Research Interests

Fluid induced seismicity
Numerical modelling of coupled processes
Fracture mechanics

Aktuelle Projekte
Title	Contact
GEISER (Geothermal Engineering Integrating Mitigation of Induced Seismicity in Reservoirs)	Prof. Thomas Kohl, Martin Schoenball

Publications
Title	Authors	Source	Date
Computational study of flow anisotropy in sheared fractures with self-affine surfaces	K. Ankit, M. Schoenball, M. Selzer, N. Kühnle, B. Nestler, J. Schmittbuhl, T. Kohl	European Geothermal Congress 2013, Pisa, Italy	2013
The peculiar shut-in behavior of the well GPK2 at Soultz-sous-Forêts	Schoenball, M., & Kohl, T.	GRC Transactions, 37, 217–220	2013
Change of stress during reservoir stimulation	M. Schoenball, E. Gaucher, F. Wellmann, T. Kohl	2nd European Geothermal Workshop, Strasbourg, France	2013
Complete release of horizontal shear stresses during geothermal reservoir stimulation	M. Schoenball, E. Gaucher, F. Wellmann, T. Kohl	AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, S31F-02, San Francisco, USA	2013
The role of active fractures on borehole breakout development	David P Sahara, Martin Schoenball, Thomas Kohl	American Geosciences Union Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco USA (December)	2013
New galactic open cluster candidates from DSS and 2MASS imagery	M. Kronberger, P. Teutsch, B. Alessi, M. Steine, L. Ferrero, K. Graczewski, M. Juchert, D. Patchick, D. Riddle, J. Saloranta, M. Schoenball, C. Watson	Astronomy & Astrophysics, 447(3), 921-U53	2006
Fluid-induced microseismicity in pre-stressed rock masses: Numerical Modelling of poroelastic coupling effects	M. Schoenball	Diplomarbeit, Universität Karlsruhe	2009
Flow anisotropy in sheared fractures with self-affine surfaces	M. Schoenball, M. Selzer, N. Kühnle, B. Nestler, J. Schmittbuhl, T. Kohl	European Geothermal Congress 2013, Pisa, Italy	2013
Fluid-induced microseismicity in pre-stressed rock masses	M. Schoenball, T.M. Müller, B.I.R. Müller and O. Heidbach	Geophys. J. Int., 180, 813-819	2010
Change of stress regime during geothermal reservoir stimulation.	Schoenball, M., Dorbath, L., Gaucher, E., Wellmann, J. F., & Kohl, T.	Geophysical Research Letters, in press, doi:10.1002/2013GL058514	2014
Large magnitude events during injections in geothermal reservoirs and hydraulic energy: A heuristic approach	Baujard C., Schoenball M., Kohl T., Dorbath L.	Geothermics 52 (), 140-152, DOI:10.1016/j.geothermics.2014.07.002	2014
Economic evaluation of geothermal reservoir performance through modeling the complexity of the operating EGS in Soultz-sous-Forêts	Held, S., Genter, A., Kohl, T., Kölbel, T., Sausse, J., & Schoenball, M.	Geothermics, 51, 270-280	2014
Forward Modelling of Seismicity Rate Changes in Georeservoirs with a Hybrid Geomechanical-Statistical Prototype Model	Hakimhashemi, A. H., Schoenball, M., Heidbach, O., Zang, A., & Grünthal, G.	Geothermics, doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2014.01.001	2014
Modellierung von porendruckinduzierten Änderungen des Spannungsfelds in Reservoiren	J.B. Altmann, A. Dorner, M. Schoenball, B.I.R. Müller, T.M. Müller	Geothermiekongress 2008, S. 425-433, Karlsruhe	2008
Coseismische Änderungen der Coulombspannung während der Stimulation eines geothermischen Reservoirs	M. Schoenball, C. Baujard, T. Kohl and L. Dorbath	Geothermiekongress 2011, 10 S., Bochum	2011
Hydraulische Modellierung einer Kluft mit selbst-affinen Oberflächen	N. Kühnle, M. Schoenball and T. Kohl	Geothermiekongress 2011, 10 S., Bochum	2011
A Mechanism for Time-Dependent Wellbore Failure	M. Schoenball	Geothermiekongress 2012, Karlsruhe	2012
Induced seismicity in geothermal reservoirs: Physical processes and key parameters	Gaucher, E., Fokker, P.A., Heidbach, O., Kohl, T., Schoenball, M., Van Wees, J.D. & Zang, A.	Geothermiekongress, Karlsruhe, Germany	2012
Stress-induced Spatial Anisotropy of Microseismicity Distributions	M. Schoenball, T.M. Müller and B.I.R. Müller	In 71st EAGE Conference, pp. 5, Amsterdam	2009
Changes of Coulomb Failure Stress during Stimulation	M. Schoenball, C. Baujard and T. Kohl	In EAGE Sustainable Earth Science Conference, pp. 5, Valencia	2011
Changes of Coulomb Failure Stress due to Dislocations during Stimulation of GPK2 at Soultz-sous-Forêts	M. Schoenball, C. Baujard, T. Kohl and L. Dorbath	In Proceeding of Stanford Geothermal Workshop, pp. 11, Stanford	2012
Effects of poroelastic coupling on microseismic signatures	M. Schoenball, T.M. Müller, B.I.R. Müller and O. Heidbach	In SEG Conference, pp. 4, Houston	2009
Significance of Thermal Transport in Complex Fractured Reservoirs for the Economic Performance	S. Held, A. Genter, T. Kohl, T. Kölbel, J. Sausse & M. Schoenball	In: Geothermiekongress 2012, Karlsruhe	2012
Time-dependent brittle creep as mechanism for time-delayed wellbore failure	Schoenball M., Sahara D.P., Kohl T.	International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 70: 400-406	2014
The Role of Triggering by Static Stress Transfer During Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation	M. Schoenball, C. Baujard, T. Kohl and L. Dorbath	Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, B09307, doi:10.1029/2012JB009304	2012
Time-dependent brittle creep as mechanism for time-delayed wellbore failure	M. Schoenball, D.P. Sahara, T. Kohl	The 6th International Symposium on In-Situ Rock Stress, Sendai, Japan	2013