Assessing energy balance via seismic and mechanical observations in high temperature induced crack damage in marbles.

Assessing the rock physical and mechanical behavior under different temperatures has become of utmost importance. It is well known that thermal stresses induce significant crack damage in rocks due to thermal expansion or phase transformation and volume changes. Quantifying and forecasting the evolution of rock physical and mechanical parameters with temperature is thus crucial for evaluating rock integrity in many applications such as geothermal fields, nuclear waste storage, wildfire or volcanic processes.