Roberto Emanuele RIZZO

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Roberto Emanuele RIZZO

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Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Freitas, Damien; Gilgannon, James; Seth, Sohan; Butler, Ian B.; McGill, Gina Elizabeth; Fusseis, Florian (2024). Using internal standards in time-resolved X-ray micro-computed tomography to quantify grain-scale developments in solid-state mineral reactions. SOLID EARTH, vol. 15, pp. 493-512, ISSN:1869-9529 DOI

Freitas, Damien; Butler, Ian B; Elphick, Stephen C; Gilgannon, James; Rizzo, Roberto E; Plümper, Oliver; Wheeler, John; Schlepütz, Christian M; Marone, Federica; Fusseis, Florian (2024). Heitt Mjölnir: a heated miniature triaxial apparatus for 4D synchrotron microtomography. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION, vol. 31, pp. 150-161, ISSN:1600-5775 DOI

Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Inskip, Nathaniel Forbes; Fazeli, Hossein; Betlem, Peter; Bisdom, Kevin; Kampman, Niko; Snippe, Jeroen; Senger, Kim; Doster, Florian; Busch, Andreas (2024). Modelling geological CO2 leakage: Integrating fracture permeability and fault zone outcrop analysis. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GREENHOUSE GAS CONTROL, vol. 133, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1750-5836 DOI

Gilgannon, James; Freitas, Damien; Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Wheeler, John; Butler, Ian B.; Seth, Sohan; Marone, Federica; Schlepütz, Christian M.; McGill, Gina; Watt, Ian; Plümper, Oliver; Eberhard, Lisa; Amiri, Hamed; Chogani, Alireza; Fusseis, Florian (2023). Elastic stresses can form metamorphic fabrics. GEOLOGY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0091-7613 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Busch, Andreas; Hangx, Suzanne; Vialle, Stephanie; Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Kampman, Niko (2023). Mechanical weakening of a mudrock seal by reaction with CO2-charged fluids. GEOLOGY, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0091-7613 DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Freitas, Damien; Gilgannon, James; Seth, Sohan; Butler, Ian B.; Wheeler, John; Marone, Federica; Schlepuetz, Christian; McGill, Gina; Plümper, Olivier; Fusseis, Florian (2023). Deep learning and chemical constraints allow accurate segmentation of μCT data from metamorphic rocks. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, 23-28 April 2023, egu, pp. 0-0. DOI

Gilgannon, James; Freitas, Damien; Rizzo, Roberto; Wheeler, John; Butler, Ian; Seth, Sohan; Marone, Federica; Schlepütz, Christian; McGill, Gina; Watt, Ian; Plümper, Oliver; Eberhard, Lisa; Amiri, Hamed; Chogani, Alireza; Fusseis, Florian (2023). A non-hydrostatic stress state forms fabrics during metamorphic reactions. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, egu, pp. 0-0. DOI

Fusseis, Florian; Gilgannon, James; Jacob, Arne; Freitas, Damien; Rizzo, Roberto; Butler, ian (2023). Emergent permeability in dehydrating rocks is controlled by the stress state and orientation. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, egu, pp. 0-0. DOI

Freitas, Damien; Butler, Ian; Elphick, Stephen; Gilgannon, James; Rizzo, Roberto; Pluemper, Oliver; Wheeler, John; Schlepuetz, Christian; Marone, Federica; Fusseis, Florian (2023). Heitt Mjolnir: an internally heated triaxial rock deformation apparatus for operando experiments at up to 573 K at synchrotron imaging beamlines. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, egu, pp. 0-0. DOI

Cartwright-Taylor, Alexis; Mangriotis, Maria-Daphne; Main, Ian G.; Butler, Ian B.; Fusseis, Florian; Ling, Martin; Andò, Edward; Curtis, Andrew; Bell, Andrew F.; Crippen, Alyssa; Rizzo, Roberto E.; Marti, Sina; Leung, Derek D. V.; Magdysyuk, Oxana V. (2023). Micromechanics of damage localisation and shear failure of a porous rock: sound and vision. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, 23-28 April 2023, egu, pp. 0-0. DOI

