Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of Poromechanics -- Introduction -- Poroelasticity -- Poroplasticity -- Rupture -- Chapter 2. Mechanical Compaction -- Introduction -- Phenomenology of Mechanical Compaction in Porous Rocks -- Micro Mechanics of Compaction -- Chapter 3. Sandstone Compaction by Intergranular Pressure Solution -- Introduction -- Grain-Scale Model of IPS -- Elements of a Continuum Theory of IPS -- Compaction Creep for a Simple Microstructure -- Concluding Discussion -- Chapter 4. Damage and Rock Physical Properties -- Introduction -- Microstructural and Mechanical Aspects of Damage -- Nucleation and Propagation of Fractures-Observations and Modeling -- Damage Models -- Permeability of Cracked Rocks -- Chapter 5. Localization: Shear Bands and Compaction Bands -- Introduction -- Approaches to Failure -- Localization of a Layer -- Bifurcation Theory -- Constitutive Models -- Pore Fluid Effects -- Experimental and Field Observations -- Postlocalization -- Chapter 6. Fluid Transport in Deforming Rocks -- Fluid Flow in Porous Deformable Rocks -- Fluid Pressure Signals in Porous Rocks -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Chapter 7. Hydromechanical Behavior of Fractured Rocks -- Introduction -- Hydromechanical Behavior of a Single Fracture -- Mechanical and Structural Properties of Fracture Populations -- Reconstructions of Fracture Patterns and Implications for Fluid Flow and Chemical Transport -- Notation Index -- Subject Index -- Series Page -- Last Page.