GeomInt-Mechanical Integrity of Host Rocks

The use of the subsurface as a source of resources, a storage space and for installing
underground municipal or traffic infrastructure has become much more intensive and
diverse in recent years. In addition to classical anthropogenic interventions such as
mining, oil and gas production or tunnel construction, other forms of underground use
have come into the focus of economic, political and scientific research, particularly in
connection with the transformation of energy systems. These include, for example,
the extraction of energy (e.g. geothermal energy) and energy sources using new
technologies (e.g. unconventional gas extraction) as well as the geological short-term
and long-term storage of energy carriers (e.g. compressed air, hydrogen, methane)
and the safe storage of waste generated during energy production or in other industrial
sectors (e.g. carbon dioxide, radioactive waste).
[Cham: 2021]

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