Cartwright-Taylor, Alexis; Mangriotis, Maria-Daphne; Main, Ian G; Butler, Ian B; Fusseis, Florian; Ling, Martin; Andò, Edward; Curtis, Andrew; Bell, Andrew F; Crippen, Alyssa; Rizzo, Roberto E; Marti, Sina; Leung, Derek D V; Magdysyuk, Oxana V (2022). Seismic events miss important kinematically governed grain scale mechanisms during shear failure of porous rock. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, vol. 13, pp. 0-0, ISSN:2041-1723 DOI

Porfido C.; Rizzo R.E.; Healy D.; Spagnuolo M.; Terzano R.; Allegretta I. (2021). Investigating the evolution of fractures in clay–based ceramics during repeated freeze-thawing cycles using X-ray micro-computed tomography and image analysis. MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION, vol. 177, pp. 0-0, ISSN:1044-5803 DOI

Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Fazeli, Hossein; Doster, Florian; Kampman, Niko; Bisdom, Kevin; Snippe, Jeroen; Senger, Kim; Betlem, Peter; Busch, Andreas (2021). Role of fault and fracture networks to de-risk geological leakage from subsurface energy sites. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, EGU, pp. 0-0. DOI

Cartwright-Taylor, Alexis; Main, Ian G.; Butler, Ian B.; Fusseis, Florian; Mangriotis, Maria-Daphne; Curtis, Andrew; Bell, Andrew; Ling, Martin; Andò, Edward; Rizzo, R.E.; Marti, Sina; Leung, Derek; Magdysyuk, Oxana (2021). Seeing and hearing quasi-static shear band localization in a sandstone. In: 23rd EGU General Assembly, April 2021, EGU Geosphere, pp. 0-0. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Mangriotis, Maria-Daphne; Curtis, Andrew; Cartwright-Taylor, Alexis; Andò, Edward; Main, Ian; Bell, Andrew; Butler, Ian B.; Fusseis, Florian; Rizzo, R.E.; Ling, Martin; Marti, Sina; Leung, Derek Doug Vick; Singh, Jonathan; Magdysyuk, Oxana (2021). Microfracture evolution leading to catastrophic failure observed by hearing and seeing. In: 23rd EGU General Assembly, April 2021, EGUsphere, pp. 0-0. DOI Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Palladino G.; Rizzo R.E.; Zvirtes G.; Grippa A.; Philipp R.P.; Healy D.; Alsop G.I. (2020). Multiple episodes of sand injection leading to accumulation and leakage of hydrocarbons along the San Andreas/San Gregorio fault system, California. MARINE AND PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, vol. 118, pp. 0-0, ISSN:0264-8172 DOI

Mangriotis, M. D.; Curtis, A.; Cartwright-Taylor, A. L.; Ando, E.; Main, I. G.; Bell, A. F. ; Butler, I. B. ; Ling, M. ; Fusseis, F. ; Rizzo, R. E. ; Marti, S. ; Leung, D. ; Singh, J. ; Magdysyuk, O. (2020). Microfracture network evolution leading to catastrophic failure: hearing and seeing.. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, December 2020, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo R.E.; Fazeli H.; Maier C.; March R.; Egya D.; Doster F.; Kubeyev A.; Kampman N.; Bisdom K.; Snippe J.; Senger K.; Betlem P.; Phillips T.; Inskip N.F.; Esegbue O.; Busch A. (2020). Understanding fault and fracture networks to de-risk leakage from subsurface storage sites. In: 1st Geoscience and Engineering in Energy Transition Conference, GET 2020, 2020, European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers, EAGE, pp. 1-5. DOI

Cartwright-Taylor, A. L.; Butler, I.B.; Ling, M.; Ando, E.; Mangriotis, M.D.; Main,I.G.; Fusseis, F.; Curtis, A.; Bell, A.F.; Rizzo, R. E.; Marti, S.; Leung, D.; Magdysyuk, O. (2020). Seeing and Hearing Precursory Damage Localisation and Catastrophic Failure in a Sandstone. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2020, December 2020, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chandler, {Michael}; Fauchille, {Anne-Laure}; Ma, {Lin}; May, {Steven}; Lee, {Peter D.}; Bogush, {Anna}; Mecklenburgh, {Julian}; Rizzo, {Roberto Emanuele}; Dowey, {Patrick J.}; Atwood, {Robert C.}; Rutter, {Ernest H.}; Taylor, {Rochelle}; (2019). In-situ synchrotron X-ray tomography of fluid injection experiments. In: AGU - Fall Meeting, New Orleans, 9-13 December 2019, AGU, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, {Roberto Emanuele}; Healy. {David}; Farrell, {Natalie J. C.}; Ostermeijer, {Giles}; Tesei, {Telemaco}; Bedford, {John D.}; Heap, {Michael John}; Mitchell, {Thomas M.} (2019). What's the damage? Multiscale analyses of attributes in fault damage zones – fracture length distributions, orientation scale transitions and network connectivity. In: AGU - Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 2019, AGU, pp. 0-0.

