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Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg (IPGS)
UMR CNRS-UdS 7516

Equipe "Géophysique expérimentale"
5, rue rené Descartes
67084 STRASBOURG Cedex
Tel : 03 90 24 00 88

Researcher  in charge of the team :  Renaud TOUSSAINT (CR CNRS)

The team : Maksim BANO (MdC UdS) , Patrick BAUD (MdC UdS), Laurence JOUNIAUX, DR CNRS, Jean-Philippe MALET (CR CNRS), Thierry REUSCHLE (CR CNRS), Pascal SAILHAC (MdC UdS), Mathhias ZILLMER (MdC UdS)

Web site : http://eost.unistra.fr/recherche/ipgs/ge

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        Doctoral Dissertations in progress

        Dujardin, J-R., “Modélisation jointe géoradar (GPR) et flux hydrique en milieu hétérogène” (thèse en cours). Direction : M Bano.

        Clément, C. Liquéfaction de sols : Modèles numériques et expérimentaux (thèse en cours 2012- ). Direction : R Toussaint.

        Eriksen, F., 2013-en cours, Dynamique d’écoulements multiphasiques en milieux poreux déformables (thèse en cours 2013- ). Direction : R. Toussaint, K.J. Maloy, E.G. Flekkoy.

        Eriksen, J.A., 2012-en cours, Pattern formation in frictional fluids. Directin : Eirik Flekkoy, K.J. Maloy, R. Toussaint.

        Fiorentino, E.A., 2014-en cours, Modélisation d’effets électrocinétiques durant les écoulements multiphasiques en milieux poreux. Direction : L. Jouniaux, R. Toussaint.

        Lubrano-Lavadera, P., Etude du comportement sismique-asismique et des circulations de fluide par étude conjointe de données sismiques actives en surface et en puits et d’enregistrements microsismiques. Direction : J.-M. Martelot.

        Hector, B., Dynamique des stocks d'eau souterrains en zone soudanienne (Bénin) - Apport des mesures gravimétriques sol et satellite. Directeur de thèse : J Hinderer.

        Turkaya, S., 2013-en cours, Fracturation et transport fluide – imagerie acoustique et sismique. Directeur de thèse : R. Toussaint.

        Completed Dissertations since 2007

        2013

        Rolland A., Université de Strasbourg / ANDRA, Rheology of calcite and use of stylolites as paleostress gauges: stress history of the Bure massif, 24/01/2013 Directeur de thèse : P. Baud.

        2012

        Sheldon Warden,  Conversions sismo-électromagnétiques en milieux poreux. Soutenue le 9 novembre 2012. Directeur de thèse : L. Jouniaux.
        Résumé

        Guillemoteau, Julien, "Méthodologie d'interprétation en électromagnétisme aéroporté" (Convention de Collaboration de Recherche avec AREVA). Directeur de thèse : P. Sailhac, IPGS, le 8 mars 2012
        Résumé

        2011

        Wawrzyniak Pierre, "Suivi temporel des processus actifs de la subsurface par méthodes géophysiques électromagnétiques : développements méthodologiques et application aux volcans et aux réservoirs géothermiques", le 9 mai 2011.
        Résumé

        Daehne Alexander, “Development of early warning systems for mudflows. Case studies in the Northern Appenines and in South East France”. Co-encadreés par JP Malet et Alessandro Corsini, Modena, Italie. Co-encadrés par Alessandro Corsini, Modena, Italie et J.-P. Malet (soutenue le 31 mars 2011 à Modena, Italie)

        2010

        Neuville Amélie, "Couplage hydro-mecanico-thermique dans les fractures et poroélasticité des joints rocheux".co-encadrée par J. Schmittbul et R Toussaint. Thèse soutenue le 30 juin 2010

        Allègre Vincent, 15/10/2010 : "Couplages électrocinétiques en milieux poreux non saturés". Co-encadré par L. Jouniaux, F. Lehmann et P. Sailhac.
        Résumé

