Peer-Reviewed Journal Publications:
2022
- Chang, C., Borglin, S., Chou, C., Zheng, L., Wu, Y., Nakagawa, S., Kneafsey, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Mechanical Behavior of Bentonite Buffer for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: A Bench-Scale X-ray CT Investigation, in preparation.
- Cihan, A., Bhuvankar, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Risk of Wellbore Leakage to Shallow Aquifers in Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Numerical Studies on the Effects of CO2 Property Changes in Multilayered Systems, in preparation.
- Cihan, A., Oldenburg, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Leakage from Coexisting Geologic Forcing and Injection-Induced Pressurization: A Semi-Analytical Solution for Multilayered Aquifers with Multiple Wells, submitted to Water Resources Research.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2022): DECOVALEX-2019 – An International Collaboration for Advancing the Understanding and Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes in Geological Systems, submitted to International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences.
- Cappa, F., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., De Barrros, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Decoupling between Slip and Opening Drives High-Pressure Fluid Migration in Shale Faults, submitted to Nature Geoscience.
- Viswanathan, H.S., Ajo-Franklin, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Carey, J.W., Guglielmi, Y., Hyman, J.D., Karra, S., Pyrak-Nolte, L., Rajaram, H., Srinivasan, G., Tartakovsky, D.M. (2022): From Fluid Flow to CoupledProcesses in Fractured Rock – Recent Advances and New Frontiers, Reviews of Geophysics, 60(1). https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021RG000744
- Faybishenko, B., Wang, Y., Harrington, j., Tamayo, E., Birkholzer, J.T., Jove-Colon, C. (2022): Phenomenological Model of Deterministic-Chaotic Gas Migration in Bentonite: Experimental Evidence and Diagnostic Parameters, Transport in Porous Media. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11242-021-01733-9
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Pore-scale CFD Simulations of Clay Mobilization in Natural Porous Media due to Fresh Water Injection, Chemical Engineering Sciences, 247(117046). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2021.117046
2021
- Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C. Cappa, F., DeBarros, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Field-scale Fault Reactivation Experiments Highlight Aseismic Leakage in Caprock Analogs: Implications for CO2 Sequestration, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 111(103471). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2021.103471
- Cihan, A., Tokunaga, T.K., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Diffusion-to-Imbibition Transition in Water Sorption in Nanoporous Media: Theoretical Studies, Water Resources Research, 57, 2021WR029720. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021WR029720
- Seyedi, D., Plua, C., Vitel, M., Armand, G., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, H., Guo, R., Thatcher, K., Bond, A., Wang, W., Nagel, T., Shao, H., Kolditz, O. (2021): Upscaling THM Modelling from Small-scale to Full-scale In-situ Experiments in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 144(104582). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmms.2020.104582
- Commer, M., Alumbaugh, D., Wilt, M., Um, E., Cihan, A., Petrusak, R., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): An Adaptable Technique for Comparative Image Assessment: Application to Crosswell Electromagnetic Survey Design for Fluid Monitoring, Geophysics, 86(3), pp. E239–E256. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2020-0430.1
- Cihan, A., Petrusak, R., Bhuvankar, P., Alumbaugh, D., Trautz, R., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Permeability Decline by Clay Fines Migration Around a Low-Salinity Fluid Injection Well, Groundwater, 60(1). http://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13127
- Plua, C., Vu, M.-N., Armand, G., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, Guo, R., Thatcher, K., Bond, A., Wang, W., Nagel, T., Shao, H., Kolditz, O. (2021): A Reliable Numerical Analysis for Large-scale Modelling of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 140(104574). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160920309400
- Birkholzer, J.T., Morris, J., Bargar, J.R., Brondolo, F., Cihan, A., Crandall, D., Deng, H., Fan, W., Fu, W., Fu, P., Hakala, A., Hao, Y., Huang, J., Jew, A.D., Kneafsey, T., Li, Z., Lopano, C., Moore, J., Moridis, G., Nakagawa, S., Noël, V., Reagan, M., Sherman, C.S., Settgast, R.,. Steefel, C.I., Voltolini, M., Xiong, W., Ciezobka, J. (2021): A New Modeling Framework for Multi-Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production from Unconventional Reservoirs, Energies, 14(3):641. https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/3/641
- Xu, H., Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Numerical Study of the Chemo-Mechanical Behavior of FEBEX Bentonite in Nuclear Waste Disposal Based on the Barcelona Expansive Model, Computers and Geotechnics, 132(103968). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X20305310
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Harrington, J., Tamayo-Mas, E., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Discrete Dilatant Pathway Modeling of Gas Migration Through Compacted Bentonite Clay, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 137(104569). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160920309357
- Cheng, F., Correa, J., Dou, S., Freifeld, B., Wood, T., Nihei, K., Guerra, D., Hill, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Ajo-Franklin, J. (2020): Testing of a Permanent Orbital Surface Source and Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Monitoring of Unconventional Reservoirs: Preliminary Results from the Eagle Ford Shale, Geophysics, 86(2), pp. P1-P12. https://library.seg.org/doi/10.1190/geo2020-0403.1
2020
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): A Study of Thermal Pressurization and Potential for Hydro-Fracturing Associated with Nuclear Waste Disposal in Argillaceous Claystone, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 136(104536). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160920309023
- Rutqvist, J., Graupner, B., Guglielmi, Y., Kim, T., Massmann, J., Nguyen, T.S., Park, J.-W., Shiu, W., Urpi, L., Yoon, Y.-S., Ziefle, G., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): An International Model Comparison Study of Controlled Fault Activation Experiments in Argillaceous Claystone at the Mont Terri Laboratory, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 136(104505). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136516092030873X
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Plua, C., Armand, G., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Modeling of Thermal Pressurization in Tight Claystone using Sequential THM Coupling: Benchmarking and Validation Against In-situ Heating Experiments in COx Claystone, Journal of Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology, 103(103428), pp. 1-19. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0886779820303825
- Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Complexity of Fault Rupture and Fluid Leakage in Shale: Insights from a Controlled Fault Activation Experiment, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 125(2), pp. 1-19. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2019JB017781
- Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Jeanne, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Estimating Perturbed Stress from 3-D Borehole Displacements Induced by Fluid Injection in Fractured or Faulted Shales, Geophysical Journal International, 221, pp. 1684-1695. https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/221/3/1684/5775481
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Lattice Modeling of Excavation Damage in Argillaceous Clay Formations: Influence of Deformation and Strength Anisotropy, Tunneling and Underground Space Technology, 98, 103196. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0886779819307436?dgcid=coauthor
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Reagan, M., Birkholzer, J.T., Villar, M.V., Fernández, A.M. (2020): The Hydration of Bentonite Buffer Material Revealed by Modeling Analysis of a Long-Term In Situ Test, Applied Clay Sciences, 185, 105360. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131719304181
- Agartan, E., Illangasekare, T.H., Vargas-Johnson, J., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Experimental Investigation of Assessment of the Contribution of Heterogeneous Semi-Confining Shale Layers on Mixing and Trapping of Dissolved CO2 in Deep Geologic Formations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 93, 102888. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583619303925?dgcid=author
2019
- Cihan, A., Tokunaga, T.K.. Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Adsorption and Capillary Condensation-Induced Imbibition in Nanoporous Media, Langmuir, 35, pp. 9611-9621. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00813
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Bond, A.E., Hudson, J.A., Jing, L., Stephansson, O. (2019): 25 Years of DECOVALEX – Scientific Advances and Lessons Learned from an International Research Collaboration in Coupled Subsurface Processes, Invited Review, International Journal and Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 122, pp. 1-21. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160918308451
- González-Nicolás, A., Cihan, A., Petrusak, R., Zhou, Q., Trautz, R., Riestenberg, D., Godec, M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Pressure Management via Brine Extraction in Geological CO2 Storage: Adaptive Optimization Strategies under Poorly Characterized Reservoir Conditions, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 83, pp. 176-185. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1750583618305486
2018
- Cappa, F., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): On the Relationship between Fault Permeability Increases, Induced Stress Perturbation, and the Growth of Aseismic Slip during Fluid Injection, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 10.1029/2018GL080233, pp. 11012-11020. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2018GL080233
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Battistelli, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Modeling of Coupled Processes in Rock Salt and Crushed Salt Related to Disposal of Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste Including Halite Solubility Constraints, Transport in Porous Media, 124, pp. 159-182. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11242-018-1057-7
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A.E., Hudson, J.A., Jing, L., Tsang, C.-F., Shao, H., Kolditz, O. (2018): DECOVALEX-2015 – An International Collaboration for Advancing the Understanding and Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes in Geological Systems, Editorial, Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(14). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-018-7697-7
- Cihan, A., Wang, S., Tokunaga, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): The Role of Capillary Hysteresis and Pore-Scale Heterogeneity in Limiting the Migration of Buoyant Immiscible Fluids in Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 54(7), 2018WR022741, pp. 4309-4318. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1029/2018WR022741
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Permeability Variations Associated With Fault Reactivation in a Claystone Formation Investigated by Field Experiments and Numerical Simulations, Journal of Geophysical Research, 123(2), pp. 1694-1710. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JB015149
- Graupner, B.J., Shao, H., Wang, X.R., Nguyen, T.S., Li, Z., Rutqvist, J., Chen, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, W.Q., Kolditz, O., Pan, P.Z., Feng, X.T., Lee, C., Maekawa, K., Stoffhof, S., Manepally, C., Dasgupta, B., Ofoegbu, G., Fedors, R., Barnichon, J.D., Ballarini, E., Bauer, S., Garitte, B. (2018): Comparative Modelling of the Coupled THM Processes in a Heated Bentonite Pellet Column with Hydration, Environmental Earth Sciences, 77(3), pp. 1-16. https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s12665-018-7255-3
- Siirila-Woodburn, E.R., Steefel, C.I., Williams, K.H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Predicting the Impact of Land Management Decisions on Overland Flow Generation: Implications for Cesium Contamination in Forested Fukushima Watersheds, Advances in Water Resources, 113, pp. 42-54. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309170817305158
- Tsang, C.F., Lippmann, M., Dobson, P., Tsang, Y., Faybishenko, B., Benson, S.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Finsterle, S., Hawkes, Hubbard, S., Liu, H.-H., Oldenburg, C.M., Pruess, K., Sonnenthal, E., Villavert, M., Wang, J., Wu, Y.-W., Zimmerman, R.W. (2018), Commemorating Dr. Gudmundur “Bo” Bodvarsson (1951-2006), Leader of the Deep Unsaturated Flow and Transport Investigations, Water, 10(1), pp. 1-3. http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/10/1/18
2017
- González-Nicolás, A., Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Enhancing Capillary Trapping Effectiveness Through Proper Time Scheduling of Injection of Supercritical CO2 in Heterogeneous Formations, Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, 7(2), pp. 339-352. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ghg.1646
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Xu, H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite in an Argillite Repository for Nuclear Waste: Illitization and Its Effect on Stress Under High Temperature, Engineering Geology, 230, pp. 118- 129. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795217304180?via%3Dihub
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C.M., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Revisiting the Fundamental Analytical Solutions of Heat and Mass Transfer: The Kernel of Multirate and Multidimensional Diffusion, Water Resources Research, 53, pp. 9960-9979. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017WR021040/epdf
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Nussbaum, C. (2017): Field Characterization of Elastic Properties Variations in a Fault Zone Reactivated by Fluid Injection, Journal of Geophysical Research, 122(8), pp. 6583-6598. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JB014384/abstract
- Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Wainwright, H.M., Rinaldi, A.P., Foxall, W., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Effects of the Distribution and Evolution of the Coefficient of Friction Along a Fault on the Assessment of the Seismic Activity Associated with a Hypothetical Industrial-Scale Geologic CO2 Sequestration Operation, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 66, pp. 254-263. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583616306053
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Extension of TOUGH-FLAC to the Finite Strain Framework, Computers & Geosciences, 108, pp. 64-71. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009830041630601X?via%3Dihub
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Nakagawa, S., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): TOUGH-RBSN Simulator for Hydraulic Fracture Propagation within Fractured Media: Model Validations Against Laboratory Experiments, Computers & Geosciences, 108, pp. 72-85. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098300417305885
- Agartan, E., Cihan, A., Illangasekare, T., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J. T. (2017): Mixing and Trapping of Dissolved CO2 in Deep Geologic Formations with Shale Layers, Advances in Water Resources, 105, pp. 67-81. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309170816305152
- Garitte, B., Nguyen, T.S., Barnichon, J.D., Graupner, B.J., Lee, C., Maekawa, K., Ofoegbu, G., Manepally, C., Dasgupta, B., Pan, P.Z., Feng, X., Rutqvist, J., Chen, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, W.Q., Kolditz, O., Shao, H. (2017): Modelling the Mont-Terri HE-D Experiment for the Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Response of a Bedded Argillaceous Formation to Heating, Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(345), pp. 1-20. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-017-6662-1
- Bossart, P., Bernier, F, Birkholzer, J.T., Bruggeman, C., Connolli, P., Dewonck, S., Fukaya, M., Herfort, M., Jensen, M., Matray, J., Mayor. J, Moeri, A., Oyama, T., Schuster, K., Shigeta, N., Vietor, T., Wieczorek, K. (2017): Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, 20 Years of Research: Introduction, Site Characteristics and Overview of Experiments, Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 110 (1), pp. 3-22. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00015-016-0236-1
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Spangler, L.H. (2017): Approximate Solutions for Diffusive Fracture-Matrix Transfer: Application to Storage of Dissolved CO2 in Fractured Rocks, Water Resources Research, 53 (2), pp. 1746-1762. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019868/full
- Doughty, C., Tsang C., Rosberg, J., Juhlin, C., Dobson, P.F., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Flowing Fluid Electric Conductivity (FFEC) Logging of a Deep Borehole During and Following Drilling: Estimation of Transmissivity, Water Salinity and Hydraulic Head of Conductive Zones, Hydrogeology Journal, 25(2), pp. 501-517. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10040-016-1497-5
- Siirila-Woodburn, E., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): A Risk Map Methodology to Assess the Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Geologic Carbon Storage Leakage Into Groundwater, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 59, pp. 99-109. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583616306338
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Trevisan, L., Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Illangasekare, T. (2017): Investigation of Representing Hysteresis in Macroscopic Models of Two-phase Flow in Porous Media Using Intermediate Scale Experimental Data, Water Resources Research, 53 (1), pp. 199-221. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019449/full
- Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., González-Nicolás, A., Illanga-sekare, T. (2017): Imaging and Quantification of Spreading and Trapping of Carbon Dioxide in Saline Aquifers Using Meter-scale Laboratory Experiments, Water Resources Research, 53 (1), pp. 485-502. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2016WR019749/abstract;jsessionid=FF5FAB94CF10647856B650343FE90820.f02t02
- Garritte, B., Shao, H., Wang, X.R., Nguyen, T.S., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, W.Q., Kolditz, O., Pan, P.Z., Feng, X., Lee, C., Graupner, B.J., Maekawa, K., Manepally, C., Dasgupta, B., Stothoff, S., Ofoegbu, G., Fedors, R., Barnichon, J.D. (2017): Evaluation of the Predictive Capability of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Models for a Heated Bentonite/Clay System (HE-E) in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(64), pp. 1‑18. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-016-6367-x
- Stringfellow, W., Camarillo, M.K., Domen, J., Sandelin, W., Varadharajan, C., Jordan, P., Reagan, M., Cooley, H., Heberger, M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Identifying Chemicals of Concern in Hydraulic Fracturing Fluids Used for Oil Production, Environmental Pollution, 220, pp. 413-420. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.082
- Asahina, D., Aoyago, K., Kim, K., Birkholzer, J.T., Bolander, J.E. (2017): Elastically-Homogeneous Lattice Models of Damage in Geomaterials, Computers and Geotechnics, 81, pp. 195-206. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X16301835
2016
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N.F., Bianchi, M., Pugh, J.D., Varadharajan, C., Tinnacher, R.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Nico, P., Trautz, R.C. (2016): Impacts of Elevated Dissolved CO2 on a Shallow Groundwater System: Reactive Transport Modeling of a Controlled-Release Field Test, Chemical Geology, 447, pp. 117-132. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000925411630568X?via%3Dihub
- Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Wainwright, M., Foxall, W., Bachmann, C., Zhou, Q., Pio Rinaldi, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Effects of In-Situ Stress Measurement Uncertainties on the Assessment of the Seismic Activity and Risk Associated with a Hypothetical Industrial-Scale Geologic CO2 Sequestration Operation, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 8(6), pp. 873-885. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1674775516301664
- Vilarrasa, V., Rutqvist, J., Blanco-Martin, L. Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Use of a Dual Structure Constitutive Model for Predicting the Long-term Behavior of an Expansive Clay Buffer in a Nuclear Waste Repository, International Journal of Geomechanics, 16(6), pp. D4015005:1-11.
