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Peer-Reviewed Publications - 2012

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BEG Peer-reviewed Papers

Abd El-Gawad, S., Cantelli, A., Pirmez, C., Minisini, D., Sylvester, Z., and Imran, J., 2012, Three-dimensional numerical simulation of turbidity currents in a submarine channel on the seafloor of the Niger Delta slope: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, no. C5, 16 p., http://doi.org/10.1029/2011JC007538.

Abd El-Gawad, S., Pirmez, C., Cantelli, A., Minisini, D., Sylvester, Z., and Imran, J., 2012, 3-D numerical simulation of turbidity currents in submarine canyons off the Niger Delta: Marine Geology, v. 326-328, p. 55–66, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2012.06.003.

Adelman, D. E., and Duncan, I. J., 2012, The limits of liability in promoting safe geologic sequestration of CO2: Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum, v. 22, no. 1, p. 1‒66.

Algeo, T. J., and Rowe, H., 2012, Paleoceanographic applications of trace-metal concentration data: Chemical Geology, v. 324‒325, p. 6‒18.

Algeo, T. J., Henderson, C. M., Ellwood, B. B., Rowe, H., Elswick, E., Bates, S., Lyons, T. W., Hower, J. C., Smith, C. I., Maynard, J. B., Hays, L. E., Summons, R. E., Fulton, J., and Freeman, K. H., 2012, Evidence for a diachronous Late Permian marine crisis from the Canadian Arctic region: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, no. 9/10, p. 1424‒1448.

Ambrose, W. A., 2012, Chapter 1. The significance of lunar water ice and other mineral resources for rocket propellants and human settlement of the Moon, in Ambrose, W. A., Reilly, J. F., III, and Peters, D. C., eds., Energy resources for human settlement in the solar system and Earth's future in space: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 101, p. 7‒31.

Ambrose, W. A., Breton, C., Nuñez-López, V., and Gülen, G., 2012, Geologic and economic criteria for siting clean-coal facilities in the Texas Gulf Coast, USA: Natural Resources Research, v. 21, no. 4, p. 461‒481.

Bhandari, A. R., Powrie, W., and Harkness, R. M., 2012, A digital image-based soil deformation measurement system for triaxial tests: Geotechnical Testing Journal, v. 35, no. 2, p. 209–226 doi:10.1520/GTJ103821.

Boutt, D. F., Saffer, D. M., Doan, M.-L., Lin, W., Ito, T., Kano, Y., Flemings, P. B., McNeil, L. C., Byrne, T. B., Hayman, N. W., and Moe, K. T., 2012, Scale dependence of in situ permeability measurements in the Nankai accretionary prism: the role of fractures: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39, L07302, doi:10.1029/2012GL051216.

Caldwell, T., Young, M. H., McDonald, E. V., and Zhu, J., 2012, Soil heterogeneity in Mojave Desert shrublands: biotic and abiotic processes: Water Resources Research, v. 48, W09551, 12 p., http://doi.org/10.1029/2012WR011963.

Cartwright, J. A., Jackson, M. P. A., Dooley, T., and Higgins, S., 2012, Strain partitioning in gravity-driven shortening of a thick, multilayered evaporite sequence, in Alsop, G. I., Archer, S. G., Hartley, A. J., Grant, N. T., and Hodgkinson, R., eds., Salt tectonics, sediments and prospectivity: London, Geological Society, Special Publication 363, p. 449‒470.

Carty, J. P., Connelly, J. N., Hudson, N. F. C., and Gale, J. F. W., 2012, Constraints on the timing of deformation, magmatism and metamorphism in the Dalradian of NE Scotland: Scottish Journal of Geology, v. 48, no. 2, p. 103‒117.

Chief, K., Young, M. H., and Shafer, D. S., 2012, Changes in soil structure and hydraulic properties in a wooded-shrubland ecosystem following a prescribed fire: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 76, p. 1965?1977.

Clark, J. A., Befus, K. M., and Sharman, G., 2012, A model of surface water hydrology of the Great Lakes, North America during the past 16,000 years: Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, v. 53-54, p. 61-71, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2010.12.005.

Covault, J., Shelef, E., Traer, M., Hubbard, S. M., Romans, B. W., and Fildani, A., 2012, Deep-water channel run-out length: insights from seafloor geomorphology: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, no. 1, p. 25-40, http://doi.org/10.2110/jsr.2012.2.

