Articles | Volume 17, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1139-2026
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-17-1139-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Review article
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15 Oct 2026
Review article |
| 15 Oct 2026
| 15 Oct 2026
Understanding spatial and temporal evolution of progressive excavation damage zone in granitic rocks – development of a novel mine-by and laboratory experimental framework at the BedrettoLab
Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Jonas Dickmann
Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Michal Kruszewski
Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Antonio Pio Rinaldi
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Linus Villiger
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Alexis Shakas
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mathew Perras
Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Navid Bahrani
Department of Civil and Resource Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Patrick Bianchi
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Achtziger-Zupančič
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies, IEG, Aachen, Germany
Steven Gaines
Natural Resources Canada, Ontario, Canada
Kai Bröker
Center for Hydrogeology and Geothermics, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Xiaodong Ma
School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Paul A. Selvadurai
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Virginie Durand
Geoazur Laboratory, Valbonne, France
Kavan Khaledi
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies, IEG, Aachen, Germany
Mohammadreza Jalali
Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Yousef Golabchi
Department of Civil Engineering, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Canada
Sam Harris
Trent School of the Environment, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Alba Zappone
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Mathilde Wimez
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Marian Hertrich
Department of Earth Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Stefan Wiemer
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Florian Amann
Chair of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Fraunhofer Research Institution for Energy Infrastructures and Geotechnologies, IEG, Aachen, Germany
Data sets
High-Resolution Terrestrial Laser Scanning Point Clouds and Surface Meshes from the Bedretto Tunnel Pooya Hamdi https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz-c-000801363
Short summary
Deep geological repositories are considered one of the safest solutions for the long-term disposal of nuclear waste. This paper presents an overview of an experiment conducted at the BedrettoLab, Switzerland, where a new 100 m long tunnel was excavated in granite at a depth of 1300 m to investigate excavation-induced rock damage and its time-dependent evolution.
Deep geological repositories are considered one of the safest solutions for the long-term...