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000603 - Blanco-Martin, L., Wolters, R., Rutqvist, J., Lux, K.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Modeling of a Large-Scale Heater Test to Investigate Rock Salt and Crushed Salt Behavior Under Repository Conditions for Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste, Computers and Geotechnics, 77, pp. 120-133. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X1630074X
- Bianchi, M., Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J.T (2016): Combining Multiple Lower-Fidelity Models for Emulating Complex Model Responses for CCS Environmental Risk Assessment, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 46, pp. 248-258. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583616300093
2015
- Trevisan, L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T. (2015): Experimental Analysis of Spatial Correlation Effects on Capillary Trapping of Supercritical CO2 at the Intermediate Laboratory Scale in Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 51(11), pp. 8791-8805. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015WR017440/full
- Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): On the Detection of Leakage Pathways in Geological CO2 Storage Systems using Pressure Monitoring Data: Impact of Model Uncertainties, Advances in Water Resources, 84, pp. 112-124. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309170815001773
- Cihan, A., Bianchi, M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Optimal Well Placement and Brine Extraction for Pressure Management during CO2 Sequestration, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 42, pp. 175-187. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583615300335
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Liu, H.-H. (2015): On the Impact of Higher Temperature in Clay Repositories with Bentonite Engineer Barrier System: a Study with Coupled Thermal, Hydrogeological, Chemical, and Mechanical Modeling, Journal of Engineering Geology, 197, pp. 278-295. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795215300557
- Birkholzer, J.T., Oldenburg, C.M., Zhou, Q. (2015): CO2 Migration and Pressure Evolution in Deep Saline Aquifers, Special Issue on State of the Art – 10 Years on from IPCC/SRCCS, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 40, pp. 203-220. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583615001140#
- Asahina, D., Ito, K., Houseworth, J.E., Birkholzer, J.T., Bolander, J.E. (2015): Simulating the Poisson Effect in Lattice Models of Elastic Continua, Computers and Geotechnics, 70, pp. 60-67. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X15001627
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Long-term Modelling of the Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Response of a Generic Salt Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste, Journal of Engineering Geology, 193, pp. 198-211. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013795215001301
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N.F., Varadharajan, C.,Tinnacher, R.M., Pugh, J.D., Bianchi, M., Birkholzer, J.T., Nico, P.S., Trautz, R.C. (2015): On the Mobilization of Metals by CO2 Leakage into Shallow Aquifers: Exploring Release Mechanisms by Modeling Field and Laboratory Experiments, Greenhouse Gases – Science and Technology, 5(4), pp. 403-418. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ghg.1493/abstract
- Bandilla, K.W., Celia, M.A., Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Leister, E.C. (2015): Overview of Approaches for Modeling of Geologic Carbon Sequestration in Saline Aquifers, Groundwater, 53(3), pp. 362-377. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwat.12315/abstract
- Bianchi, M., Liu, H.-H.., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Radionuclide Transport Behavior in a Generic Geological Radioactive Waste Repository, Groundwater, 53(3), pp. 440-451. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwat.12171/abstract
- Agartan, E., Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J. T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T. H. (2015): Experimental Study on Effects of Geologic Heterogeneity in Enhancing Dissolution Trapping of Supercritical CO2, Water Resources Research, 51(3), pp. 1635-1648. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014WR015778/full
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Doughty, C., Bacon, D., Li, J., Wei, L., Yamamoto, H., Gasda, S., Hosseini, S.A., Nicot, J.P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Comparison of Selected Flow Models of the S-3 Site in the Sim-SEQ Project, Transport in Porous Media, 108, pp. 207-231. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11242-014-0361-0
- Blanco-Martin, L., Wolters, R., Rutqvist, J., Lux, K.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Comparison of Two Simulators to Investigate Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Processes Related to Nuclear Waste Isolation in Saliniferous Formations, Computers and Geotechnics, 66, pp. 219-229. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X15000324
2014
- Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Fagerlund, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T. (2014): Investigation of Mechanisms of Supercritical CO2 Trapping in Deep Saline Reservoirs using Surrogate Fluids at Ambient Laboratory Conditions, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 29, pp. 35-49. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583614002114
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T., Sonnenthal, E. (2014): Model Evaluation of Geochemically Induced Swelling/Shrinkage in Argillaceous Formations for Nuclear Waste Disposal, Applied Clay Science, 97-98, pp. 24-32. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169131714001719
- Chen, F., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Kowalsky, M.B., Wiese, B., Norden, B., Kempka, T. (2014): Numerical Modeling of the Pumping Tests at the Ketzin Pilot Site for CO2 Injection: Model Calibration and Heterogeneity Effects, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 22, pp. 200-212. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583614000048
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Illangasekare, T.H., Zhou, Q. (2014): A Modeling Approach to Represent Hysteresis in Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship Based on Fluid Connectivity in Void Space, Water Resources Research, 50(1), pp. 119-131. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013WR014280/pdf
- Cihan, A., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Kraemer, S.R. (2014): Flow in Anisotropic Multilayered Aquifer Systems with Leaky Wells and Aquitards, Water Resources Research, 50(1), pp. 741-747. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2013WR013867/pdf
- Liu, X., Zhou, Q., Kitanidis, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Fast Iterative Implementation of Large-Scale Nonlinear Geostatistical Inverse Modeling , Water Resources Research, 50(1), pp. 198-207. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2012WR013241/pdf
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, J.E., Birkholzer, J.T., Bolander, J.E. (2014): Hydro-Mechanical Model for Wetting-Drying and Fracture Development in Geomaterials, Computers & Geosciences,65, pp. 13-23. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098300413003154
- Pau, G.S.H., Zhang, Y., Finsterle, S., Wainwright, H.M., Birkholzer,J.T. (2014): Reduced Order Modeling in iTOUGH2, Computers & Geosciences, 65, pp. 118-126. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098300413002355
- Wainwright, H.M., Finsterle, S., Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Making Sense of Global Sensitivity Analyses, Computers & Geosciences, 65, pp. 84-94. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0098300413001702
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Bandilla, K. (2014): A Tiered Area-of-Review Framework for Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Greenhouse Gases – Science and Technology, 4(1), pp. 20-35. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ghg.1393/pdf
- Li, L., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T., Vietor, T. (2014): The Use of Two-Part Hooke’s Model (TPHM) to Model the Mine-By test at Mont Terri Site, Switzerland, Computers and Geotechnics, 58, pp. 28-46. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0266352X14000238
- Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Chen, F., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes with Links to Geochemistry Associated with Bentonite-Backfilled Repository Tunnels in Clay Formations, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 47(1), pp. 167-186. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00603-013-0375-x
- Rechard, R.P., Birkholzer, J.T., Wu, Y.-, Stein, J.S., Houseworth, J.T. (2014): Unsaturated Flow Modeling in Performance Assessments of the Yucca Mountain Disposal System, Special Issue on Performance Assessment for the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 122, pp. 124-144. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0951832013001907
- Hansen, C.W., Birkholzer, J.T., Blink, J., Bryan, C.R.,Chen, Y., Gross, M.B., Hardin, E., Houseworth, J., Howard, R., Jarek, R., Lee, K.P., Lester, B., Mariner, P., Mattie, P.D., Mehta, S., Perry, F.V., Robinson, B., Sassani, D., Sevougian, S.D., Stein, J.S., Wasiolek, M. (2014): Overview of Total System Model Used for the 2008 Performance Assessment for the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Special Issue on Performance Assessment for the Proposed High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Journal of Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 122, pp. 249-266. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095183201300166X
2013
- Liu, X., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Illman, W.A. (2013): Geostatistical Reduced-Order Models in Under-Determined Inverse Problems , Water Resources Research, 49(10), pp. 6587-6600. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrcr.20489/abstract
- Varadharajan, C.,Tinnacher, R.M., Pugh, J.D., Trautz, R.C., Zheng, L., Spycher, N.F., Birkholzer, J.T., Castillo-Michel, H., Bianchi, M., Esposito, R.A., Nico, P.S. (2013): A Laboratory Study of the Initial Effects of Dissolved Carbon Dioxide (CO2) on Trace Metal Release from Shallow Sediments, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 19, pp. 183-211. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583613003162
- Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Early Detection of Brine and CO2 Leakage through Abandoned Wells Using Pressure and Surface-Deformation Monitoring Data: Concept and Demonstration, Advances in Water Resources, Special Issue on “Computational Methods in Geologic CO2 Sequestration”, 62, pp. 555-569. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0309170813001097
- Houseworth, J.E., Asahina, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): An Analytical Model for Solute Transport Through a Water-Saturated Single Fracture and Permeable Rock Matrix, Water Resources Research, 49, pp. 1-22, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20497http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wrcr.20497/abstract
- Birkholzer, J.T., Nicot, J.P., Oldenburg, C.M., Zhou, Q., Kraemer, S., Bandilla, K.W. (2013): Reply to Comments by Schnaar et al. on “Brine Flow Up a Well Caused by Pressure Perturbation from Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Static and Dynamic Evaluations” by Birkholzer et al. (2011), International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 17, pp. 544-545. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S175058361300248X
- Bianchi, M., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Equivalent Diffusion Coefficient of Clay-rich Geological Formations: Comparison Between Numerical and Analytical Estimates, Journal of Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 27(5), pp. 1081-1091. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00477-012-0646-1
- Wainwright, H., Finsterle, S., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Modeling the Performance of Large-Scale CO2 Storage Systems: A Comparison of Different Sensitivity Analysis Methods, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 17, pp. 189-205. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583613002107
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Book Review of “Geological Storage of CO2: Modeling Applications for Large- Scale Simulation, by Jan M. Nordbotten and Michael A. Celia”, Geofluids, 13(1), pp. 93-94. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gfl.12011/abstract
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, T., Apps, J.A., Kharaka (2013): On Modeling the Potential Impacts of CO2 Sequestration on Shallow Groundwater: Organics and Co-injected H2S, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 14, pp. 113–127. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583613000303
- Breunig, H.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Borgia, A., Oldenburg, C.M., Price, P.M., McKone, T.E. (2013): Regional Evaluation of Brine Management for Geologic Carbon Sequestration, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 14, pp. 39–48. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583613000066
- Trautz, R.C., Pugh, J., Varadharajan, C., Zheng, L., Bianchi, M., Nico, P., Spycher, N., Newell, D., Esposito, R., Wu, Y., Dafflon, B., Hubbard, S., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Effect of Dissolved CO2 on a Shallow Groundwater System – A Controlled Release Field Experiment, Environmental Science & Technology, Special Issue on “Environmental and Geochemical Aspects of Carbon Sequestration”, 47(1), pp. 298-305. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/ipdf/10.1021/es301280t
- Dafflon, B., Wu, Y.Hubbard, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Daley, T., Pugh, J., Peterson, J.E., Trautz, R.C. (2013): Monitoring CO2 Intrusion and Associated Geochemical Transformations in a Shallow Groundwater System Using Complex Electrical Methods, Environmental Science & Technology, Special Issue on “Environmental and Geochemical Aspects of Carbon Sequestration”, 47(1), pp. 314-321. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/ipdf/10.1021/es301260e
- Cihan, A., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Pressure Buildup and Brine Migration in CO2 Storage Systems with Multiple Leakage Pathways – Application of a New Analytical Solution, Groundwater, 51(2), pp. 252-267. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2012.00972.x/abstract
2012
- Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): On the Relationship between Water Flux and Hydraulic Gradient for Unsaturated and Saturated Clay, Journal of Hydrology, 475, pp. 242-247. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002216941200875X
- Birkholzer, J.T., Houseworth, J., Tsang. C.-F. (2012): Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste – Status, Key Issues, and Trends, Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 37, pp. 4.1-4.28, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-environ-090611-143314. http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-environ-090611-143314
- Kühn, M., Görke, U.-J., Birkholzer, J.T., Kolditz, O. (2012): An Introduction to the Thematic Issue on Carbon Dioxide Geological Storage, Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences, Topical Issue: CLEAN – Enhanced Gas Recovery Storage and Geological CO2 Storage, 67(2), pp. 307-310. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12665-012-1784-y
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Nicot, J.P., Hosseini, S.A. (2012): Model Comparison Initiative for a CO2 Injection Field Test: An Introduction to Sim-SEQ, Journal of Environmental Earth Sciences, Topical Issue: CLEAN – Enhanced Gas Recovery Storage and Geological CO2 Storage, 67(2), pp. 601-611. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-012-1668-1/fulltext.html
- Bandilla, K.W., Kraemer, S.R., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Using Semi-Analytical Solutions to Approximate the Area of Potential Impact for Carbon Dioxide Injection, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 8, pp. 196–204. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583612000497
- Liu, H.-H., Li, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Unsaturated Properties for Non-Darcian Water Flow in Clay, Journal of Hydrology, 430, pp. 173-178. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169412001175
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Zhou, (2012): Impact-Driven Pressure Management Via Targeted Brine Extraction – Conceptual Studies of CO2 Storage in Saline Formations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 7, pp. 168-180. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583612000023
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Beers, S.R., Herkelrath, W.N., Kakouros, E., Trautz, R.C. (2012): Geochemical Modeling of Changes in Shallow Groundwater Chemistry Observed During the MSU-ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 7, pp. 202-217. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583611001952
- Tsang, C.F., Barnichon, J.D., Birkholzer, J.T., Li, X.L., Liu, H.H., Sillen, X., Vietor, T. (2012): Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes in the Near-Field of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository in Clay Formations, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 49, pp. 31-44. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S136516091100164X
2011
- Cihan, A., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Analytical Solutions for Pressure Perturbation and Fluid Leakage through Aquitards and Wells in Multilayered Aquifer Systems, Water Resources Research, 47, W10504, doi:10.1029/2011WR010721. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011WR010721/abstract
- Birkholzer, J.T., Nicot, J.P., Oldenburg, C.M., Zhou, Q., Kraemer, S., Bandilla, K.W. (2011): Brine Flow up a Well Caused by Pressure Perturbation from CO2 Storage: Static and Dynamic Evaluations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 5(4), pp. 850-861. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583611000041
- Liu, H.-H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Constitutive Relationships for Elastic Deformation of Clay Rock: Data Analysis, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 44(4), pp. 463-468. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/43x480v8
- Danko, G., Bahrami, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): A Turbulent Transport Network Model in MULTIFLUX Coupled with TOUGH2, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 174(3), pp. 375-400. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_11747
- Halecky, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Peterson, P. (2011): Natural Convection in Tunnels at Yucca Mountain and Impact on Drift Seepage, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 174(3), pp. 327-341. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_11743
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): On the Scale and Magnitude of Pressure Buildup Induced by Large-Scale Geologic Storage of CO2, Greenhouse Gases – Science and Technology, 1, pp. 11-20. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ghg3.1/abstract
- Wang, W., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., U.-J. Goerke, Kolditz, O. (2011): Non-Isothermal Flow in Low Permeable Porous Media: A Comparison of Richards’ and Two-Phase Flow Approaches, Environmental Earth Sciences, 62, pp. 1197–1207. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12665-010-0608-1
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2011): Reply to Comments by Veling on “A Semi-Analytical Solution for Large-Scale Injection-Induced Pressure Perturbation and Leakage in a Laterally Bounded Aquifer-Aquitard System” by Zhou, Birkholzer, and Tsang, Transport in Porous Media, 86, pp. 357-358. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11242-010-9679-4
2010
- Geiger, S., Cortis, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Upscaling Solute Transport in Naturally Fractured Porous Media with the Continuous Time Random Walk Method, Water Resources Research, 46, W12530. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2010WR009133/abstract
- Danko, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Bahrami, D., Halecky, N. (2010): Temperature, Humidity and Air Flow in the Emplacement Drifts Using Convection and Dispersion Transport Models, Nuclear Technology, 171(1), pp. 74-87. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_10773
- Apps, J., Zheng, L., Zhang, Y., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Evaluation of Potential Changes in Groundwater Quality in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Transport in Porous Media, 82(1), pp. 215-246. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11242-009-9509-8
- Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., Ambats, G., Herkelrath, W.N., Beers, S.R., Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J.A., Spycher, N.F., Zheng, L., Trautz, R.C., Rauch, H.W., Gullickson, K. (2010): Changes in the Chemistry of Shallow Groundwater Related to the 2008 Injection of CO2 at the ZERT Field Site, Bozeman, Montana, Environmental Earth Sciences, 60(2), pp. 273-284, doi: 10.1007/s12665-009-0401-1. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-009-0401-1/fulltext.html
- Spangler, L.H., Dobeck, L.M., Nehrir, A., Humphries, S., Barr, J., Keith, C., Dhaw, J., Rouse, J., Cunningham, A., Benson, S., Oldenburg, C., Lewicki, J., Wells, A., Diehl, R., Strazisar, B., Fessenden, J., Rahn, T., Amonette, J., Barr, J., Pickles, W., Jacobson, J., Silver, E., Male, E., Rauch, H, Gullickson, K., Trautz, R., Kharaka, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Wielopolski, L. (2010): A shallow subsurface controlled release facility in Bozeman, Montana, USA, for testing near surface CO2 detection techniques and transport models, Environmental Earth Sciences, 60(2), pp. 227-239, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2009.01.279. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12665-009-0400-2/fulltext.html
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Mehnert, E., Lin, Y.-F., Zhang, K. (2010): Modeling Basin- and Plume-Scale Processes of CO2 Storage for Full-Scale Deployment, Groundwater, 48(4), pp. 494-514. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00657.x/abstract
2009
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Zhang, Y., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2009): On Mobilization of Lead and Arsenic in Groundwater in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Chemical Geology, 286, pp. 281-297. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254109003866
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2009): Basin-Scale Hydrogeologic Impacts of CO2 Storage: Capacity and Regulatory Implications, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(6), pp. 745-756. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583609000668
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S. (2009): Modeling of Thermally-Driven Hydrological Processes in Partially Saturated Fractured Rocks, Rev. Geophys., 47, RG3004, doi:10.1029/2008RG000265. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2008RG000265/abstract
