Primary Convener:
Sergio Vinciguerra, University of Turin

Convener:
Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University
Saman Aryana, The University of Wyoming
Roland Bürgmann, University of California Berkeley
Feng Liang, Aramco Services Company: Aramco Research Center - Houston
François Renard, University of Oslo
Wenlu Zhu, University of Maryland

Early Career Convener:
Shaina Kelly, Columbia University

Chair:
Sergio Vinciguerra, University of Turin
Behzad Ghanbarian, Kansas State University
Shaina Kelly, Columbia University
Roland Bürgmann, University of California Berkeley

This session explores the coupled mechanical and fluid-related processes that govern deformation, rupture, and transport across a wide spatial/temporal scale in Earth’s complex systems. From dynamic and slow ruptures in fault zones, volcanoes, glacier systems, and landslides to fluid flow and reactive transport in nanoporous unconventional reservoirs, we aim to bridge solid mechanics and fluid physics. Contributions are invited on rupture nucleation and propagation, multi-phase flow, reactive transport and the thermo-hydro-mechanical behavior of heterogeneous and fractured media. We particularly encourage studies that integrate field observations, laboratory experiments, numerical modeling, and machine learning to unravel multiscale processes, whether probing the evolving microstructure of rocks under stress, simulating non-Darcy flow in nanopores, or linking pore-scale physics to large-scale deformation and resource recovery. By uniting perspectives from geophysics, geology, rock physics, and reservoir engineering, we intend to advance our understanding of how fluids and deformation interact before, during, and after major geological events.

Index Terms
1832 Groundwater transport
1859 Rocks: physical properties
7209 Earthquake dynamics
8163 Rheology and friction of fault zones

Cross-Listed:
T - Tectonophysics
H - Hydrology
G - Geodesy
S - Seismology

Neighborhoods:
2. Earth Interior