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Geomechanics Research

About the Book Series

The Geomechanics Research Series was set up in the early 1990s, and focused on geomechanics not only from a geotechnical engineering point of view but also emphasized geosciences/geophysics theory and applications. Volumes published thus far have covered the topics Fractals in Rock Mechanics, True Triaxial Testing of Rocks, Experimental Rock Mechanics, and Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks under High Pressure Conditions. Now re-launched under the title Geomechanics Research, we would be delighted to consider new book proposals for publishing in the series, please contact the series editor for further information.

OBJECTIVES
The objective of this series is to provide knowledge on geomechanics to help engineers, researchers and students including beginners in the field with their actual works. Each book of the series provides knowledge from the fundamentals to the cutting edge on a specific aspect of geomechanics by explaining essential results that an excellent researcher obtained throughout his/her career. Although some of the results may already have been published in high level academic journals, the author can better and more comprehensively explain the research to the readers in book form than in papers published in the journals. The compilation of the many essential results in the book offers the reader a panoramic view at a glance as to how to develop research in the field, and furthermore enables the audience to see far ahead into the future of the field. 

MAIN FIELDS COVERED BY THE BOOK SERIES
This series covers the field of geomechanical engineering related to metal and coal mining, petroleum exploitation in conventional and unconventional reservoirs, geothermal energy extraction, and civil engineering for dam foundations, slopes, underground facilities such as powerhouses, tunnels, high level radioactive nuclear disposal and others. It also covers the field of geosciences related to seismology, volcanology, geology, tectonophysics among other areas.
   
ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD

Joseph Labuz, Professor, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering
Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
e-mail: [email protected]

Douglas Schmitt, Professor of Geophysics and Physics
Canada Research Chair in Rock Physics, Department of Physics, University of Alberta, Canada
e-mail: [email protected]

READERSHIP
Mining engineers, petroleum engineers, geothermal engineers, civil engineers, engineering geologists, seismologists, volcanologists and tectonophysicists.

2 Series Titles


Microcracking in Rock as Acoustic Emission

Microcracking in Rock as Acoustic Emission

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Tsuyoshi Ishida, Joseph Labuz
January 05, 2026

Rock stress and rock damaging are some of the main obstacles encountered when designing and constructing engineering projects with rock. This book will provide a basis to interpret acoustic emission (AE) as damage processes in stressed rock, with applications to stress measurements, size effects, ...

Hydraulic Fracturing and Microseismicity for Applications of CO2 Storage The Role of Rock Properties and Fluid Viscosity

Hydraulic Fracturing and Microseismicity for Applications of CO2 Storage: The Role of Rock Properties and Fluid Viscosity

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Tsuyoshi Ishida
November 28, 2025

Hydraulic fracturing (HF) has become essential for extracting oil and gas from unconventional reservoirs and heat energy from hot dry rock masses. However, a paradox remains in the fracturing mode of HF: stress conditions predicted by elasticity theory suggest tensile fracturing, while shear ...

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