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Overview

Michael J. Heap is affiliated with the University of Strasbourg in France and is active in research fields related to Engineering and Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields including Geophysics, Mechanics of Materials, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Civil and Structural Engineering, and Ocean Engineering.

The main topics of their research encompass Rock Mechanics and Modeling, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, Landslides and related hazards, High-pressure geophysics and materials, Drilling and Well Engineering, and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Among notable recent publications by Michael J. Heap are:

  • "The mechanical behaviour and failure modes of volcanic rocks: a review", 2021, Bulletin of Volcanology
  • "Hydrothermal alteration can result in pore pressurization and volcano instability", 2021, Geology

Michael J. Heap frequently collaborates with several researchers including Tao Xu, Patrick Baud, Fabian B. Wadsworth, Thierry Reuschlé, and Lucille Carbillet.

Their research has been published in a range of scientific venues, with notable frequent contribution to:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Volcanica
  • Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering

Best Publications

  • Time-dependent cracking and brittle creep in crustal rocks: A review

    Nicolas Brantut;Michael Heap;Philip Meredith;Patrick Baud

  • Slip on 'weak' faults by the rotation of regional stress in the fracture damage zone.

    D. R. Faulkner;T. M. Mitchell;David Healy;David Healy;M. J. Heap;M. J. Heap

  • Time-dependent brittle creep in Darley Dale sandstone

    M. J. Heap;P. Baud;P. G. Meredith;Andrew Bell

  • Brittle creep in basalt and its application to time-dependent volcano deformation

    Michael Heap;Michael Heap;Patrick Baud;Philip Meredith;Sergio Vinciguerra

  • The evolution of elastic moduli with increasing crack damage during cyclic stressing of a basalt from Mt. Etna volcano

    M.J. Heap;S. Vinciguerra;P.G. Meredith

  • Quantification of microcrack characteristics and implications for stiffness and strength of granite

    L. Griffiths;M.J. Heap;P. Baud;J. Schmittbuhl

  • Micromechanics of brittle creep in rocks

    Nicolas Brantut;Patrick Baud;Michael Heap;Philip Meredith

  • Microstructural controls on the physical and mechanical properties of edifice‐forming andesites at Volcán de Colima, Mexico

    Michael Heap;Yan Lavallée;Linda Petrakova;Patrick Baud

  • Influence of temperature on brittle creep in sandstones

    M. J. Heap;P. Baud;P. G. Meredith

  • Exploring the scale-dependent permeability of fractured andesite

    Michael J. Heap;Ben M. Kennedy

  • Permeability and porosity relationships of edifice-forming andesites: A combined field and laboratory study

    Jamie Farquharson;Michael J. Heap;Nick R. Varley;Patrick Baud

  • Elastic moduli evolution and accompanying stress changes with increasing crack damage: implications for stress changes around fault zones and volcanoes during deformation

    M. J. Heap;D. R. Faulkner;P. G. Meredith;S. Vinciguerra

  • Quantifying the evolution of static elastic properties as crystalline rock approaches failure

    M.J. Heap;D.R. Faulkner

  • Towards more realistic values of elastic moduli for volcano modelling

    Michael J. Heap;Marlène Villeneuve;Fabien Albino;Jamie I. Farquharson

  • The mechanical behaviour and failure modes of volcanic rocks: a review

    Michael J. Heap;Marie E.S. Violay

  • Thermal Cracking in Westerly Granite Monitored Using Direct Wave Velocity, Coda Wave Interferometry, and Acoustic Emissions

    L. Griffiths;O. Lengliné;M. J. Heap;P. Baud

  • The influence of thermal-stressing (up to 1000 °C) on the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of siliceous-aggregate, high-strength concrete

    M.J. Heap;Y. Lavallée;A. Laumann;K.-U. Hess

  • A multidisciplinary approach to quantify the permeability of the Whakaari/White Island volcanic hydrothermal system (Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand)

    Michael J. Heap;Ben M. Kennedy;Jamie I. Farquharson;James Ashworth

  • The Influence of Water Saturation on the Short- and Long-Term Mechanical Behavior of Red Sandstone

    S. B. Tang;C. Y. Yu;M. J. Heap;P. Z. Chen

  • Rate- and strain-dependent brittle deformation of rocks

    Nicolas Brantut;Michael Heap;Patrick Baud;Philip Meredith

  • Fracture and compaction of andesite in a volcanic edifice

    Michael Heap;Jamie Farquharson;Patrick Baud;Yan Lavallée

  • Reconstructing magma failure and the degassing network of dome-building eruptions

    Yan Lavallée;Yan Lavallée;Philip M. Benson;Michael J. Heap;Kai-Uwe Hess

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Baud
Patrick Baud University of Strasbourg
Thierry Reuschlé
Thierry Reuschlé University of Strasbourg
Yan Lavallée
Yan Lavallée Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Philip G. Meredith
Philip G. Meredith University College London
Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Tao Xu
Tao Xu Northeastern University
Fabian B. Wadsworth
Fabian B. Wadsworth Durham University
Ben Kennedy
Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
Sergio Vinciguerra
Sergio Vinciguerra University of Turin
H. Albert Gilg
H. Albert Gilg Technical University of Munich

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