2021
DOI: 10.5194/se-2021-109
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Multi-disciplinary characterizations of the Bedretto Lab – a unique underground geoscience research facility

Abstract: Abstract. The increased interest in subsurface development (e.g., unconventional hydrocarbon, deep geothermal, waste disposal) and the associated (triggered or induced) seismicity calls for a better understanding of the hydro-seismo-mechanical coupling in fractured rock masses. Being able to bridge the knowledge gap between laboratory and reservoir scales, controllable meso-scale in situ experiments are deemed indispensable. In an effort to access and instrument rock masses of hectometer size, the Bedretto Und… Show more

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“…1). Future experiments at the BedrettoLab will focus on hydraulic stimulation techniques for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and on fault reactivation associated with induced seismicity [see Ma et al (2021) for more details]. The host rock of the BedrettoLab is the Rotondo Granite intrusion in the Gotthard Massif, which took place during the late stages of the Variscan orogeny (Sergeev et al 1995).…”
Section: Site Descriptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1). Future experiments at the BedrettoLab will focus on hydraulic stimulation techniques for enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) and on fault reactivation associated with induced seismicity [see Ma et al (2021) for more details]. The host rock of the BedrettoLab is the Rotondo Granite intrusion in the Gotthard Massif, which took place during the late stages of the Variscan orogeny (Sergeev et al 1995).…”
Section: Site Descriptionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A large number of hydraulic stimulation tests have been and are being performed at BULGG to stimulate the intersected fractures (Meier et al, 2022). Based on stress measurements (Bröker and Ma, 2022), BULGG is in a normal faulting and/or strike-slip stress regime, and the rock mass is close to be critically stressed (David et al, 2020;Gischig et al, 2020;Ma et al, 2019). and ST2) as well as the major fracture and shear zones identified through borehole logging and geological structural analysis (Ma et al, 2022;Meier et al, 2020).…”
Section: N Um Erical Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(Figure 5.1). Stress measurements by hydraulic fracturing technique indicate that the BULGG is in a normal faulting -strike-slip stress regime and that the rock mass is close to critically-stressed (Bröker and Ma, 2022;David et al, 2020;Gischig et al, 2020;Ma et al, , 2019. This chapter aims at numerically modeling and analyzing the hydraulic stimulation performed in borehole MB1 (in blue in Figure 5.1c) at the BULGG in February 2020.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%