        Garel Emilie, "Modélisation d’écoulements préférentiels en versant marneux fracturés ; observation, expérimentation et modélisation hydrogéologique". Co-encadrés par J.-P Malet et avec Vincent Marc, EMMAH-Avignon, France (soutenue le 25 octobre 2010 à Avignon)

        Ebner Marcus, "Stylolites as stress markers, chemico-mechanical simulations and characterization of natural stylolites”. Co-encadres par R. Toussaint et Daniel Koehn, Mainz, Allemagne. ( – thèse Mayence)

        Mihailo Jankov, "Seismically enhanced induced biphasic flow", Co-encadres par R. Toussaint et avec Eirik G Flekkoy et KJ Maloy à Oslo, Norvège

        Ken Tore Tallakstad, "Steady-state biphasic flow in porous media”. Co-encadres par R. Toussaint et J. Schmittbuhl  avec Eirik G Flekkoy et KJ Maloy à Oslo, Norvège (– thèse Oslo)

        2009

        Niebling Michael, 9/12/2009 : “Impact of the fluid compressibility on hydrofracture and Rayleigh Taylor granular instability”.  Co-encadré  par R. Toussaint et avec Eirik G Flekkoy et KJ Maloy à Oslo, Norvège (thèse Oslo)

        2007

        Johnsen Oistein, 15/01/2007 : "Coupled Air/Grain flow in granular ,materials confined in Hele-Shaw cells" (PhD/Dr Scientarium de l’universite d’Oslo, soutenu le 15 Janvier 2007)

        Vinningland Jan Ludvig, 15/01/2007 : "Granular Rayleigh Taylor instability : a numerical and experimental study". (PhD/Dr Scientarium de l’universite d’Oslo)

        Academic Publications since 2007

        Articles published in journals

        2014

        Aochi, H., Poisson, B., Toussaint, R., Rachez, X., Schmittbuhl, J., 2014, Self-induced seismicity due to fluid circulation along faults, Geophys. J. Int. 196 (3): 1544-1563. doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt356

        Niebling, M.J., Tallakstad, K.T., Toussaint, R., Måløy, K.J., 2014, Direct velocity measurement of a turbulent shear flow in a planar Couette cell, Phys. Rev. E 89, 013026

        2013

        E. Aharonov; L. Goren; D. Sparks; R. Toussaint,Localization of Shear in Saturated Granular Media: Insights from a Multi-Scaled Granular-Fluid Model,in: Christian Hellmich, Bernhard Pichler, and Dietmar Adam, eds. Fifth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Jul 2013, Vienna, Austria. American Society of Civil Engineers, Poromechanics V: Proceedings of the Fifth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, pp. 471-480, ISBN: 9780784412992

        Allègre, V., Lehmann, F., Jouniaux, L., Sailhac, P., and R. Toussaint, Modelling the streaming potential dependence on water-content in sand: influence of pressure dynamics and fluid flow, Transport in Porous Media, en corrections (2013)

        J.-R.Dujardin; M. Bano, Topographic migration of GPR data: Examples from Chad and Mongolia, Comptes Rendus Géoscience, 2013, 345 (2), pp. 73-80

        I. Ghani; D. Koehn; R. Toussaint; C. W. Passchier, Dynamic Development of Hydrofracture, Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2013, 170 (11), pp. 1685-1703

        L. Goren; R. Toussaint; E. Aharonov; D. Sparks; E. G. Flekkøy, A General Criterion for Liquefaction in Granular Layers with Heterogeneous Pore Pressure, in:  Christian Hellmich, Bernhard Pichler, and Dietmar Adam, eds. Fifth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Jul 2013, Vienna, Austria. American Society of Civil Engineers, Poromechanics V: Proceedings of the Fifth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, pp. 415-424, ISBN: 9780784412992

        A. Neuville; E. G. Flekkøy; R. Toussaint, Influence of asperities on fluid and thermal flow in a fracture: a coupled Lattice Boltzmann study, Journal of Geophysical Research B, 2013, online first.

