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R. Paul Young's Degrees
- PhD Geophysics University of British Columbia
- Masters Geophysics University of British Columbia
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, R. Paul Young, FREng, FRSC, is a geophysicist and Professor who works in rock mechanics using induced seismicity to monitor fractures and rock damage for engineering applications in mining and radioactive waste management.
R. Paul Young's Published Works
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Published Works
- The synthetic rock mass approach for jointed rock mass modelling (2011) (434)
- Coupled evolutions of fracture toughness and elastic wave velocities at high crack density in thermally treated Westerly granite (2007) (259)
- Micromechanical modeling of cracking and failure in brittle rocks (2000) (254)
- Distinct element modeling of hydraulically fractured Lac du Bonnet granite (2005) (214)
- Source parameters of seismic events at the Underground Research Laboratory in Manitoba, Canada: Scaling relations for events with moment magnitude smaller than −2 (1991) (181)
- Dynamic modelling of induced seismicity (2004) (148)
- Laboratory Simulation of Volcano Seismicity (2008) (147)
- Premonitory acoustic emissions and stick‐slip in natural and smooth‐faulted Westerly granite (2009) (123)
- Fracture in Westerly Granite under AE Feedback and Constant Strain Rate Loading: Nucleation, Quasi-static Propagation, and the Transition to Unstable Fracture Propagation (2006) (116)
- Bonded-particle modeling of thermally fractured granite (2008) (111)
- Quantifying Damage, Saturation and Anisotropy in Cracked Rocks by Inverting Elastic Wave Velocities (2006) (101)
- Imaging slow failure in triaxially deformed Etna basalt using 3D acoustic‐emission location and X‐ray computed tomography (2007) (97)
- Fracture Toughness Measurements and Acoustic Emission Activity in Brittle Rocks (2006) (96)
- Fracture Toughness and Fracture Roughness Interrelationship in Thermally treated Westerly Granite (2009) (95)
- Laboratory simulations of fluid/gas induced micro-earthquakes: application to volcano seismology (2014) (92)
- Acoustic emission and ultrasonic-velocity methods used to characterise the excavation disturbance associated with deep tunnels in hard rock (1998) (88)
- Hydraulic fracture energy budget: Insights from the laboratory (2015) (82)
- Numerical modeling of seismicity induced by fluid injection in naturally fractured reservoirs (2011) (79)
- Seismic characterization of a highly stressed rock mass using tomographic imaging and induced seismicity (1992) (78)
- Imaging compaction band propagation in Diemelstadt sandstone using acoustic emission locations (2008) (77)
- Modeling the permeability evolution of microcracked rocks from elastic wave velocity inversion at elevated isostatic pressure (2006) (73)
- Observations of premonitory acoustic emission and slip nucleation during a stick slip experiment in smooth faulted Westerly granite (2005) (72)
- A laboratory acoustic emission experiment under in situ conditions (2014) (71)
- 3-D transport and acoustic properties of Fontainebleau sandstone during true-triaxial deformation experiments (2014) (71)
- Common Evolution of Mechanical and Transport Properties in Thermally Cracked Westerly Granite at Elevated Hydrostatic Pressure (2009) (65)
- Analysis of fracture damage zone in anisotropic granitic rock using 3D X-ray CT scanning techniques (2011) (57)
- Fluid‐induced rupture experiment on Fontainebleau sandstone: Premonitory activity, rupture propagation, and aftershocks (2007) (55)
- Quantification and interpretation of seismicity (2004) (55)
- Spatio-temporal evolution of volcano seismicity: A laboratory study (2010) (52)
- Seismic imaging of rock mass responses to excavation (1996) (48)
- Transient creep, aseismic damage and slow failure in Carrara marble deformed across the brittle‐ductile transition (2006) (47)
- Seismic spectroscopy in fracture characterization (1985) (42)
- SPACE-TIME VARIATIONS IN SOURCE PARAMETERS OF MINING-INDUCED SEISMIC EVENTS WITH M < 0 (1993) (37)
- Lithological Controls on Seismicity in Granitic Rocks (2000) (37)
- Attenuation Properties of Fontainebleau Sandstone During True-Triaxial Deformation using Active and Passive Ultrasonics (2015) (35)