- Liu, X.Y., Zhang, C.Y., Liu, Q.S., Birkholzer, J.T. (2009): Multiple-Point Statistical Prediction on Fracture Networks at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Environmental Geology, 57(6), pp. 1361-1370. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00254-008-1623-3
- Rutqvist, J., Barr, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Fujisaki, K., Kolditz, O., Liu, Q., Fujita, T., Wang, W., Zhang, C. (2009): A comparative simulation study of coupled THM processes and their effect on fractured rock permeability around nuclear waste repositories, Journal of Environmental Geology, 57(6), pp. 1347-1360. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00254-008-1552-1/fulltext.html
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2009): A Semi-Analytical Solution for Large-Scale Injection-Induced Pressure Perturbation and Leakage in a Laterally Bounded Aquifer-Aquitard System, Transport in Porous Media, 78(1), pp. 127-148. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11242-008-9290-0
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Tsang, C.-F. (2009): Large-scale Impact of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers: a Sensitivity Study on the Pressure Response in Stratified Systems, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 3(2), pp. 181-194. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583608000753
2008
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2008), Recent Advances in Nuclear Waste Isolation through Simulations with the TOUGH Code, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 164(2), pp. 153-154. ans.org/pubs/journals/download/a_7394
- Kowalsky, M.B., Birkholzer, J.T., Peterson, J., Finsterle, S., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.W. (2008): Sensitivity Analysis for Joint Inversion of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Thermal-Hydrological Data from a Large-Scale Underground Heater Test, Journal of Nuclear Technology, Special Issue “Recent Advances in Nuclear Waste Isolation through Simulations with the TOUGH Codes”, 164(2), pp. 169-179. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_4017
- Cortis, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Continuous Time Random Walk Analysis of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 44(6), W06414, doi:10.1029/2007WR006596. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2007WR006596/abstract
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Rutqvist, J. (2008): A Method for Quick-Assessment of CO2 Storage Capacity in Closed and Semi-Closed Porous Formations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2(4), pp. 626-639, doi: 10.1016/j.ijgcc.2008.02.004. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1750583608000091
- Birkholzer, J.T., Halecky, N., Webb, S.W., Peterson, P.F., Bodvarsson, G.S. (2008): A Modeling Study Evaluating the Thermal-Hydrological Conditions in and Near Waste Emplacement Tunnels at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 147-164. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_3978
- Danko, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Bahrami, D. (2008): Coupled In-Rock and In-Drift Hydrothermal Model Study for Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 110-128. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_3975
- Rutqvist, J., Barr, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Chijimatsu, M., Kolditz, O., Liu, Q., Oda, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, C. (2008): Results from an International Simulation Study on Coupled Thermal, Hydrological, and Mechanical (THM) Processes near Geological Nuclear Waste Repositories, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 101-109. http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_3974
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2008): Coupled Reservoir–Geomechanical Analysis of the Potential for Tensile and Shear Failure Associated with CO2 Injection in Multilayered Reservoir–Caprock Systems, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 45(2), pp. 132-143. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1365160907000548
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2008): Introduction to Special Issue on Site Characterization for CO2 Geological Storage, Journal of Environmental Geology, 54(8), pp. 1579-1581. http://esd.lbl.gov/files/research/programs/gcs/projects/storage_resources/journal_2_EPA_%20Introduction_Birkholzer&Tsang.pdf
- Tsang, C.-F., Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J. (2008): A Comparative Review of Hydrologic Issues Involved in Injection Storage of CO2 and in Injection Disposal of Liquid Waste, Journal of Environmental Geology, 54(8), pp. 1723-1737. http://esd.lbl.gov/files/research/programs/gcs/projects/storage_resources/journal_3_EPA_11%20A%20Comparative%20Review_Tsang_etal.pdf
2007
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (2007): Estimation of Field-Scale Thermal Conductivities of Unsaturated Rocks from In Situ Temperature Data, Water Resources Research, 43, W09418. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006WR005283/abstract
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F., Tsang, C.-F. (2007): Estimating Maximum Sustainable Injection Pressure during Geological Sequestration of CO2 using Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanical Fault-Slip Analysis, Energy Conversion and Management Journal, 48(6), pp. 1798-1807. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890407000337
- Lewicki, J.L., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2007): Natural and Industrial Analogues for Leakage of CO2 from Storage Reservoirs – Identification of Features, Events, and Processes and Lessons Learned, Journal of Environmental Geology, 52(3), pp. 457-467. http://esd.lbl.gov/files/research/programs/gcs/projects/storage_resources/journal_4_EPA_lewicki_etal_254_2006_479_OnlinePDF.pdf
2006
- Birkholzer, J.T., Webb, S.W., Halecky, N., Peterson, P.F., Bodvarsson, G.S. (2006): Evaluating the Moisture Conditions in the Fractured Rock at Yucca Mountain – The Impact of Natural Convection in Heated Emplacement Drifts, Vadose Zone Journal, 5(4), pp. 1172-1193. http://vzj.geoscienceworld.org/content/5/4/1172.abstract
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2006): Estimating Liquid Fluxes in Thermally Perturbed Fractured Rocks Using Measured Temperature Profiles, Journal of Hydrology, 327(3-4), pp. 496-515. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169405006499
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2006): A Temperature-Profile Method for Estimating Flow in Geologic Heat Pipes, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 85(3-4), pp. 89-117. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169772206000143
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhang, Y. (2006): The Impact of Fracture-Matrix Interaction on Thermal-Hydrological Conditions in Heated Fractured Rock, Vadose Zone Journal, 5(2), pp. 657-672. http://vzj.geoscienceworld.org/content/5/2/657.abstract
2004
- Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.w. (2004): The Impact of Preferential Flow on the Vaporization Barrier above Waste Emplacement Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 148(2), pp. 138-150. http://epubs.ans.org/?a=3554
- Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.w. (2004): Modeling Seepage into Heated Waste Emplacement Tunnels in Unsaturated Fractured Rock, Vadose Zone Journal, 3(3), pp. 819-836. http://vzj.geoscienceworld.org/content/3/3/819.abstract
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Javandel, I., Jordan, P. (2004): Modeling Three-Dimensional Groundwater Flow and Advective Contaminant Transport at a Heterogeneous Mountainous Site in Support of Remediation Strategy, Vadose Zone Journal, 3(3), pp. 884-900. http://vzj.geoscienceworld.org/content/3/3/884.abstract
2003
- Birkholzer, J.T., Ho, C.K. (2003): A Probabilistic Analysis of Episodic Preferential Flow into Superheated Fractured Rock, Journal of Hydrology, 284(1-4), pp. 151-173. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169403003020
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2003): Penetration of Liquid Fingers into Superheated Fractured Rock, Water Resources Research, 39(4), pp. 9-1 through 9-21. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2002WR001464/abstract
2000
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, Y.W. (2000): Modeling the Thermal-Hydrologic Processes in a Large-scale Underground Heater Test in Partially Saturated Fractured Tuff, Water Resources Research, 36(6), pp. 1431 -1447. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2000WR900025/abstract
1999
- Wang, J.S.Y., Trautz, R.C., Cook, P.J., Finsterle, S., James, A.L., Birkholzer, J.T. (1999): Field Tests and Model Analyses of Seepage into Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1-3), pp. 323-348. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169772299000194
- Birkholzer, J.T., Li, G., Tsang, C.F., Tsang, Y.W. (1999): Modeling Studies and Analysis of Seepage into Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1-3), pp. 349-384. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169772299000200
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (1999): Predictions and Observations of the Thermal-hydrologic Conditions in the Single Heater Test, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1-3), pp. 385-425. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169772299000212
1997
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.F. (1997): Solute Channeling in Unsaturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 33(10), pp. 2221-2238. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/97WR01209/abstract
- Rubin, H., Dveyrin, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1997): Advection and Dispersion of Contaminant in a Permeable Medium Embedding Fractures in which Advection Velocity is Comparatively Slow, Journal of Hydrology, 199(1-2), pp. 135-162. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169496032581
1996
- Rubin, H., Soliman, A.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1996): Transport of a Tracer Slug in a Fractured Permeable Formation, Journal of Hydrology, 176(1-4), pp. 153-180. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022169495027750
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rubin, H., Daniels, H., Rouvé, G. (1993): Contaminant Advection and Spreading in a Fractured Permeable Formation: Part 2. Numerical Simulation, Journal of Hydrology, 144(1-4), pp. 35-58. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022169493901645
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rubin, H., Daniels, H., Rouvé, G. (1993): Contaminant Advection and Spreading in a Fractured Permeable Formation: Part 1. Parametric Evaluation and Analytical Solution, Journal of Hydrology, 144(1-4), pp. 1-33. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022169493901634
Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters
- Varadharajan, C., Tinnacher, R., Trautz, R.C., Zheng, L., Dafflon, B., Wu, Y., Reagan, M.T., Birkholzer, J.T., Carey, B. (2018): A Review of Studies Examining the Potential for Groundwater Contamination from CO2 Sequestration, Book Chapter in AGU Geophysical Monograph Series on “Geological Carbon Storage: Subsurface Seals and Caprock Integrity”, Eds. S. Vialle, J. Ajo-Franklin and B. Carey, Wiley Blackwell, pp. 305-326. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119118657
- Tinnacher, R., Dvivedi, D., Houseworth, J., Reagan, M., Stringfellow, W., Varadharajan, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Chapter 4 – Hydraulic Fracturing from the Groundwater Perspective, Book Chapter in “In Groundwater Assessment, Modelling and Management”, Taylor & Francis, ISBN 9781498742849.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Yabusaki, S., Kolditz, O. (2016): Benchmarking Initiatives, Book Chapter in “Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Chemical Processes in Fractured Porous Media: Modelling and Benchmarking”, in Springer Book Series on Terrestrial Environmental Sciences, Series Eds. O. Kolditz, U.-W. Goerke, H. Shao, W. Wang, S. Bauer, Guest Eds. J.T. Birkholzer, S. Yabusaki, Springer Publishing, Switzerland.
- Oldenburg, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Comparative Assessment of Status and Opportunities for Geologic Carbon Sequestration and Nuclear Waste Disposal in North America, Book chapter in “Geological Storage of CO2 and Nuclear Waste: A Comparative Asssessment”, Ed. F. Toth, IAEA, Vienna.
- Pruess, K., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2010): Mathematical Modeling of the Long-term Safety of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Storage in Underground Reservoirs, Book chapter in “Developments and Innovation in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology”, M.M. Maroto-Valer (Editor), Nottingham, Woodhead Publishing.
- Tsang, C.F., Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T., Moreno, L. (2001): Dynamic Channeling of Flow and Transport in Saturated and Unsaturated Hetereogeneous Media, Book chapter in American Geophysical Union (AGU) Monograph, 42 “Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock”, eds. T. Nicholson and T.C. Rasmussen. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/GM042p0033/abstract
- Birkholzer, J.T. (1994): Numerische Untersuchungen zur Mehrkontinuumsmodellierung von Stofftransportvorgängen in Kluftgrundwasserleitern, Ph.D. Thesis, Mitteilungen Inst. für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, RWTH Aachen, Academia Verlag St. Augustin, Band 93.
- Rubin, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1994): Contaminant Transport in Fractured Permeable Formations, Book chapter in “Trends in Hydrology”, Ed. J. Menon, Council of Scientific Research Integration.
Conference Proceedings Papers:
2022
- Guglielmi, Y., Ajo-Franklin, J., Cappa, F., Cook, P., Nussbaum, C., Pia Rinaldi, A., Robertson, M., Rodriguez-Tribaldos, V., Rutqvist, J., Shadoan, T., Soom, F., Wood, T., Zappone, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Imaging Leakage Associated to a Caprock Fault Activation – Results from the Fault Slip Experiment in Mont-Terri Opalinus Clay Analog Caprock, Switzerland, Proceedings, 16th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-16), Lyon, France, October 23-27, 2022.
- Cihan, A., Oldenburg, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): The Role of Pressure Dissipation via Caprock in Reducing Brine Leakage in Overpressured Geological CO2 Storage Reservoirs, Proceedings, 16th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-16), Lyon, France, October 23-27, 2022.
2021
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): International Collaboration in the U.S. Disposal Research Program: Advances Made in Testing and Predicting Coupled Processes in Engineered & Natural Barriers, Invited Presentation, International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future, Vienna, Austria, November 1-5, 2021.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J. (2021): Is Induced Seismicity a Concern for Geologic CO2 Sequestration at Scale? A Discussion of Key Issues and Research Findings, Proceedings, 55th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, June, 2021.
- Guglielmi, Y., Cook, P., Soom, F., Nussbaum, C., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Dobson, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Estimating Stress Perturbations from Three-Dimensional Borehole Displacements Induced by Fluid Injection in Different Types of Fractured or Faulted Rocks, Proceedings, 55th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, June, 2021.
- Chang, C., Borglin, S., Chou, C., Kneafsey, T., Wu, Y., Zheng, L., Nakagawa, S., Xu, H., Peruzzo, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Experimental Study of Coupled THMC Processes in Bentonite Buffer for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste, Proceedings, 55th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, June, 2021.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite Barrier in Nuclear Waste Repositories: Modeling Approach, Validation by Field Test and Exploratory Models, Proceedings, 55th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, June, 2021.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Hu, X. (2021): The Integrity of EBS for HLW Geological Disposal: Lessons Learned Modeling and Field Test, Waste Management Symposium 2012, Phoenix, AZ, March 7-11, 2021.
2020
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2020): Coupled Processes Research in the DECOVALEX Project: An Overview of Past and Current Modeling Tasks, Invited Presentation, CouFrac 2020, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media, Seoul, Korea, November 11-13, 2020.
- Graupner, B., Rutqvist, J., Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Kim, T., Massmann, J., Nguyen, T.S., Oark, J.-W., Shiu, W., Urpi, L., Yoon, Y.-S., Ziefle, G. (2020): A Model Comparison Study of Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Responses during Fault Activation in Argillaceous Claystone, CouFrac 2020, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media, Seoul, Korea, November 11-13, 2020.
- Hill, A.D., Zhu, D., Laprea-Bigott, M., Moridis, G., Schechter, D., Correa, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Freifeld, B.M., M. D. Zoback, M.D., Rasouli, F., Ajo-Franklin, J., Renk, J., Ogunsolo, O., Selvan, K. (2020): The Eagle Ford Shale Laboratory – A Field Study of the Stimulated Reservoir Volume, Detailed Fracture Characteristics, and EOR Potential, 2020 Unconventional Resources Technologies Conference, URTEC 2020, Austin, TX, July 20-22, 2020.
- Guglielmi, Y., Cappa, F., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Nussbaum, C. (2020) : Modeling Fluid Leakage in a Fault Affecting a Low Permeability Caprock Analogue: Opalinus Clay at the Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory, XXIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Palo Alto, CA, June 22-25, 2020.
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Modeling Water Vapor Adsorption and Condensation in Macroscopic Nanoporous Media Using a Square-Gradient Density Functional Approach, XXIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Palo Alto, CA, June 22-25, 2020
- Cihan, A., Tokunaga, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Pore-scale Simulations of Permeability Decline in Porous Media due to Fines Migration, XXIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Palo Alto, CA, June 22-25, 2020.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite Barrier in Nuclear Waste Repositories, XXIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Palo Alto, CA, June 22-25, 2020.
- Morris, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Bargar, J., Hakala, A., Fu, P., Sherman, C.S., Fu., P., Huang, J., Hao, Y., Settgast, R.R., Reagan, M., Deng, H., Moridis, G.J., T., Steefel, Nakagawa, S., Voltolini, M., Kneafsey, T.J., Li, Z., Jew, A.D.,Noel, V. Fan, W., Lopano, C.L., Xiong, W., Crandall, D., Moore, J. (2020): A New Framework for Microscopic to Reservoir-Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production: Testing with Comprehensive Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Field Test in the Permian Basin, Proceedings, 54th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, CO, USA, June 28 – July 1, 2020.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Xu, H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): The Integrity of Engineered Barrier System for Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal: Lessons Learned from Numerical Modeling and Field Tests, Proceedings, IHLRWM 2020, Knoxville, TN, April, 2020.
2019
- Cappa, F., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T., De Barros, L., Wynants-Morel, N. (2019): From Aseismic Slip to Seismicity During Fluid Injection Controlled by Interactions Between Stress Perturbation, Permeability Increases and Fault Structure, Proceedings, 53rd US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, New York City, CA, USA, June 23 – 26, 2019.
- Xu, H., Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Long-term Behavior of Bentonite Buffer in a Repository with a Chemo-Mechanical Approach, Proceedings, IHLRWM 2019, Knoxville, TN, April, 2019.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Lessons Learned From THMC Modeling of an In Situ Test for an Engineered Barrier System, Proceedings, IHLRWM 2019, Knoxville, TN, April, 2019.
2018
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Harrington, J.F., Tamayo-Mas, E., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Discrete Representation of Gas Migration and Fracture Processes in Compacted Bentonite Clay, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C.M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Modeling CO2 Storage in Fractured Reservoirs: Fracture-Matrix Interactions of Supercritical and Dissolved CO2, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): A THMC Modeling Analysis of an In Situ Test of Engineered Barrier System for Radioactive Waste Repository, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Vitel, M., Seyedi, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): TOUGH-FLAC Modeling of In Situ Heating Experiments in COx Claystone, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Chemo-Mechanical Modeling of Bentonite Buffer in an Argillite Repository for Nuclear Waste Using TOUGHREACT-FLAC, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J., Bond, A. (2018): Research Advances and Lessons Learned from the DECOVALEX Model Comparison Initiative, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2018, Berkeley, CA, USA, October 8-10, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Jeanne, P., Nussbaum, C. (2018): Can Induced Seismicity Cause Fault Leakage and How Does It Evolve with Time? Analysis of Repeated Controlled-Injection Fault Reactivation Experiments at Mont Terri, Switzerland, Proceedings, 14th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-14), Melbourne, Australia, October 21-26, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Petrusak, R., Nihei, K., Rutqvist, J., Commer, M., Wilt, M., Riestenberg, D., Reagan, M., Trautz, R., Godec, M. (2018): Adaptive Pressure Management and Plume Control in Geological CO2 Storage: Designing a Brine Extraction Field Experiment, Proceedings, 14th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-14), Melbourne, Australia, October 21-26, 2018.
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, T. (2018): Field Observations and Numerical Analyses of Permeability Variations Associated with Fault Reactivation in Shale, Proceedings, International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018, 2018.
- Nussbaum, C., Guglielmi, Y., Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, T., Bossart, P., Jaeggi, D. (2018): Fault Criticality and Leakage Below the Coulomb Plastic Limit: Insights from Hydraulic Stimulations in the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Switzerland, Proceedings, International Symposium on Energy Geotechnics, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2018, 2018.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., González-Nicolás, A. (2018): Adaptive Pressure Management in Geological CO2 Storage, Proceedings, XXII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Saint Malo, France, June 3-7, 2018.
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Changes in Fault Hydro-Mechanical Properties Associated with a Series of Small Ruptures in a Claystone Formation: Field Experiments and Numerical Simulations, Proceedings, 52nd US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Seattle, WA, June, 2018.
