolution of radionuclide transport and retardation processes in uplifting granitic rocks: Part 2 – Modelling coupled processes in uplift scenarios. Science of the Total Environment. Volume 958, 177690. Elsevier
- Steven Benbow
- Richard Metcalfe
Watson C, Benbow S, Bond A, Norris S and Parsons S (2025). A simple model to represent damage and fracturing in rock salt caused by heating and subsequent cooling: Understanding brine inflow data from the Brine Availability Test in Salt (BATS). Elsevier
Yardley BWD, Wogelius RA, Mueller T, Milodowski AE, Field LP, Ma L, Metcalfe R, Norris S (2025). Penetration of groundwater inro crystalline rocks. Hydrogeology Journal, special issue "Interplay of groundwater, geology and geological processes". Hydrogeology Journal
- Richard Metcalfe
Zagorscak R, Metcalfe R, Robson TG and Wilson JA (2025). A Methodology for Deciding on Well Seal Options for Abandonment. Energy Geoscience Conference Series, Volume 1. Geological Society
- Richard Metcalfe