- Seismic and micromechanical studies of rock fracture (2000) (34)
- Numerical Simulation of Seismicity Induced by Hydraulic Fracturing in Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (2009) (33)
- Acoustic emission imaging of shear failure in large reinforced concrete structures (2007) (33)
- Evidence for extensile crack initiation in point source time-dependent moment tensor solutions (1997) (33)
- Rate Dependence of Acoustic Emissions Generated during Shear of Simulated Fault Gouge (2007) (31)
- A controlled in‐situ investigation of the relationship between stress, velocity and induced seismicity (1995) (31)
- Numerical investigation of induced cracking and seismic velocity changes in brittle rock (2004) (30)
- ASSESSING ROCK DISCONTINUITIES (1978) (30)
- A comparison between controlled source and passive source seismic velocity images (1993) (29)
- Thermo-hydro-mechanical properties of Cobourg limestone (2013) (29)
- A micro-velocity tool to assess the excavation damaged zone (1998) (28)
- Effects of crystallographic anisotropy on fracture development and acoustic emission in quartz (2010) (26)
- Microseismic Logging of the Ekofisk Reservoir (1998) (26)
- True Triaxial Experimental Investigation of Rock Response Around the Mine-By Tunnel Under an In Situ 3D Stress Path (2019) (26)
- ISRM Suggested Method for In Situ Acoustic Emission Monitoring of the Fracturing Process in Rock Masses (2019) (25)
- Source parameters of mining-induced seismic events: An evaluation of homogeneous and inhomogeneous faulting models for assessing damage potential (1995) (25)
- Fracture network engineering for hydraulic fracturing (2011) (23)
- Acoustic emissions associated with the formation of fracture sets in sandstone under polyaxial stress conditions ‡ (2012) (22)
- Faulting of Rocks in a Three-Dimensional Stress Field by Micro-Anticracks (2014) (21)
- Using Continuous Microseismic Records for Hydrofracture Diagnostics and Mechanics (2009) (20)
- Fluid Flow Complexity in Fracture Networks: Analysis with Graph Theory and LBM (2011) (19)
- Validation of a Synthetic Rock Mass Model Using Excavation Induced Microseismicity (2007) (18)
- Monitoring Progressive Failure Around a Tunnel In Massive Granite (1995) (18)
- Acoustic-Friction Networks and the Evolution of Precursor Rupture Fronts in Laboratory Earthquakes (2012) (17)
- Investigating the mechanics of microcrack damage induced under true-triaxial unloading (1998) (17)
- Relative location of excavation induced microseismicity at the Underground Research Laboratory (AECL, Canada) using surveyed reference events (2005) (16)
- Numerical Investigation of the Mechanical and Damage Behaviors of Veined Gneiss During True-Triaxial Stress Path Loading by Simulation of In Situ Conditions (2019) (16)
- Monitoring an experimental tunnel seal in granite using acoustic emission and ultrasonic velocity (1999) (14)
- Network configurations of dynamic friction patterns (2012) (14)
- Hydro-mechanical behavior of an argillaceous limestone considered as a potential host formation for radioactive waste disposal (2018) (14)
- Micromechanical Modelling of Acoustic Emissions (1998) (13)
- Structural and geophysical investigations of the EDZ (Excavation Disturbed Zone) in indurated argillaceous media: The tunnel and the galleries of the IPSN Tournemire site, France (1999) (13)
- Seismic anisotropy in granite at the Underground Research Laboratory, Manitoba (2000) (13)
- Seismic imaging of blast damage (1993) (12)
- PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF SHEAR-WAVE SPLITTING IN GRANITE AT THE UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORY, MANITOBA (1993) (12)
- The application of spectral analysis to rock quality evaluation for mapping purposes (1979) (12)
- Topological Complexity of Frictional Interfaces: Friction Networks (2011) (12)
- Associations between temporal velocity changes and induced seismicity (1993) (12)
- Seismic attenuation spectra in rock mass characterization; a case study in open-pit mining (1986) (11)
- PROPAGATION EFFECTS OF AN UNDERGROUND EXCAVATION (1998) (11)
- Mechanical and seismic anisotropy of rocks from the ONKALO underground rock characterization facility (2020) (10)
