Publications

2021

McBeck, J. A., Zhu, W., and Renard, F. (2021) The competition between fracture nucleation, propagation and coalescence in the crystalline continental upper crust,  Solid Earth, 12, 375–387, doi.org/10.5194/se-12-375-2021.

Lyakhovsky, V., Shalev, E., Kurzon, I., Zhu, W., Montesi, L., Shapiro, N. (2021) Effective seismic wave velocities and attenuation in partially molten rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 572, 117117, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117117.

2020

*Ha, G., Montési, L. G. J.,  and Zhu, W. (2020) Melt focusing along permeability barriers at subduction zones and the location of volcanic arcs. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC009253, doi.org/10.1029/2020GC009253.

*Gajst, H., Shalev, E., Weinberger, R., Marco, S., Zhu, W., Lyakhovsky, V. (2020) Relating strain localization and Kaiser effect to yield surface evolution in brittle rocks, Geophysical Journal International, doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaa130.

Katayama, I., Abe, N., Hatakeyama, K., Akamatsu, Y., Okazaki, K., Ulven, O., Hong, G. Zhu, W., Cordonnier, B., Michibayashi, K., Godard, M., and Kelemen, P. (2020) Permeability profiles across the crust-mantle sections in the Oman Drilling Project inferred from dry and wet resistivity data. Journal of Geophysical Research, doi.org/10.1029/2019JB018698

2019

*Xing T., Zhu, W., ^French, M. and *Belzer, B. (2019) Stabilizing Effect of High Pore Fluid Pressure on Slip Behaviors of Gouge-bearing Faults Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2019JB018002.

*Zheng, X., ^Cordonnier, B., McBeck, J., Jamtveit, B., Zhu, W., and Renard, F. (2019) Mixed-mode strain localization generated by hydration reaction at crustal conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi:10.1029/2018JB017008.

2018
*Xing, T., Zhu, W., Fusseis, F., and ^Lisabeth, H. (2018) Generating porosity during olivine carbonation via dissolution channels and expansion cracks, Solid Earth, https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-879-2018.

*Gajst, H., Weinberger, R., Zhu, W., Lyakhovsky, V., Marco,S., Shalev, E. (2018) Effects of pre-existing faults on compaction localization in porous sandstones, Tectonophysics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.09.002.

*Zheng, X., ^Cordonnier, B., Zhu, W., Renard, F., and Jamtveit, B.: Effects of confinement on reaction-induced fracturing during hydration of periclase, G³, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2017GC007322.

Renard, F., McBeck, J., Cordonnier, B. Zheng, X., Kandula, N., Sanchez, J., Kobchenko, M., Noiriel, C., Zhu, W., Meakin, P., Fusseis F., Dysthe, D. (2018) Dynamic in situ three-dimensional imaging and digital volume correlation analysis to quantify strain localization and fracture coalescence in sandstone, Pure and Applied Geophysics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-018-2003-x.

2017
*Lisabeth, H., Zhu, W., Xing, T., De Andrade, V. (2017) Dissolution assisted pattern formation during olivine carbonation, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2017GL074393.

Renard, F., Cordonnier, B., Kobchenko, M., Kandula, N., Weiss, J., Zhu, W. (2017) Microscale characterization of rupture nucleation unravels precursors to faulting in rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 476, 69-78, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2017.08.002

*Lisabeth, H., Zhu, W., Kelemen, P., Ilgen, A. (2017) Experimental evidence for chemo-mechanical coupling during carbon mineralization in ultramafic rocks, Earth and Planetary Science Letters., doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.045.

^French, M. E., Zhu, W., (2017) Slow fault propagation in serpentinite under conditions of high pore fluid pressure, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 473, 134-140, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2017.06.009.

Skemer, P., Chaney, M., Emmerich, A., Miller, K., Zhu, W. (2017) Network topology of olivine-basalt partial melts, Geophysical Journal International, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggx160.