Cutright, B. L., 2012, Chapter 4. The near-Earth asteroids on the pathway to Earth's future in space, in Ambrose, W. A., Reilly, J. F., II, and Peters, D. C., Energy resources for human settlement in the solar system and Earth's future in space: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 101, p. 75‒97.

Darabi, H., Ettehadtavakkol, A., Javadpour, Farzam, and Sepehrnoori, K., 2012, Gas flow in ultra-tight shale strata: Journal of Fluid Mechanics, v. 710, p. 641‒658.

Day-Stirrat, R. J., Flemings, P. B., You, Y., Aplin, A. C., and van der Pluijm, B.A., 2012, The fabric of consolidation in Gulf of Mexico mudstones: Marine Geology, v. 295‒298, p. 77‒85.

Dewit, J., Huysmans, M., Muchez, Ph., Hunt, D. W., Thurmond, J. B., Verges, J., Saura, E., Fernandez, N., Romaire, I., Esestime, P., and Swennen, R., 2012, Reservoir characteristics of fault-controlled hydrothermal dolomite bodies: Ramales Platform case study: Geological Society, London, Special Publications, v. 370, 27 p., http://doi.org/10.1144/SP370.1.

Döll, P., Hoffmann-Dobrev, H., Portmann, F. T., Siebert, S., Eicker, A., Rodell, M., Strassberg, G., and Scanlon, B. R., 2012, Impact of water withdrawals from groundwater and surface water on continental water storage variations: Journal of Geodynamics, v. 59‒60, p. 143‒156.

Dooley, T. P., Hudec, M. R., and Jackson, M. P. A., 2012, The structure and evolution of sutures in allochthonous salt: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 6, p. 1045‒1070.

Dooley, T., and Schreurs, G., 2012, Analogue modelling of intraplate strike-slip tectonics: a review and new experimental results: Tectonophysics, v. 574‒575, p. 1‒71.

Dutton, S. P., Loucks, R. G., and Day-Stirrat, R. J., 2012, Impact of regional variation in detrital mineral composition on reservoir quality in deep to ultradeep lower Miocene sandstones, western Gulf of Mexico: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 35, p. 139‒153.

Ellis, Magdalena, Laubach, S. E., Eichhubl, P., Olson, J., and Hargrove, Peter, 2012, Fracture development and diagenesis of Torridon Group Applecross Formation, near An Teallach, NW Scotland: millennia of brittle deformation resilience: Journal of the Geological Society, London, v. 169, p. 297?310, http://doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492011-086, 2012 Top 10 ‘Most Read’ (downloads) for journal, according to publisher.

Emmanuel, S., and Day-Stirrat, R. J., 2012, A framework for quantifying size dependent deformation of nano-scale pores in mudrocks: Journal of Applied Geophysics, v. 86, p. 29‒35.

Erzeybek, S., Srinivasan, S., and Janson, X., 2012, Multiple-point statistics in a non-gridded domain: application to karst/fracture network modeling, in Abrahamsen, P., Hauge, R., and Kolbjørnsen, O., eds., Geostatistics Oslo 2012: Dordrecht, Springer, Quantitative Geology and Geostatistics, v. 17, p. 221-237, http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4153-9_18.

Fall, A., Eichhubl, P., Cumella, S. P., Bodnar, R. J., Laubach, S. E., and Becker, S. P., 2012, Testing the basin-centered gas accumulation model using fluid inclusion observations: Southern Piceance Basin, Colorado: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 12, p. 2297‒2318.

Ferrer, O., Jackson, M. P. A., Roca, E., and Rubinat, M., 2012, Evolution of salt structures during extension and inversion of the offshore Parentis Basin (Eastern Bay of Biscay), in Alsop, G. I., Archer, S. G., Hartley, A. J., Grant, N. T., and Hodgkinson, R., eds., Salt tectonics, sediments and prospectivity: London, Geological Society, Special Publication 363, p. 361‒379.

Flerchinger, G. N., Caldwell, T., Cho, J., and Hardegree, S. P., 2012, Simultaneous Heat and Water Model: Model use, calibration and validation: Transactions of the ASABE, 55, 1395–1411.