Di Martino, M. D. P.; De Siena, L.; Healy, D.; Rizzo, R.E. (2019). Seismic envelopes at laboratory sample scale from rock physics measurements. In: 21st EGU General Assembly, EGU2019, Vienna, 7-12 April 2019, European Geophysical Union, vol. 21, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, R.E.; Healy, D.;Harland, S.; Browning, J.; Mitchell, T.M. (2019). Imaging crack and pore anisotropy in deformed rocks: Quantifying the crack fabric tensor. In: 21st EGU General Assembly EGU2019, Vienna, 7-12 April 2019, European Geophysical Union, vol. 21, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, {Roberto Emanuele}; Healy, {David}; Harland, {Sophie}; Browning, {John}; Mitchell, {Thomas M.} (2019). Imaging crack and pore anisotropy in deformed rocks: Quantifying the crack fabric tensor. In: EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2019, EGU, pp. 0-0.

Healy, David; Mitchell, Tom; Meredith, Philip; Wong, Teng-fong; Rizzo, Roberto (2019). Coulomb Failure Stress and triggered seismicity: The consequences of fault zone damage. In: EGU Annual Meeting 2019, Vienna, EGU, vol. 21, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Chandler M.R.; Fauchille A.-L.; Kim H.K.; Ma L.; Mecklenburgh J.; Rizzo R.; Mostafavi M.; Marussi S.; Atwood R.; May S.; Azeem M.; Rutter E.; Taylor K.; Lee P. (2018). Correlative Optical and X-Ray Imaging of Strain Evolution During Double-Torsion Fracture Toughness Measurements in Shale. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, vol. 123, pp. 10-533, ISSN:2169-9313 DOI

Healy D.; Rizzo R.E.; Duffy M.; Farrell N.J.C.; Hole M.J.; Muirhead D. (2018). Field evidence for the lateral emplacement of igneous dykes: Implications for 3D mechanical models and the plumbing beneath fissure eruptions. VOLCANICA, vol. 1, pp. 85-103, ISSN:2610-3540 DOI

Rizzo R.E.; Healy D.; Heap M.J.; Farrell N.J. (2018). Detecting the Onset of Strain Localization Using Two-Dimensional Wavelet Analysis on Sandstone Deformed at Different Effective Pressures. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH. SOLID EARTH, vol. 123, pp. 10-478, ISSN:2169-9313 DOI

Seers, Thomas; Sheharyar, Ali; Rizzo, Roberto (2018). Virtual outcrop geology comes of age: the application of consumer grade virtual reality hardware and software to digital outcrop data analysis. In: EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 2018, EGU, pp. 0-0.

Healy, D.; Rizzo, R.E.; Farrell, N.J.; Watkins, H.; Cornwell, D.; Gomez-Rivas, E.; Timms, N. (2017). FracPaQ: a MATLAB™ toolbox for the quantification of fracture patterns. In: EGU 2017 Annual Meeting, Vienna, European Geophysical Union, vol. Vol. 19, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, {Roberto Emanuele}; Healy {David}; Farrell, {Natalie J. C.} (2017). Image processing for quantifying fracture orientation and length scale transitions during brittle deformation. In: AGU – Fall Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 11-15 December 2017, AGU, pp. 0-0.

Rizzo, R. E.; Healy, D.; Farrell, N. J. (2017). Detecting the transition to failure: wavelet analysis of multi-scale crack patterns at different confining pressures. In: AGU - Fall Meeting, New Orleans, 2017, AGU, pp. 0-0.

