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Oliver Heidbach

Oliver Heidbach

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Earth Science

D-Index
44
Citations
8357
World Ranking
4664
National Ranking
328

Overview

Oliver Heidbach is a researcher affiliated with the University of Potsdam in Germany. Their work primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Geophysics and related subfields. Their research intersects with topics such as earthquake and tectonic studies, high-pressure geophysics and materials, geological and geochemical analysis, as well as rock mechanics and seismic imaging techniques.

Their scholarly output includes a substantial number of publications in several specialized venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Safety of Nuclear Waste Disposal
  • Solid Earth
  • Geothermal Energy
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Oliver Heidbach include:

  • "An open-access stress magnitude database for Germany and adjacent regions," 2020, Geothermal Energy
  • "Impact of power-law rheology on the viscoelastic relaxation pattern and afterslip distribution following the 2010 Mw 8.8 Maule earthquake," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "The 3D stress state from geomechanical-numerical modelling and its uncertainties: a case study in the Bavarian Molasse Basin," 2020, Geothermal Energy
  • "3D crustal stress state of Germany according to a data-calibrated geomechanical model," 2021, Solid Earth
  • "A Two-Scale Preparation Phase Preceded an Mw 5.8 Earthquake in the Sea of Marmara Offshore Istanbul, Turkey," 2020, Seismological Research Letters

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Moritz Ziegler
  • Karsten Reiter
  • Birgit Müller
  • Andreas Henk
  • Luisa Röckel

Their work spans across diverse subfields such as Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Ocean Engineering, reflecting interdisciplinary approaches within their domain.

Oliver Heidbach's research topics cover:

  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geological and geochemical analysis
  • Rock mechanics and modeling
  • Seismic imaging and inversion techniques
  • Earthquake detection and analysis
  • Seismic waves and analysis

Best Publications

  • Global crustal stress pattern based on the World Stress Map database release 2008

    Oliver Heidbach;Mark Tingay;Andreas Barth;John Reinecker

  • The World Stress Map database release 2016 : Crustal stress pattern across scales

    Oliver Heidbach;Mojtaba Rajabi;Xiaofeng Cui;Karl Fuchs

  • World Stress Map Database Release 2016

    Oliver Heidbach;Mojtaba Rajabi;Karsten Reiter;Moritz Ziegler

  • World Stress Map 2016

    Oliver Heidbach;Mojtaba Rajabi;Karsten Reiter;Moritz Ziegler

  • The World Stress Map database release 2008, 1:46

    O. Heidbach;M. Tingay;A. Barth;J. Reinecker

  • Plate boundary forces are not enough: Second‐ and third‐order stress patterns highlighted in the World Stress Map database

    Oliver Heidbach;John Reinecker;Mark Tingay;Birgit Müller

  • Tectonic stress in the Earth’s crust: advances in the World Stress Map project

    B. Sperner;B. Müller;O. Heidbach;D. Delvaux

  • Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs: A review of forecasting approaches

    Emmanuel Gaucher;Martin Schoenball;Oliver Heidbach;Arno Zang

  • Fatigue hydraulic fracturing by cyclic reservoir treatment enhances permeability and reduces induced seismicity

    Arno Zang;Jeoung Seok Yoon;Ove Stephansson;Oliver Heidbach

  • Locking of the Chile subduction zone controlled by fluid pressure before the 2010 earthquake

    Marcos Moreno;Christian Haberland;Onno Oncken;Andreas Rietbrock

  • 3-D geomechanical–numerical model of the contemporary crustal stress state in the Alberta Basin (Canada)

    K. Reiter;Oliver Heidbach

  • TOPO-EUROPE: the geoscience of coupled deep earth-surface processes

    S. A. P. L. Cloetingh;P. A. Ziegler;P. J. A. Bogaard;P. A. M. Andriessen

  • The present-day stress field of Australia

    Mojtaba Rajabi;Mark Tingay;Oliver Heidbach;Richard Hillis

  • Poroelastic contribution to the reservoir stress path

    Johannes B. Altmann;Tobias M. Müller;Birgit I.R. Müller;Mark R.P. Tingay

  • The world stress map

    Oliver Heidbach;Karl Fuchs;Birgit Müller;Friedemann Wenzel

  • Slip-rate variability and distributed deformation in the Marmara Sea fault system

    Tobias Hergert;Oliver Heidbach

  • Present-day stress orientation in the Molasse Basin

    John Reinecker;Mark Tingay;Birgit Müller;Oliver Heidbach

  • The present-day state of tectonic stress in the Darling Basin, Australia: Implications for exploration and production

    Mojtaba Rajabi;Mark Tingay;Oliver Heidbach

  • Understanding tectonic stress in the oil patch: The World Stress Map Project

    Mark Tingay;Birgit Müller;John Reinecker;Oliver Heidbach

  • A high-resolution, time-variable afterslip model for the 2010 Maule Mw = 8.8, Chile megathrust earthquake

    Jonathan Bedford;Marcos Moreno;Juan Carlos Baez;Dietrich Lange

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Tingay
Mark Tingay University of Adelaide
Arno Zang
Arno Zang University of Potsdam
Onno Oncken
Onno Oncken University of Potsdam
Marcos Moreno
Marcos Moreno Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth
Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth RWTH Aachen University
Friedemann Wenzel
Friedemann Wenzel Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Fabrice Cotton
Fabrice Cotton University of Potsdam
Karl Fuchs
Karl Fuchs Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Marco Bohnhoff
Marco Bohnhoff Freie Universität Berlin
Tobias M. Müller
Tobias M. Müller Hohai University

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