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Alikarami , R., Torabi, A., Skurtveit, E., 2012. Impact of faults on the mechanical and petrophysical properties of sandstone reservoirs - An implication for CO2 storage, Third EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop in Edinburg.    

Torabi, A., 2012, Effect of burial depth on deformation and storage capacity of sandstone reservoirs, Third EAGE CO2 Geological Storage Workshop in Edinburg.    

Braathen, A., Gabrielsen, R.H., Bastesen, E., 2011. Analysis of extensional fault cores-fault facies characteristics of slip surfaces and rock lenses, GSA, Logan, May 2011.

Klimczak, C., Schultz, R., 2011. Compactional shear bands in dilational sands and soils, AGU Conference, T33C-2426.

 Ellingsen, E., Torabi, A., 2011. Interaction between diagenesis and deformation within faulted sandstone reservoirs, vinterkonferansen, NGF, Stavanger, Jan. 11-13.     

Skurtveit, E., Aliakarami, R., Torabi, A.; 2011. Deformation pattern and mechanical properties of Navajo sandstone and their impact on CO2 storage, 9th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Geomechanics, Trondheim, 17-21 October.

Schultz, R., Soliva, R., 2011. Propagation Energies Inferred from Deformation Bands in Sandstone, AGU Conference, T33C-2433.     

Torabi, A., 2011. Localization of strain in porous sandstone, Invited talk in Impact of realistic geological models on simulation of CO2 storage workshop, Bergen, November 23rd.      

Torabi, A., Gabrielsen, R.H., Skurtveit, E., Fossen, H., Cuisiat, F., Tveranger, J. 2010. Impact of fault rock properties on CO2 storage in sandstone reservoirs, Second EAGE CO2 geological storage workshop, Berlin, March 11-12.    

Fossen, H., Schultz, R., Torabi, A., Tveranger, J., 2009. Petrophysically selective compaction bands in Navajo sandstone, GSA, Portland, October 18-21.    

Papers:

Ballas, G., Soliva, R., Sizun, J.-P., Fossen, H., Benedicto, A., Skurtveit, E. 2013. Shear-enhanced compaction bands formed at shallow burial conditions; implications for fluid flow (Provence, France). Journal of Structural Geology 47, 3-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2012.11.008

Torabi, A., Fossen, H., Braathen, A., 2013. Insight into petrophysical properties of deformed sandstone reservoirs, AAPG  Bulletin 97, 4,  619-637 http://dx.doi.org/10.1306/10031212040

Torabi, A., Skurtveit, E., 2013. Effect of initial grain size and packing on the evolution of elastic properties of poorly lithified sandstones. ARMA's 47th Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Fransisco, June 23-26.

Kolyukhin, D., Torabi, A., 2012. Statistical analysis of the  relationships between faults attributes, Journal of Geophysical  research, 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008880.  

Schultz, R.H. and Soliva, R. 2012. Propagation energies inferred from deformation bands in sandstone. Int. J. Fract. 176, 135-149 http://dx.doi.org/

Torabi, A., Alikarami, R., 2012. Heterogeneity within deformation bands in sandstone reservoirs, ARMA's 46th Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago, June 24-27.    

Fossen, H., Schultz, R., Torabi, A., 2011. Conditions and implications for compaction band formation in the Navajo Sandstone, Utah, Journal of structural geology, Volume 33, Issue 10, 1477-1490.

Master thesis:

Ellingsen, E. 2011. Interaction of diagenesis and deformation in faulted sandstone reservoirs. Master thesis. UiB and Uni CIPR.

Shekari-Namin, S. 2012. Petrophysical properties of deformed sandstone reservoir. Master thesis. UiB and Uni CIPR.

Seifried, D.T.2012. Fault architecture and their scaling relationships: insights into fault core thickness and fault displacement. Master thesis. UiB and Uni CIPR.