Jean-Yves Guéguen Books

Understanding the rocks beneath the earth's surface is crucial for addressing various environmental challenges. This book serves as an essential resource for those assessing radioactive waste sites, exploring energy resources like oil and gas, studying natural hazards such as earthquakes and volcanoes, or analyzing groundwater flow. It uniquely combines comprehensive coverage of rock behavior with accessibility. The authors, Yves Guéguen and Victor Palciauskas, begin by discussing the physical properties of rocks, systematically covering mechanical, fluid flow, acoustical, electrical, dielectric, thermal, and magnetic aspects. They also establish a theoretical framework for obtaining reliable data and making informed inferences about the earth's aggregate system. Key theoretical approaches to the physics of inhomogeneous media are included, such as bounds on properties, effective medium theories, percolation, and fractals. This book is valuable for students and researchers in civil, petroleum, and environmental engineering, as well as geologists, geophysicists, hydrologists, and other earth scientists. Its clear presentation, complete with end-of-chapter problems and selective references, makes it suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate-level courses.

Mechanics of Fluid Saturated Rocks presents a current and comprehensive report on this emerging field that bridges the areas of geology and mechanics. It is of direct interest to a wide spectrum of earth scientists and engineers who are concerned with upper-crust mechanics and fluid movements, the most important fluids being oil and water. This authoritative book is the result of a collaborative effort between scientists in academic institutions and industry. It examines important issues such as subsidence, geological fault formation, earthquake faulting, hydraulic fracturing, transport of fluids, and natural and direct applications. Mechanics of Fluid Saturated Rocks provides a unique interdisciplinary viewpoint, as well as case studies, conclusions, and recommendations for further research. * Covers the physical, chemical, and mechanical analysis of porous saturated rock deformation on both large and small scales* Discusses the latest developments of importance to engineers and geologists* Examines natural and direct applications* Incorporates numerous equations and illustrations including an online image gallery: books.elsevier.com/companions/0123053552* Includes extensive bibliographies for each chapter

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