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‘Fossilizing’ Cracks in Infrastructure creates Sealing that can even Survive Earthquakes

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Flow-path fractures in rock sealed by calcite, promoted by the researchers’ ‘concretion-forming resin’. (credit: Hidekazu Yoshida)

In a new study, a team of researchers used research on fossilizing techniques to create a new method for sealing cracks and fractures in rocks and bedrock using a ‘concretion-forming resin’. This innovative technique has applications in a wide range of industries, from tunnel construction to long-term underground storage of hazardous materials.

Various forms of underground activity, such as deep wells or the disposal of hazardous materials, require the long-term sealing of rocks. A team of researchers has developed an innovative method based on fossilization processes to seal cracks and fractures in rock using a “concretion-forming resin...

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