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Overview

Georg Dresen is affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany and has a research focus primarily in Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 110 publications in this field. Their work spans several subfields including Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence, Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The main topics covered in Dresen's research include:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Earthquake Detection and Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling

Dresen has contributed to a number of publications in key scientific journals, with frequent venues including:

  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Geophysical Journal International
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dresen include:

  • "Laboratory Study on Fluid-Induced Fault Slip Behavior: The Role of Fluid Pressurization Rate" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Seismic and Aseismic Preparatory Processes Before Large Stick-Slip Failure" (2020), Pure and Applied Geophysics
  • "Seismic Moment Evolution During Hydraulic Stimulations" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Injection-Induced Seismic Moment Release and Laboratory Fault Slip: Implications for Fluid-Induced Seismicity" (2020), Geophysical Research Letters
  • "Stress drop-magnitude dependence of acoustic emissions during laboratory stick-slip" (2020), Geophysical Journal International

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dresen are:

  • Grzegorz Kwiatek
  • Marco Bohnhoff
  • Patricia Martínez-Garzón
  • Lei Wang
  • Erik Rybacki

Best Publications

  • Rheology of the Lower Crust and Upper Mantle: Evidence from Rock Mechanics, Geodesy, and Field Observations

    Roland Bürgmann;Georg Dresen

  • Dislocation and diffusion creep of synthetic anorthite aggregates

    E. Rybacki;G. Dresen

  • What controls the mechanical properties of shale rocks? – Part II: Brittleness

    E. Rybacki;T. Meier;G. Dresen

  • Source analysis of acoustic emissions in Aue granite cores under symmetric and asymmetric compressive loads

    Arno Zang;F. Christian Wagner;Sergei Stanchits;Georg Dresen

  • Ultrasonic Velocities, Acoustic Emission Characteristics and Crack Damage of Basalt and Granite

    Sergei Stanchits;Sergio Vinciguerra;Georg Dresen

  • What controls the mechanical properties of shale rocks? – Part I: Strength and Young's modulus

    E. Rybacki;A. Reinicke;T. Meier;M. Makasi

  • Acoustic emissions document stress changes over many seismic cycles in stick-slip experiments

    T. H. W. Goebel;D. Schorlemmer;T. W. Becker;G. Dresen

  • Deformation mechanism maps for feldspar rocks

    Erik Rybacki;Georg Dresen

  • Acoustic emission and velocities associated with the formation of compaction bands in sandstone

    Jérôme Fortin;Sergei Stanchits;Georg Dresen;Yves Guéguen

  • Source Parameters of Picoseismicity Recorded at Mponeng Deep Gold Mine, South Africa: Implications for Scaling Relations

    G. Kwiatek;K. Plenkers;G. Dresen

  • Hydraulic fracturing stimulation techniques and formation damage mechanisms—Implications from laboratory testing of tight sandstone-proppant systems

    Andreas Reinicke;Erik Rybacki;Sergei Stanchits;Ernst Huenges

  • Influence of water fugacity and activation volume on the flow properties of fine‐grained anorthite aggregates

    E. Rybacki;M. Gottschalk;R. Wirth;G. Dresen

  • Controlling fluid-induced seismicity during a 6.1-km-deep geothermal stimulation in Finland

    Grzegorz Kwiatek;Tero Saarno;Thomas Ader;Felix Bluemle

  • Fracture process zone in granite

    Arno Zang;F. Christian Wagner;Sergei Stanchits;Christoph Janssen

  • Scaling and universality in rock fracture.

    Jörn Davidsen;Sergei Stanchits;Georg Dresen

  • Identifying fault heterogeneity through mapping spatial anomalies in acoustic emission statistics

    T. H. W. Goebel;T. W. Becker;D. Schorlemmer;S. Stanchits

  • What allows seismic events to grow big?: Insights from b-value and fault roughness analysis in laboratory stick-slip experiments

    Thomas H.W. Goebel;Grzegorz Kwiatek;Thorsten W. Becker;Emily E. Brodsky

  • Fracturing of porous rock induced by fluid injection

    Sergei Stanchits;Sibylle Mayr;Serge Shapiro;Georg Dresen

  • Rheology of synthetic anorthite‐diopside aggregates: Implications for ductile shear zones

    A. Dimanov;Georg Dresen

  • Acoustic Emissions Monitoring during Inelastic Deformation of Porous Sandstone: Comparison of Three Modes of Deformation

    Jerome Fortin;Sergei Stanchits;Georg Dresen;Yves Gueguen

  • Acoustic emission, microstructure, and damage model of dry and wet sandstone stressed to failure

    Arno Zang;Christian F. Wagner;Georg Dresen

Frequent Co-Authors

Marco Bohnhoff
Marco Bohnhoff Freie Universität Berlin
Grzegorz Kwiatek
Grzegorz Kwiatek Freie Universität Berlin
Richard Wirth
Richard Wirth Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Arno Zang
Arno Zang University of Potsdam
Peter Malin
Peter Malin University of Auckland
Hans-Rudolf Wenk
Hans-Rudolf Wenk University of California, Berkeley
Thorsten W. Becker
Thorsten W. Becker The University of Texas at Austin
Thomas Kenkmann
Thomas Kenkmann University of Freiburg
Ove Stephansson
Ove Stephansson University of Potsdam
Serge A. Shapiro
Serge A. Shapiro Freie Universität Berlin

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