High Temperature and Acoustic Emissions Data on Comiso Limestone

Two controlled heating experiments on Comiso limestone samples, conducted at University College London in February 2016. The dataset includes raw time-series measurements of temperature, acoustic emission amplitude, and counts. Data collection was led by Drs A. Castagna and J. Browning and published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Use Cases

• Modeling the brittle-ductile transition in rock based on temperature and acoustic emission data.
• Analyzing the relationship between thermal stressing and microstructural damage in limestone.
• Training ML models to predict acoustic emission patterns from controlled heating cycles.
• Calibrating laboratory furnace experiments for rock physics research.

Strengths

• Data is directly linked to a peer-reviewed publication in a major geophysics journal.
• Experimental parameters are precisely defined, including a heating rate of 1 °C/minute and a 30-minute equilibration period.
• Each data column is clearly labelled with units included, as stated in the description.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is limited to two specific experiments, constraining the scope of analysis.

Provenance

Source

Rock and Ice Physics Laboratory, University College London; data hosted by British Geological Survey (BGS).

Collection Method

Laboratory experiments using a Carbolite CTF12/75/700 tube furnace.

Time Range

Experiments conducted between 22nd and 28th February, 2016.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 14:04:54.200216; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Samples from the Ragusa Formation, Sicily, Italy.