        Rolland, A., Toussaint, R., Baud, P., Conil, N., Landrein, P. (2013)), Morphological analysis of stylolites for paleostress estimation in limestones surrounding the Andra Underground Research Laboratory site, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences,

        G. Vasseur; L. Xiaorong; J. Yan; D. Loggia; R. Toussaint; J. Schmittbuhl, Flow regime associated with vertical secondary migration, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 2013, 45, pp. 150-158

        K. T. Tallakstad; R. Toussaint, S. Santucci; K.J. Måløy, The non-Gaussian nature of fracture and the survival of fat-tail exponents, Physical Review Letters, 2013, 110, pp. 145501

        S. Warden; S. Garambois; L. Jouniaux; D. Brito; P. Sailhac; C. Bordes, Seismoelectric wave propagation numerical modelling in partially saturated materials, Geophysical Journal International, 2013, 194 (3), pp. 1498-1513, DOI : 10.1093/gji/ggt198

        P. Wawrzyniak; P. Sailhac; G. Marquis, Robust error on magnetotelluric impedance estimates, Geophysical Prospecting, 2013, 61, pp. 533-546, DOI : 10.1111/j.1365-2478.2012.01094.x

        2012

        Allègre, V., F. Lehmann, P. Ackerer, L. Jouniaux, and P. Sailhac, A 1D modelling of streaming potential dependence on water-content during drainage experiment in  sand,  Geophys. J. Int., 189, 285-295, 2012

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl; Characterization of major discontinuities from borehole cores of located in the black consolidated marl formation of Draix, Hydrological Processes, 186, 1064, 2012. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7984

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, D. Koehn and J.O. Schwarz; Fracture aperture reconstruction and determination of hydrological properties: a case study at Draix (French Alps), Hydrological Processes, in press, 2012. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7985

        Nsir, K., G. Schäfer, R. Di Chiara Roupert, O. Razakarisoa, R. Toussaint; Laboratory experiments on DNAPL gravity fingering in water-saturated porous media, Internat. J. of Multiphase Flow, 40, 83-92, 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2011.12.003

        Toussaint, R., K.J. Måløy, Y. Méheust, G. Løvoll, M. Jankov, G. Schäfer and J. Schmittbuhl; Biphasic flow: structure and upscaling, consequences on macroscopic transport properties, Vadose Zone Journal, accepted, 2012.

        Travelletti, J., C. Delacourt, P. Allemand, J.-P. Malet, J. Schmittbuhl; R. Toussaint; M. Bastard; Correlation of multi-temporal ground-based images for landslide monitoring: application, potential and limitations. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 70, 39-55, 2012.

        Vinningland, J.L., R. Toussaint, M. Niebling, E.G. Flekkøy and K.J. Måløy; Family-Vicsek scaling of detachment fronts in Granular Rayleigh Taylor Instabilities during sedimenting granular/fluid flows, Europhysics Letters ST, 2012. doi: 10.1140/epjst/e2012-01550-2

        Yan, J., X. Luo, W. Wang, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, G. Vasseur, A. Yu, Z. Likuan; An experimental study of oil secondary migration in a three dimensional porous space, A.A.P.G. Bulletin, in press, 2012. doi: 10.1306/09091110140

        Yan, J., X. Luo, W. Wang, F. Chen, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, G. Vasseur, Z. Likuan; Testing oil saturation distribution in migration paths using NMRI, Journal of Petroleum Science and Petroleum Engineering, 2012. doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2012.03.027

        2011

        Allègre, V., L. Jouniaux, F. Lehmann, and P. Sailhac, Reply to the comment on Streaming potential dependence on water-content in Fontainebleau sand, Geophys. by A. Revil and N. Linde , Geophys. J. Int., in press, 2011

        Debieche, T.-H., Bogaard, T.A., Marc, V., Emblanch, C., Krzeminska, D.M., Malet, J.-P. 2011. Hydrological and hydrochemical processes observed during a large-scale infiltration experiment at the Super-Sauze mudslide, France. Hydrological Processes, doi:10.1002/hyp.7843

