@article {B{\'e}rest2017,
	title = {Geometrical versus rheological transient creep closure in a salt cavern},
	journal = {Comptes Rendus Mecanique},
	volume = {345},
	number = {11},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {735-741},
	publisher = {Elsevier Science},
	abstract = {An in-situ test performed in a brine-filled cavern proves that, when brine pressure decreases rapidly, the creep closure rate increases drastically. Conversely, a rapid pressure increase leads to {\textquotedblleft}reverse{\textquotedblright} creep closure: cavern volume increases, even when, at cavern depth, fluid pressure is lower than geostatic pressure. It is tempting to explain these two phenomena by transient salt creep, a characteristic feature of salt rheological behavior commonly observed during laboratory creep tests. In fact, computations performed on an idealized cylindrical cavern excavated from a Norton{\textendash}Hoff rock mass (a constitutive law that includes no transient component) prove that these two phenomena are, at least partly, of a structural nature: their origin is in the slow redistribution of stresses following any pressure change.},
	keywords = {Creep, in situ tests, Reverse creep, salt caverns},
	doi = {10.1016/j.crme.2017.09.002},
	author = {B{\'e}rest, Pierre and Karimi-Jafari, Mehdi and Brouard, Beno{\^\i}t}
}