Foroozan, R., Elsworth, D., Flemings, P. B., Bilotti, F., and Muhuri, S., 2012, The role of permeability evolution in fault zones on the structural and hydro-mechanical characteristics of shortening basins: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 29, p. 143‒151.

Foss, M. M., 2012, Chapter 3. Natural gas pricing in North America, in Stern, J. P., ed., The pricing of internationally traded gas: Oxford University/Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, p. 85‒144.

Frébourg, G., Hasler, C.-A., and Davaud, E., 2012, Uplifted marine terraces of the Akamas Peninsula (Cyprus): evidence of climatic conditions during the Late Quaternary highstands: Sedimentology, v. 59, p. 1409‒1425.

Frost, E. L., Budd, D. A., and Kerans, C., 2012, Syndepositional deformation in a high-relief carbonate platform and its effect on early fluid flow as revealed by dolomite patterns: Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, no. 11, p. 913‒932.

Garcia-Fresca, B., Lucia, F. J., Sharp, J. M., Jr., and Kerans, C., 2012, Outcrop-constrained hydrogeological simulations of brine reflux and early dolomitization of the Permian San Andres Formation: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 9, p. 1757‒1781.

Garland, J., Neilson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Whidden, K. J., 2012, Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis, in Garland, J., Neilson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Whidden, K. J., eds., Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis: Geological Society, London, Special Publication 370, p. 1‒15.

Graham, R., Jackson, M. P. A., Pilcher, R., and Kilsdonk, B., 2012, Allochthonous salt in the sub-Alpine fold-thrust belt of Haute Provence, France, in Alsop, G. I., Archer, S. G., Hartley, A. J., Grant, N. T., and Hodgkinson, R., eds., Salt tectonics, sediments and prospectivity: London, Geological Society, Special Publication 363, p. 595‒615.

Gulbranson, E. L., Isbell, J. L., Taylor, E. L., Ryberg, P., Taylor, T. N., and Flaig, P. P., 2012, Permian polar forests: deciduous and environmental variation: Geobiology, v. 10, p. 479‒495.

Hamlin, H. S., and Baumgardner, R. W., Jr., 2012, Wolfberry (Wolfcampian-Leonardian) deep-water depositional systems in the Midland Basin: stratigraphy, lithofacies, reservoirs, and source rocks: The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology, Report of Investigations, no. 277, 62 p.

Hammes, Ursula, and Frébourg, G., 2012, Haynesville and Bossier mudrocks: a facies and sequence stratigraphic investigation, East Texas and Louisiana, USA: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 31, p. 8‒26.

Hasler, C.-A., Frébourg, G., and Davaud, E., 2012, Anatomy, internal heterogeneities, and early fracture network of a Pleistocene carbonate coastal dune (Rejiche Formation, southeastern Tunisia): Facies, v. 58, p. 509‒522.

Hennings, P. H., Allwardt, P., Paul, P., Zahm, C., Reid, R., Alley, H., Kirschner, R., Lee, B., and Hough, E., 2012, Relationship between fractures, fault zones, stress, and reservoir productivity in the Suban gas field, Sumatra, Indonesia: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 4, p. 753‒772.

Hentz, T. F., Ambrose, W. A., and Carr, D. L., 2012, Reservoir systems of the Pennsylvanian lower Atoka Group (Bend Conglomerate), northern Fort Worth Basin, Texas: high-resolution facies distribution, structural controls on sedimentation, and production trends: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 7, p. 1301‒1332.

Hickman, S. H., Flemings, P. B., et al., 2012, Scientific basis for safely shutting in the Macondo Well after the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon blowout: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 3, p. 1‒6.

Hooker, J. N., Gomez, L. A., Laubach, S. E., Gale, J. F. W., and Marrett, R. A., 2012, Effects of diagenesis (cement precipitation) during fracture opening on fracture aperture-size scaling in carbonate rocks, in Garland, J., Neilson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Whidden, K. J., eds., Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis: Geological Society, London, Special Publication 370, p. 187‒206.

Hosseini, S. A., and Nicot, J. -P., 2012, Numerical modeling of a multiphase water‒oil‒CO2 system using a water‒CO2 system: application to the far field of a U.S. Gulf Coast reservoir: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, v. 10, p. 88‒99.