        Goren, L., E. Aharonov, D. Sparks and R. Toussaint; The mechanical coupling of fluid-filled granular material under shear, P.A.Geoph., 168, 12, 2011. doi: 10.1007/s00024-011-0320-4

        Guillemoteau, J., P. Sailhac, and M. Béhaegel, 2011. Regularization strategy for the layered inversion of airborne TEM data: application to VTEM data acquired over the basin of Franceville (Gabon). Geophys. Prospect. (GP-2010-1004), en revision

        Jianzhao, Y., X. Luo, W. Wang, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, G. Vasseur, A. Yu, Z. Likuan, ``An experimental tudy of oil secondary migration in a three dimensional porous space'', A.A.P.G. Bulletin, 2011, soumis.

        Jianzhao, Y., X. Luo, W. Wang, F. Chen, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, G. Vasseur, Z. Likuan, ``Testing oil saturation distribution in migration paths using NMRI'', S.P.E., 2011, soumis.

        Jouniaux, L., Electrokinetic techniques for the determination of hydraulic conductivity, in Hydraulic Conductivityi -Issues, determination and applications, edited by L. Elango, Intech Publisher, ISBN 978-953-307-565-5, 2011

        Krzeminska, D.M., S.C. Steele-Dunne, T.A. Bogaard, M.M. Rutten, P. Sailhac, and Y. Géraud, 2011. High resolution temperature observations to monitor soil moisture variation in clay-shale landslide. Hydrol. Process. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7980 (14 p.), 2011

        Lengliné O., J. Schmittbuhl, J. Elkhoury, J.P. Ampuero, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måløy;  ''Up-scaling of the fracture energy during brittle creep experiments'', J. Geoph. Res. B, 2011, soumis.

        Lengliné O., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, J. Elkhoury, J.P. Ampuero, K.T. Tallakstad, S. Santucci and K.J. Måløy; Average crack front velocity during subcritical fracture propagation in a heterogeneous medium, Phys. Rev. E, 2011, soumis.

        Malet, J.-P., Estèves, M., van Beek, L.P.H. 2011. Soil transfer parameters for clay-shale soils estimated from a detailed hydraulic characterization. Hydrological Processes (accepté, in press).

        Malet, J.-P., Maquaire, O., Hantz, D., van Westen, C.J., Penà-Rincon, G.I. 2011. Control of regolith depths on water storage capacity and slope stability in clay-shale landscapes. Hydrological Processes (accepté, in press).

        Malet, J.-P., Maquaire, O., Van Asch, Th.W.J., Bogaard, T.A. 2011. Landslide mechanisms: Case history of the Super-Sauze mudslide. Chapter 12. In: Leroueil, S., Picarelli, L. (Eds): Understanding landslides through case histories, Springer, London. 16 p. (in press).

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, D. Koehn and J.O. Schwarz; Characterization of major discontinuities from borehole cores of located in the black consolidated marl formation of Draix, Hydrological Processes, in press, 2011.

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, D. Koehn and J.O. Schwarz; Characterization of major discontinuities from borehole cores of located in the black consolidated marl formation of Draix, Hydrological Processes, in press, 2011.

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint and J. Schmittbuhl; Hydraulic transmissivity and heat exchange efficiency of rough fractures: a spectral approach , Geoph. J. Int., 186, 1064, 2011. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05126.x

        Place, J., J. Sausse, J-M. Marthelot, M. Diraison, Y. Géraud, C. Naville, 2011, 3D mapping of permeable structures affecting a deep granite basement from isotropic 3C VSP data, Geophysical Journal International, accepted.

        Quan Luna, B., Remaître, A., van Asch, Th.W.J., Malet, J.-P., van Westen, C.J. 2011. Analysis of debris flow behaviour with a one dimensional run-out model incorporating entrainment. Engineering Geology, 18p. (accepté, in press).

