International Association of Rock Physicists
Rock Physics provides the connections between elastic properties measured at the surface of the earth, within the borehole environment or in the laboratory with the intrinsic properties of rocks, such as mineralogy, porosity, pore shapes, pore fluids, pore pressures, permeability, viscosity, stresses and overall architecture such as laminations and fractures. Rock Physics provides the understanding and theoretical tools required to optimize all imaging and characterization solutions based on elastic data.
The present site is a collection of resources for rock physicists and those who use the results of rock physics in their work.
The 8th International Workshop on Rock Physics (8IWRP) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, February 23-27, 2026. Check out this PDF for more details
Check out full upcoming rock physics related event details on our event page here
News from Stanford:
Amos Nur, rock physics pioneer, has died
"A fixture at Stanford for more than four decades, Nur helped establish rock physics as a critical part of modern geophysics, bridged the intersection of earthquakes and archaeology, and mentored dozens of graduate students on approaching science with creativity." Source: Stanford news.
Read more: https://sustainability.stanford.edu/news/amos-nur-rock-physics-pioneer-has-died
PhDs Awardees :
ORALS : Alvin Biyoghe (Imperial College London)
For " Model for Stress-Strain hysteresis during hydrostatic loading of porous rocks".
POSTERS: Afeez Popoola (University of Toronto)
For "Forced-oscillation measurements on fluid-saturated thermally treated granite _ Evidence of squirt flow"
More information about the workshop can be found on the web page (7IWRP).