Hosseini, S. A., and Nicot, J. -P., 2012, Scoping analysis of brine extraction/re-injection for enhanced CO2 storage: Greenhouse Gas Science and Technology, v. 2, p. 172‒184.

Hosseini, S. A., Mathias, S. A., and Javadpour, F., 2012, Analytical model for CO2 injection into brine aquifers containing residual CH4: Transport in Porous Media, v. 94, p. 795‒815.

Huang, Y., Scanlon, B. R., Nicot, J. -P., Reedy, R. C., Dutton, A. R., Kelley, V. A., and Deeds, Neil, 2012, Sources of groundwater pumpage in a layered aquifer system in the Upper Gulf Coastal Plain, USA: Hydrology Journal, v. 20, p. 783‒796.

Iñigo, J. F., Laubach, S. E., and Hooker, J. N., 2012, Fracture abundance and patterns in the Subandean fold and thrust belt, Devonian Huamampampa Formation petroleum reservoirs and outcrops, Argentina and Bolivia: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 35, p. 201‒218.

Janson, X., and Madriz, D. D., 2012, Geomodelling of carbonate mounds using two-point and multipoint statistics, in Garland, J., Neilson, J. E., Laubach, S. E., and Whidden, K. J., eds., Advances in carbonate exploration and reservoir analysis: Geological Society, London, Special Publication 370, p. 229‒246.

Javadpour, F., Amrein, M., and Jeje, A., 2012, Multiscale experimental study of selective blood-cell filtration in fibrous porous media: Transport in Porous Media, v. 91, p. 913‒926.

Javadpour, F., and Jeje, A., 2012, Modeling filtration of platelet-rich plasma in fibrous filters: Transport in Porous Media, v. 91, p. 677‒696.

Javadpour, F., Farshi, M. M., and Amrein, M., 2012, Atomic-force microscopy: a new tool for gas-shale characterization: Journal of Canadian Petroleum Technology, v. 51, no. 4, p. 236‒243.

Ji, L., Zhang, T., Milliken, K., Qu, J., and Zhang, X., 2012, Experimental investigation of main controls to methane adsorption in clay-rich rocks: Applied Geochemistry, v. 27, p. 2533‒2545.

Kane, J. A., and Jennings, J. W., Jr., 2012, Developing a wireline-log database and a basis for determining reservoir porosity, in Ruppel, S. C., ed., Anatomy of a giant carbonate reservoir: Fullerton Clear Fork field, Permian Basin, Texas: AAPG Studies in Geology 63 and The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 276, p. 67–76.

Klokov, A., and Fomel, S. B., 2012, Separation and imaging of seismic diffractions using migrated dip-angle gathers: Geophysics, v. 77, no. 6, p. S131‒S143.

Lewis, C., Albertson, J. D., Xu, X., and Kiely, G., 2012, Spatial variability of hydraulic conductivity and bulk density along a blanket peatland hillslope: Hydrological Processes, v. 26, p. 1527‒1537.

Li, Y., Acharya, K., Stone, M. C., Yu, Z., Young, M. H., Shafer, D. S., Zhu, J., Gray, K., Stone, A., Fan, L., and Warwick, J. J., 2012, Spatiotemporal patterns in nutrient loads, nutrient concentrations, and algal biomass in Lake Taihu, China: Lake and Reservoir Management, v. 27, p. 298–309.

Litwin, K. L., Zygielbaum, B. R., Polito, P. J., Sklar, L. S., and Collins, G. C., 2012, Influence of temperature, composition, and grain size on the tensile failure of water ice: implications for erosion on Titan: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, E08013, doi:10.1029/2012JE004101, 14 p.

Liu, W., Xu, X., and Kiely, G., 2012, Spatial variability of remotely sensed soil moisture in a temperate-humid grassland catchment: Ecohydrology, v. 5, p. 668‒676.

Liu, Y., Sun, A. Y., Nelson, K., and Hipke, W. E., 2012, Cloud computing for integrated stochastic groundwater uncertainty analysis: International Journal of Digital Earth, v. 5, no. 5, p. 1‒25. DOI:10.1080/17538947.2012.687778.