        Razak, K.A., Straatsma, M.W, van Westen, C.J., Malet, J.-P., de Jong, S.M. 2011. Airborne laser scanning of forested landslides characterization: terrain model quality and visualization. Geomorphology, 126(1-2): 186-200. doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.11.003

        Strahser, M., L. Jouniaux, P. Sailhac, P.-D. Matthey, and M. Zillmer, Dependence of seismoelectric amplitudes on water content,  Geophys. J. Int., 187, 1378-1392, 2011

        Tallakstad, K.T., R. Toussaint, S. Santucci, J. Schmittbuhl, K.J. Måløy  ``Local dynamics of a randomly pinned crack front during creep and forced propagation: an experimental study'', Phys. Rev. E, 2011, sous presse

        Travelletti, J., P. Sailhac, J.-P. Mallet, G. Grandjean, and J. Ponton, 2011. Hydrological response of weathered clay-shale slopes: water infiltration monitoring with time-lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography. Hydrol. Process. doi: 10.1002/hyp.7983 (14 p.), 2011

        Travelletti, J., Malet, J.-P. 2011. Characterization of the 3D geometry of flow-like landslides: a methodology based on the integration of multi-source data. Engineering Geology, 21p. (accepté, in press).

        Travelletti, J., C. Delacourt, P. Allemand, J.-P. Malet, J. Schmittbuhl; R. Toussaint; M. Bastard; ''Correlation of multi-temporal ground-based images for landslide monitoring: application, potential and limitations. '', ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and remote sensing, 2011,  23p. (accepté, in press).

        Warwzyniak, P., P. Sailhac, G. Marquis, and J. Zlotnicki, 2011. Robust Error On MT Impedance Estimates. Geophys. Prospect. (GP-2010-0994), en revision

        2010

        Allègre, V., L. Jouniaux, F. Lehmann, and P. Sailhac, Streaming potential dependence on water-content in Fontainebleau sand,  Geophysical Journal International, 182, 1248-1266, 2010. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04716.x

        Auken, E., R. Guerin, G. de Marsily, and P. Sailhac, 2010. Comment on “Review of self-potential methods in hydrogeophysics” by L. Jouniaux et al. [C. R. Geoscience 341 (2009) 928–936]. C. R. Géoscience 342, 806, doi: 10.1016/j.crte.2010.07.001

        Béhaegel, M., G. Marquis, *P. Sailhac*, and A. Gertsch. Monitoring solute leaching by electrical tomography: insights from a field experiment and numerical modeling. /Water Res. Research, 20 pp/.soumis

        Ebner, M., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, D. Koehn and P. Bons; ``Anisotropic scaling of tectonic stylolites: a fossilized signature of the stress field? '', J. Geophys. Res., 115, B06403, (2010). doi:10.1029/2009JB006649

        Guillemoteau, J. and Bano M., 2010. Influence of grain size distribution and shape on GPR waves: study of aeolian dunes. 72nd  Conference, European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers, Extended Abstracts, Barcelona, paper P222.

        Goren, L., E. Aharonov, D. Sparks and R. Toussaint; ``Pore pressure evolution in deforming granular material: A general formulation and the infinitely stiff approximation, J. Geophys. Res., 115, B09216, (2010).

        Jankov, M., G. Løvoll, H.A. Knudsen, K.J. MåLøy, R. Planet, R. Toussaint and E.G. Flekkøy; ''Effects of pressure perturbations on drainage in an elastic porous medium'', Tr. in Porous Media, 84, 3, 569 (2010). doi:10.1007/s11242?009?9521?z

        Jouniaux, L., A. Maineult, V. Naudet, M. Pessel, and P. Sailhac, Reply to the comment by A. Revil on Review of self-potential methods in hydrogeophysics, by L. Jouniaux et al. [C. R. Geoscience, 341(2009)928-936], C. R. Geoscience, 342(10), 810-813, 2010.

