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Author:: Pone, Jean Denis Nda'si
Title:: CARBON DIOXIDE SEQUESTRATION IN COAL: CHARACTERIZATION OF MATRIX DEFORMATION, SORPTION CAPACITY AND DYNAMIC PERMEABILITY AT IN-SITU STRESS CONDITIONS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering
Keywords:: carbon dioxide sorption capacity in coal
coalbed methane
Sequestration
coal permeability
stress
File:: Download DPone_PSU_thesis_2009.pdf
Committee Members:: Jonathan P Mathews, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Jonathan P Mathews, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Popek, Margaret Ann
Title:: Topographically Driven Groundwater Flow Through A Heterogeneous Permeability Subsurface: Implications for Surface Heat Flow Near Parkfield, California and in the Western Mojave Desert
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: heat flow
California
groundwater flow
tectonics
File:: Download Margaret_A_Popek_Masters_Thesis.pdfDownload Appendices_A_B_D_E_F_and_G.pdfDownload Appendix_C.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Ikari, Matt
Title:: Compositional, mechanical, and hydrologic controls on fault slip behavior
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: faults
friction
earthquakes
clay minerals
permeability
subduction zones
File:: Download ikari_Phd_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris Marone, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eliza Richardson, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Committee Member

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Author:: Fulton, Patrick Michael
Title:: INVESTIGATIONS OF FLUID FLOW AND HEAT TRANSPORT RELATED TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: fault strength
overpressure
fluid pressure
heat flow
San Andreas Fault
fluid flow
heat trnasport
File:: Download FultonFinal.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Kamini Singha, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Barbara A Bekins, Committee Member

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Author:: Skarbek, Robert Maurice
Title:: PORE PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT IN UNDERTHRUST SEDIMENTS AT THE NANKAI SUBDUCTION ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR DECOLLEMENT MECHANICS AND SEDIMENT DEWATERING
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: marine hydrogeology
marine geology and geophysics
subduction zone processes
File:: Download Robert.M.Skarbek__Final_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor

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Author:: Al Enezi, Sultan Mohammad
Title:: EFFECS OF CLOSURE STRESS ON FRACTURE MORPHOLOGY AND MULTI-PHASE FLOW IN SHEAR FRACTURED BEREA SANDSTONE
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering
Keywords:: shear fracture
fluid flow
File:: Download Microsoft_Word_-_PhD_THESIS_FINAL.pdf
Committee Members:: Phillip Michael Halleck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Phillip Michael Halleck, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Abraham Grader, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Carpenter, Brett Matthew
Title:: Fault strength and stability: Lessons learned from the San Andreas Fault in central California
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: friction
fault mechanics
San Andreas Fault
File:: Download Carpenter_PhD_All.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Andre Niemeijer, Special Member

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Author:: Kaproth, Bryan Michael
Title:: The evolution of fault strength, permeability, and acoustic properties in experimental studies from fault initiation through the seismic cycle
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: Fault mechanics
Slow slip
Permeability
Fault strength
Fault fabric
Active seismic
File:: Download Kaproth_Thesis_July_13.pdf
Committee Members:: Chris Marone, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Member
Eliza Richardson Marone, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Charles James Ammon, Committee Member

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Author:: Alexis, Dennis Arun
Title:: Evaluation of Fluid Transport Properties of Coal Bed Methane Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coal bed methane
permeability
relative permeability
effective stress
File:: Download Dissertation_Alexis_2013.pdf
Committee Members:: Zuleima T Karpyn, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Turgay Ertekin, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Committee Member

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Author:: Lauer, Rachel Mollie
Title:: Subduction zone hydrogeology: quantifying fluid sources, pathways and pressure
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: subduction zone
hydrogeology
earthquake mechanics
File:: Download RMLauer_dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Demian Saffer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Demian Saffer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris Marone, Committee Member
Donald Myron Fisher, Committee Member
Derek Elsworth, Special Member

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