- Processing of induced microseismicity recorded in the Ekofisk reservoir (1998) (10)
- Qβ estimates from spectral ratios and multiple lapse time window Analysis: Results from an underground research laboratory in granite (1994) (10)
- Microseismic tools for the analysis of the interaction between open pit and underground developments (2010) (9)
- Observation of the Kibble–Zurek Mechanism in Microscopic Acoustic Crackling Noises (2014) (9)
- Complex networks and waveforms from acoustic emissions in laboratory earthquakes (2014) (8)
- Acquisition of Complete Acoustic Emission Amplitude Records during Rock Fracture Experiments (2014) (8)
- Enhanced velocity tomography: Practical method of combining velocity and attenuation parameters (1999) (8)
- Statistical analysis of seismic spectral signatures for rock quality assessment (1982) (8)
- Tidal Stress/Strain and the b-values of Acoustic Emissions at the Underground Research Laboratory, Canada (2005) (7)
- Application of cave-scale rock degradation models in the imaging of the seismogenic zone (2016) (7)
- Laboratory simulation of fluid‐driven seismic sequences in shallow crustal conditions (2009) (6)
- Mining applications of seismic tomography (1994) (6)
- Application of seismic tomography to induced seismicity investigations (1994) (6)
- The Role of Fluid Pressure‐Induced Aseismic Slip in Earthquake Cycle Modulation (2021) (6)
- Fluid flow analysis in a rough fracture (type II) using complex networks and lattice Boltzmann method (2011) (6)
- Application of Relative Location Techniques to Induced Microseismicity from Hydraulic Fracturing (2009) (6)
- Microseismic analysis for the quantification of crack interaction during hydraulic stimulation (2009) (5)
- Acoustic emission monitoring of Mode I fracture toughness (CCNBD) test in Lac du Bonnet granite (2005) (5)
- Passive three-dimensional microseismic imaging for mining-induced rock-mass degradation (2013) (5)
- Fracture Network Engineering: Combining Microseismic Imaging And Hydrofracture Numerical Simulations (2012) (4)
- ONKALO POSE Experiment-Strength, Deformation and Seismic Response of Olkiluoto Isotropic Pegmatitic Granite and Anisotropic Migmatitic Gneiss under a State of True-Triaxial Stress (2016) (4)
- Distinct Element Modelling of Hydraulically-Induced Fractures and Associated Seismicity (2003) (4)
- Hydro-mechanical behaviour of the Cobourg limestone (2018) (4)
- Three-dimensional Dynamic Distinct Element Modeling Applied to Laboratory Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing In Naturally Fractured Reservoirs (2009) (4)
- ACOUSTIC EMISSION AND X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING OF SHEAR FRACTURE FORMATION IN CONCRETE (2008) (3)
- The design of a microprocessor-based instrument for the seismic interrogation of rock masses (1982) (3)
- Analysis of Continuous Acoustic Emission Waveform Records from Rock Fracturing Experiments (2013) (3)
- Acoustic Emission Geomechanics of Hydraulic Fracturing in the Laboratory (2016) (3)
- Examination of the Excavation-disturbed Zone In the Swedish ZEDEX Tunnel Using Acoustic Emission And Ultrasonic Velocity Measurements (1996) (3)
- INVESTIGATING THE STABILITY OF ENGINEERED STRUCTURES USING ACOUSTIC VALIDATION OF NUMERICAL MODELS (2000) (3)
- Geomechanics abstract Site investigation and field observation Geophysical techniquesGeotomography in the study of rockburst and seismicity in mines : Proc 2nd International Symposium on Rockburst and Seismicity in Mines, Minneapolis, 8–10 June 1988 P29–37. Publ Rotterdam: A A Balkema, 1990 (1991) (3)
- Interpretation of fracture geometry from excavation induced microseismic events (2006) (3)
- Microseismic Validation of Jointed Rock Models In Cave Mining. (2010) (3)
- Seismic remote sensing of rock masses for the optimization of excavation efficiency (1984) (3)
- Automated Microseismic Event Location Using Finite Difference Traveltime Calculation and Enhanced Waveform Stacking (2013) (2)
- Strength, Deformation And Seismic Response Of Olkiluoto Migmatitic Gneiss Under Laboratory True-Triaxial Stress (2016) (2)
- Gaussian-beam polarization-based location methods using S-waves for hydraulic fracturing induced seismicity (2009) (2)
- Acoustic-emission geomechanics characterization of laboratory hydraulic fracturing (2016) (2)