        Løvoll, G., M. Jankov, K.J. Måløy, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, G. Schaefer and Y. Méheust; ''Influence of viscous fingering on dynamic saturation?pressure curves in porous media'', Transport in Porous Media, 2010 DOI:10.1007/s11242?010?9622?8

        Netzeband, G.L., A. Krabbenhoeft, M. Zillmer, C.J. Petersen, C. Papenberg, and J. Bialas, The structures beneath submarine methane seeps: Seismic evidence from Opouawe Bank, Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand, Marine Geology, 272 (2010), 59-70, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2009.07.005

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, D. Koehn and J.O. Schwarz; Fracture aperture reconstruction and determination of hydrological properties: a case study at Draix (French Alps), Hydrological Processes, in press, 2010.

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint and J. Schmittbuhl; ``Hydrothermal flows in a rough fracture'', Phys. Rev. E, 82, 3, 2010. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.036317

        Niebling, M.J., E.G. Flekkøy, K.J. Måløy, R. Toussaint; ``Mixing of a granular layer falling through a fluid'', Phys. Rev. E 82, 011301 (2010) doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.011301

        Niebling, M.J., E.G. Flekkøy, K.J. Måløy, R. Toussaint; ``Sedimentation instabilities: impact of the fluid compressibility and viscosity'', Phys. Rev. E 82, 051302, 2010. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.82.051302

        K.Nsir, G. Schäfer, O. Razakarisoa, R. D. Roupert, R. Toussaint, 2010. Etude expérimentale et simulation numérique à l'échelle de pore des instabilités de déplacement d'un DNAPL en milieu poreux saturé à l'échelle de Darcy. Acte de la 10ième Journée d'Etude sur les Milieux Poreux. (Conférence, session Suivi de front-Instabilités de 10ième Journées d'Etude sur les Milieux Poreux, Nancy, 20 -21 Octobre 2010.)

        Santucci, S., M. Grob, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl, A. Hansen and K.J. Måløy; ''Universality classes in fracture roughness scaling'', Europhys. Lett., in press, 2010.

        Travelletti, J., Malet, J.P., Schmittbuhl, J., Toussaint, R., Bastard, M., Delacourt, C., Allemand, P. and van Dam, D.B.;  ``Multi-temporal terrestrial photogrammetry for landslide monitoring'', Proc. of the Florence conference Mountain Risks: Bringing Science to Society, 2010.

        Vinningland, J.L., Ø. Johnsen, E.G. Flekkøy, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måløy; Influence of particle size in Rayleigh Taylor granular flow instability, Phys. Rev. E 81, 041308 (2010). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.041308

        2009

        Auken E., R. Guérin, G. de Marsily, and P. Sailhac, 2009, Hydrogeophysics, C. R. Geoscience, 341, 795-799. doi:10.1016/j.crte.2009.08.003.

        Bano, M ., Loeffler, O. and Girard, J-F., 2009. GPR response and FDTD modeling to fuel
        infiltration in a sand box experiment, CRAS, C. R. Geoscience, 341, p. 846–858.

        Beguería, S., van Asch, Th.W.J., Malet, J.-P., Gröndahl, S. 2009. A GIS-based numerical model for simulating the kinematics of mud and debris flows over complex terrain. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 1897-1909.

        Bonnetier E., Misbah C., Renard F., Toussaint R. , Gratier J.P. (2009) -Does roughening of rock-fluid-rock interfaces emerge from a stress-induced instability?, /The European Physical Journal B - Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, Volume 67, Number 1/. Abstract

        Ebner, M., D. Koehn, R. Toussaint and F. Renard; The influence of rock heterogeneity on the scaling properties of simulated and natural stylolites", J. Struct. Geol, 31, 72 (2009). pdf doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2008.10.004

        Ebner, M., D. Koehn, R. Toussaint, F. Renard and J. Schmittbuhl; Stress sensitivity of stylolite morphology'', EPSL,  277, 394 (2009). pdf doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.11.001

        Ebner M., Koehn D. , Toussaint R. , Renard F. and Schmittbuhl J. (2009) - Scaling of natural stylolites and their use as stress-depth gauges, /EPSL, 2009, in press/. Abstract

        Grandjean, G., Hibert,C., Mathieu,F., Garel, E., Malet, J.-P. 2009. Monitoring water flow in a clay-shale hillslope from geophysical data fusion based on a fuzzy logic approach. Comptes Rendus Geosciences, 341 (10-11), 937-948.

