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SELECTED COMPLETED DISSERTATION AND THESIS

 

Geology and Engineering Structural Diagenesis

Initiative Dissertation and Thesis Topics

 

Department of Geological Sciences

 

Astrid Makowitz    |    PhD  2004

The genetic association between brittle deformation and quartz cementation elucidated by scanned cathodoluminescence imaging

 

Orlando Ortega    |    PhD  2002

Fracture-size scaling and stratigraphic controls on fracture intensity

 

Petro Papazis   |    MS  2004

Petrologic characterization of processes controlling fracture evolution
in the Barnett Shale and their financial implications, Fort Worth Basin, Texas

 

John N. Hooker    |    MS  2004

Fault timing in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Northeastern Mexico

 

Christopher Hare   |    MS  2002
Analysis of fracture clustering using the continuous wavelet transform: An example from the Marble Falls Limestone

 

Aysen Ozkan    |    MS  2001

Diagenesis and porosity evolution of the Flathead Sandstone (Middle Cambrian), Wyoming and Montana

 

Javier Geovanni Moros   |    MS  1999

Relationship between fracture aperture and length in sedimentary rocks

 

Orlando Ortega    |    MS  1997
Prediction of macrofracture properties using microfracture information, Mesaverde Group sandstones, San Juan basin, New Mexico

 

Department of Petroleum & Geosystems Engineering

 

Peggy Rijken   |    PhD  2005

Modeling naturally fractured reservoirs: From experimental rock mechanics to flow simulation

 

Zeno Philip   |    PhD  2004

Modeling fracture-matrix flow in geomechanically simulated fracture networks

 

Myeong Noh   |    PhD  2003

Reactive transport model of fractures with two-phase flow

 

Yuan Qiu   |    PhD  2002

Natural fracture characterization and modeling

 

Chris Wilson    |    MA  2004

Predicting fracture degradation in the Piceance Basin, Colorado: Can a surrogate meaurement guide the way to open fractures and highly productive wells? A geology, engineering and value-of-information study.

 


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The JSG Structural Diagenesis Initiative is seeking highly qualified students. See the Jackson School web site for application information. Please contact us with inquiries about ongoing and new projects.

 

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