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.


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

Obituary of Amos Nur, Rock Physics Pioneer

Image credit: Linda Cicero

Image credit: Linda Cicero. Source: Stanford News 

Check out full upcoming rock physics related event details on our event page here

Rock Physics Upcoming

The 8th International Workshop on Rock Physics (8IWRP) will be held in Auckland, New Zealand in 2026

Proposed period: February or April 2026. Check out this PDF for more details


We thank Ludmila Adam from University of Auckland and her local organizing team for welcoming us to the beautiful New Zealand.

More information about workshop dates will follow soon ... Stay tuned. 


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).