        Grob M., Schmittbuhl J., Toussaint R., Rivera L., Santucci S. and Måløy K.J. (2009) - Quake catalogs from an optical monitoring of an interfacial crack propagation, /Pure and Applied Geophysics. (special issue), Vol 166, Numbers 5-7 /. Abstract

        Jeong, S.W., Locat, J., Leroueil, S. Malet, J.-P. Rheological properties of fine-grained sediments in modelling submarine mass movements: the role of texture and mineralogy. Canadian Geotechnical Journal (in press).

        Jouniaux, L., A. Maineult, V. Naudet, M. Pessel, and P. Sailhac, Self-potentials in earth sciences, C. R. Acad. Sci., Review of self-potential methods in hydrogeophysics, C. R. Geoscience, 341, 928-936, doi:10.1016/j.crte.2009.08.008, 2009

        Malet, J.-P., Maquaire, O., Van Asch, Th.W.J., Bogaard, T.A. 2009. Landslide mechanisms: Case history of the Super-Sauze mudslide. Chapter 12. In: Leroueil, S., Picarelli, L. (Eds): Understanding landslides through case histories, Springer, London. 16 p. (in press).

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint and J. Schmittbuhl; ``Fracture roughness and thermal exchange: a case study at Soultz-sous-Forets'', C.R.A.S. Geoscience, 342, 616 (2009). doi:10.1016/j.crte.2009.03.006

        Nsir, K., G. Schaefer, O. Razakarisoa, R. Toussaint, J. Schmittbuhl; Approche expérimentale et numérique des instabilités de déplacement d'un DNAPL en milieu poreux saturé à l'échelle de Darcy, Actes du 19ème Congrès Franc ais de mécanique, Marseille, 2009. pdf

        Pindra, N., V. Lazarus , J.B. Leblond, J. Schmittbuhl and R. Toussaint;  Deformation of the crack front during propagation in some disordered medium: theoretical and experimental studies, Proc. of the ICF12, 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, 2009.

        Sailhac, P., Bano, M., Mickael Behaegel, M., Girard, J-F., Para, F., E., Ledo, J., Marquis, G., Matthey P-D. and Ramírez, J-O.,  2009. Characterizing vadose zone and perched aquifer near Vosgian ridges in La Soutte experimental site, Obernai, France, C. R. Geoscience, 341, p. 818–830.

        Sailhac, P., D. Gibert, and H. Boukerbout, 2009, The theory of the continuous wavelet transform in the interpretation of potential fields: a review. Geophysical Prospecting, 57, 517-525,doi:10.1111/j.1365-2478.2009.00794.x/./

        Santucci, S., M. Grob, R. Toussaint, K.J. Måløy, A. Hansen, and J. Schmittbuhl;  ''Crackling dynamics during the failure of heterogeneous material: Optical and acoustic tracking of slow interfacial crack growth'', Proc. of the ICF12, 12th International Conference on Fracture, Ottawa, 2009.

        Tallakstad, K.T., Knudsen, H.A., Ramstad, T., Løvoll, G., Måløy, K.J., Toussaint, R. and Flekkøy, E.G., Steady-state two-phase flow in porous media: statistics and transport properties, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 074502 (2009). pdf doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.074502

        van Ach, Th.W.J., Malet, J.-P., Boggard, T.A. (2009). Kinematical behaviour of slow-moving landslides in the varved clays of the Trièves Plateau (France). Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 9, 739-749.

        van Ach, Th.W.J., Malet, J.-P. 2009. Flow-type failures in fine-grained soils: an important aspect in landslide hazard analysis. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 1703-1711.