- Kibble-Zurek Mechanism in Microscopic Acoustic Cracking Noises (2014) (2)
- Computation of qP- and qS-wave rays, travel times, slowness vector and polarization in general anisotropic media (2014) (2)
- Controlled sources for shear‐wave surveys in mines (2000) (2)
- Seismic propagation in rock masses: implications for AE/MA (1991) (2)
- Functional-Friction Networks: New Insights on the Laboratory Earthquakes (2013) (2)
- Rockbursts and seismicity in mines 93 : proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Rockbursts and Seismicity in Mines, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 16-18 August 1993 (1993) (2)
- Enhanced Imaging of Hydraulic Fracturing Through Induced Seismicity (2010) (1)
- Symmetry-Based Automated Microseismic Location From Data Streams of Surface Monitoring Arrays — A Numerical Study (2013) (1)
- A Judicial Traditionalist Confronts the Common Law (2004) (1)
- Engineering Hydraulic Treatment of Existing Fracture Networks (2012) (1)
- The scaling effect on rock behaviour by comparing compressional wave velocities measured in the lab and field (2018) (1)
- Investigating the Effect of Induced Stress Perturbation on the Slip Behavior of Faults Through Numerical Simulations (2018) (1)
- Microseismic, Acoustic Emission and Ultrasonic Monitoring in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Feasibility Studies (2015) (1)
- The effect of true-triaxial stress path on induced fracturing in anisotropic gneiss (2016) (1)
- Analysis of the Stability of Source Mechanism Solutions for Microseismic Events from Different Receiver Configurations (2014) (1)
- Time-lapse Velocities for Locations of Microseismic Events - A Numerical Example (2013) (1)
- The more we listen the more we see : Microseismic monitoring of induced seismicity is coming of age . (2010) (1)
- Application of 3 D X-ray CT scanning techniques to evaluate fracture damage zone in anisotropic granitic rock (2009) (1)
- Modelling the physical properties of cracked rocks (2): application to transversely anisotropic granite from the Japanese Alps. (2004) (1)
- Erratum to “3-D transport and acoustic properties of Fontainebleau sandstone during true-triaxial deformation experiments” [Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci. (2014) 1–18] (2014) (1)
- Enhanced Interpretation of Fracturing From Acoustic Emissions And Ultrasonic Monitoring At the Aspö Pillar Stability Experiment (2012) (1)
- Microseismic Monitoring of a Restimulation Treatment to a Permian Basin San Andres Dolomite Horizontal Well (2007) (1)
- Modelling the physical properties of cracked rocks (1): application an isotropic basalt from Mount Etna (2004) (1)
- A New Finite Difference Eikonal Equation Solver for Anisotropic Medium (2015) (1)
- X-Ray CT Imaging and Petrofabric Analysis of Olkiluoto Rock Specimens Tested Under True-Triaxial Stresses (2018) (1)
- Quantifying Reservoir Stimulation Using Passive Traveltime Tomography (2014) (1)
- Thermal Modeling Using Particle Clusters In PFC (2007) (1)
- Transition from cataclastic flow to aseismic brittle failure in Carrarra marble (2004) (0)
- Effect of Anisotropic Velocity Structure on Acoustic Emission Source Location during True-Triaxial Deformation Experiments (2016) (0)
- Simulation of seismic velocity changes in brittle rocks subjected to triaxial stresses using 3D microstructural models (2022) (0)
- Acoustic-Friction Networks and the Evolution of Shear Ruptures in Laboratory Earthquakes (2012) (0)
- Bonded-particle model for thermally fractured granitic rock (2006) (0)
- Measuring Coupled Rock/Pore-Fluid Interaction in Volcanic Rock under Simulated Volcano- Tectonic Conditions (2009) (0)
- Fluid-induced rupture of a fault gouge analogue in the laboratory: premonitory activity, aftershocks and stress induced acoustic activity fluctuations (2006) (0)
- Numerical modeling of the source mechanism for microseismic events induced during fluid injection (2013) (0)
- Comparative Analysis of Continuous Acoustic Emission (AE) Data, Acquired from 12 and 16 Bit Streaming Systems during Rock Deformation Experiments (2013) (0)
- Locating microseismicity from surface monitoring arrays using symmetry-based grid search and hypocenter inversion — A case study (2014) (0)
- Friction Networks: Network-Configurations of Dynamic Friction Patterns (2012) (0)