2017
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., de Barros, L., Cappa, F. (2017): Permeability Evolution Associated to Creep and Episodic Slow Slip of a Fault Affecting Clay Formations: Results From the FS Fault Activation Experiment in Mt Terri (Switzerland), Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Davos, Switzerland, September 24-27, 2017.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Understanding the THMC Evolution of Bentonite Buffer Material by Modeling the FEBEX in Situ Test, Proceedings, 7th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Davos, Switzerland, September 24-27, 2017.
- Vitel, M. , Seyedi, D., Armand, G., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, H., Thatcher, K.E., Bond, A.E., Wang, W., Nagel, T., Shao, H., Kolditz, O., Norris, S. (2017): A Benchmark Exercise for Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Modelling of an In Situ Heating Test in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone, Preceedings, 7th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Davos, Switzerland, September 24-27, 2017.
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Nussbaum, C. (2017): Elastic Properties Ante- Syn- and Post Rupture Within a Small Fault Zone in Clay Formation, Proceedings, 51st US Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June, 2017.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Discrete Modeling of Fluid-Driven Fracture Processes in Anisotropic Rock Formations, Proceedings, 51st US Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June, 2017.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite in a Clay Host Rock Repository for Nuclear Waste: Illitization and its Effect on Stress Under High Temperature, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Charleston, NC, USA, April 9-13, 2017.
2016
- Trevisan, L., Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Cihan, A., Pini, R., Birkholzer, J.T., Illangasekare, T. (2016): Experimental and Modeling Study of Capillary/Buoyancy-Driven Flow of Surrogate CO2 Through Intermediate-Scale Sand Tanks, Proceedings, 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-13), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 14-18, 2016.
- Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J., Jeanne, P., Nussbaum, C. (2016): Can Fault Leakage Occur Before or Without Reactivation? Results From an In Situ Fault Reactivation Experiment at Mont Terri, Proceedings, 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-13), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 14-18, 2016.
- Siirila-Woodburn, E., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): A Tiered Probabilistic Methodology to Generate Risk Maps in Carbon Capture and Storage, Proceedings, 13th Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-13), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 14-18, 2016.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Simulations of Discrete Fluid-Driven Fracture Propagation Through Fractured Rock Masses Using a (Lattice) Rigid-Body-Spring Modeling Approach, Proceedings, 50th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, CA, USA, June 28-29, 2016.
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes for Bentonite in a Clay-rock Repository for Heat-generating Nuclear Waste, Proceedings, 50th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, CA, USA, June 28-29, 2016.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, S., Tokunaga, T., Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T. (2016): Development and Testing of a Hysteresis Modeling Approach for the Two-phase Flow Capillary Pressure-Saturation-Relative Permeability Relationship: Laboratory-scale Analyses, Proceedings, XXI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Toronto, Canada, June 20-24, 2016.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Studying Long-term Geochemical Alterations and Geochemically-Induced Stress Changes in Bentonite Using Coupled THMC Models, Proceedings, XXI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Toronto, Canada, June 20-24, 2016.
2015
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Nakagawa, S., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Simulations of Fluid-Driven Fracturing Within Discrete Fracture Networks Using TOUGH-RBSN, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2015, Berkeley, CA, USA, September 28-30, 2015.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Bianchi, M. (2015): Pressure Management During Geological CO2 Sequestration: Optimal Well Placement and Brine Extraction in a Heterogeneous Reservoir, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2015, Berkeley, CA, USA, September 28-30, 2015.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Extension of the TOUGH‐FLAC Simulator to Account for Finite Strains, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2015, Berkeley, CA, USA, September 28-30, 2015.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite in Clay Repository for Nuclear Waste Using TOUGHREACTFLAC3D, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2015, Berkeley, CA, USA, September 28-30, 2015.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Long-term Modeling of Coupled Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste: Preliminary Analysis of the Impacts of Halite Dissolution and Precipitation, Proceedings, 49th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, June 28-July 1, 2015.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Wolters, R., Lux, K.-H. (2015): Three-dimensional Coupled Modelling of the TSDE field Experiment Performed to Investigate Reference Repository Conditions for Spent Nuclear Fuel in Salt Rock Mass, Proceedings, Salt Mech VIII, Mechanical Behavior of Salt Conference, Rapid City, SD, USA, May 26-28, 2015.
- Vomvoris, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Gaus, I., Blechschmidt, I. (2015): THMC Behaviour of Clay-Based Barriers Under High Temperature – from Laboratory to In-Situ Scale, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Charleston, NC, USA, April 12-16, 2015.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Modeling THMC Changes in EBS Bentonite and Clay Host Rock, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Charleston, NC, USA, April 12-16, 2015.
- Kim, K., Houseworth, J., Rutqvist, J., Asahina, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Model for Fracture Propagation in Clay Rock, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Charleston, NC, USA, April 12-16, 2015.
- Swift, P., Birkholzer, J.T., Bragg-Sitton, S., MacKinnon, R.J., McMahon, K.A., Saltzstein, S.J., Sorenson, K. (2015): Update on the United States Department of Energy’s Used Fuel Disposition R&D Campaign, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Charleston, NC, USA, April 12-16, 2015.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Bentonite Illitization and its Effect on Swelling Stress: A Coupled THMC Modeling Study on High-Temperature Effects, Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Brussels, Belgium, March, 2015.
- Rutqvist, J., Vilarrasa, V., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): The Role of Gas and Liquid Intrinsic Permeability Evolutions on Resaturation and Geomechanical Behaviour of Heated Bentonite, Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Brussels, Belgium, March, 2015.
- Kober, F., Gaus, I., Birkholzer, J.T., Vomvoris, S. (2015): 18 Years of Heating a Full Scale EBS at 100oC (FEBEX, Grimsel Test Site) and Possible Applications at Higher Temperatures (“hotFEBEX” at > 150oC), Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Brussels, Belgium, March, 2015.
2014
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Binachi, M., Trevisan, L., Zhou, Q., Illangasekae, T. (2014): A Connectivity-Based Upscaling Approach for Modeling Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Geological Formations, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Bianchi, M., Zheng, L., Mansoor, K., Sun, Y., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Carroll, S. (2014): Reduced Order Models for Prediction of Groundwater Quality Impacts from CO2 and Brine Leakage, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Bachu, S., Peck, W.D., Braunberger, J. (2014): Assessing the Regional-scale Dynamic Storage Capacity of the Northern Plains – Prairie Basal Aquifer, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Pugh, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Dafflon, B., Esposito, R., Hubbard, Newell, D., Nico, P., S., Spycher, N., Tinnacher, R., Trautz, R.C., Varadharajan, C., Wu, Y., Zheng, L. (2014): Effects of CO2 Leakage into Drinking Water Aquifers: Lessons Learned from a Controlled CO2 Release Field Test, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Bianchi, M. (2014): Targeted Pressure Management during CO2 Sequestration: Optimization of Well Placement and Brine Extraction in a Heterogeneous Reservoir, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Thibeau, S., Bachu, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Holloway, S., Neele, F., Zhou, Q. (2014): Using Pressure and Volumetric Approaches to Estimate CO2 Storage Capacity in Deep Saline Aquifers, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Trevisan,L., Pini, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T.H. (2014): Experimental Investigation of Supercritical CO2 Trapping Mechanisms at the Intermediate Laboratory Scale in Well-defined Heterogeneous Porous Media, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Bromhal, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Mohaghegh, S., Sahinidis, N., Murakami, H., Zhang, Y., Amini, S., Gholami, V., Zhang, Y., Shahkarami, A. (2014): Evaluation of Rapid Performance Reservoir Models for Quantitative Risk Assessment, Proceedings, 12th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2014, Austin, TX, 2014.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T., tsuaka, K. (2014): Modeling Hydro-mechanical Damage Processes of Sedimentary Rocks at the Horonobe Underground Research Laboratory, Proceedings, ARMS8, 8th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium, October 2014, Sapporo, Japan.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Long-term Analysis of Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste, Proceedings, 48th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Minneapolis, MS, June, 2014.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Wolters, R., Rutenberg, M., Zhao, J., Lux, K.-H (2014): Comparison of Two Modeling Procedures to Evaluate Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for High-level Nuclear Waste, Proceedings, 48th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, Minneapolis, MS, June, 2014.
2013
- Nutt, W.M., Swift, P., Birkholzer, J.T., boyle, W., Gunther, T., Larson, N., MacKinnon, R.J., McMahon, K.A., Sorenson, K. (2013): Overview of the United States Department of Energy’s Used Fuel Disposition Research and Development Campaign, Proceedings, ASME 2013 15th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM2013, September 8-12, 2013, Brussels, Belgium.
- Swift, P., Birkholzer, J.T., MacKinnon, R.J., McMahon, K.A., Nutt, W.M., Sorenson, K. (2013): Overview of the United States Department of Energy’s Used Fuel Disposition Research and Development Campaign, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
- Rutqvist, J., Chen, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Liu, H.-H. (2013): Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Processes at Mont Terri Heater Experiments in Opalinus Clay Using TOUGH-FLAC, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T., Sonnenthal, E. (2013): Chemical-Mechanical Coupling Related to the THMC Modeling of Clay Formations, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Asahina, D., Chen, F., Garner, P., Houseworth, J., Jove-Colon, C., Kersting, A., Nair, P., Li, L., Liu, H.-H., Painter, S., Reimus, P., Rutqvist, J., Steefel, C., Tynan, M., Wang, Y., Zavarin, M. (2013): An Overview of US Disposal Research Activities Linked to International URLs, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
- Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): On the Relationship between Water Flux and Hydraulic Gradient for Unsaturated and Saturated Clay, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, , Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): A 3-D Discrete Fracture Network Model for the Excavation-Disturbed Zone in a Clay Rock Repository, Proceedings, International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 28-May 2, 2013.
2012
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. , Bolander, J., (2012): A Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Model for Fracture Propagation and Evolution, Fluid Flow, and Transport in the Disturbed Rock Zone of an Argillaceous Repository, Proceedings, 5th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Montpellier, France, October 22-25, 2012.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Doughty, C., Bacon, D., Bacci, G., Govindan, R., Shi, J., Gasda, S., Ramanathan, R., Nicot, J.-P., Hosseini, S, Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Preliminary Model Comparison Results From the Sim-SEQ Project Using TOUGH2, STOMP, Eclipse, and VESA Approach, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, , Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Thermal-hydrologic-mechanical Model for Discrete Fracture Propagation, Fluid Flow, and Transport in Porous Rock, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Chen, F., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): TOUGH2 Simulation of Pumping at Ketzin Site: Heterogeneity Effects and Model Calibration, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Impact of Data Uncertainty on Identifying Leakage Pathways in CO2 Geologic Storage Systems and Estimating their Hydrogeological Properties by Inverse Modeling, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Wainwright, H.M., Finsterle,S., Jung, Y., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): iTOUGH2 Global Sensitivity Analysis Module: Applications to CO2 Storage, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Rebscher, D., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Simulation of CO2 Storage in the Basal Aquifer in the Northern Plains – Prairie Region of North America, Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2012, Berkeley, CA, September 2012.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Pugh, J., Varadharajan, C., Zheng, L., Bianchi, M., Nico, P., Spycher, N., Newell, D., Esposito, R., Trautz, R.(2012): Effet of Dissolved CO2 on Shallow Groundwater – An Integrated Study with Field and Laboratory experiments and Reactive Transport Modeling, Proceedings, Invited Poster at the Gordon Research Conference on Flow and Transport in permeable Media, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, June 24-29, 2012.
2011
- Nutt, M., Voegele, M., Birkholzer, J., Swift, P., McMahon, K., Williams, J., Peters, M. (2011): Establishment of research and development Priorities Regarding the Geologic Disposal of Nulcear Waste in the United States and Strategies for International Collaboration, in Proceedings, ASME 2011 14th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, ICEM 2011, Reims, France, September 25-29, 2011.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Houseworth, J., Liu, H.H. (2011): Modeling of Coupled Geomechanical Processes Associated With BentoniteBackfilled Repository Tunnels in Clay Formations, in Proceedings, 2011 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 10-14 2011.
- Liu, H.H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Constitutive Relationships for Elastic Deformation of Clay Rock: Data Analysis, in Proceedings, 2011 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 10-14 2011.
- Cotte, F., Doughty, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Modeling of Single Well Injection-Withdrawal (SWIW) Tests for Characterization of Complex Fracture-Matrix Systems, in Proceedings, 2011 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Albuquerque, NM, USA, April 10-14 2011.
2010
- Apps, J., Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., Trautz, R.C. (2010): Transient Changes In Shallow Groundwater Chemistry During the MSU ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment, in Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2010.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Yang, S.-Y., Yeh, H.-D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Transient Pressure Response of A Gas Reservoir Arising From Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Injection Through a Partially-Penetrating Well: An Analytical Solution, in Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2010.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Cortis, A., Finsterle, S. (2010): On the Quantification of Regional Pressure Buildup from Large-Scale CO2 Storage Projects, in Proceedings, 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2010.
2009
- Halecky, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Peterson, P.F. (2009): Natural Convection in Tunnels at Yucca Mountain and Impact on Drift Seepage, in Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2009, Berkeley, CA, September 14-16, 2009.
- Danko, G., Bahrami, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2009): Development and Applications of a Turbulent Transport Network Model Coupled with TOUGH2, in Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2009, Berkeley, CA, September 14-16, 2009.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., (2009): Integrated modeling of basin- and plume-scale processes related to geologic carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin, in Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2009, Berkeley, CA, September 14-16, 2009.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.J., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Kharaka, Y., Thorsden, J., Kakourus, E., Trautz, R. (2009): Geochemical Modeling of Changes in Shallow Groundwater Chemistry Observed in the ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment, in Proceedings, TOUGH2 Symposium 2009, Berkeley, CA, USA, September 14-16, 2009.
2008
- Apps, J.A., Zhang, Y., Zheng, L., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Identification of Thermodynamic Controls Defining the Concentrations of Hazardous Elements in Potable Groundwaters and the Potential Impact of Increasing Carbon Dioxide Partial Pressure, Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2008, Washington, D.C., 2008, Energy Procedia, Volume 1, p. 1917-1924.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Zhang, Y., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Reactive Transport Simulations to Study Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2008, Washington, D.C., 2008, Energy Procedia, Volume 1, p. 1887-1894.
- Spangler, L.H., Dobeck, L.M., Nehrir, A., Humphries, S., Barr, J., Keith, C., Dhaw, J., Rouse, J., Cunningham, A., Benson, S., Oldenburg, C., Lewicki, J., Wells, A., Diehl, R., Strazisar, B., Fessenden, J., Rahn, T., Amonette, J., Barr, J., Pickles, W., Jacobson, J., Silver, E., Male, E., Rauch, H, Gullickson, K., Trautz, R., Kharaka, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Wielopolski, L. (2008): A Controlled Field Pilot for Testing near Surface CO2 Detection Techniques and Transport Models, Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2008, Washington, D.C., 2008, Energy Procedia, Volume 1, p. 2134-2150.
- Leetaru, H.E., Frailey, S.M, Damico, J., Mehnert, E., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Jordan, P. (2008): Understanding CO2 Plume Behavior during Sequestration Projects Through the Use of Reservoir Fluid Modeling, Proceedings, 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, November 2008, Washington, D.C., 2008, Energy Procedia, Volume 1, p. 1799-1806.
- Danko, G.K., Bahrami, D., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Comparison of Axial Convection and Equivalent Dispersion Models in Emplacement Drifts, Proceedings, 12th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, September 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Scientific Investigations Supporting the Long-term Safety Assessment of the Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain: Thermal-Hydrological Evaluations, Proceedings, 38th International IWASA Symposium, Aachen, Germany, January 3-4, 2008.
2006
- Birkholzer, J.T., Pruess, K., Lewicki, J.L., Rutqvist, J., tsang, C.-F., Karimjee, A. (2006): Large Releases from CO2 Storage Reservoirs: Analogues, Scenarios, and Modeling Needs, Proceedings, Petrobras International Seminar on Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change, October 2006, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2006): Modeling Hydrological and Geomechanical Processes Related to CO2 Injection into a Faulted Multi-Layer System, Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, June 2006, Norway.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Pruess, K., Lewicki, J.L., Rutqvist, J., tsang, C.-F., Karimjee, A. (2006): Large Releases from CO2 Storage Reservoirs: Analogues, Scenarios, and Modeling Needs, Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, June 2006, Norway.
- Halecky, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Webb, S., Peterson, P.F., Bodvarsson, G.S. (2006): A Coupled Model for Natural Convection and Condensation in Heated Subsurface Enclosures Embedded in Fractured Rock, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2006, May 2006, Berkeley, USA.
- Kowalsky, M., Birkholzer, J.T., Finsterle, S., Peterson, J., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y. (2006): Joint Inversion of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Thermal-Hydrological Data Collected During a Large-Scale Heater Test, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2006, May 2006, Berkeley, USA.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F., Oldenburg, C., Tsang, C.-F. (2006): Shear Slip Analysis in Multi-Phase Fluid Flow Reservoir Engineering Applications Using TOUGH-FLAC, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2006, May 2006, Berkeley, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Pruess, K., Lewicki, J.L., Rutqvist, J., tsang, C.-F., Karimjee, A. (2006): Large Releases from CO2 Storage Reservoirs: A Discussion of Natural Analogs, FEPS, and Modeling Needs, Proceedings, Fifth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Seqestration, May 2006, Washington, D.C., USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Barr, D., Rutqvist, J., Sonnenthal, E.L. (2006): Motivation, Description, and Summary Status of Geomechanical and Geochemical Modeling Studies in Task D of the International DECOVALEX Project, Proceedings, Geoproc 2006, May 2006, China.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Chijimatsu, M., Kolditz, O., Liu, Q., Oda, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, C. (2006): Comparative Simulation Study on Coupled THM Processes near Back-Filled and Open-Drift Nuclear Waste Repositories in Task D of the International DECOVALEX Project, Proceedings, Geoproc 2006, May 2006, China.
- Xie, M., Sonnenthal, E.L., Wang, W., Kolditz, O., Birkholzer, J.T., Oda,Y., Chijimats, M. (2006): Geochemical Predictions for a Hypothetic Repository Located in Saturated Crystalline Rock – Comparative Evaluation of Two Different Research Teams, Proceedings, Geoproc 2006, May 2006, China.