*Berg, M.T.L, Bromiley, G.D., Butler, I.B., Frost, M., Bradley, R., Carr, J., Le Godec, Y., Montési, L.G.J., Zhu, W., Miller, K., Perrillat, J.-P., Mariani, E., Tatham, D., Redfern, S.A.T. (2017) Deformation-aided segregation of Fe-S liquid from olivine under deep Earth conditions: Implications for core formation in the early solar system, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2017.01.004

2016
Zhu, W., Fusseis, F., Lisabeth, H., Xing, T., Xiao, X., De Andrade, V., Karato, S. (2016) Experimental evidence of reaction-induced fracturing during olivine carbonation, Geophysical Research Letters, doi: 10.1002/2016GL070834.

*Miller, K., Zhu, W., Montesi, L, Gaetani, G., Le Roux, V., Xiao, X. (2016), Experimental evidence for lithologic melt partitioning between olivine and orthopyroxene in partially molten harzburgite, Journal of Geophysical Research, doi: 10.1002/2016JB013122.

^French, M. E., Zhu, W., *Banker, J. (2016), Fault slip controlled by stress path and fluid pressurization rate, Geophysical Research Letters, 43, doi:10.1002/2016GL068893.

2015
^Ougier-Simonin, A. and Zhu, W. (2015) Effect of pore pressure build-up on slowness of rupture propagation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 7966–7985, doi:10.1002/2015JB012047.

*Jarboe, P., Candela, P., Zhu, W., Kaufman, A. (2015) Extraction of Hydrocarbons from the Marcellus Shale By Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide, Energy & Fuels, 29, 7897–7909, doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02059.

*Miller, K., Montesi, L., Zhu, W. (2015) Estimates of olivine-basaltic melt electrical conductivity using a digital rock physics approach, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 432, 332-341, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2015.10.004.

*Lisabeth, H. and Zhu, W., (2015) Effect of temperature and pore fluid on the strength of porous limestone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 6191–6208, doi:10.1002/2015JB012152.

Lyakhovsky, V., Zhu, W., Shalev, E. (2015) Visco-Poro-Elastic Damage Model for Brittle-Ductile Failure of Porous Rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 2179–2199, doi:10.1002/2014JB011805.

2014
Shalev, E., Lyakhovsky, V., ^Ougier-Simonin, A., Y. Hamiel, Zhu, W. (2014) Inelastic compaction, dilation and hysteresis of sandstones under hydrostatic conditions, Geophysical Journal International, doi:10.1093/gji/ggu052.

*Miller, K., Zhu, W., Montési, L., Gaetani, G. (2014) Experimental quantification of permeability for partially molten mantle rocks, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 388, 273-282, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.12.003.

2013
Fusseis, F., Steebb, H., Xiao, X., Zhu, W., Butler, I., Elphicka S. Mäder, U. (2013) A low-cost x-ray transparent experimental cell for Synchrotron-based x-ray microtomography studies at geological reservoir conditions, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation, 21, 251-253, doi:10.1107/S1600577513026969.

^Ougier-Simonin, A. and Zhu, W. (2013) Effects of pore fluid pressure on slip behaviors: an experimental study, Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 2619-2624, DOI: 10.1002/grl.50543.

Smith, D., Schouten, H., Montesi, L., Zhu, W. (2013), The recent history of the Galapagos Triple Junction preserved on the Pacific plate, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 371, 6-15, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.04.018.

2012
*Tamarkin, T, ^Ougier-Simonin, A. Zhu, W. (2012) Progressive Microscopic Damage Associated with Fault Growth, Geophysical Research Letters, 39, L15303, doi:10.1029/2012GL052487.

*Gribbin, J., Zhu, W., Tivey M.K (2012) Anisotropy in seafloor flange, slab, and crust samples from measurements of permeability and porosity: implications for fluid flow and deposit evolution, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13, Q03018, doi:10.1029/2011GC003840.

*Lisabeth, H.P., *Watter, K.E. and Zhu, W. (2012) Effect of temperature on yielding behavior of carbonate rocks, Proceedings of the 46th Rock Mechanics Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA 12-427.

