Jürgen Adam
I am a structural geologist and my research includes energy geosciences in structurally complex basins and fractured reservoirs, salt tectonics, geomechanics and physical modelling of tectonic processes in the Earth crust.
For the study of brittle rock deformation processes, e.g. fault and fracture systems from crustal- to fracture scales, I develop innovative physical modelling methods and deformation monitoring techniques for their simulation in scaled laboratory experiments in the Analogue Tectonic Modelling Laboratories at RHUL (ATML@RHUL). These experiments simulate the tectonic evolution of sedimentary basins and fault zones, taking place over millions of years in nature, within days to weeks in the laboratory. Experiments results help to understand the complex non-linear brittle deformation processes of natural rocks and provide input for subsurface exploration of conventional and renewable geoenergy resources and subsurface storage of energy and CO2.
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Time-series analogue experiment data of incremental (left) and total deformation (right) during shear zone formation in a contractional tectonic experiment simulating the evolution of a thrust wedge in mountain belts or at convergent subduction margins (from Adam et al., 2005). |
References
- Zwaan, F, Schreurs, G & Adam, J 2018, 'Effects of sedimentation on rift segment evolution and rift interaction in orthogonal and oblique extensional settings: Insights from analogue models analysed with 4D X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation techniques', Global and Planetary Change, vol. 171, pp. 110-133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.11.002
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Adam, J, Klinkmüller, M, Schreurrs, G & Wieneke, B 2013, 'Quantitative 3D strain analysis in analogue experiments simulating tectonic deformation: Integration of X-ray computed tomography and digital volume correlation techniques', Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 55, pp. 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2013.07.011
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Adam, J, Urai, JL, Wieneke, B, Oncken, O, Pfeiffer, K, Kukowski, N, Lohrmann, J, Hoth, S, van der Zee, W & Schmatz, J 2005, 'Shear localisation and strain distribution during tectonic faulting - new insights from granular-flow experiments and high-resolution optical image correlation techniques', Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2004.08.008