- Birkholzer, J.T, Rutqvist, J., Sonnenthal, E.L., Barr, D., Chijimatsu, M., Kolditz, O., Liu, Q., Oda, Y., Xie, M., Zhang, C. (2006): Geomechanical/Geochemical Modeling Studies Conducted within the International DECOVALEX Project, Proceedings, 11th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Halecky, N., Webb, S.W., Peterson, P.F., Bodvarsson, G.S. (2006): The Impact of Natural Convection on Near-Field TH Processes at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, 11th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Danko, G.K.,Birkholzer, J.T., Bahrami, D. (2006): The Effect of Unheated Drift Sections on Moisture Transport in the Emplacement Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, 11th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Chijimatsu, M., Kolditz, O., Liu, Q., Oda, Y., Wang, W., Zhang, C. (2006): Results from an International Simulation Study on Coupled Thermal, Hydrological, and Mechanical (THM) Processes near Geological Waste Repositories, Proceedings, 11th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 2006, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
2003
- Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.W. (2003): Modeling Water Seepage into Heated Waste Emplacement Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2003, May 2003, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Bodvarsson, G.S., Birkholzer, J.T., Finsterle, S., Liu,H.-H., Rutqvist, J., W, Y.-S. (2003): The Use of TOUGH2/iTOUGH2 in Support of the Yucca Mountain Project: Successes and Limitations, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2003, May 2003, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Javandel, I., Jordan, P. (2003): Simulation of Groundwater Flow at the LBNL using TOUGH2, Proceedings, TOUGH Symposium 2003, May 2003, Berkeley, CA, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S., Tsang, Y.W. (2003): Analysis of the Vaporization Barrier above Waste Emplacement Drifts, Proceedings, 10th International High-Level Nuclear Waste Conference, March/April 2003, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
1986 – 2001
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2001): Contract Management as an Essential Part of Successful Operations, Proceedings, 12th Workshop on Construction Management, January 2001, Berlin, Germany.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2000): Quality Assurance in Construction Management, Proceedings, 10th Workshop on Construction Management, January 2000, Berlin, Germany.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, Y.W. (1998): In-Situ Heater Tests in the Fractured Unsaturated Tuff at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, 2. Workshop Kluftaquifere, September 1998, Bochum, Germany.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Li, G., Tsang, C.F., Tsang, Y.W. (1998): Numerical Experiments on the Probability of Seepage into Underground Openings at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, XII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, June 1998, Crete, Greece.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, Y.W. (1998): Numerical Analysis of the Thermal-hydrological Situation of the Single Heater Test at Yucca Mountain, Proceedings, TOUGH Workshop ’98, May 1998, Berkeley, USA.
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (1998): Thermohydrological Response of the Yucca Mountain Single Heater Test, Proceedings, 8th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, May 1998, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.F. (1996): Flow Channeling in Unsaturated Heterogeneous Soil, Proceedings, XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Cancun, Mexico.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Karasaki, K. (1996): A New Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Simulator for Solute Transport in Discrete Fracture-Matrix Systems, Proceedings, XI International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Cancun, Mexico.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Karasaki, K. (1996): A New Lagrangian-Eulerian Finite Element Method for Modeling Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Formations, Proceedings, 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium NARMS ‘96, Montreal, Canada.
- Jansen, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Köngeter, J. (1996): Dual-Porosity Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Porous Formations: The Effect of Spatial Variations of Matrix Block Properties, Proceedings, 2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium NARMS ‘96, Montreal, Canada.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Opheys, S., Rouvé, G. (1995): A Conceptual Study on the Rehabilitation of the Lignite Mining Area South of Leipzig, Germany, in Proceedings, NATO Advanced Research Workshop “Environmental Rehabilitation of Large-Scale Water Resources Systems, Yaroslavl, Russia.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.F. (1995): Flow Channeling in Unsaturated Porous Media of Strong Heterogeneity, Proceedings, ICA Seminar on Modeling and Computation in Environmental Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Jansen, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Bodarwé, H., Köngeter, J. (1995): Dual-Porosity Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Porous Formations: The Effect of Spatial Variations of Matrix Block Properties, Proceedings, ICA Seminar on Modeling and Computation in Environmental Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1994): Dual-Continuum Modeling of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Formations, In A. Peters et al. (ed.), Proceedings, 10th Computational Methods in Water Resources, Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands, pp. 659–666.
- Forkel, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1994): A Finite Element Formulation for Large Eddy Simulations, Proceedings, X International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Jansen, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Braxein, A., Rouvé, G. (1994): GIS-Based Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Transport: Case Study Waterwork Hoppbruch, Proceedings, Ninth Congress of APD-IAHR, Singapore.
- Bodarwé, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1994): Experimental-Numerical Study of Fluid Flow and Tracer Transport Through Fractured Media Using a Channel Model, Proceedings, Ninth Congress of APD-IAHR, Singapore.
- Brendt, T., Birkholzer, J.T., Forkel, C., Rouvé, G. (1994): Three-Dimensional Simulation of Solute Transport in a Tidal-Affected Stratified Aquifer, Proceedings, 67th Annual Conference, Water Environment Federation, Chicago.
- Forkel, C., Eiken, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1994): Concepts for a Hydraulic Aquifer Clean-up Beneath a Landfill, Proceedings, Water Down Under ’94, 21.11.-25.11., Adelaide, Australia
- Jansen, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Braxein, A., Ruland, P., Rouvé, G. (1994): Simulationsmodelle + GIS zur Analyse des Schadstofftransports im Grundwasser, Proceedings, InCom ´94, Düsseldorf.
- Rouvé, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Braxein, a., Opheys, S. (1993): Computational Modeling and Animation of Groundwater Flow and Pollutant Transport, Proceedings, International Conference on Hydroscience and Engineering, Washington D.C.
- Rouvé, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Opheys, S. (1992): Perspektiven einer wasserwirtschaftlichen Sanierung des Südraumes von Leipzig bei unterschiedlichen Bergbauführungsvarianten, Proceedings, Symposium: Braunkohlenbergbau und Wasserwirtschaft in Mitteldeutschland und in der Lausitz, Treuhandanstalt, Berlin.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1991): Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Rock, Proceedings, 7th Int. Congress Rock Mechanics, Aachen.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1991): Large-Scale Simulation of Solute Transport in Fractured Reservoirs, Proceedings, 11th European Conference on Operational Research, Aachen.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (1991): Stofftransport in Kluftgrundwasserleitern, Proceedings, 21st Int. Wasserbau Seminar 90/91, Mitteilungen des Instituts für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, RWTH Aachen, Heft 80.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rubin, H., Daniels, H., Rouvé, G. (1991): A New Approach for the Calculation of Solute Dispersion in a Dual Permeability Porous Medium, Proceedings, ICHMT Seminar on Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G., Pruess, K., Noorishad, J. (1990): Flow and Solute Transport in Dual-Porosity Media: A New Semianalytical Approach, Proceedings, International Conference on Groundwater Resources Management, Bangkok, Thailand.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G., Pruess, K., Noorishad, J. (1990): An Efficient Semianalytical Method for Numerical Modeling of Flow and Solute Transport in Fractured Media, Proceedings, 8th International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Venice, Italy.
- Rouvé, G., Pelka, W., Peters, A., Hofmann, M., Birkholzer, J.T. (1986): Old Masonry Dams – New Methods of Analysis, Proceedings, 7th National Congress of Rock Mechanics, Aachen.
Conference Abstracts and Extended Abstracts:
2022
- Cihan, A., Tokunaga, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Film-to-Pore Filling Transition During Water Adsorption in Nanoporous Media, Abstract, Interpore 2022, 14th Annual Meeting, Abu Dhabi, May 30 – June 2, 2022.
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Numerical Investigation of the Flow and Phase Transitions of CO2 near its Triple-Point during a Blowout from a Plugged Well, Abstract, Interpore 2022, 14th Annual Meeting, Abu Dhabi, May 30 – June 2, 2022.
- Faybishenko, B, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2022): Modeling of the Darcy-Brinkman Equation Indicates Possibility of Deterministic Chaotic Behavior for Flow in Fractured-Porous Media, Abstract, Interpore 2022, 14th Annual Meeting, Abu Dhabi, May 30 – June 2, 2022.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2022): Clay Research in the International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project: An Overview of Past and Current Modeling Tasks, Abstract, Invited Plenary Presentation, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 13-16, 2022.
- Graupner, B., Rutqvist, J., Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Kim, T., Massmann, J., Nguyen, T.S., Park, J.-W., Shiu, W., Urpi, L., Yoon, J.S., ZiefLe, G. (2022): Simulation of Fault Rupture and Fluid Leakage During a Fault Activation Experiment at Mont Terri Laboratory – Results from an International Simulation Study, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 13-16, 2022.
- Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Cook, P., Hopp, C., Robertson, M., Rodriguez Tribaldos, V., Rutqvist, J., Soom, F., Wood, T., Ajo-Franklin, J., Shadoan, T., Rinaldi, A.P., Zappone, A., Nussbaum, C. (2022): Probing the Short- and Long-Term Loss of Faulted Host Rock Integrity of Opalinus Clay, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 13-16, 2022.
2021
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A., Kuhlman, K., Plua, C. (2021): The International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project: Recent Advances in Simulating Coupled Processes in the Subsurface, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): A Numerical Method to Simulate the Wellbore Leakage of CO2 with Supercritical-Gas-Liquick-Solid Phase Transitions, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Cappa, F., Nussbaum, C. (2021): Can Fault Reactivation Impact Caprock Integrity? Lessons Learned from Mesoscale Field Experiments, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Bhuvankar, P. (2021): CO2 Leakage Risk Through Plugged and Abandoned Wells to Shallow Aquifers in Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Soom, F., Tribaldos, V., Guglielmi, Y., Cook, P., Hopp, C., Lanyon, G., Schefer, S., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): Long-Term Evolution of Fault Transmissivity Following a Field Scale Controlled Activation Experiment in Opalinus Clay, Mt Terri, Switzerland, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Zheng, J., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): The Evolution of Bentonite Buffer for HLW Geological Repository Learned from Modeling and Tests at 100º C and 200º C, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Zheng, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Chang, C., Borglin, S., Chou, C., Kneafsey, T., Peruzzo, L., Wu, Y., Nakagawa, S. (2021): Studying the Coupled THMC Processes Under High Temperature in Bentonite Buffer for Geologic Disposal of Radioactive Waste Using Column Tests: Real-Time Monitoring and Characterizations after Dismantling, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA and Online, December 13-17, 2021.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2021): International Collaboration in Disposal Research: Comparative Modeling of Coupled Processes in the DECOVALEX Project, Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on the Safety of Nuclear Disposal Practices (safeND), Berlin, Germany, November 10-12, 2021, Vol. 1, pp. 231-232. https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-231-2021
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zheng, L., Ruqvist, J. (2021): Can We Safely Go to 200oC? An Integrated Approach to Assessing Impacts to the Engineered Barrier System in a High-Temperature Repository, Interdisciplinary Research Symposium on the Safety of Nuclear Disposal Practices (safeND), Berlin, Germany, November 10-12, 2021, Vol. 1, pp. 83-84. https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-83-2021
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): The Need for Geologic CO2 Sequestration at Scale – How Mont Terri Experiments Are Helping to Get There, Invited Presentation, Mont Terri 25th Year Scientific Symposium, Porrentruy, Switzerland, November 5, 2021.
- Faybishenko, B., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): On Numerical Modeling of Chaotic Advection and Diffusion in Fractured-Porous Media, Abstract, Goldschmidt Conference, Lyon, France, July 4-9, 2021.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Luu, K., Rutqvist, J., Cihan, A. (2021): Towards Geologic CO2 Sequestration at Scale: A Review of Geomechanical Impacts, Induced Seismicity Concerns, and Mitigation Measures, Abstract, Interpore 2021, 13th Annual Meeting, Online, May 31 – June 4, 2021.
- Faybishenko, B., Birkholzer, J.T. (2021): On Modeling Nonlinear Flow and Reactive-Diffusion Processes in Heterogeneous Porous Media, Abstract, Interpore 2021, 13th Annual Meeting, Online, May 31 – June 4, 2021.
2020
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2020): The International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project: Recent Advances in Simulating Coupled Thermal-Hydrological-Mechanical and Chemical Processes, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Tokunaga, T. (2020): Enhanced Condensation of Water Vapor in Nanoporous Media: Numerical Studies Using the Square-Gradient Density Functional Theory, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Guglielmi, Y., Cappa, F., DeBarros, L., Birkholzer, J.T., Nussbaum, C., Rutqvist, J. (2020): Fault Reactivation Experiments and Modeling Highlight Aseismic Fault Leakage in Caprock Analogue and the Risk of Induced Seismicity, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Hu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Thermal Pressurization Process in Nuclear Waste Disposal in Argillaceous Claystone, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Pore-scale Simulations of the Migration of Mobile, Non-Swelling Clays in Porous Media, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Zheng, L., Hu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Predicting the Long-term Evolution of Bentonite Buffer Based on THMC Models Calibrated Against the FEBEX In Situ Heater Test, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Towards Geologic CO2 Sequestration at Scale – A Subjective Discussion of Remaining Research Challenges and Examples, Invited Presentation, 18th Swiss Geoscience Meeting, November 7, 2020.
- Jew, A.D., Morris, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Bargar, J., Crandall, D., Deng, H., Fu, P., Hakala, A., Hao, Y., Kneafsey, T.J., Lopano, C.L., Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Settgast, R.R., Steefel, C.I. (2019): From Micro- to Reservoir-scale: Extending Shale Matrix Understanding to Reservoir-Scale Modeling Using Comprehensive Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site in the Permian Basin, Abstract, Clay Minerals Society Meeting, Richland, WA, October 18-23, 2020.
- Bhuvankar, P., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Pore-scale CFD Based Estimation of Permeability Decline in Porous Media due to Fines Migration, Abstract, Interpore 2020, 12th Annual Meeting, Online, August 31 – September 4, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J. (2020): Thermally-Induced Alterations of Bentonite Backfilled Repositories: THMC Modeling and Testing, Invited Keynote Presentation, Goldschmidt Conference, Honolulu, HI, June 21-26, 2020.
- Nussbaum, C., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Bossart, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Estimating Stress from Three-dimensional Borehole Displacements Induced by Fluid Injection in Faulted Claystone, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 8-11, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2020): Clay Research in the International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project: An Overview of Past and Current Modeling Tasks, Abstract, Invited Plenary Presentation, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 8-11, 2020.
- Graupner, B., Rutqvist, J., Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Kim, T., Massmann, J., Nguyen, T.S., Park, J.-W., Wei, S., Urpi, L., Yoon, J.S., ZiefLe, G. (2020): Simulation of Fault Rupture and Fluid Leakage During a Fault Activation Experiment at Mont Terri Laboratory – Results from an International Simulation Study, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 8-11, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Zappone, A., Rinaldi, A.P. (2020): Probing the Long Term Loss of Faulted Host Rock Integrity of Opalinus Clay, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 8-11, 2020.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2020): Predicting the Long-Term Evolution of Bentonite Buffer Based on THMC models Calibrated Against the FEBEX In Situ Heater Test, Abstract, 8th International Conference on Clays in Natural and Engineered Barriers for Radioactive Waste Confinement, Nancy, France, June 8-11, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Borglin, S., Chang, C., Chou, C., Wu, Y., Kneafsey, T. (2020): Investigating the Temperature Limits of Bentonite Backfilled Repositories: Coupled THMC Modeling, Lab Mockup Testing and Field Experiments, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 4-8, 2020.
- Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Nussbaum, C., Cappa, F., Ajo-Franklin, J.A. (2020): Imaging Poro-Elastic Effects induced by a Normal Fault Aseismic-to-Seismic Dislocation in Shales, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 4-8, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Morris, J., Bargar, J., Cihan, A., Crandall, D., Deng, H., Fu, P., Goodman, A., Hakala, A., Hao, Y., Jew, A.D., Kneafsey, T.J., Lopano, C.L., Molins-Rafa, S., Moridis, G.S., Nakagawa, S., Reagan, M.T., Settgast, R.R., Steefel, C.I., Voltolini, M. (2020): Multi-Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production: Testing with Comprehensive Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Test Site in the Permian Basin, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, May 4-8, 2020.
- Birkholzer, J. (2020): Geologic Carbon Sequestration at Scale: A Review of Basin-Scale Pressure Impacts, Induced Seismicity Concerns, and Pressure Management Opportunities, Keynote Presentation, Abstract, International Conference on Groundwater and Catchments – Processes, Data and Models, 27th Meeting of the German Association for Hydrogeology 2020, Leipzig, Germany, March 25-28, 2020.