2011
Zhu, W., Gaetani, G., Fusseis, F. Montési, L., De Carlo, F. (2011) Microtomography of partially molten rocks: three-dimensional melt distribution in mantle peridotite. Science, 332(6025), 88-91. doi:10.1126/science.1202221.

Smith, D., Schouten, H., Zhu, W., Montesi, L., J.R. Cann (2011) Distributed deformation ahead of the Cocos-Nazca Rift at the Galapagos Triple Junction, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 12, Q11003, doi:10.1029/2011GC003689.

*Mitchell, G., Montési, L., Zhu, W., Smith D.K., H. Schouten (2011) Transient rifting north of the Galápagos Triple Junction, Earth Planetary Science Letters, 307, 461-469, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.05.027.

2009
*Chen, T.-m., Zhu, W., Wong, T.-f., Song, S. (2009) Laboratory Characterization of Permeability and Its Anisotropy of Chelungpu Fault Rocks. Pure and Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1007/s00024-009-0497-y.

2008
Zhu, W., Montési, L. and Wong, T.-f. (2008) Characterizing the permeability-porosity relationship during compactive cataclastic flow, Proceedings of the 42nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium and 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium, ARMA 08-290.

Schouten, H., Smith, D.K., Montési, L., Zhu, W., Klein, E.M. (2008) Cracking of lithosphere north of the Galapagos triple junction. Geology, doi: 10.1130/G24431A.1.

2007
Zhu, W., Tivey, M.K., *Gittings, H., Craddock, P.R. (2007) Permeability-porosity relationships in seafloor vent deposits: Dependence on pore evolution processes, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B05208, doi:10.1029/2006JB004716.

Zhu, W., Montési, L., Wong, T.-f. (2007) A probabilistic damage model of stress-induced permeability anisotropy during cataclastic flow, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B10207, doi:10.1029/2006JB004456.

*Tembe, S., Vajdova, V., Baud, P., Zhu, W., Wong, T.-f. (2007) A new methodology to delineate the compactive yield cap of two porous sandstones under undrained condition, Mechanics of Materials, doi:10.1016/j.mechmat.2006.08.005.

2006
Zhu, W. and Walsh, J. (2006) A new model for analyzing the effect of fractures on triaxial deformation, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, doi:10.1016/j.ijrmms.2006.04.002.

Zhu, W. (2006) Quantitative characterization of permeability reduction associated with compactive cataclastic flow, “Radiated energy and the physics of earthquake faulting”, editors: R. Abercrombie, A. McGarr, H. Kanamori, and G. Di Toro, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, doi:10.1029/170GM15.

2004
Walsh, J. and Zhu, W. (2004) Sliding of a rough surface under oblique loading, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, doi:10.1029/2004JB003027.

2003
Zhu, W. and Hirth, G. (2003) A network model for permeability in partially molten rocks, Earth Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00264-4.

Zhu, W., Baud P. and Wong, T.-f. (2003) Dilatancy and post-yielding behavior in porous sandstones: A new loading path, Proceedings of the 39^th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, P.J. Culligan, H.H. Einstein and A.J. Whittle (editors), Soil and Rock America 2003, 1, 437-444.

Xiao, X., Zhu, W. and Evans, B. (2003) Deformation mechanisms and failure modes in Solnhofen limestone, Proceedings of the 39^th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, P.J. Culligan, H.H. Einstein and A.J. Whittle (editors), Soil and Rock America 2003, 1, 453-458.

2002
Zhu, W., Smith, D., Montesi, L. (2002) Effects of regional slope on viscous flows: A preliminary study of submarine terrace emplacement, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 119, 145-159.

Zhu, W., Montési, L., Wong, T.-f. (2002) Influence of loading path on anisotropic damage and permeability evolution during mechanical compaction of sandstone, in “Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics: Current Status and Future Perspectives“, S. de Meer, M.R. Drury, J.H.P. de Bresser, and G.M. Pennock (editors), Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 200, 119-136.

2001
David, C., Menéndez, B., Zhu, W., Wong, T.-f. (2001) Mechanical compaction, microstructures and permeability evolution in sandstones, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part A: Solid Earth and Geodesy, 26 (1-2), 45-51.

