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Member Since 2012
Marie Violay
associate Professor, EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
President-Elect, Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee; Section President-Elect, Council; Chair, Mineral and Rock Physics Fellows Committee; Fellows Committee Chair, Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee; Associate Editor, JGR Solid Earth Section
Professional Experience
EPFL Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
associate Professor
2022 - Present
Education
Doctorate
2011
Publications

How Stress Biaxiality Controls Crack Morphology and Apparent Fracture Energy of Dikes and Sills
The emplacement of dikes and sills plays a crucial role in crustal mechanics. The parameter used to describe their resistance to propagation, fract...
February 24, 2025

Alteration's Control on Frictional Behavior and the Depth of...
January 28, 2025

Compaction and Permeability Evolution of Tuffs From Krafla V...
August 10, 2024

Single‐Well Pore Pressure Preconditioning for Enhanced Geoth...
February 24, 2023
AGU Abstracts
The Influence of Alteration on Frictional Behavior and the Depth of Ductile Shear Zones in Volcanic Arc Geothermal Reservoirs
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY II POSTER
seismology | 13 december 2024
Barnaby Fryer, Florian Jermann, Bruno lanson, Patr...
Most geothermal energy is produced in tectonically active volcanic-arc regions due to their high geothermal gradients. Reservoirs in these regions are...
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Electrical and Seismic Behavior of Opalinus Clayrock Under Desiccation
CRITICAL ZONE GEOPHYSICS, FROM PETROPHYSICS TO FIELD MONITORING II POSTER
hydrology | 13 december 2023
Aida Mendieta, Damien Jougnot, Francesco Lazari, M...
Clayrock formations have low permeability properties which make them excellent candidates for nuclear waste, CO2, or H2 underground storage purposes. ...
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Frictional Strength and Healing of Altered Basaltic Gouges From Krafla (Iceland) Under Hydrothermal Conditions
BRIDGING FIELD AND LABORATORY STUDIES TO UNVEIL THE MECHANISMS OF UNSTABLE FAULT SLIP II POSTER
tectonophysics | 13 december 2023
Wei-Hsin Wu, Wei Feng, Rodrigo Gomila, Marie Viola...
Frictional healing (Δμ), the change in frictional strength of a fault during the interseismic period, is one of the key parameters in the seismic cycl...
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Volunteer Experience
2021 - 2028
Associate Editor
JGR Solid Earth Section
2025 - 2026
Chair
Mineral and Rock Physics Fellows Committee
2025 - 2026
President-Elect
Mineral and Rock Physics Executive Committee
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