2019
- Alumbaugh, D.L., Commer, M., Cihan, A., Wilt, M., Um, E.S., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R.C., Petrusak, R., Riestenberg, D. , Godec, M. (2019): Optimization of Borehole EM Geophysical Measurements for CO2 Injection Pressure Management, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Faybishenko, B., Wang, Y., Harrington, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Jove-Colon, C. (2019): Deterministic-Chaotic Gas Migration in Bentonite: Evidence, Characteristics and Phenomenological Modeling, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Morris, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Bargar, J., Crandall, D., Deng, H., Fu, P., Hakala, A., Hao, Y., Jew, A.D., Kneafsey, T.J., Lopano, C.L., Moridis, G.J., Reagan, M.T., Settgast, R.R., Steefel, C.I. (2019): A New Framework for Microscopic to Reservoir-Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production: Testing with Comprehensive Data from the Hydraulic Fracturing Field Test in the Permian Basin, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Cihan, A., Tokunaga, T.K., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Capillary Condensation-Induced Imbibition in Nanoporous Media, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Thermally-Induced Alteration of Engineered and Natural Barriers for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: Integration of THMC Simulation and In Situ Testing, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Illitization in Bentonite and its Effect on Stress Revealed by Coupled THMC Models for a Nuclear Waste Repository in Clay, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Guglielmi Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F., De Barros, D., Nussbaum, C., Rutqvist, J., (2019): Does the Pressure Diffusion Rate Control Induced Seismicity: Insights from Two Fault Activation Experiments, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, , Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Gas Migration in Compacted Bentonite Using a Discrete Fracture Network Approach, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Cheng, F., Correa, J., Freifeld, B.M., Wood, T., Nihei, K., Guerra, D., Hill, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Ajo-Franklin, J. (2019): Using Surface Orbital Vibrators (SOV) and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) for Monitoring of Unconventional Reservoirs: Preliminary Results from the Eagle Ford Shale, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Overview of the DECOVALEX Project – The Past, Current, and Future, Invited Presentation, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): TOUGH-RBSN Modeling of Generation of Discrete Gas Flow Pathways in Bentonite, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Plua, C., Armand, G., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Modeling of Thermal Induced Pressurization in Cox Claystone, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Faybishenko, B., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): On Conceptual Models of Chaotic Advection and Diffusion in Complex Fractured-Porous Media, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Ruqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Lessons Learned From THMC Modeling of a Long-Term in Situ Test for Engineered Barrier System, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Plua, C., Armand, G., Vu, M. N., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, H., Guo, R., Thatcher, K.E., Bond, A.E., Wang, W., Nagel, T., Shao, H., Kolditz, O. (2019): A Reliable Numerical Analysis for Large-Scale Modelling of a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository in the Callovo-Oxfordian Claystone, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Cappa, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Graupner, B. (2019): Complexity of Fault Rupture and Fluid Leakage in Shale: Insights From a Controlled Fault, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Rutqvist, J., Graupner, B., Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Kim, T., Maßmann, J., Nguyen, T.S., Park, J.-W., Shiu, W., Urpi,L., Yoon, J.S., Ziefle, G. (2019): Results From An International Simulation Study of a Controlled Fault Activation Experiment At Mont Terri Laboratory, Abstract, DECOVALEX 2019 Symposium on Coupled Processes in Radioactive Waste Disposal and Subsurface Engineering Applications, Brugg, Switzerland, November, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., De barros, L., Cappa, F. (2019): The 2015 Mesoscale Fault Slip Experiment at Mont Terri: Main Findings, Lessons Learned, and Next Steps, Invited Presentation, Abstract, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, NM, September, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Understanding the Behavior of Engineered and Natural Barriers for Geologic Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Waste: The Role of Full-Scale Heater Experiments, Abstract, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, NM, September, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Morris, J. (2019): A New Framework for Microscopic to Reservoir- Scale Simulation of Hydraulic Fracturing and Production: Testing with Comprehensive Data from HFTS and Other Hydraulic Fracturing Field Test Sites, Abstract, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2019.
- Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Active Seismic Monitoring of CO2 Leakage Through a Hydromechanically Reactivated Fault Caprock Integrity Monitoring for a Geological Carbon Sequestration Site Analog: Validating a CASSM Monitoring System, Abstract, Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage, and Oil and Gas Technologies Integrated Review Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, August 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bond, A. (2019): The International DECOVALEX Model Comparison Project – 25 Years of Coupled Processes Research, Invited Presentation, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J. (2019): Long-term Alteration of Bentonite Backfill Used for Waste Disposal: Coupled THMC Modeling of a Full-Scale In Situ Heater Test, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2019.
- Wu, Y., Commer, M., Otto, S., Dozier, B., Weaver, D., Wang, J., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Geophysical Monitoring of Brine Migration in Rock Salt: Results from an In Situ Heater and Tracer Experiment at WIPP, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April, 2019.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Cappa, F., Nussbaum, C. (2019): Induced Seismicity and CCS at Scale: Understanding Caprock Integrity Impacts Based on Mesoscale Experiments, Invited Keynote Presentation, Abstract, Schatzalp 3rd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, March, 2019.
- Cappa, F., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2019): Pore Fluid Pressurization Causes Host Rock Fault Microseismicity and Leakage: FS and FS-B Experiments Hydro-Mechanical Modeling, Abstract, Mont Terri Technical Meeting TM-36, Porrentruy, Switzerland, February 5-6, 2019.
2018
- Nussbaum, C., Guglielmi, Y., de Barros, L., Cappa, F., Birkholzer, J.T., Bossart, P. (2018): Aseismic and Seismic Reactivation of a Velocity-Strengthening Clay-Rich Fault Zone: Example of the Mont Terri Main Fault FS Experiment, Abstract, Annual Swiss Geosciences Meeting, Bern, Switzerland, December, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J. (2018): International Collaboration in the U.S. Disposal Research Program: Advances Made in Testing and Predicting THM Processes in Engineered and Natural Barriers, Invited Presentation, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December, 2018.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Understanding the Alteration of Bentonite Backfill Using Coupled THMC Modeling for a Long Term Heater Test, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., De Barros, L., Antipolis, S., Cappa, F. (2018): Seismic Reactivation of a Velocity-Strengthening Clay-Rich Fault Zone: Are Laboratory Experiments a Good Enough Indicator of Field-Scale Behavior?, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December, 2018.
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C.M., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): A Generalized Multirate Memory Function for Modeling Flow and Transport in Fractured Reservoirs, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December, 2018.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Commer, M., Wilt, M., Rutqvist, J., Um, E.S., Petrusak, R., Trautz, R.C., Riestenberg, D.E., Godec, M. (2018) Adaptive Pressure Management in Geological CO2 Storage: Application to A Brine Extraction Field Experiment, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington, D.C., December, 2018.
- Jeanne, P., Guglielmi, Y., Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J., Nussbaum, C. (2018): Relation Between Induced Seismicity and Fault Leakage and its Evolution with Time: Analysis of Repeated Controlled-Injection Fault Reactivation Experiments at Mont Terri, Switzerland, COUFRAC, International Conference on Coupled Processes in Fractured Geological Media: Observation, Modeling, and Application, Wuhan, China, November 12-14, 2018.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Cross-Cutting Subsurface Challenges: Insights from Dedicated Subsurface Energy Field Observatories, Invited Plenary Lecture, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
- Birkholzer, T., Rutqvist, J., Kim, K. (2017): Comparison of Model Approaches for Gas Transport in Compacted Bentonite: A Current Task in the International DECOVALEX Project, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
- Birkholzer, T., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Jeanne, P., Nussbaum, C. (2017): Lessons Learned from a Controlled-Injection Fault Reactivation Experiment at Mont Terri, Switzerland: Can Fault Leakage Occur, When, and For How Long?, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Modeling CO2 Storage in Fractured Reservoirs: Fracture-Matrix Interactions of Supercritical and Dissolved CO2, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
- Agartan, E., Illangasekare, T., Vargas-Johnson, J., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2018): Contribution of Heterogeneity within Semi-Confining Shale Layers to Mixing and Storage of Dissolved CO2, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
- Cihan, A., Wang, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Tokunaga, T. (2018): Capillary Hysteresis and Pore-scale Heterogeneity Limiting the Migration of Buoyant Immiscible Fluid in a Porous Medium, Abstract, Interpore, 10th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 14-17, 2018.
2017
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Understanding the Alteration of Bentonite Backfill Using Coupled THMC Modeling for a Long Term Heater Test at the Grimsel Underground Research Lab, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Cihan, A. (2017): A Workflow for Subsurface Pressure Control in Geological CO2 Storage: Optimization of Brine Extraction, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, S., Tokunaga, T. (2017): On the Effects of Capillary Hysteresis and Pore-Scale Heterogeneity Limiting the Migration of Buoyant Immiscible Fluids in a Macroscopically Homogeneous Porous Medium, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Agartan, E., Illangasekae, T.H., Vargas-Johnson, J., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Effects of Formation Heterogeneity in Semi-Confining Shale Layers in Enhancing Mixing and Storage of Dissolved CO2, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Guglielmi, Y., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T., De Barros, L., Cappa, F. (2017): Permeability Evolution Associated to Creep and Episodic Slow Slip of a Fault Affecting Clay Formations: Results from the FS Fault Activation Experiment in Mt Terri (Switzerland), Switzerland, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Dobson, P., Oldenburg, C.M., Wu, Y., Cook, P.J., Kneafsey, T.J., Nakagawa, S., Ulrich, C., Siler, D.L., Guglielmi, Y., Ajo Franklin, J., Rutqvist, J., Daley, T.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, H.F., Lord, N., Haimson, B.C., Sone, H., Vigilante, P., Roggenthen, W., Doe, T., Lee, M., Ingraham, M., Huang, H., Mattson, E., Johnson, T.C., Zhou, J., Zoback, M.D., Morris, J., White, J.A Johnson, P.A., Coblentz, D., Heise, J. (2017): kISMET: Stress Analysis and Intermediate-scale Hydraulic Fracturing at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Oldenburg, C.M., Zhou, Q., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Fundamental Flux Equations for Fracture-Matrix Interactions with Linear Diffusion, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Zhou, Q., Oldenburg, C.M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Modeling CO2Storage in Fractured Reservoirs: Fracture-Matrix Interactions of Free-Phase and Dissolved CO2, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): 25 Years of DECOVALEX – Research Advances and Lessons Learned from an International Model Comparison Initiative, Invited, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December, 2017.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Cross-Cutting Subsurface Challenges: Insights from Dedicated Subsurface Energy Field Observatories, Invited, Abstract, 23nd European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics: Fourth Sustainable Earth Sciences Conference, Malmö, Sweden, September 3-7, 2017.
- Nussbaum, C., Guglielmi, Y., De Barros, L., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F. (2017): Imaging the Long-term Loss of Faulted Caprock Integrity: In-situ Experiments in the Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Switzerland, Extended Abstract, EAGE/SEG Research Workshop 2017, Geophysical Monitoring of CO2, Trondheim, Norway, August 28-31, 2017.
- Nussbaum, C., Guglielmi, Y., De Barros, L., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F. (2017): Aseismic Fault Slip and Leakage Preceding an Earthquake Induced During an In-Situ Fault Reactivation Experiment in the Opalinus Clay, Mont Terri Rock Laboratory, Switzerland, Abstract, Schatzalp 2nd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, March, 2017.
- Guglielmi, Y., De Barros, L., Henry, P., Nussbaum, C., Cappa, , Birkholzer, J.T. (2017): Exploring Induced Seismicity From Mesoscale Field Experiments, Abstract, Schatzalp 2nd Induced Seismicity Workshop, Davos, Switzerland, March, 2017.
2016
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Coupled Hydro-Mechanical Simulations of Discrete Fluid-Driven Fracture Propagation Through Fractured Rock Masses Using a Lattice Modeling Approach, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, T. (2016): Understanding the THMC Evolution of Bentonite Barriers: Modeling an In Situ Test for Bentonite Backfilled Engineered Barrier System, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Birkholzer, T. (2016): Modeling of Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical Processes for Bentonite in a Clay-rock Repository for Heat-generating Nuclear Waste, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Oldenburg, C.M., Dobson, P.F., Daley, T.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Cook, P.J., Ajo-Franklin, J.B., Rutqvist, J., Siler, D., Kneafsey, T.J., Nakagawa, S., Wu, Y., Guglielmi, Y., Ulrich, C., Marchesini, P. (2016): kISMET: Stress and Fracture Characterization in a Deep Mine, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Jeanne, P., Rutqvist, J., Wainwright, H., Foxall, W., Zhou, Q., Rinaldo, A., Bachmann, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Assessment of the Predicted Seismic Activity Associated with a Hypothetical Industrial-Scale Geologic CO2 Sequestration Operation: Effect of In-Situ Stress Measurement Uncertainties and Friction Law, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Trevisan, L., Alvarez, Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Illangasekare, T.H. (2016): Importance of Considering Hysteresis in Macroscopic Models of Two-phase Flow in Porous Media, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Gonzalez-Nicolas, A., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Petrusak, R., Zhou, Q., Riestenberg, D.E., Trautz, R.C., Godec, M. (2016): Adaptive Management for Subsurface Pressure and Plume Control in Application to Geological CO2 Storage, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, December, 2016.
- Tinnacher, R., Davis, J.A., Tournassat, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Effects of Clay Microstructure on Uranium(VI) Sorption and Diffusion, Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Dobson, P., Oldenburg, C., Daley, T., Birkholzer, J.T., Cook, P.J., Ajo-Franklin, J., Rutqvist, J., Siler, D., Kneafsey, T., Nakagawa, S., Wu, Y., Guglielmi, Y., Ulrich, C., Wang, H., Haimson, B., Sone, H., Vigilante, P.,Roggenthen, W., Doe, T., Lee, M., Mattson, E., Huang, H., Johnson, T., Morris, J., White, J. (2016): The Kismet (Permeability (K) and Induced Seismicity Management for Energy Technologies) Project – an Underground Field Laboratory for Investigating the Relations Between Natural and Induced Fractures, Stress Field, and Rock Fabric, Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Guglielmi, Y., de Barros, L., Nussbaum, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Cappa, F. (2016): First Results of Aseismic Fault Slip and Leakage Preceding an Earthquake Induced During an In Situ Fault Reactivation Experiment in Shales (Mont Terri FS Experiment, Switzerland), Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Zheng, L., Xu, H., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Understanding the THMC Evolution of Bentonite Barrier — Modeling an In Situ Test for Bentonite Backfilled Engineered Barrier System, Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): An Overview of Radioactive Waste Disposal Research Activities Linked to International Underground Research Laboratories, Invited, Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Subsurface Energy Applications: Cross-Cutting Research Needs and the Role of Deep Geoscience Observatories, Abstract, 2016 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, September 25-28, 2016.
- Oldenburg, C.M., Dobson, P.F., Daley, T.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Ajo-Franklin, J., Rutqvist, J., Siler, D.L., Kneafsey, T.J., Nakagawa, S., Freifeld, B.M., Wu, Y., Wang, H.F., Haimson, B.C., Sone, H., Roggenthen, W.M., Doe, T.M., Lee, M.Y., Mattson, E.D., Huang, H., Johnson, T.J., Morris, J.P., White, J.A., Johnson, P.A., Coblentz, D.C. (2016): kISMET – A Deep Mine Intermediate-Scale Hydraulic Fracture and Stimulation Field Laborator, Abstract, 2016 American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Conference, Calgary, BC, Canada, June 19-22, 2016.
- Lin, Y., Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Reduced-Order Modeling for Evaluating the Impact of CO2 and Brine Leakage on Groundwater Based on Sparse Polynomial Expansion, Abstract, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) Conference, Tysons, VA, USA, June 14-16, 2016.
- Stringfellow, W.T., Camarillo, M.K., Domen, J.K., Sandelin, W., Varadharajan, C., Jordan, P., Reagan, M., Cooley, H., Heberger, M., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Quantitative Analysis Chemicals Used for Hydraulic Fracturing in California, Abstract, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016.
- Long, J.C.S., Birkholzer, J.T., Feinstein, L. (2016): Environmental Aspects of Unconventional Oil and Gas Production and Hydraulic Fracturing, Abstract, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016.
- Tinnacher, R.M, Davis, J.A., Tournassat, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Uranium(VI) Diffusion in Sodium-Montmorillonite at Alkaline pH, Abstract, 251st American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Reservoir Management Strategies and Optimization Involving Brine Extraction, Invited, Abstract, EPRI Stakeholder Workshop on Produced Water Quality, Treatment, and End Uses, Scottsdale, AZ, February 25, 2016.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2016): Subsurface Energy Applications – Cross-Cutting Research Needs and the Role of Deep Geoscience Observatories, Invited Keynote, Mont Terri Technical Meeting TM-34 and 20th Anniversary Workshop, Porrentruy, Switzerland, February 10-11, 2016.
- Moridis, G., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, T. (2016): Managing Storage Options Via Plume Steering and Pressure Reduction, Invited, Abstract, Carbon Utilization for Resource Extraction Workshop, Abu Dhabi, UAE, January 19, 2016
2015
- Tsang, C.-F., Rosberg, J.-E., Juhlin, C., Niemi, A., Doughty, C., Dobson, P., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): A New Approach to Hydrologic Testing During Drilling of a Deep Borehole and its Application to the Swedish Scientific Deep Drilling COSC Project, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Nakagawa, S., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Discrete Modeling of Hydraulic Fracturing Processes in a Complex Pre-existing Fracture Network, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Long, J., Feinstein, L., Stringfellow, W., Jordan, P., Varadharajan, C., Foxall, B., Dobson, P., Houseworth, J. (2015): Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing in California – An Overview of a Comprehensive Science Assessment, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Stringfellow, W., Camarilllo, M.K., Domen, J.K., Sandelin, W., Varadharajan, C., Cooley, H., Jordan, P., Heberger, M., Reagan, M., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Treatment Process Requirements for Waters Containing Hydraulic Fracturing Chemicals, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Varadharajan, C., Cooley, H., Heberger, M., Stringfellow, W., Domen, J.K., Sandelin, W., Camarilllo, M.K., Jordan, P., Reagan, M., Donelly, K., Birkholzer, J.T., Long, J. (2015): Characteristics and Management of Flowback/Produced Water from Hydraulically Fractured Wells in California – Findings from the California SB 4 Assessment, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Li, Y., Anguiano, H. (2015): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite in Clay Repository for Nuclear Waste, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Tinnacher, R.M, Davis, J.A., Tournassat, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Uranium(VI) Diffusion in Sodium-Montmorillonite at Alkaline pH Condition, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Oldenburg, C.M. (2015): A Hybrid Continuum-Discrete Scheme for Simulating CO2 Migration and Trapping in Fractured Sandstone Reservoirs, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Siirila-Woodburn, W. E., Cihan A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Determining the Area of Review (AoR) in Carbon Capture and Storage: A Tiered, Probabilistic Methodology to Generate a Risk Map, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Long-Term Modeling of Coupled Processes in a Generic Salt Repository for Heat-Generating Nuclear Waste: Analysis of the Impacts of Halite Solubility Constraints, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Siirila-Woodburn, E.R., Steefel, C.I., Williams, K.H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): An Integrated Hydrologic Modeling Approach to Cesium-137 Transport in Forested Fukushima Watersheds, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2015, San Francisco, CA, December, 2015.