Rizzo R.E.; Healy D.; Farrell N.J.; Heap M.J. (2017). Riding the Right Wavelet: Quantifying Scale Transitions in Fractured Rocks. GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, vol. 44, pp. 11-815, ISSN:0094-8276 DOI

Rizzo, R. E.; Healy, D.; Farrell, N. J. (2017). Detecting the transition to failure: wavelet analysis of multi-scale crack patterns at different confining pressures. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, R. E.; Healy, D.; Farrell, N. J. (2017). Image processing for quantifying fracture orientation and length scale transitions during brittle deformation. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2017, New Orleans, December 2017, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Healy, D.; Rizzo, R.E.; Harland, S.; Farrell, N.J.; Browning, J.; Meredith, P.; Mitchell, T.; Bubeck, A.; Walker, R. (2017). An Integrated Tensorial Approach for Quantifying Porous Fractured Rocks. In: 19th European Geophysical Union General Assembly, Vienna, 23-28 April 2017, European Geophysical Union, vol. 19, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, Roberto Emanuele; Healy, David; De Siena, Luca (2017). Benefits of maximum likelihood estimators for fracture attribute analysis: Implications for permeability and up-scaling. In: 19th EGU General Assembly, EGU2017, Vienna, 23-28 April 2017, European Geophysical Union, vol. 19, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Healy D.; Rizzo R.E.; Cornwell D.G.; Farrell N.J.C.; Watkins H.; Timms N.E.; Gomez-Rivas E.; Smith M. (2017). FracPaQ: A MATLAB™ toolbox for the quantification of fracture patterns. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, vol. 95, pp. 1-16, ISSN:0191-8141 DOI

Rizzo R.E.; Healy D.; De Siena L. (2017). Benefits of maximum likelihood estimators for fracture attribute analysis: Implications for permeability and up-scaling. JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, vol. 95, pp. 17-31, ISSN:0191-8141 DOI

Rizzo, R. E.; Healy, D.; Farrell, N. J.; Smith, M. (2016). Riding the Right Wavelet: Detecting Fracture and Fault Orientation Scale Transitions Using Morlet Wavelets. In: AGU – Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 12 -16 December 2016, AGU, pp. 0-0.

Healy, D.; Rizzo, R. E.; Cornwell, D. G.; Timms, N.; Farrell, N. J.; Watkins, H.; Gomez-Rivas, E.; Smith, M. (2016). FracPaQ: a MATLAB™ Toolbox for the Quantification of Fracture Patterns. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, December 2016, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

De Siena, L.; Healy, D.; Rizzo, R.E.; Schofield, N. (2016). Unconventional sub-basalt imaging and geological interpretation in terms of porosity/permeability in buried volcanic reservoirs.. In: EGU General Assembly 2016, Vienna, 17-22 April 2016, European Geophysical Union, vol. 18, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Healy, D. ; Rizzo, R. E. (2015). A New Kinematic Model for Polymodal Faulting: Implications for Fault Connectivity. In: American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, December 2015, American Geophysical Union, pp. 0-0. Accesso ONLINE all'editore

Rizzo, R. E.; Healy, D.; De Siena, L. (2015). Predicting bulk permeability using outcrop fracture attributes: The benefits of a Maximum Likelihood Estimator. In: AGU – Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 14 - 18, Dicembre, 2015, AGU, pp. 0-0.

Rizzo, {Roberto Emanuele}; Healy, {David}; De Siena, {Luca}; (2015). Permeability Estimation in a Multi-fractured Top Seal. In: Faults and Top Seals 2015, Almeria, 20-24 Settembre 2015, EAGE, pp. 0-0, ISBN:9789462821644 DOI

Roberto Emanuele RIZZO

Biography

My research interests span computational structural geology, geomechanics and image analysis. I’m interested in the patterns and processes of strain localisation, in the statistical distribution of fault and fracture networks, and in the mechanical, thermal and seismic anisotropies of rocks. I tackle problems through field work, laboratory experiments, theoretical analysis and numerical modelling. I use numerical models to integrate observations with, and explore the consequences of, physical theory. I have developed codes freely available for the geoscience community, such as a wavelet analysis toolbox and the statistical analysis, permeability and connectivity suites within the FracPaQ toolbox (www.fracpaq.com ; https://github.com/Rob-Rizzo).

