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We measure the physical, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of rocks 🪨 Studying how alteration influences volcanic hazards 🌋 ERC SYNERGY ROTTnROCK Strasbourg Institute of Earth & Environment, University of Strasbourg (France) Posts: Prof. Mike Heap
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New paper out in RMRE about a heterogeneous grain-based phase-field-method model used to understand chemical corrosion in calcite-bearing sandstone, led by Bin Xu! 👇 doi.org/10.1007/s006...

Sarvar Mammadov presents his work on the mechanical behaviour of the Grande Oolithe at the 2025 Minisymposium on Poroelasticity and Rock Physics!

Kamal Bayramov explaining his work on compaction bands in volcanic rocks at the 2025 Minisymposium on Poroelasticity and Rock Physics! 🌋

Productive week of back-to-back seminars at Université de Genève 🇨🇭 and Université de Lausanne 🇨🇭, about the influence of hydrothermal alteration on volcanic hazards 🌋 and @rottnrock.bsky.social! Lots of interesting science discussions! Thanks to @lucacaricchi.bsky.social and @anungsamsu.bsky.social!

Colour scheme we chose for a paper we published in 2023 seems particularly relevant this week 🇺🇦 @fabianwadsworth.bsky.social doi.org/10.1029/2023...

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Every scientist, long before they were a scientist, was a little kid who stood in front of a fish tank or stared up at the stars or turned over a rock to look at the bugs underneath and said “wow”. On the best days, working in science still feels like that.

New paper out, led by Taylor Witcher, in JVGR "Development of permeable networks by viscous-brittle deformation in a shallow rhyolite intrusion. Part 2: Microstructural analysis"! 🌋 50-day free link here 👇 doi.org/10.1016/j.jv...

New paper. Interested in the strength of sandstones? academic.oup.com/gji/advance-...

Deadline is 13:00 CET today! Just a few hours to submit your abstract! 👇 #EGU25

Honored and thrilled to receive the VMSG Award! Thanks to the nominators and letter-writers, @vmsg.bsky.social, and all the wonderful people I’ve been fortunate enough to work with over the years! ☺️🌋

Kendra Ní Nualláin presents her amazing 3D models of volcano collapse at #VMSG_MDSG25! @vmsg.bsky.social @claireharnett.bsky.social 🌋

@claireharnett.bsky.social presents her work on lava dome growth at #VMSG_MDSG25! @vmsg.bsky.social 🌋

A huge congrats to Prof Michael Heap, whose contributions will be recognised by the VMSG Award this year! Mike will be receiving the award at our annual conference in Dublin, where he will be presenting a keynote lecture. Please join us if you can to celebrate his contributions & achievements!

After the travel disruption following a snowstorm in Liverpool, good things come to those who wait… @vmsg.bsky.social #VMSG_MDSG25

On the brink of Christmas happy to announce this experimental PhD position on Salt Mechanics. If you know anyone with an MSc degree excited to work in the lab with us, please point them to: careers.tudelft.nl/job/Delft-Ph...

« Sedimentary control on permeability heterogeneity: the Middle Buntsandstein continental sandstones (Lower Triassic, eastern France) » published in MPG, led by Lucas Bofill Check it out here 👇 authors.elsevier.com/c/1kJ~~yDcGa...

If you're attending #EGU25 and interested in volcano deformation and processes, then please consider submitting to our session: GMPV8.1 "Volcanic processes: tectonics, deformation, geodesy, unrest"! 🌋 Deadline for submission is 15 January! 👇 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

New paper by Lucille Carbillet about the permeability of granite out in RMRE! « The Influence of Micro- and Macrocracks on the Permeability of Granite » Check it out here 👇 doi.org/10.1007/s006...

The Chile fieldwork team jumping for joy on Chillán! 🌋🇨🇱

The Chile fieldwork team at the Shangri-La lavas! 🌋🇨🇱 Very impressive lavas!

Cataloging the rocks from Antuco and Chillán back at O’Higgins University in Rancagua 🌋🇨🇱 Lots of cool rocks for a few projects!

Cheating on the way up Chillán 🌋🇨🇱 must be a great place to go skiing! ⛷️

The fastest way down Chillán was to slide on the snow! ⛄️ 🌋🇨🇱

Interesting features in the lava on Chillán 🌋🇨🇱

Small fumarole field at 2707 m on Chillán 🌋🇨🇱 does the alteration weaken the rock?

The view at 2707 m on Chillán 🌋🇨🇱 you can even see Antuco volcano and, in the distance, Copahue volcano! 🌋

We stumbled upon a field of curious what-look-like volcanic bombs on Chillán 🌋🇨🇱 without impact craters, did they all roll here?

Climbing up a snow-covered Chillán 🌋🇨🇱 we’re on our way to find lavas! 🪨

The adventures continue at Nevados de Chillán! 🌋🇨🇱 we’ll be looking at the altered basement rocks today!

Interesting sulphur structures form in the fumarole field of Lastarria volcano. Some of the tubes are almost 1 metre long and grow downwind. What would you call them? 🌋

Checking out what looks like a cryptodome at Antuco volcano 🌋 🇨🇱 The pervasive fracturing gave it a slate-like appearance

The Antuco fieldwork team! 🌋🇨🇱

Checking out columnar jointed lavas at Antuco volcano! 🌋 🇨🇱 The people in the first picture provides a sense of scale!

Antuco volcano is sitting on a sedimentary substratum 🌋 Check out this fold in the sediments! 😮

Antuco volcano! 🌋🇨🇱 Quite a special place!