- Oldenburg, C.M., Dobson, P.F., Daley, T.M., Birkholzer, J.T., Wang, H., Doe, T.W., Lee, M., Roggenthen, W.M. (2015): Intermediate-Scale Hydraulic Fracture and Stimulation Field Laboratory in a Deep Mine for the Investigation of Induced Seismicity and Fracture Flow, Abstract, Conference on Science at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA, May 18-20, 2015.
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Wolters, R., Lux, K.-H., Rutenberg, M., Zhao, J. (2015): Three-dimensional Modeling of a Heater Test to Investigate Chrushed Salt reconsolidation and Rock Salt Creep for the Underground Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste, Abstract, IRSM Congress 2015, International Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Montreal, Canada, May 10-13, 2015.
- Stringfellow, W., McKone, T., Sandelin, W., Kloc, K., Domen, J., Heberger, M., Maddalena, R., Varadharajan, C., Jordan, P., Cooley, H., Reagan, M., Tinnacher, R., Camarillo, M.K., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Composition and Associated Hazards of Well Stimulation Fluids Used in California (USA), Abstract, 249th American Chemical Society (ACS) Meeting, Denver, CO, March 22-26, 2015.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2015): Coupled THMC Models for Bentonite in a Clay Repository for Nuclear Waste: Illitization and its Effect on Stress Under High Temperature, Abstract, 5th International Conference on Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) Processes in Geosystems: Petroleum and Geothermal Reservoir Geomechanics and Energy Resource Extraction, GEOPROC, Salt Lake City, UT, February 25-27, 2015.
2014
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Wolters, R., Lux, K.-H. (2014): Modeling of the T S D E Heater Test to Investigate Crushed Salt Reconsolidation and Rock Salt Creep for the Underground Disposal of High-Level Nuclear Waste, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Kokkinaki, A., Li, J.Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Kitanidis, P. (2014): Large-scale Characterization of Geologic Formations for CO2 Injection Using Compressed State Kalman Filter, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Agartan, E., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T. (2014): Effects of Lithology of Deep Layered Geologic Formations on Trapping of Dissolved CO2, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Illangasekare, T., Trevisan, L., Agartan, E., Vargas-Johnson, J., Pamplin, M.R., Pini, R., Pawar, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., (2014): Experimental Investigation of CO2 Trapping and Leakage Mechanisms in Deep Geologic Formations for Model Improvement, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Bianchi, M. (2014): A Constrained Differential Evolution Algorithm for Reservoir Management: Optimal Placement and Control of Wells for Geological Carbon Storage with Uncertainty in Reservoir Properties,Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Kim, K., Rutqvist, J., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Discrete Fracture Modeling of Hydro-mechanical Damage Processes in Geological Systems, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Birkholzer, J., Guglielmi, Y., Rutqvist, J., Zheng, L., Spycher, N. (2014): Improved Understanding of Carbon Storage Risk Via Controlled-Release Experiments, Invited Talk, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J. (2014): Illitization Within Bentonite Engineered Barrier System in Clay Repositories for Nuclear Waste and its Effect on the Swelling Stress: a Coupled THMC Modeling Study, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2014, San Francisco, CA, December, 2014.
- Asahina, D., Rutqvist, J., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Voronoi-Based Fracture Networks for Hydro-Mechanical Modeling of Geomaterials, DFNE 2014, Abstract, International Discrete Fracture Network Engineering Conference, October 2014, Vancouver, Canada.
- Bandilla, K., Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Celia, M.A. (2014), A Multi-tiered Approach for Carbon Sequestration Area of Review Delineation, Abstract, AGU Science Policy Conference, June 2014, Washington, D.C.
- Zheng, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Liu, H.-H. (2014), Illitization within Bentonite Engineered Barrier System in Clay Repositories for Nuclear Waste and its Effect on the Sweling Stress: a Study with Coupled THMC Modeling Study, Abstract, Goldschmidt Conference, June 2014, Sacramento, CA.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014): Hydro-Mechanical Model for Fracture Development and Fluid Transport in Geomaterials, Abstract, XX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2014.
- Wainwright, H.M., Zhang, Y., Finsterle, S.A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2014), Uncertainty Quantification in CO2 Storage Systems: Impacts of Different CO2 Storage Scenarios, Abstract, XX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2014.
- Liu, X., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Illman, W. (2014), Geostatistical Reduced-Order Models in Highly-Parameterized Inverse Problems, Abstract, XX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Stuttgart, Germany, June 2014.
- Illangasekare, T.H., Plampin, M., Trevisan,L., Agartan, E., Vargas-Johnson, J., Mori, H., Sakaki, T., Pawar, R., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2014), Intermediate Scale Experimental Investigation of CO2 Trapping and Leakage Mechanisms in Deep Geologic Formations for Model Improvement, Abstract, Interpore, Milwaukee, WS, May 2014.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Oldenburg, C. (2014): Analysis of Injectivity at Four Representative Geological CO2 Injection Sites, Abstract, 13th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 28-May 1, 2014.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Bianchi, M. (2014): Optimization of Well Placement and Brine Extraction for Pressure Control Along Critically Stressed Faults, Abstract, 13th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 28-May 1, 2014.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Bandilla, K. (2014): A Tiered Area-of-Review Framework for Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Abstract, 13th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 28-May 1, 2014.
2013
- Blanco-Martin, L., Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): On the Importance of Coupled THM Processes to Predict the Long-term Response of a Generic Salt Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Liu, X., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Illman, W. (2013): Geostatistical Reduced-Order Models in Under-Determined Inverse Problems, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Chen, F., Wiese, B., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Kowalsky, M.B. (2013): Numerical Modeling of the Pumping Tests at the Ketzin Pilot Site for CO2 Injection: Model Calibration and Heterogeneity Effects, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2013): Investigation of Multiphase Modeling Approaches for Behavior of Supercritical CO2 in deep Formations Using Analog Fluids In the Laboratory, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Illangasekare, T., Zhou, Q. (2013): A Theoretical Approach Representing Hysteresis in Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship Based on Connectivity in Void Space, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Bianchi, M., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Factors Controlling Radionuclide Transport Behavior in a Generic Geological Radioactive Waste Repository, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, J., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Discrete Fracture Hydromechanical Model for the Disturbed Zone in a Clay Rock, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Birkholzer, J., Mukhopadhyay, S., Rutqvist, J., Tsang, C.-F. (2013): Model Comparison in Subsurface Science: The DECOVALEX and Sim-SEQ Initiatives, Invited Talk, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Zheng, L., Tinnacher, R.M., Varadharajan, C., Spycher, N., Bianchi , M., Nico, P.S., Birkholzer, J., Trautz , R.C., Pugh, J.B. (2013): Modeling and Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Data Showing CO2-induced Groundwater Changes, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2013, San Francisco, CA, December, 2013.
- Zhou, Q., Chen, F., Jung, Y., Liu, X., Birkholzer, J.T., Wiese, B., Norden, B., Kempka, T. (2013), Inversion Applications to Modeling Pumping Tests and Early Leakage Detection at the Ketzin Site, Extended Abstract, CO2CARE Final Scientific Conference 2013, GFZ Helmholtz Center, Potsdam, Germany, November 2013.
- Liu, H.-H. and Birkholzer, J. (2013): Non-Darcian Flow in Clay Media, Abstract, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, October, 2013.
- Zheng, L., Tinnacher, R.M., Varadharajan, C., Spycher, N., Bianchi , M., Nico, P.S., Birkholzer, J., Trautz , R.C., Pugh, J.B. (2013): Numerical Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Data Showing CO2-induced Groundwater Changes, Abstract, Goldschmidt 2013 Conference, Florence, Italy, August 25-30, 2013.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Trevisan, L., Zhou, Q., Illangasekare, T. (2013): A Theoretical Approach Based on Description of Void Space Connectivity for Representing Hysteretic Capillary Pressure-Saturation Relationship, Abstract, Modflow and More Conference 2013, Golden, CO, June 2013.
- Agartan, E., Illangasekare, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Trevisan, L. (2013): Investigation of Multi-Phase Modeling Approaches for Behavior of Supercritical CO2 in Deep Formations Using Analog Fluids in the Laboratory, Abstract, Modflow and More Conference 2013, Golden, CO, June 2013.
- Trevisan, L., Cihan, A., Illangasekare, T., Agartan, E., Mori, H., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2013): A Fundamental Study of Convective Mixing of CO2 in Heterogeneous Geologic Media using Surrogate Fluids and Numerical Modeling, Abstract, Modflow and More Conference 2013, Golden, CO, June 2013.
- Wainwright, H.M., Finsterle,S., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Improved Understanding of Global Sensitivity Analysis: Applications to CO2 Storage Systems, Abstract, Modflow and More Conference 2013, Golden, CO, June 2013.
- Liu, X, Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2013): Aquifer Characterization with Hydraulic Tomography, Abstract, 12th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Nicot, J.-P., Audigane, P., Bacon, D., Birkholzer, J.T., Chiaberge, C., Doughty, C., Gasda, S., Gosink, L., Govindan, R., Hosseini, S.A., Hou, Z., Li, J., Shi, J.-Q., Wei, L., Yamamoto, H., Zhang, Y. (2013): A Comparative Study of the Flow Models for the S-3 Site in Sim-SEQ Project, Abstract, 12th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Doughty, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Mukhopadhyay, S. (2013): TOUGH2 Modeling for Sim-SEQ: comparison with field results, Abstract, 12th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Chen, F., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2013): Modeling Pumping and CO2 Injection Tests at Ketzin Site: Heterogeneity Effects and Model Calibration, Abstract, 12th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Bianchi, M., Zhou, Q. (2013): A New Connectivity-Based Upscaling Methodology for Multi-Scale Two-Phase Flow Processes in Heterogeneous Geological Formation, Abstract, 12th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 13-16, 2013.
- Agartan, E., Illangasekare, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Trevisan, L. (2013): A Fundamental Study of Convective Mixing Contributing to Dissolution Trapping of CO2 in Heterogeneous Geologic Media using Surrogate Fluids and Numerical Modeling, Abstract, European Geophysical Union Conference, Vienna, Austria, April 2013.
- Spycher, N., Zheng, L., Bianchi , M., Birkholzer, J., Nico, P.S., Pugh, J.B., Tinnacher, R.M., Trautz , R.C., Varadharajan, C. (2013): Integrating Modeling and Filed Studies to Assess Impacts of CO2 Leakage on Shallow Groundwater Quality, Abstract, Le Studium Conference on “Geochemical Reactivity in Geological Storage Sites”, Orleans, France, February 25-26, 2013.
2012
- Huang, X., Bandilla, K.W., Celia, M.A., Bachu, S., Rebscher, D., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Modeling Carbon Dioxide Storage in the Basal Aquifer of Canada, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012.
- Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Early Detection of Brine and CO2 Leakage through Abandoned Wells Using Pressure and Surface Deformation Monitoring Data, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012.
- Asahina, D., Houseworth, , Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Hydromechanical Modeling of Clay Rock Including Fracture Damage, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012.
- Tinnacher, R., Varadharajan, C., Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R.C., Pugh, J., esposito, R.A., Nico, P. (2012): Evaluation of Potential pH-Driven Metal Release Due to Elevated Groundwater CO2 Concentrations, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012.
- Zheng, L., Tinnacher, R., Varadharajan, C., Spycher, N., Bianchi, M., Nico, P., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R.C., Pugh, J. (2012): Numerical Interpretation of Laboratory and Field Data Showing CO2‑induced Groundwater Changes, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2012, San Francisco, CA, December, 2012.
- Trautz, R., Zheng, L., Wu, Y., Varadharajan, C., Spycher, N., Pugh, J., Nico, P., Newell, D., Hubbard, S., Esposito, R., Dafflon, B., Birkholzer, J.T., Bianchi, M. (2012): Evaluation of Dissolved CO2-Induced Metals Mobilization in Groundwater Using a Controlled Release Experiment, Abstract, 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Kyoto, Japan, November 2012.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Nicot, J.-P., Hosseini, S., Bacon, D., Doughty, C., Gasda, S, Gosink, L., Lin, G., Ramanathan, R., Birkholzer, J.T., Bonneville, A. (2012): Model Comparison and Uncertainty Quantification for Geologic Carbon Storage: The Sim-SEQ Initiative, Abstract, 11th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Kyoto, Japan, November 2012.
- Wainwright, H.M., Finsterle,S., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Uncertainty Quantification of the CO2 Storage System for a Hypothetical GCS Project in the Southern San Joaquin Basin in California, Abstract, XIX International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, June 2012.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Bromhal, G. (2012): Predicting Key Reservoir Relationships for Storage Security (with Reduced Order Models), Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Doughty, C., Mukhopadhyay, S., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): TOUGH2 Modeling for Sim-SEQ, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Nicot, J.-P., Mukhopadhyay, S., Birkholzer, J.T., Hosseini, S.A. (2012): An Overview of the Sim-SEQ Project and the Sim-SEQ Study Site, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Cihan, A. (2012): Impact-Driven Pressure Management Via Targeted Brine Extraction – Conceptual Studies on Reservoir Performance Optimization, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Pugh, J., Bianchi, M., Birkholzer, J.T., Dafflon, B., Daley, T., Ellison, K., Esposito, R., Hubbard, S., Newell, D., Nico, P., Patel, D., Peterson, J., Spycher, N., Trautz, R., Varadharajan, C., Wu, Y., Zheng, L. (2012): Assessing the Impact of Elevated Dissolved Carbon Dioxide on Groundwater Quality through a Controlled Release Field Test: Test Design and Implementation, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Zheng, L., Bianchi, M., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R., Esposito, R., Nico, P., Pugh, J., Varadharajan, C. (2012): Reactive Transport Modeling of Dissolved CO2-Induced Groundwater Change in a Field Experiment, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Varadharajan, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Esposito, R., Nico, P., Pugh, J., Spycher, N., Trautz, R., Zheng, L. (2012): Effects of Dissolved CO2 on Mobility of Naturally Occurring Trace Metals in Groundwater Using Laboratory Leaching Experiments, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Wu, Y., Dafflon, B., Hubbard, S., Peterson, J., Pugh, J., Daley, T., Trautz, R., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Complex Electrical Method as a Monitoring Tool for CO2 intrusion into Shallow Groundwater Systems and Associated Geochemical Transformations, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Jung, Y., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2012): Early Detection of Brine or CO2 Leakage through High-Permeability Pathways Using Pressure-Based Observation Data, Abstract, 11th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture, Utilization and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, April 30 – May 3, 2012.
- Illangasekare, T., Trevisan, L., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2012): Multiple scale physical and numerical modeling for improved understanding of mechanisms of trapping and leakage of CO2 in deep geologic formations, Abstract, European Geophysical Union 2012 Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 22-27, 2012.
2011
- Brown, C.F., Birkholzer, J.T., Carroll, S., Hakala, A., Keating, E.H., Lopano, C.L., Newell, D.L., Spycher, N. (2011): Development of the Methodology Needed to Quantify Risks to Groundwater at CO2 Storage Sites, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Zhou, Q., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Analytical Solutions for Pressure Perturbation and Fluid Leakage through Aquitards and Wells in a Multilayered System, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Dafflon, B., Wu, Y., Hubbard, S.S., Birkholzer, J.T., Daley, T.M., Pugh, J.D., Peterson, J., Trautz, R. (2011): Evaluating Sensitivity of Complex Electrical Methods for Monitoring CO2 Intrusion into a Shallow Groundwater System and Associated Geochemical Transformations, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cihan, A., Zhou, Q. (2011): Impact-Driven Pressure Management for Leaky CO2 Storage Systems, Invited, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Zheng, L., Liu, H.-H., Birkholzer, J.T., Houseworth, J., Sonnenthal, E. (2011): Evaluating the Geochemically Induced Swelling/shrinkage of the Near-field Host Clay Rock Using a THC Model and the Diffuse Double Layer Theory, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q.,Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T. (2011): A Numerical Modeling Study of Effect of Heterogeneity on Capillary Trapping of Geologically Sequestrated CO2, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2011): Experimental Methods for the Simulation of Supercritical CO2 Injection at Laboratory Scale Aimed to Investigate Capillary Trapping, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2011, San Francisco, CA, December, 2011.
- Mukhopadhyay, S., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): A Status Update on Sim-SEQ – A Model Comparison Study for Geologic Carbon Storage, Abstract, DOE’s Carbon Storage Program Infrastructure Annual Review Meeting, Pittsburg, PA, November 15-17, 2011.
- Cihan, A., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Analytical Solutions for Leakage through Aquitards and Wells in Multilayered Aquifer-Aquitard Systems, Abstract, 2011 GSA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 9 to 12, 2011.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Scientific Issues Related to Geologic Storage of CO2 – Learning from Nuclear Waste and Yucca Mountain R&D, Abstract, 2011 GSA Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 9 to 12, 2011.
- Trevisan, L., Illangasekare, T.H., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2011): Improved Understanding of Migration and Entrapment of Supercritical CO2 in Deep Geologic Formations: Intermediate Scale Testing and Modeling, Abstract, MODFLOW 2011 Meeting, Golden, CO, June 5-8, 2011.
- Murakami, H., Finsterle, S., Zhou, Q., Birjkholzer, J.T. (2011): Uncertainty Quantification and Global Sensitivity Analysis of CO2 Migration and Pressure Buildup for a Hypothetical GCS Project in the Southern San Joaquin Basin in California, Abstract, 10th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011.
- Cihan, A., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2011): Analytical Solutions for Leakage through Aquitards and Abandoned Wells in Multilayered Aquifer-Aquitard Systems, Abstract, 10th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Nicot, J.P., Oldenburg, C.M., Zhou, Q., Kraemer, S. , Bandilla, K. (2011): Brine Leakage Up a Well Caused by Pressure Perturbation from CO2 Injection: A Discussion of Threshold Pressures, Flow Rates, and Environmental Impact, Abstract, 10th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011.