Liu, Yuan, and Kitanidis, P. K., 2012, Applicability of the dual-domain model to nonaggregated porous media: Ground Water, v. 50, no. 6, p. 927-934.

Long, D., and Singh, V. P., 2012, A modified surface energy balance algorithm for land (M-SEBAL) based on a trapezoidal framework, Water Resources Research, v. 48, W02528, doi:10.1029/2011WR010607.

Long, D., and Singh, V. P., 2012, A two-source trapezoid model for evapotranspiration (TTME) from satellite imagery: Remote Sensing of Environment, v. 121, p. 370–388.

Long, D., Scanlon, B. R., Fernando, D. N., Meng, L., and Quiring, S. M., 2012, Are temperature and precipitation extremes increasing over the U.S. High Plains? Earth Interactions, v. 16, p. 1‒20.

Long, D., Singh, V. P., and Li, Z. L., 2012, How sensitive is SEBAL to changes in input variables, domain size and satellite sensor? Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 116, D21107, doi: 10.1029/2011D016542, 20 p.

Long, D., Singh, V. P., and Scanlon, B. R., 2012, Deriving theoretical boundaries to address scale dependencies of triangle methods for evapotranspiration estimation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, D05113, doi:10.1029/2011JD017079.

Loucks, R. G., Reed, R. M., Ruppel, S. C., and Hammes, U., 2012, Spectrum of pore types and networks in mudrocks and a descriptive classification for matrix-related mudrock pores: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 6, p. 1071‒1098.

Lu, J., Cook, P. J., Hosseini, S. A., Yang, C., Romanak, K. D., Zhang, T., Freifeld, B. M., Smyth, R. C., Zeng, H., and Hovorka, S. D., 2012, Complex fluid flow revealed by monitoring CO2 injection in a fluvial formation: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 117, B03208, doi:10.1029/2011JB008939.

Lu, Jiemin, Kharaka, Y. K., Thordsen, J. J., Horita, J., Karamalidis, A., Griffith, C., Hakala, J. A., Ambats, G., Cole, D. R., Phelps, T. J., Manning, M. A., Cook, P. J., and Hovorka, S. D., 2012, CO2‒rock‒brine interactions in Lower Tuscaloosa Formation at Cranfield CO2 sequestration site, Mississippi, U.S.A.: Chemical Geology, v. 291, p. 269‒277.

Lucia, F. J., 2012, Chapter 5. The great Lower Ordovician cavern system, in Derby, J. R., Fritz, R. D., Longacre, S. A., Morgan, W. A., and Sternbach, C. A., eds., The great American carbonate bank: the geology and economic resources of the Cambrian‒Ordovician Sauk megasequence of Laurentia: AAPG Memoir 98, p. 83‒111.

Lucia, F. J., and Kane, J. A., 2012, Calculation of permeability and initial water saturations from wireline logs in a mature carbonate reservoir, in Ruppel, S. C., ed., Anatomy of a giant carbonate reservoir: Fullerton Clear Fork field, Permian Basin, Texas: AAPG Studies in Geology 63 and The University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology Report of Investigations No. 276, p. 77–92.

Luo, G., and Liu, M., 2012, Multi-timescale mechanical coupling between the San Jacinto fault and the San Andreas fault, southern California: Lithosphere, v. 4, no. 3, p. 221‒229.

Luo, G., Nikolinakou, M. A., Flemings, P. B., and Hudec, M. R., 2012, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 1—uncoupled models: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 1, p. 43‒64.

Mackey, G. N., Horton, B. K., and Milliken, K. L., 2012, Provenance of the Paleocene-Eocene Wilcox Group, western Gulf of Mexico basin: evidence for integrated drainage of the southern Laramide Rocky Mountains and Cordilleran arc: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 24, no. 5/6, p. 1007‒1024.

Mehmani, Y., Sun, T., Balhoff, M., Eichhubl, P., and Bryant, S., 2012, Multiblock pore-scale modeling and upscaling of reactive transport: application to carbon sequestration: Transport in Porous Media, v. 95, p. 305‒326.

Middleton, R. S., Keating, G. N., Stauffer, P. H., Jordan, A. B., Viswanathan, H. S., Kang, Q. J. J., Carey, J. W., Mulkey, M. L., Sullivan, E. J., Chu, S. P. P., Esposito, R., and Meckel, T. A., 2012, The cross-scale science of CO2 capture and storage: from pore scale to regional scale: Energy & Environmental Science, v. 5, no. 6, p. 2328‒7345.

