2021
Influence of in-situ temperatures and pressures on the permeability of hydrothermally altered basalts in the oceanic crust
Collaborative experiments at the RPMLab, with University of Bern scientists, have uncovered the relationship between the permeability of altered basalts at laboratory conditions and their permeability at formation pressures and temperatures below the seafloor.
A better understanding of slow slips offers insights into earthquakes
Research collaboration with scientists at the RMPLab have lead to insight into the first systematic database of the characteristics of slow slip events and their associated seismicity.
Multiple new publications related to the advancement of safe geologic carbon storage
Already this year: three new publications related to advancing our understanding of shales as CO2 storage caprocks. A collaboration between the ETH Zurich, Mont Terri Underground Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Labs, and Imperial College London.
Three new doctoral students have started at the RPMLab
We are happy to welcome Patrick Bianchi, Sofia Michail, and Markus Rast.