- Varadharajan, C., Nico, P., Pugh, J., Zheng, L.,Wu, Y., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Hubbard, S., Trautz, R.C. (2011): Evaluating the Effects of CO2 Intrusion on Trace Metal Mobility in Groundwaters, Abstract, 10th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011.
- Trautz, R.C., Birkholzer, J.T., Esposito, R., Hubbard, S., Nico, P., Pugh, J., Spycher, N., Varadharajan, C., Wu, Y., Zheng, L. (2011): An Integrated Field Experiment for Measuring Dissolved CO2-Induced Metals Mobilization in Groundwater, Abstract, 10th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2-5, 2011.
- Illangasekare, T.H., Trevisan, L., Rodriguez, D., Sakaki, T., Cihan, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2011): A Fundamental Study of Migration and Entrapment of Supercritical CO2 in Heterogeneous Deep Geologic Formations: Intermediate Scale Testing and Modeling, Abstract, EGU 2011 Meeting, Vienna, Austria, April 10-14, 2011.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Zheng, L., Spycher, N. (2011): CO2 Geological Storage and Groundwater Resources: Model Applications, Abstract, 2011 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in Geosciences, Long Beach, CA, March 21-24, 2011.
- Cortis, A., Birkholzer, J., Finsterle, S., and Zhou, Q. (2011): Sensitivity of CO2 Trapping and Leakage to Uncertainty in Fault Zones Properties: a Case Study, Abstract, 2011 SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in Geosciences, Long Beach, CA, March 21-24, 2011.
2010
- Cotte, F., Doughty, C., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Modeling Single Well Injection-Withdrawal (SWIW) Tests for Characterization of Complex Fracture-Matrix Systems, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, December, 2010.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): The Role of Fault Zones in Capillary and Dissolution Trapping of CO2 in the Southern San Joaquin Basin, California, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, December, 2010.
- Cihan, A., Illangasekare, T., Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Rodriguez, D. (2010): Intermediate-Scale Investigation of Capillary and Dissolution Trapping during CO2 Injection and Post-Injection in Heterogeneous Geological Formations, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA, December, 2010.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2010): On Regional Pressure Buildup and Fluid Migration in Response to Large CO2 Injection Operations, Abstract, 2010 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 31 to November 3, 2010.
- Varadharajan, C., Nico, P., Pugh, J., Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R.C. (2010): Evaluating the Effects of CO2 Intrusion on Trace Metal Mobility in Shallow, Freshwater Aquifers, Abstract, 2010 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 31 to November 3, 2010.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Varadharajan, C., Nico, P. (2010): Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, 2010 GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 31 to November 3, 2010.
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Apps, J.A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Potential Impacts of CO2 Leaks on the Quality of Fresh Water Aquifers, Abstract, Water Rock Interaction 2010, Guanajuato, Mexico, August 16-20, 2010.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Wagoner, J.L. (2010): Modeling the Potential Impact of Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the Southern San Joaquin Basin, California, Abstract, 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 10-13, 2010.
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): The Mobilization of Organic Compounds by Supercritical CO2 and the Fate of Co-injected H2S in Case of CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 10-13, 2010.
- Trautz, R.C., Esposito, R.A., Pugh, J.D., Birkholzer, J.T., Spycher, N. (2010): Potential Impact on Potable Groundwater of Underground Storage of CO2 Emissions: A Controlled-Release Field Experiment, Abstract, 9th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 10-13, 2010.
- Beers, S., Kharaka, Y., Thordsen, J., Herkelrath, W., Campbell, P., Birkholzer, J.T., Trautz, R., Rauch, H., Gullickson, K. (2010): Groundwater Chemistry Changes as a Result of CO2 Injection at the ZERT Monitoring Field Site, Bozeman, Montana, Abstract, AAPG 2010 Annual Convention & Exhibition, April 11-14, New Orleans.
- Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, American Chemical Society 239th National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 21-25, 2010.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T. (2010): The Secondary Seal Effect on CO2 Plume Development and Migration in a Sedimentary Basin, Abstract in GCEP Workshop on Seal and Caprocks in Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Monterey, CA, January, 2010.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2010): Large-Scale Impact of CO2 Storage in Deep Saline Aquifers: The Importance of Caprock Properties, Abstract in GCEP Workshop on Seal and Caprocks in Geologic Carbon Sequestration, Monterey, CA, January, 2010.
2009
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cortis, A., Geiger, S. (2009): Upscaling Solute Transport in Naturally Fractured Porous Media Using the Continuous Time Random Walk Method, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, December, 2009.
- Peters, C.A., Dobson, P.F., Oldenburg, C.M., Scherer, G., Onstott, T.C., Birkholzer, J.T., Freifeld, B.M., Celia, M.A., Wang, J.S., Prevost, J. (2009): DUSEL CO2 – A Deep Underground Laboratory for Geologic Carbon Sequestration Studies, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, December, 2009.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Kharaka, Y.K., Thordsen, J.J., Kakouros, E., Trautz, R.C. (2009): Transient Changes in Shallow Groundwater Chemistry During the MSU-ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2009, San Francisco, CA, December, 2009.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Mehnert, E., Lin,F. (2009): Basin-scale Hydrological Impact of Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin: A Full-scale Feployment Scenario, Abstract, Groundwater Protection Council Annual Forum, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 13-16, 2009.
- Zheng, L., Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J., Kharaka, Y., Thordsen, J. (2009): Evaluation of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, Groundwater Protection Council Annual Forum, Salt Lake City, Utah, September 13-16, 2009.
- Birkholzer, J.T.,Zhou, Q. (2009): An Integrated Model for Basin- and Plume-scale Processes Related to Full-Scale Employment of CO2 Storage – The Illinois Basin as an Example, Extended Abstract, AAPG/SEG/SPE Hedberg Conference on Geological Carbon Sequestration: Prediction and Verification, Vancoucer, BC, Canada, August 16-19, 2009.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Tsang, C.-F. (2009): Integrated Modeling of Basin-scale Impacts on Groundwater Resources and Plume-scale Transport Behavior of Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Sedimentary Basin, Abstract, 7th International Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modeling, Managing Groundwater and the Environment, September 20-23, 2009, Wuhan, China.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2009): Modeling Multi-Phase Processes in Heated Fracture-Matrix Systems, Abstract, SIAM Conference on Mathematical and Computational Issues in the Geosciences, Leipzig, Germany, June 15-18, 2009.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Lin, Y.-F., Tsang, C.-F. (2009): Basin-scale Environmental Impact of Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Evaluation of a Hypothetical Scenario for Full-scale Deployment in the Illinois Basin, Abstract, American Water Works Association (AWWA), Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 14-18, 2009.
- Hakala, A., Birkholzer, J.T., Bromhal, G., Brown, C., Carroll, S., Edenborn, H., fessenden, J., Guthrie, G., Keating, E., Pawar, R., Spycher, N., Strazisar, B., Tompson, A. (2009): National Risk Assessment Program – Potential Effects on Groundwater Resources, Abstract, 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-7, 2009.
- Kharaka, Y., Thordsen, J., Kakouros, E., Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J., Zheng, L., Spycher, N., Trautz, R., Rauch, H., Gullikson, K. (2009): Changes in Groundwater Chemistry at the 2008 ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment: I. Geochemical Results, Abstract, 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-7, 2009.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J., Spycher, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Kharaka, Y., Thordsen, J., Kakouros, E., Trautz, R., Rauch, H., Gullikson, K. (2009): Changes in Groundwater Chemistry at the 2008 ZERT CO2 Injection Experiment: I. Modeling Analysis, Abstract, 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-7, 2009.
- Birkholzer J.T., Zhou, Q. (2009): Basin-scale Hydrological Impacts of Multiple-site CO2 Storage in the Illinois Basin: Regulatory and Capacity Implications, Abstract, 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-7, 2009.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Lin, Y.-F., Tsang, C.-F., Jordan, P., Frailey, S., Finley, R. (2009): Integrated Modeling of Basin-scale and Plume-scale Processes Related to Geologic Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin, Abstract, 8th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 4-7, 2009.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Lin, Y.-F., Tsang, C.-F., Jordan, P., Frailey, S., Finley, R. (2009): Basin-Scale Environmental Impact of Geological Carbon Sequestration in the Illinois Basin, Abstract, Geological Society of America, North-Central Section, 43rd Annual Meeting, April, 2009.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2009): Prediction of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, American Waterworks Association 2009 Water Resources Symposium, January 2009, Portland, Oregon, 2009.
2008
- Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q., Jordan, P., Tsang, C.-F., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Frailey, S., Finley, R. (2008): A Hypothetical Scenario for Full-Scale Deployment of Geologic Carbon Sequestration: Investigating the Interaction between Multiple CO2 Storage Sites in a Sedimentatry Basin, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, December, 2008.
- Kharaka, Y., Thordsen, J., Kakouros, E., Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J., Zheng, L., Trautz, R., Rauch, H., Gullickson, K. (2008): Changes in Shallow Groundwater Chemistry Following CO2 Injection at the ZERT Field Site, Bozeman, Montana, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, December, 2008.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Zhang, Y., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Prediction of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2008, San Francisco, CA, December, 2008.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Leetaru, H., Mehnert, E., Zhang, K., Jordan, P., Frailey, S., Finley, R. (2008): Modeling of Basin-Scale Pressure Perturbations Induced by Geological Carbon Sequestration in a Sedimentary Basin, Abstract, Virtual Conference on Climate Change and CO2 Storage, December 2008, Imperial College, London.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J.A., Zheng, L., Zhang, Y., Xu, Tianfu (2008): Geochemical Vulnerability of Groundwater Resources in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, 33rd International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, August, 2008.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cortis, A. (2008): Continuous Time Random Walk Analysis of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Abstract, XVII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, July 6-10, San Francisco.
- Zheng, L., Apps, J.A., Zhang, Y., Xu, T., Birkholzer, J.T. (2008): Prediction of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, XVII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, July 6-10, San Francisco.
- Halecky, N., Birkholzer, J.T., Danko, G.L., Bahrami, D. (2008): Natural Convection in Emplacement Drifts at Yucca Mountain and Impact on Drift Seepage, Abstract, XVII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, July 6-10, San Francisco.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2008): Environmental Impact of Large-Scale CO2 Injection and Storage in a Multi-Sequence Aquifer-Seal System: Pressure Propagation and Brine Displacement, Abstract, 7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
- Birkholzer, J.T., J.A. Apps, Y. Zhang, L. Zheng, T. Xu (2008): Prediction of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, 7th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2008.
2007
- Tsang, C.-F., Birkholzer, J.T., Zhou, Q. (2007): Pressure Propagation and Brine Displacement in CO2 Storage Formations: The Role of Sealing Units, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, December, 2007.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Rutqvist, J. (2007): Quick Assessment of CO2 Storage Capacity in Pressure-Constrained Saline Aquifers with Different Hydrogeologic Properties, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, December, 2007.
- Birkholzer, J.T., J.A. Apps, Y. Zhang, L. Zheng, T. Xu (2007): Prediction of Groundwater Quality Changes in Response to CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA, December, 2007.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J.A., Xu, T., Zhang, Y., Zheng, L. (2007): Geochemical Investigations on the Vulnerability of Groundwater Resources in Case of CO2 Leakage from Deep Geological Storage, Abstract, XII International Congress on Energy and Mining Resources, Oviedo, Spain, October, 2007.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Rutqvist, J. (2007): A Comparative Review of Hydrologic Issues Involved in Injection Storage of CO2 and in Injection Disposal of Liquid Waste, Extended Abstract, XII International Congress on Energy and Mining Resources, Oviedo, Spain, October, 2007.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Apps, J.A., Xu, T., Zhang, Y., Zheng, L., Dixit, S., Kneafsey, T., Spycher, N., Steefel, C., Tsang, C.F. (2007): CO2 Geological Storage and Groundwater Resources: Understanding Groundwater Quality Changes in the Case of CO2 Intrusion, Abstract, GWPC 2007 Annual Forum, San Diego, CA, September, 2007.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J., Tsang, C.-F. (2007): Sensitivity Study of CO2 Capacity in Brine Aquifers with Closed Boundaries: Dependence on Hydrogeologic Properties, Abstract, 6th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2007.
- Xu, T., Apps, J.A., Birkholzer, J.T. (2007): Contamination of Groundwater by Hazardous Inorganic Chemical Constituents Through Induced Acidification due to CO2 Leakage from a Storage Formation, Abstract, 6th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2007.
- Zhang, Y., Apps, J.A., Birkholzer, J.T., Xu, T., Tsang, C.-F., Scott, J.C. (2007): A Database Analysis of the Distribution of Hazardous Metals in Groundwaters of the United States, Abstract, 6th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2007.
2006
- Birkholzer, J.T., Cortis, A. (2006): Continuous Time Random Walk Analysis of Dual Permeability Fractured Media, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2006, San Francisco, USA.
- Xu, T., Apps, J.A., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2006): Preliminary Analysis of Groundwater Quality Affected by the Dissolution of Heavy-Metal-Bearing Minerals due to CO2 Leakage from Geological Storage, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2006, San Francisco, USA.
- Rutqvist, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2006): Modeling of Geomechanical Processes During Injection in a Multilayered Reservoir-Caprock System and Implications on Site Characterization, Extended Abstract, International Conference on Site Characterization for CO2 Geological Storage, March 2006, San Francisco, USA.
2005
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rutqvist, J., Tsang, C.-F. (2005): CO2 Injection in a Faulted Multi-Layer System: Simulation of Hydrological and Geomechanical Processes, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2005, San Francisco, USA.
- Kowalsky, M.B., Peterson, J., Birkholzer, J.T., Finsterle, S., Mukhopadhya, M., Tsang, Y.T. (2005): Joint Inversion of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Thermal-Hydrological Data Collected During a Large-Scale Heater Test, Abstract, AGU Union Fall Meeting, Dec 2005, San Francisco, USA.
2004
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2004): Temperature-Profile Methods for Estimating Thermally-Driven Flow Processes in Superheated Rocks, Abstract, AGU Union Fall Meeting, Dec 2004, San Francisco, USA.
- Zhou, Q., Birkholzer, J.T., Javandel, I., Jordan, P. (2004): Refining a Three-Dimensional Groundwater Flow Model at a Heterogeneous Site in Support of Remediation, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2004, San Francisco, USA.
- Zhang, Y., Birkholzer, J.T. (2004): Modeling a Thermal Seepage Laboratory Experiment, Extended Abstract, of the Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, November 2004, Geological Society of America, Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 34.
1991 – 2002
- Birkholzer, J.T., Ho, C.K. (2002): A Systematic Study of Episodic Localized Infiltration into Superheated Fractured Rock, Extended Abstract, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, October 2002, Denver, Colorado.
- Birkholzer, J.T. (2001): Kosten- und Terminkontrolle in der Praxis, HOCHTIEF Forum, Führungskräftetagung HOCHTIEF AG, March 2001, Frankfurt, Germany.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Li, G., Tsang, C.F. (1998): A Numerical Model for Analyzing Seepage Tests Conducted in Unsaturated Fractured Rock, Extended Abstract, FTAM Workshop: Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal Sites, Dec 1998, Berkeley, USA.
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (1998): Understanding the Thermal-Hydrological Processes in the Exploratory Study Facility Thermal Tests at Yucca Mountain, Extended Abstract, FTAM Workshop: Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal Sites, Dec 1998, Berkeley, USA.
- Tsang, Y.W., Freifeld, B., Birkholzer, J.T. (1998): Hydrological Testing in the Underground Drift Scale Heater Test at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA, Abstract, Geological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting, October 1998, Toronto, Canada.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Li, G., Tsang, C.F., Tsang, Y.W. (1997): A Sensitivity Study on the Probability of Seepage into Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Extended Abstract, FTAM Workshop: Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal Sites, Dec 1997, Berkeley, USA.
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (1997): Yucca Mountain Exploratory Studies Facility Thermal Tests, Extended Abstract, FTAM Workshop: Field Testing and Associated Modeling of Potential High-Level Nuclear Waste Geological Disposal Sites, Dec 1997, Berkeley, USA.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Li, G., Tsang, C.F., Tsang, Y.W. (1997): Seepage into Drifts in Unsaturated Fractured Rock at Yucca Mountain, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 1997, San Francisco, USA.
- Tsang, Y.W., Birkholzer, J.T. (1997): Yucca Mountain Exploratory Studies Facility Thermal Tests, Abstract, AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 1997, San Francisco, USA.
- Jansen, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Braxein, A., Malakhanov, K. (1994): GIS-basierte Modellierung von Strömung und Stofftransport im Grundwasser, Abstract, 8. Symposium zu Informatik für den Umweltschutz, Hamburg.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1993): Grundlagen und Anwendungen von mathematisch-numerischen Grundwassermodellen, Abstract, Forum Umweltschutz 93, TÜV Akademie.
- Forkel, C., Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1993): Hydraulic Aquifer Clean-Up in the Vicinity of the Georgswerder Landfill, Hamburg, Abstract, 10th Umbrella Symposium, Aachen, Jülich.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1992): Mehrkontinuumsmodellierung von Stofftransportvorgängen in Kluftgrundwasserleitern, Abstract, Symposium der DFG-Arbeitsgruppe “Strömung und Stofftransport in Festgesteins-Aquifersystemen”, Bonn.
- Rouvé, G., Birkholzer, J.T., Opheys, S. (1992): Perspektiven Einer Wasserwirtschaftlichen Sanierung Des Südraumes Von Leipzig Bei Unterschiedlichen Bergbauführungsvarianten, Abstract, Symposium: Braunkohlenbergbau Und Wasserwirtschaft In Mitteldeutschland Und In Der Lausitz, Treuhandanstalt, Berlin.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rouvé, G. (1991): Large-Scale Simulation of Solute Transport in Fractured Reservoirs, Abstract, 11th European Conference on Operational Research, Aachen.
- Birkholzer, J.T., Rubin, H., Daniels, H., Rouvé, G. (1991): A New Approach for the Calculation of Solute Dispersion in a Dual Permeability Porous Medium, Abstract, ICHMT Seminar on Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.