Martin Schöpfer

Martin SCHÖPFER, Mag., PhD.

martin.schoepfer@univie.ac.at

Room Number: 2B446
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53363

Martin Schöpfer

Research Interests:

Mechanical modelling of fault zones, joints and caldera collapse using Distinct Element Method (DEM) modelling.

Projects:

2021-2023: Discrimination of Induced and Natural Fractures in Deep Boreholes (DINaF)

2016-2019: Coupled continuum-discontinuum modelling of salt tectonics (SaltTecDEM II). Funded by Statoil ASA.

2016: Numerical modelling of fracturing during folding. Funded by OMV E & P.

2013-2015: Distinct Element Method (DEM) modelling of the growth of salt swells (SaltTecDEM). Funded by Statoil ASA.

Teaching:

Winter Term: Mathematical Methods in Earth Sciences; Practical Course in Geological Mapping for mining.

Summer Term: Geological Chartography; Structural Geology and Tectonics.

Details of current and past teaching are provided by u:find.

Publications (taken from u:cris)

2024

The rise and fall of diapirs during thin-skinned extension revisited. / Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Lehner, Florian K.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 188, 105165, 11.2024.

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2023

Numerical models of restless caldera volcanoes. / Woodell, Daniel R. (Corresponding author); Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Holohan, Eoghan P.
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 621, 118376, 01.11.2023.

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Collapse caldera walls: Mechanical controls on slope failure and morphology. / Harnett, Claire E.; Watson, Robert A.; Holohan, Eoghan P. et al.
In: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, Vol. 442, 107893, 10.2023.

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Synkinematic evolution of stylolite porosity. / Hou, Zhaoliang; Fusseis, Florian; Schöpfer, Martin et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 173, 104916, 08.2023.

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2022

The sedimentological death mask of a dying glacier. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Kettler, Christoph; Wawra, Arian et al.
In: Depositional Record, Vol. 8, No. 3, 05.09.2022, p. 992-1007.

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Transtensional flanking structures. / Mayrhofer, Franziska; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Adamuszek, Marta et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 161, 104659, 08.2022.

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2019

Sense and non-sense of shear reloaded. / Grasemann, Bernhard; Dabrowski, Marcin; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 125, 08.2019, p. 20-28.

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Distinct element geomechanical modelling of the formation of sinkhole clusters within large-scale karstic depressions. / Al-Halbouni, Djamil; Holohan, Eoghan P.; Taheri, Abbas et al.
In: Solid earth, Vol. 10, No. 4, 29.07.2019, p. 1219-1241.

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Universal and Nonuniversal Aperture-to-Length Scaling of Opening Mode Fractures Developing in a Particle-Based Lattice Solid Model. / Mayrhofer, Franziska; Schöpfer, Martin P.J. (Corresponding author); Grasemann, Bernhard.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, Vol. 124, No. 3, 03.2019, p. 3197-3218.

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2018

Geomechanical modelling of sinkhole development using distinct elements: model verification for a single void space and application to the Dead Sea area. / Al-Halbouni, Djamil; Holohan, Eoghan P.; Taheri, Abbas et al.
In: Solid earth, Vol. 9, No. 6, 23.11.2018, p. 1341-1373.

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Slope stability and exact solutions for cohesive critical Coulomb wedges from Mohr diagrams. / Lehner, Florian K.; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 116, 01.11.2018, p. 234-240.

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Seismically-triggered soft-sediment deformation structures close to a major strike-slip fault system in the Eastern Alps (Hirlatz cave, Austria). / Salomon, Martina Lan; Grasemann, Bernhard; Plan, Lukas et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 110, 01.05.2018, p. 102-115.

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2017

Effects of Host-rock Fracturing on Elastic-deformation Source Models of Volcano Deflation. / Holohan, Eoghan P. (Corresponding author); Sudhaus, Henriette (Corresponding author); Walter, Thomas R. et al.
In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, 10970, 01.12.2017.

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The emergence of asymmetric normal fault systems under symmetric boundary conditions. / Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Childs, Conrad; Manzocchi, Tom et al.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 104, 01.11.2017, p. 159-171.

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Interactions and growth of faults in an outcrop-scale system. / Nicol, A. (Corresponding author); Childs, C.; Walsh, J. J. et al.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 23-39.

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Three-dimensional Distinct Element Method modelling of the growth of normal faults in layered sequences. / Schöpfer, Martin P. J.; Childs, Conrad; Manzocchi, Tom et al.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 307-332.

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Throw partitioning across normal fault zones in the Ptolemais Basin, Greece. / Delogkos, Efstratios; Manzocchi, Tom; Childs, Conrad et al.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 333-353.

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2016

Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow. / Gudmundsson, Magnús T.; Jónsdóttir, Kristín; Hooper, Andrew et al.
In: Science, Vol. 353, No. 6296, aaf8988, 15.07.2016.

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Evolution of the internal structure of fault zones in three-dimensional numerical models of normal faults. / Schöpfer, Martin P J; Childs, Conrad; Walsh, John J. et al.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 666, 15.01.2016, p. 158-163.

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The sinking rate of a buoyant solid into a viscous substratum: Analytical solutions and coupled PFC2D–FLAC simulations. / Schöpfer, Martin; Lehner, Florian; Huet, Benjamin et al.
Applied Numerical Modeling in Geomechanics: Proceedings of the 4th Itasca Symposium on Applied Numerical Modeling. ed. / Patricio Gómez; Christine Detournay; Roger Hart; Michele Nelson. 2016. p. 533-539.

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2015

Stress evolution during caldera collapse. / Holohan, Eoghan P (Corresponding author); Schöpfer, Martin; Walsh, John J.
In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 421, 01.07.2015, p. 139-151.

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2013

Three-dimensional failure envelopes and the brittle-ductile transition. / Schöpfer, M.P.J.; Childs, C.; Manzocchi, T.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Vol. 118, No. 4, 22.04.2013, p. 1378-1392.

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Origins of oblique-slip faulting during caldera subsidence. / Holohan, E.P.; Walter, T.R.; Schöpfer, M.P.J. et al.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Vol. 118, No. 4, 01.01.2013, p. 1778-1794.

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The orientation and dilatancy of shear bands in a bonded particle model for rock. / Schöpfer, Martin (Corresponding author); Childs, Conrad.
In: International Journal of rock Mechanicsand and Mining Sciences, Vol. 57, 2013, p. 75-88.

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2011

Mechanical and geometric controls on the structural evolution of pit crater and caldera subsidence. / Holohan, Eoghan P (Corresponding author); Schöpfer, Martin; Walsh, John J.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Vol. 116, No. B7, 06.07.2011.

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