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Author:: Zhang, Rui
Title:: Investigation of Pore Structure and Sorption Behavior for Unconventional Gas Reservoir Rocks
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: pore structure
adsorption
small-angle neutron scattering
coalbed methane
shale gas
unconventional natural gas
File:: Download PhD_dissertation_Rui_Zhang.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Hamid Emami-Meybodi, Committee Member
Demian Saffer, Outside Member
Lilin He, Special Member

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Author:: Xi, Zhenke
Title:: COMBINING DECLINE CURVE ANALYSIS AND GEOSTATISTICS TO FORECAST GAS PRODUCTION IN THE MARCELLUS SHALE
Graduate Program:: Petroleum and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: unconventional shale
data analytics
gas production forecast
decline curve analysis
geostatistics
File:: Download MS_thesis_ZhenkeXi.pdf
Committee Members:: Eugene C Morgan, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
John Yilin Wang, Committee Member
Eugene C Morgan, Committee Member

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Author:: Wang, Chaoyi
Title:: MINERALOGICAL AND TEXTURAL CONTROLS ON SHEAR STRENGTH, SLIP STABILITY AND PERMEABILITY OF FAULTS
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Induced Seismicity
Frictional Instability
Mineralogical and Textural Controls
Permeability of Faults and Fractures
Modeling of Mechanical and Rheological Responses of Faults
File:: Download ChaoyiWang-Dissertation-ver5.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Committee Member
Shimin Liu, Outside Member

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Author:: Li, Xuanchi
Title:: Evolution of Permeability and Acoustic Velocity through Radio-Frequency Heating of Shale
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Shale
permeability
radio-frequency heating
p-wave velocity
Green River Shale
Marcellus Shale
File:: Download Final_Version_Xuanchi_Li_Thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Chris J Marone, Committee Member
Zuleima T Karpyn, Committee Member

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Author:: Liu, Keru
Title:: Permeability and Capillary Pressure Relationship in Porous Media
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Permeability
Capillary Pressure
Correlation
File:: Download Liu_Elswoth_2019_thesis.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Gregory R King, Committee Member

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Author:: Yoxtheimer, David
Title:: UTILIZATION OF THE SQUARE ARRAY EARTH RESISTIVITY METHOD FOR CHARACTERIZING ANISOTROPY IN FRACTURED SEDIMENTARY ROCK
Graduate Program:: Geosciences
Keywords:: earth resistivity
square array
anisotropy
fractured bedrock
karst
hydrogeology
paradox of anisotropy
File:: Download Yoxtheimer_dissertation-final.pdf
Committee Members:: Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Andrew Arnold Nyblade, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Peter Christopher La Femina, Committee Member
Anthony Robert Buda, Outside Member
Mark E Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Wang, Jiehao
Title:: Propagation, Proppant Transport, and the Evolution of Transport Properties of Fluid-Driven Fractures
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Hydraulic fracturing
Proppant transport
Fracture conductivity
Natural fracture
Gas fracturing
Dynamic gas fracturing
File:: Download Jiehao_Wang_PhD_Dissertation.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Arash Dahi Taleghani, Committee Member
Li Li, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Zhi, Sheng
Title:: Permeability Evolution in Naturally- and Hydraulically- Fractured Microbially Enhanced CBM Reservoirs
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed methane
Hydraulic fracturing
Natural gas production
Biogasification
Proppant embedment
Gas adsorption
File:: Download Dissertation_Sheng_V3.pdf
Committee Members:: Derek Elsworth, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Derek Elsworth, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shimin Liu, Committee Member
Amin Mehrabian, Committee Member
Tong Qiu, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Yang, Yun
Title:: MODELING OF GAS SORPTION AND DIFFUSION BEHAVIOR AND IMPLICATIONS ON COALBED METHANE PRODUCTION
Graduate Program:: Energy and Mineral Engineering
Keywords:: Coalbed Methane
Gas Adsorption
Gas Diffusion
Pore Structure
Cryogenic Fracturing
Fractal Dimension
Sorption Models
File:: Download Yun_Yang_PhD_Thesis__Plain_Text__Edited2.pdf
Committee Members:: Shimin Liu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Shimin Liu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Derek Elsworth, Committee Member
Sekhar Bhattacharyya, Committee Member
Chris J Marone, Outside Member
Mort D Webster, Program Head/Chair

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Author:: Higgins, Machel
Title:: Geodetic Exploration of the Kinematics and Fault Slip Rates of the Southeastern and Western Caribbean Plate Boundaries and the Caldera Dynamics of the Sierra Negra Volcano.
Graduate Program:: Geosciences (PHD)
Keywords:: Geodesy
Fault Slip Rate
Strain Partitioning
GPS
InSAR
Trapdoor faulting
File:: Download Machel_Higgins_Dissertation_Final.pdf
Committee Members:: Charles Ammon, Major Field Member
Peter La Femina, Chair & Dissertation Advisor
Douglas Miller, Outside Unit & Field Member
Derek Elsworth, Major Field Member
Mark Patzkowsky, Program Head/Chair

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