University of Aberdeen
| Current Position | Reader |
| Previous Position | Senior Lecturer |
| Telephone | +44 (0)1224 273850 |
| d.healy@abdn.ac.uk | |
| Departments | School of Geosciences |
| ECR | No |
| Quadrat Core Themes | Earth Systems |
| Methods I Use | Bio / Geo / Chemical Analytical, Modelling |
| Profiles |
PURE
ORCIDKey Research Interests
- Fracture patterns, including their quantification in 2D & 3D using tensors, polymodal faulting.
- Rock physics, including laboratory & core data analysis & modelling, velocity anisotropy, permeability anisotropy; clastics, carbonates, evaporites and basement (igneous & metamorphic).
- Geomechanics, including fault & fracture stability, probability of failure (shear & tensile).
Recent Key Papers
- 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. DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2016.12.003
- Healy, D., Rizzo, R.E., Duffy, M., Farrell, N.J.C., Hole, M. & Muirhead, D. (2018). ‘Field evidence for the lateral emplacement of igneous dykes: Implications for 3D mechanical models and the plumbing beneath fissure eruptions‘. Volcanica. DOI: 10.30909/vol.01.02.85105 Pre-print: 10.17605/OSF.IO/GWHFN
- Rizzo, R.E., Healy, D., Farrell, N.J.C. & Heap, M.J. (2017). ‘Riding the right wavelet: Quantifying scale transitions in fractured rock‘. Geophysical Research Letters. DOI: 10.1002/2017GL075784
Summary Title of Current Studentships
- Improving the odds in geomechanics
- Hydrogeophysical approaches for characterising fluid flow and storage in weathered/fractured reservoirs and implications for hydrocarbon and groundwater exploration in basement rocks
- Listening through rock salt: Quantifying petrofabrics and seismic velocity anisotropy of evaporites to improve seismic imaging
- Testing models of dyke emplacement
