Martin SCHÖPFER, Mag., PhD.
Room Number: 2B446
Tel.: +43-1-4277-53363
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)
2022
The sedimentological death mask of a dying glacier. / Le Heron, Daniel Paul; Kettler, Christoph; Wawra, Arian; Schoepfer, Martin; Grasemann, Bernhard.
In: Depositional Record, Vol. 8, No. 3, 05.09.2022, p. 992-1007.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Transtensional flanking structures. / Mayrhofer, Franziska; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Adamuszek, Marta; Dabrowski, Marcin; Grasemann, Bernhard.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 161, 104659, 08.2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distinct element geomechanical modelling of the formation of sinkhole clusters within large-scale karstic depressions. / Al-Halbouni, Djamil; Holohan, Eoghan P.; Taheri, Abbas; Watson, Robert A.; Polom, Ulrich; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Emam, Sacha; Dahm, Torsten.
In: Solid earth, Vol. 10, No. 4, 29.07.2019, p. 1219-1241.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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; Schöpfer, Martin P. J.; Emam, Sacha; Dahm, Torsten.
In: Solid earth, Vol. 9, No. 6, 23.11.2018, p. 1341-1373.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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; Gier, Susanne; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 110, 01.05.2018, p. 102-115.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Walsh, John J.
In: Scientific Reports, Vol. 7, 10970, 01.12.2017.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The emergence of asymmetric normal fault systems under symmetric boundary conditions. / Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Childs, Conrad; Manzocchi, Tom; Walsh, John J.; Nicol, Andrew; Grasemann, Bernhard.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 104, 01.11.2017, p. 159-171.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interactions and growth of faults in an outcrop-scale system. / Nicol, A. (Corresponding author); Childs, C.; Walsh, J. J.; Manzocchi, T.; Schöpfer, M. P. J.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 23-39.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Three-dimensional Distinct Element Method modelling of the growth of normal faults in layered sequences. / Schöpfer, Martin P. J.; Childs, Conrad; Manzocchi, Tom; Walsh, John J.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 307-332.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Throw partitioning across normal fault zones in the Ptolemais Basin, Greece. / Delogkos, Efstratios; Manzocchi, Tom; Childs, Conrad; Sachanidis, Christos; Barbas, Tryfon; Schöpfer, Martin P.J.; Chatzipetros, Alexandros; Pavlides, Spyros; Walsh, John J.
In: Geological Society Special Publications, Vol. 439, 2017, p. 333-353.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
Gradual caldera collapse at Bárdarbunga volcano, Iceland, regulated by lateral magma outflow. / Gudmundsson, Magnús T.; Jónsdóttir, Kristín; Hooper, Andrew; Holohan, Eoghan P.; Halldórsson, Sæmundur A.; Ófeigsson, Benedikt G.; Cesca, Simone; Vogfjörd, Kristín S.; Sigmundsson, Freysteinn; Högnadóttir, Thórdís; Einarsson, Páll; Sigmarsson, Olgeir; Jarosch, Alexander H.; Jónasson, Kristján; Magnússon, Eyjólfur; Hreinsdóttir, Sigrún; Bagnardi, Marco; Parks, Michelle M.; Hjörleifsdóttir, Vala; Pálsson, Finnur; Walter, Thomas R.; Schöpfer, Martin P J; Heimann, Sebastian; Reynolds, Hannah I.; Dumont, Stéphanie; Bali, Eniko; Gudfinnsson, Gudmundur H.; Dahm, Torsten; Roberts, Matthew J.; Hensch, Martin; Belart, Joaquín M C; Spaans, Karsten; Jakobsson, Sigurdur; Gudmundsson, Gunnar B.; Fridriksdóttir, Hildur M.; Drouin, Vincent; Dürig, Tobias; Adalgeirsdóttir, Gudfinna; Riishuus, Morten S.; Pedersen, Gro B M; Van Boeckel, Tayo; Oddsson, Björn; Pfeffer, Melissa A.; Barsotti, Sara; Bergsson, Baldur; Donovan, Amy; Burton, Mike R.; Aiuppa, Alessandro.
In: Science, Vol. 353, No. 6296, aaf8988, 15.07.2016.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.; Manzocchi, Tom.
In: Tectonophysics, Vol. 666, 15.01.2016, p. 158-163.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The sinking rate of a buoyant solid into a viscous substratum: Analytical solutions and coupled PFC2D–FLAC simulations. / Schöpfer, Martin; Lehner, Florian; Huet, Benjamin; Grasemann, Bernhard.
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.Publication: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Origins of oblique-slip faulting during caldera subsidence. / Holohan, E.P.; Walter, T.R.; Schöpfer, M.P.J.; Walsh, J.J.; Van Wyk De Vries, B.; Troll, V.R.
In: Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Vol. 118, No. 4, 01.01.2013, p. 1778-1794.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Reconciliation of contrasting theories for fracture spacing in layered rocks. / Schöpfer, Martin (Corresponding author); Arslan, Arzu; Childs, Conrad; Walsh, John J.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 33, 2011, p. 551-565.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2009
A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations. / Childs, C.; Manzocchi, T.; Walsh, J.J.; Bonson, C.G.; Nicol, A.; Schöpfer, M.P.J.
In: Journal of Structural Geology, Vol. 31, No. 2, 01.02.2009, p. 117-127.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials : Insights from DEM modelling. / Schöpfer, M.P.J.; Abe, S.; Childs, C.; Walsh, J.J.
In: International Journal of rock Mechanicsand and Mining Sciences, Vol. 46, No. 2, 01.02.2009, p. 250-261.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
A Matlab script for visualizing structure contours and outcrop patterns in three dimensions. / Schöpfer, M.P.J.
In: Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 56, No. 2, 01.03.2008, p. 142-148.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review