- Network Theory, Cracking and Frictional Sliding (2012) (0)
- Numerical Investigation of Time-lapse Velocities During Hydraulic Fracturing (2011) (0)
- Source Parameters of Acoustic Emission Observed in Laboratory and Mine Environments (2014) (0)
- The Evolution of Fracture Toughness And Permeability In Thermally Cracked Westerly Granite From Elastic Wave Velocities (2007) (0)
- Acoustic Emission, b-values and Foliation Plane Anisotropy (2016) (0)
- Ultrasonic Tomography of the Excavation Damage Zone at the Onkalo, Nuclear Waste Repository Facility, Finland (2016) (0)
- Understanding pre-eruptive patterns: the rock physics interpretation (2012) (0)
- Quantification of Crack Interaction in Loading-Induced Rock Deformation Tests (2013) (0)
- Analysis of Hydraulic Fracturing-induced Microseismic Event Location Using S-wave Polarization (2014) (0)
- Coupled hydro-mechanical properties of Cobourg limestone with special reference to excavation damage zones (2016) (0)
- An Artificial Ising System with Phononic Excitations (2016) (0)
- Laboratory and Numerical Investigation of the Hydro-mechanical Behaviour of the Cobourg Limestone (2016) (0)
- Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Topological complexity of frictional interfaces : friction networks (2012) (0)
- Computation of qP- and qS-wave Rays, Traveltimes, Slowness Vector and Polarization in (2014) (0)
- Numerical Simulation of Rock Fracturing under Laboratory True-Triaxial Stress Conditions (2016) (0)
- Numerical Modeling of Microseismicity Induced by CO2 Injection (2011) (0)
- Spatio-temporal evolution of volcano seismicity : A laboratory study 3 4 5 6 (2020) (0)
- Measurement of Berry's Phase in Microscopic -Triaxial Cracking Excitations (2017) (0)
- Temporal Analysis of Fracturing using Acoustic Emissions at the Asp&246 Pillar Stability Experiment (2013) (0)
- Listening to Anticracks in Laboratory Earthquakes under the True Triaxial 3D Remote Stress Field (2014) (0)
- The Influence of Crystal Anisotropy on Failure Stability: Evidence from Multiple-Cracking Noises (2015) (0)
- Thermo- Hydro-Mechanical Properties of Lindsay Limestone: A Candidate For Nuclear Waste Repository In Canada (2012) (0)
- The Role of Pre-existing Fracturing In Enhanced Reservoir Treatments (2012) (0)
- Structural Complexity of Shear Fractures (2011) (0)
- Source characterization and dynamic fault modeling of induced seismicity (2017) (0)
- Acoustic Emission Patterns and the Transition to Ductility in Sub-Micron Scale Laboratory Earthquakes (2013) (0)
- Motifs of Networks from Frictional Interfaces (2011) (0)
- Spectral Characteristics of Continuous Acoustic Emission (AE) Data from Laboratory Rock Deformation Experiments (2016) (0)
- 3D Anisotropic Velocity Tomography of a Water Saturated Rock under True-Triaxial Stress in the Laboratory (2013) (0)
- Locating Microseismicity from Surface Monitoring Arrays Using Grid Search and Hypocenter Inversion - A Case Study (2014) (0)
- Application of induced seismicity to radioactive waste management programmes (1996) (0)
- Chapter Nine: Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy (2009) (0)
- Determinants In The Funding Of Black Minority Programs By Three Large Private Foundations (1982) (0)
- An Analysis of Fault Nucleation and Rupture in Westerly Granite Using Continuous Acoustic Emission Monitoring (2004) (0)
- Acoustic Emission Analysis of Stick Slip Behavior on Rough and Smooth Fractures in Westerly Granite (2003) (0)
- A Judicial Traditionalist Confronts Unique Questions of State Constitutional Law Adjudication (2013) (0)
- Senior Officer Debriefing Report: US Army Engineer Command, Vietnam, Period 5 Aug 1971 - 15 Mar 1972 (1972) (0)
- Anisotropic Velocity Imaging of Saturated Sandstone under Laboratory True Triaxial Stress State Using Ultrasonic Surveys (2015) (0)
- Microseismic logging of Ekofisk (1999) (0)
- Seismic Attenuation Spectra: Their Use In Rock Quality Evaluation For Opencast Mining (1982) (0)
- Premonitory Acoustic Emissions and Slip Nucleation during Stick Slip Experiments in Naturally and Smooth (Saw-cut) Faulted Westerly Granite (2005) (0)
- Monitoring Fragmentation Efficiency of Mine Blasting Using Seismic Spectroscopy (1984) (0)
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