Roberto Emanuele RIZZO

Curriculum

Roberto Emanuele Rizzo

Research Fellow (RTDa), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Florence

Work Experience

2022 – present: Research Fellow – RTDa – University of Florence, Italy
2021 – 2022: Research Associate (NERC-funded) – University of Edinburgh, UK
2020 – 2021: Research Associate (EU-funded) – Heriot-Watt University, UK
2018 – 2019: Research Associate (NERC-funded) – University of Aberdeen, UK
2017 – 2018: Research Associate (EU-funded) – The University of Manchester, UK

Academic Education

2013 – 2017: PhD – University of Aberdeen – Quantifying Fracture Patterns: Implications for mechanical and transport properties of rocks. University of Aberdeen.
2009 – 2012: MSc in Geology and Geophysics – Università degli studi Bari, Italy.
2005 – 2009: BSc in Geology – Università degli studi Bari, Italy.

Academic Service

Teaching: Lead and organised of the course Introduction to MATLAB (GL5308). M.Sc. Geophysics at the University of Aberdeen. Period of teaching: 2015 – 2016.
Thesis Supervisor: Principal supervisor of 2 MSc Theses at Italian Universities; co-supervisor for 2 MSc final projects at the University of Edinburgh - Scotland; co-supervisor for 2 MSc final projects at the University of Aberdeen - Scotland.
Session Convener: EGU2021 – Energy, Resource and Environment (ERE) Group: “The role of faults and fractures in subsurface energy and storage systems”

Awards

Ramsay Medal 2019 – Awarded by the Tectonics Studies Group for best Paper on Structural Geology and Tectonics published in 2018
AGU Outstanding Student Paper Awards 2016: Best poster presentation

Research Funding

I have raised funding as principal investigator for ~ £16,000.

Funded Projects:

Mar. 2021: Principal Investigator; Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) - International Joint Project Grants. Decay of historic stone masonry due to thermal cycles and salt crystallization: new challenges in a changing environment, £12,000 (University of Edinburgh Lead; joint with CNR – Italy, total of award £12,000).
Sept. 2017: Principal Investigator; Scottish Funding Council – Energy Technology Partnership. Quantifying the effect of fracture networks on the transport properties of volcanic rocks, £3,000 (University of Aberdeen Lead; joint with VBPR – Norway).
Jan. 2016: Travel Fund; The Principal’s Excellence Fund – University of Aberdeen, £300.
Oct. 2015 Travel Fund: Studies Group Conference Grant - TSG Tectonics Studies Group, £500
Aug. 2014 Principal Investigator; Aberdeen Formation Evaluation Society (AFES). Fractured Basement: Linking petrophysical analysis to rock fracture networks, £1,000 (University of Aberdeen)

Not-Funded Projects:

Oct.2020 Principal Investigator; NERC Independent Research Fellowship. Defining Fault Network Scaling Laws (DEFTNESS): network and statistical analysis of faults and fractures patterns to reduce risk of CO2 leakage. £360,000
Feb. 2020: Principal Investigator; Beatriu de Pinós – Grants for the incorporation of postdoctoral research staff into the Catalan science and technology system. Unravelling fracture scaling laws in fault damage zones.€144,300
Nov. 2019: Principal Investigator; Humboldt Research Fellowship – Quantifying fluid migration pathways in caldera systems through integrated geometrical, mechanical and geophysical characterisations. €64,000
Feb. 2019: Principal Investigator; Royal Commission for the Exhibition of the 1851, Research Fellowship. Characterising fractured coastal aquifers for assessing risks of seawater intrusion. £150,000

Invited Talks

May 2019: Seminar, Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecology, University of Liverpool
May 2019: Seminar, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Dec. 2017: AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans

Software development and technical skills

Six years’ experience developing and using codes for numerical simulation of geological processes, statistical inferences and image analysis:

Programming languages: MATLAB / Python / ImageJ Macro (Java)
Code development: Developer of the open-source FracPaQ platform. Developer of two-dimensional wavelet analysis for analysing fracture patterns. Developer of codes for statistical analysis of discrete fracture network properties and, fluid flow connectivity analysis. Developer of codes for rock deformation, image analysis, tracking fracture tip propagation.
Commercial software: for image analysis and fluid flow modelling (e.g., Dragonfly, AVIZO FIRE, ImageJ)
Laboratory: Double Torsion Apparatus, Uniaxial rock deformation apparatus (Controls Testing), Acoustic Velocity acquisitions (Vp and Vs), Oil Meniscus Flow Meter (Permeability), Helium Porosimeter, Mercury injection porosimeter (Autopore IV 9500 from Micromeritics) and Portable Spectral Gamma-Ray Acquisitions.