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Keith F. Evans

Keith F. Evans

Keith F. Evans publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith F. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

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Keith F. Evans D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Keith F. Evans sits on this spectrum.

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Overview

Keith F. Evans is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and earth sciences. Their work spans multiple fields including engineering, earth and planetary sciences, and environmental science. Subfields covered by their research include mechanical engineering, geophysics, environmental engineering, mechanics of materials, and aspects related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

The core topics of their research focus on hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, groundwater flow and contamination studies, seismic imaging and inversion techniques, as well as rock mechanics and modeling. Additional interests encompass geophysical and geoelectrical methods, landslides, related hazards, and soil and unsaturated flow.

Evans has coauthored several papers with frequent collaborators such as Mohammadreza Jalali, Hannes Krietsch, Valentin Gischig, Joseph Doetsch, and Linus Villiger.

Among the notable recent publications are:

  • Characterization of the effects of hydraulic stimulation with tracer-based temporal moment analysis and tomographic inversion, 2020, published in Geothermics
  • Hydromechanical processes and their influence on the stimulation effected volume: observations from a decameter-scale hydraulic stimulation project, 2020, published in Solid Earth
  • Changing Flow Paths Caused by Simultaneous Shearing and Fracturing Observed During Hydraulic Stimulation, 2020, published in Geophysical Research Letters
  • Fractal characteristics of fractures in crystalline basement rocks: Insights from depth-dependent correlation analyses to 5 km depth, 2022, published in International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences
  • Corrigendum to "Hydraulic stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in underground laboratories: Stepping up the scale towards engineered geothermal systems" by Gischig et al., 2020, published in Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment

Evans' research findings have been disseminated across a range of publication venues, notably Geothermics, Solid Earth, Geophysical Research Letters, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, and Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment.

Best Publications

  • A survey of the induced seismic responses to fluid injection in geothermal and CO2 reservoirs in Europe

    Keith F. Evans;Alba Zappone;Toni Kraft;Nicholas Deichmann

  • Contribution of the exploration of deep crystalline fractured reservoir of Soultz to the knowledge of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS)

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  • Experimental Study of the Brittle Behavior of Clay shale in Rapid Unconfined Compression

    Florian Amann;Edward Alan Button;Keith Frederick Evans;Valentin Samuel Gischig

  • Microseismicity and permeability enhancement of hydrogeologic structures during massive fluid injections into granite at 3 km depth at the Soultz HDR site

    K.F. Evans;H. Moriya;H. Niitsuma;R.H. Jones

  • Permeability creation and damage due to massive fluid injections into granite at 3.5 km at Soultz: 1. Borehole observations

    Keith F. Evans;Albert Genter;Judith Sausse

  • Stress field variations in the Swiss Alps and the northern Alpine foreland derived from inversion of fault plane solutions

    Ulrike Kastrup;Mary Lou Zoback;Nicholas Deichmann;Keith F. Evans

  • The seismo-hydromechanical behavior during deep geothermal reservoir stimulations: open questions tackled in a decameter-scale in situ stimulation experiment

    Florian Amann;Florian Amann;Valentin Gischig;Keith Evans;Joseph Doetsch

  • Hydraulic fracture reopening pressure and the estimation of maximum horizontal stress

    T. Ito;K. Evans;K. Kawai;K. Hayashi

  • Observation and simulation of non-Darcian flow transients in fractured rock

    T. Kohl;K. F. Evans;R. J. Hopkirk;R. Jung

  • Appalachian Stress Study: 1. A detailed description of in situ stress variations in Devonian shales of the Appalachian Plateau

    Keith F. Evans;Terry Engelder;Richard A. Plumb

  • Thermomechanical forcing of deep rock slope deformation: 1. Conceptual study of a simplified slope

    Valentin S. Gischig;Jeffrey R. Moore;Keith F. Evans;Florian Amann

  • Normal stiffness of fractures in granitic rock: A compilation of laboratory and in-situ experiments

    C. Zangerl;K.F. Evans;E. Eberhardt;E. Eberhardt;S. Loew

  • Permeability creation and damage due to massive fluid injections into granite at 3.5 km at Soultz: 2. Critical stress and fracture strength

    Keith F. Evans

  • Geophysical log responses and their correlation with bed‐to‐bed stress contrasts in Paleozoic rocks, Appalachian Plateau, New York

    Richard A. Plumb;Keith F. Evans;Terry Engelder

  • Thermomechanical forcing of deep rock slope deformation: 2. The Randa rock slope instability

    Valentin S. Gischig;Jeffrey R. Moore;Keith F. Evans;Florian Amann

  • The evaluation of brine prospects and the requirement for modifications to filing standards

    John Houston;Andrew S. Butcher;Peter Ehren;Keith Evans

  • Hydraulic stimulation and fluid circulation experiments in underground laboratories: Stepping up the scale towards engineered geothermal systems

    Valentin S. Gischig;Domenico Giardini;Florian Amann;Marian Hertrich

  • Identification of faults activated during the stimulation of the Basel geothermal project from cluster analysis and focal mechanisms of the larger magnitude events

    Nicholas Deichmann;Toni Kraft;Keith F. Evans

  • STRESS STATE AT SOULTZ-SOUS-FORÊTS TO 5 KM DEPTH FROM WELLBORE FAILURE AND HYDRAULIC OBSERVATIONS.

    Benoît Valley;Keith F. Evans

  • Stress orientation to 5 km depth in the basement below Basel (Switzerland) from borehole failure analysis

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  • Internal structure and deformation of an unstable crystalline rock mass above Randa (Switzerland): Part I — Internal structure from integrated geological and geophysical investigations

    Heike Willenberg;Simon Loew;Erik Eberhardt;Keith F. Evans

  • Correlation between magnetic anisotropy and fabric for Devonian shales on the Appalachian Plateau

    A.M. Hirt;K.F. Evans;T. Engelder

  • Stress Measurements for an In Situ Stimulation Experiment in Crystalline Rock: Integration of Induced Seismicity, Stress Relief and Hydraulic Methods

    Hannes Krietsch;Valentin Gischig;Keith Evans;Joseph Doetsch

Frequent Co-Authors

Florian Amann
Florian Amann RWTH Aachen University
Joseph Doetsch
Joseph Doetsch Lufthansa Industry Solutions
Martin O. Saar
Martin O. Saar ETH Zurich
Simon Loew
Simon Loew ETH Zurich
Stefan Wiemer
Stefan Wiemer Swiss Seismological Service
Terry Engelder
Terry Engelder Pennsylvania State University
Jeffrey R. Moore
Jeffrey R. Moore University of Utah
John Beavan
John Beavan GNS Science

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