This is an open access book. In view of growing conflicts over strategic georesources the use
of the geological subsurface in the sense of a regional resource is becoming increasingly
important. In this context georeservoirs are playing an important role for the energy
transition not only as a source of energy but also as a storage facility and deep geological
disposal for energy waste. The success of the energy transition also depends to a large extent
on the efficient and safe use of underground resources. This book complements the previous
basic book (GeomInt-Integrity of Host Rocks) with a series of application examples in different
rock formations clay salt and crystalline. The methodology developed in GeomInt is used
among others in the Mont Terri underground research laboratory (Opalinus Clay) in the large
borehole test in Springen (salt rock) and in the Reiche Zeche teaching and research mine
(crystalline rock). In addition new methodological developments are also taken up in
experiments and models and embedded in workflows for geotechnical system analyses. The present
book summarizes the results of the collaborative project GeomInt2: Geomechanical integrity of
host and barrier rocks - experiment modeling and analysis of discontinuities within the
program: Geo Research for Sustainability (GEO: N) of the Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF).