        Vinningland, J.L., Ø. Johnsen, E.G. Flekkøy, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måløy; ``Granular Rayleigh Taylor instability'', Proc. of the 6th international conference on micromechanics of granular media, Powder and grains 2009, M. Nakagawa and S. Luding, eds, 2009. pdf

        Vinningland, J.L., Ø. Johnsen, E.G. Flekkøy, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måløy; ``Granular Rayleigh Taylor instability'', Proc. of the Traffic and Granular Flow conference, 2007, Orsay, 2009. pdf

        2008

        Altshuler, E., R. Toussaint, E. MArtinez, O. Sotolongo-Costa, K.J. Måløy and J. Schmittbuhl; Revolving rivers in sandpiles: from continuous to intermittent flows, Phys Rev E, 77, 031305, 2008.

        Bordes, C., L. Jouniaux, S. Garambois, M. Dietrich, J.-P. Pozzi, and S. Gaffet, Evidence of the theoretically predicted seismo-magnetic conversion, G.J.I., 174, issue 2, 489-504, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03828.x

        D. Gibert, P. Sailhac, 2008. Comment on the paper by Jardani, A., J.P. Dupont, and A. Revil (2006), Self-potential signals associated with preferential groundwater flow pathways in sinkholes, J. Geophys. Res. 111 B09204.

        Johnsen, Ø., Chevalier, C.,Lindner, A., Toussaint, R., Clément, E., Måløy, K. J., Flekkøy, E. G., Schmittbuhl, J.; Decompaction and fluidization of a saturated and confined granular medium by injection of a viscous liquid or a gas", Phys. Rev. E, 78, 051302, 2008.

        Lecomte, I., Bano, M.; Hamran, S. E., Dalsegg, E and Nielsen K. M., 2008. Mapping quick-clay sites for geohazard assessment: the Finneidfjord case study. Near Surface 2008 - 14th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Kraków, Poland, 15 - 17 September 2008 (papier B19).

        Neuville, A., R. Toussaint and J. Schmittbuhl; Effects of the roughness of a fracture on thermal exchange'', Proc. of the EDHRA (European Hot Dry Rock Association) scientific conference, Soultz-sous-Forêts, 2008.

        Remaître, A., van Asch, Th.W.J., Malet, J.-P., Maquaire, O. 2008. Influence of check dams on debris-flow run-out intensity. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 8(6), 1403-1416.

        Travelletti J., Oppikofer T., Delacourt C., Malet J.-P., Jaboyedoff M. 2008. Monitoring landslide displacements during a controlled rain experiment using a long-range terrestrial laser scanning (TLS). In: ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences. Vol. XXXVII (Part B5), Beijing, China, 485-490.

        2007

        M. Béhaegel, P. Sailhac and G. Marquis ;On the use of surface and ground temperature data to recover soil water content information,  Journal of Applied Geophysics, Volume 62, Issue 3, July 2007, Pages 234-243

        Johnsen, Ø., R. Toussaint, K.J. Måløy, E.G. Flekkøy and J. Schmittbuhl; ``Coupled air/granular flow in a linear Hele-Shaw cell'', Phys Rev E, 77, 77, 0113012007

        Schmittbuhl, J. , A. Steyer, L. Jouniaux and R. Toussaint.; ``Fracture morphology and viscous transport'', Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., doi:10.1016/j.ijmms.2007.07.007, 2007.

        Thiery, Y., Malet, J.-P., Sterlacchini, S., Puissant, A., Maquaire, O. 2007. Landslide susceptibility assessment by bivariate methods at large scales: application to a complex mountainous environment. Geomorphology, 92(1-2): 38-59.

        Vinningland, J.L., Ø. Johnsen, E.G. Flekkøy, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måloy; ``Granular Rayleigh Taylor instability'', Proc. of the Traffic and Granular Flow conference, Orsay, 2007.

        Vinningland, J.L. , O. Johnsen, E.G. Flekkoy, R. Toussaint and K.J. Måløy; Experiments and Simulations of a gravitational granular flow instability, Phys. Rev. E, 76, 051306, 2007

        Vinningland, JL , O Johnsen, EG Flekkoy, R Toussaint and KJ Maloy; ``A granular Rayleigh-Taylor instability: experiments and simulations'', Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 048001, 2007