2000
Baud, P., Zhu, W., Wong, T.-f. (2000) Failure mode and weakening effect of water on sandstone, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 16,371-16,389.

1999
Zhu, W. and Wong, T.-f. (1999) Network modeling of the evolution of permeability and dilatancy in compact rock, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 2963-2971.

Zhu, W., Evans, B., Bernabé, Y. (1999) Densification and permeability reduction in hot-pressed calcite: A kinetic model Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 25,501-25,511.

Evans, B., Bernabé, Y., Zhu, W. (1999) Evolution of pore structure and permeability of rocks in laboratory experiments, in “Growth, Dissolution and Pattern Formation in Geosystems“, pp. 327-344, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands.

Wong T.-f. and Zhu, W. (1999) Brittle faulting and permeability evolution: hydromechanical measurement, microstructural observation, and network modeling, “Faults & Subsurface Fluid Flow in the Shallow Crust“, editors: Haneberg, W.C., Mozley, P.S., Moore, J.C. and Goodwin L.B, AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, 113, 83-99.

1997
Zhu, W., Montési, L., Wong, T.-f. (1997) Shear-enhanced compaction and permeability reduction: triaxial extension tests on porous sandstone, Mechanics of Materials, 25, 199-214.

Wong, T.-f., David, C., Zhu, W. (1997) The transition from brittle faulting to cataclastic flow in porous sandstones: mechanical deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 3009-3025.

Zhu, W. and Wong, T.-f. (1997) The transition from brittle faulting to cataclastic flow in porous sandstones: permeability evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research, 102, 3027-3041.

Zhu, W. and Wong, T.-f. (1997) Shear-enhanced compaction in sandstones under nominally dry and water saturated conditions, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 34, paper 364, 372-380.

1996
Menéndez, B., Zhu, W., Wong, T.-f. (1996) Micromechanics of brittle faulting and cataclastic flow in Berea sandstone, Journal of Structural Geology, 18, 1-16.

Zhu, W. and Wong, T.-f. (1996) Permeability reduction in a dilating rock: network modeling of damage and tortuosity, Geophysical Research Letters, 23, 3099-3102.

1995
Zhu, W., David, C., Wong, T.-f. (1995) Network modeling of permeability evolution during cementation and hot isostatic pressing, Journal of Geophysical Research, 100, 15,451-15,464.

1994
David, C., Wong, T.-f., Zhu, W., Zhang, J. (1994) Laboratory measurement of compaction-induced permeability change in porous rocks: implications for the generation and maintenance of pore pressure excess in the crust, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 43 (1/2/3), 425-456.

1993
Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1993) Distributions of the tilt load tides in mainland China caused by the global oceanic tide constituent M₂, Earthquake Research in China, 7 (2), 131-142.

1992
Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1992) Distribution of the K₁ ocean strain load tides in the China continent, Acta Seismologica Sinica, 14 (4), 485-492 (in Chinese); 6, 157-164, 1993 (in English).

Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1992) Distributions of the strain load tides in the China continent caused by the oceanic tide M₂ found by the global Schwiderski model, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (Acta Geophysica Sinica), 35 (2), 259-267.

1991
Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1991) Distributions of the tilt load tides in the China continent caused by K₁O₁ oceanic tides of global Schwiderski model, Chinese Journal of Geophysics (Acta Geophysica Sinica), 34 (4), 609-620.

Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1991) The O₁ strain load tides in the China continent, Acta Scientiarum Naturalium, Universitatis Pekinensis, 27 (3), 330-346 (in Chinese with English Abstract).

1990
Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1990) Method of integrated Green’s function for the calculation of tilt load tide caused by the oceanic tides, Science in China, Series B, 33 (12), 1517-1528.

1989
Wu Q. and Zhu, W. (1989) Method of integrated Green’s function for the calculation of strain load tide, Geophysics in China in the 80s, in commemoration of the 80th birthday of Professor Fu Cheng-Yi (in Chinese), Press of Scientific Literature, Beijing, 564-578.