brievans@mit.edu

Brian Evans

Professor of Geophysics Emeritus

PhD, Geophysics, Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., 1978

Biographical Overview

Brian Evans received his PhD in Geophysics from MIT in 1978. Following a postdoctoral appointment at MIT, he matriculated to Princeton University as an Assistant Professor. In 1983, he returned to MIT as a faculty member and has remained here since, although he has had visiting appointments at the GeoForschungsZentrum in Potsdam, Germany, and at the University of Montpellier II, France. He became a Professor Emeritus in 2019. Evans is interested in the mechanical properties of rocks at elevated temperatures and pressures, and particularly in the interactions among deformation, fluid chemistry, and fluid flow.

Publications

W. Xiao, Y. Bernabe, B. Evans, U. Mok, J. Zhao, X. Ren, M. Chen, 2019, "Klinkenberg Effect and Effective Pressure for Gas Permeability of Tight Sandstones", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, 1412 - 1429
S. Mighani, Y. Bernabe, U. Mok, M. Peç, B. Evans, 2018, "Can we use nanoindentation to derive the Poroelastic Parameters of Microporous Rocks? -Experimental Evidence", American Rock Mechanics Association
W. Xiao, J. Zhang, Y. Bernabe, U. Mok, B. Evans, J. Zhao, L. Zheng, 2018, "Experimental investigation on the effective pressure coefficient for permeability and deformation in the tight sandstone", American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
S. Mighani, D.A. Lockner, B.D. Kilgore, F. Sheibani, B. Evans, 2018, "Interaction Between Hydraulic Fracture and a Preexisting Fracture under Triaxial Stress Conditions", SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Technology Conference
C. Gu, G.A. Prieto, D. Harwath, S. Mighani, B. Evans, M.N. Toksöz, 2017, "Hearing what fractures say – A combination of seismic and speech recognition methods", SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts
Y. Tal, B. Evans, U. Mok, 2016, "Direct observations of damage during unconfined brittle failure of Carrara marble", Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 1584 - 1609
G. Siddiqi, B. Evans, 2015, "Permeability and thermal cracking at pressure in Sioux Quartzite", Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 49 - 66
Y. Bernabe, M. Li, Y.B. Tang, B. Evans, 2015, "Pore Space Connectivity and the Transport Properties of Rocks", Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Rev. IFP Energies nouvelles
H. Wang, B. Hager, B. Evans, 2014, "Geomechanical implications of carbon sequestration in carbonate saline aquifer"
B. Evans, Y. Bernabe, 2014, "Pressure solution creep of random packs of spheres"
A.H. Shabelansky, Y. Bernabe, U. Mok, B. Evans, 2014, "Temperature influence on permeability of Sioux quartzite containing mixtures of water and carbon dioxide", International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 70, 546 - 551
M. Violay, B. Gibert, D. Mainprice, B. Evans, J.M. Dautria, P. Azais, P. Pezard, 2013, "An experimental study of the brittle-ductile transition of basalt at oceanic crust pressure and temperature conditions"
E. Rybacki, B. Evans, C. Janssen, R. Wirth, G. Dresen, 2013, "Influence of stress, temperature, and strain on calcite twins constrained by deformation experiments"
R. E., B. Evans, C. Janssen, R. Wirth, G. Dresen, 2013, "Influence of stress, temperature, and strain on calcite twins constrained by deformation experiments on Carrara marble", Tectonophysics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2013.04.021
A.H. Shabelansky, Y. Bernabe, U. Mok, B. Evans, 2013, "Temperature effect on relative permeability of Sioux quartzite in the presence of water and carbon dioxide", Int. J. Rock Mechanics- submitted
M. Violay, B. Gibert, D. Mainprice, B. Evans, J.M. Dautria, P. Azais, P. Pezard, 2012, "An experimental study of the brittle-ductile transition of basalt at oceanic crust pressure and temperature conditions", Journal of Geophysical Research -Solid Earth, 117, B03213, 03223
M. Violay, B. Gibert, D. Mainprice, B. Evans, J.M. Dautria, P. Azais, P. Pezard, 2012, "An experimental study of the brittle-ductile transition of basalt at oceanic crust pressure and temperature conditions", Journal of Geophysical Research -Solid Earth, 117, B03213, 03223
Y. Bernabe, B. Evans, D.D. Fitzenz, 2009, "Stress transfer during pressure solution compression of rigidly coupled axisymmetric asperities pressed against a flat semi-infinite solid", Pure and Applied Geophysics, 166: 1-29
J. EscartÌn, M. Andreani, G. Hirth, B. Evans, 2008, "Relationships between the microstructural evolution and the rheology of talc at elevated pressures and temperatures", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 268: 463-475
N. Austin, B. Evans, M. Herwegh, A. Ebert, 2008, "Strain localization in the Morcles Nappe (Helvetic Alps, Switzerland)", Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 101: 341-360
Y. Bernabe, B. Evans, 2007, "Pressure solution deformation of axi-symmetric asperities under normal loading", in Rock Physics and Geomechanics in the Study of Reservoirs and Repositories, Geol. Soc. London, Spec. Publ. 284, edited by C. David and M. Le Ravalec-Dupin, Geol. Soc. London, UK., pp. 185-205
Y. Bernabe, U. Mok, B. Evans, 2003, "Permeability-porosity Relationships in Rocks Subjected to Various Evolution Processes", Pure and Applied Geophysics, 160, 937 - 960
Y. Bernabe, W.F. Brace, B. Evans, 1982, "Permeability, porosity and pore geometry of hot-pressed calcite", Mechanics of Materials, 1, 173 - 183