Rock Lab Strasbourg
We measure the physical, mechanical, and hydraulic properties of rocks 🪨
Studying how alteration influences volcanic hazards 🌋 ERC SYNERGY ROTTnROCK
Strasbourg Institute of Earth & Environment, University of Strasbourg (France)
Posts: Prof. Mike Heap
- The 16th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics is now over! What a week! Great science, great people, great location! Best conference ever? 😆
- Some highlights from the design workshop at EuroConf2026 yesterday, with talks from Profs Toshi Shimamoto and Tom Mitchell!
- Proposal now submitted! We hope to drill into the sliding flank of Mt Etna! 🌋 The number of emails between the PIs—Claudio, Eleonora, Gilda, and myself—in the last days were eye-watering! Fingers crossed now! 🤞
- Our paper about phreatic explosions at Whakaari is the featured paper on the Communications Earth & Environment homepage! 🌋 Check out our open-access paper here 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
- Now installed as editor-in-chief of Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 🌋 Will start handling manuscripts at the start of next year! www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
- Check out our new paper about phreatic eruptions at Whakaari volcano in New Zealand! 🌋🇳🇿
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- Big congrats to @claireharnett.bsky.social, who won the 2026 @egu.eu Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists! 🥳🏅 Here's some photos of Claire recommended by my phone... www.egu.eu/news/1551/eg...
- Big congrats to Lucille Carbillet, who won the 2026 @egu.eu EMRP Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award! 🥳🏅 Here's a collection of photos suggested by my phone... www.egu.eu/news/1551/eg...
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- New paper out in Solid Earth, led by Sam Thiele: "Hyperspectral mapping of density, porosity, stiffness, and strength in hydrothermally altered volcanic rocks" 🥳 @rottnrock.bsky.social It's #OpenAccess! 👇 se.copernicus.org/articles/16/...
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- Deadline tomorrow!
- I'm hiring a new post-doc to work on the @rottnrock.bsky.social project! Come help us understand hydrothermal alteration and volcanic hazards! Advert here: www.unistra.fr/universite/t... 📸 Recent ROTTnROCK trip to Mombacho, Nicaragua 🌋
- Samples of hyaloclastite from Krafla in Iceland 🇮🇸 🌋 These samples are from different depths within the shallow reservoir, and they’re now ready for some physical and mechanical probing in the laboratory!
- I'm lurking at the back!
- I'm hiring a new post-doc to work on the @rottnrock.bsky.social project! Come help us understand hydrothermal alteration and volcanic hazards! Advert here: www.unistra.fr/universite/t... 📸 Recent ROTTnROCK trip to Mombacho, Nicaragua 🌋
- Talking about what laboratory measurements would be needed as part of the FlankEd project in Catania, Italy 🇮🇹 🌋
- First day of the FlankEd workshop in Catania! We were all treated to a guided tour of Etna 🌋 by the experts at @ingvterremoti.bsky.social! Here they are pointing at maps at sites of interest!
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- Doing some Schmidt hammering on the failure surface of the most recent collapse at Galunggung volcano in Indonesia 🌋🇮🇩 These measurements are quick and simple and give us an idea as to the strength of the rock 🪨
- Checking out the most recent collapse at Galunggung in Indonesia 🌋🇮🇩 Was quite the mission getting to the failure surface!
- Pumice from the 1883 eruption of Krakatau in Indonesia, deposited during one of the most deadly, most destructive, and loudest known eruptions in recorded history 🌋🇮🇩 Feels odd just holding it…
- Checking out the new dome at Anak Krakatau from the boat! 🌋🇮🇩🛥️ I spy alteration! 👀
- Indonesian volcano themed chocolate complete with volcano-chocolate pun! 🌋🍫
- Part of our international team of volcanologists working with @rottnrock.bsky.social! From England, Indonesia, and Chile! 🇬🇧 🇮🇩 🇨🇱 Interesting fact: we all like cats! 🐈
- Monitor lizard on the island of Rakata, one of the islands left by the famous 1883 eruption 🌋 🦎
- Early morning start for our @rottnrock.bsky.social trip to Anak Krakatau from Anyer 🌋 Our luxury speed boats await! 🛥️ 1/9
- Early boat ride to Anak Krakatau tomorrow! 🌋 Quite excited! Although perhaps not looking forward to the boat ride 😂
- Obviously, I bought a load of branded merchandise! 🌋