Milliken, K. L., Comer, E. E., and Marsaglia, K. M., 2012, Data report: modal sand composition at Sites C0004, C0006, C0007, and C0008, IODP Expedition 316, Nankai accretionary prism, in Kinoshita, M., Tobin, H., Ashi, J., Kimura, G., Lallemant, S., Screaton, E. J., Curewitz, D., Masago, H., Moe, K. T., and the Expedition 314/315/316 Scientists, Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, v. 314/315/316, 21 p.

Milliken, K. L., Day-Stirrat, R. J., Papazis, P. K., and Dohse, C., 2012, Chapter 8. Carbonate lithologies of the Mississippian Barnett Shale, Fort Worth Basin, Texas, in Breyer, J. A., ed., Shale reservoirs―giant resources for the 21st century: American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Memoir 97, p. 290‒321.

Milliken, K. L., Esch, W. L., Reed, R. M., and Zhang, T., 2012, Grain assemblages and strong diagenetic overprinting in siliceous mudrocks, Barnett Shale (Mississippian), Fort Worth Basin, Texas: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 8, p. 1553‒1578.

Moscardelli, L., Dooley, T., Dunlap, D., Jackson, M., and Wood, L., 2012, Deep-water polygonal fault systems as terrestrial analogs for large-scale Martian polygonal terrains: Geological Society of America Today, v. 22, no. 8, p. 4–6, http://doi.org/10.1130/GSATG147A.1.

Moscardelli, L., Wood, L. J., and Dunlap, D. B., 2012, Shelf-edge deltas along structurally complex margins: a case study from eastern offshore Trinidad: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 8, p. 1483‒1522.

Mukherjee, A., Scanlon, B. R., Fryar, A. E., Saha, D., Ghosh, A., Chowdhuri, S., and Mishra, R., 2012, Solute chemistry and arsenic fate in aquifers between the Himalayan foothills and Indian craton (including central Gangetic plain): influence of geology and geomorphology: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 90, p. 283–302, dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2012.05.015.

Mukherjee, D., Khan, S.D., and Sullivan, C.E., 2012, Upper Albian rudist buildups of the Edwards Formation in central Texas: A GPR-assisted reservoir analog study: Sedimentary Geology, v. 247-248, p. 71-81, http://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2011.12.015.

Mukhopadhyay, S., Birkholzer, J. T., Nicot, J. -P., and Hosseini, S. A., 2012, A model comparison initiative for a CO2 injection field test: an introduction to Sim-SEQ: Environmental Earth Science, v. 67, p. 601‒611.

Nicot, J. -P., 2012, Current and future water demand of the Texas oil and gas and mining sectors and potential impact on aquifers: GCAGS Journal, v. 1, p. 145‒161.

Nicot, J. -P., and Duncan, I. J., 2012, Common attributes of hydraulically fractured oil and gas production and CO2 geological sequestration: Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology, v. 2, p. 352‒368.

Nicot, J. -P., and Scanlon, B. R., 2012, Water use for shale-gas production in Texas, U.S.: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 46, p. 3580‒3586.

Nikolinakou, M. A., Luo, G., Hudec, M. R., and Flemings, P. B., 2012, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 2—poroelastoplasticity and coupled overpressures: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 1, p. 65‬‒85.

Ogiesoba, O. C., and Hammes, U., 2012, Seismic interpretation of mass-transport deposits within the upper Oligocene Frio Formation, south Texas Gulf Coast: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 5, p. 845‒868.

Olariu, M. I., Carvajal, R. C., Olariu, C., and Steel, R. J., 2012, Deltaic process and architectural evolution during cross-shelf transits, Maastrichtian Fox Hills Formation, Washakie Basin, Wyoming: AAPG Bulletin, v. 96, no. 10, p. 1931‒1956.

Olariu, M. I., Olariu, Cornel, Steel, J. R., Dalrymple, R. W., and Martinius, A. W., 2012, Anatomy of a laterally migrating tidal bar in front of a delta system: Esdolomada Member, Roda Formation, Tremp-Graus Basin, Spain: Sedimentology, v. 59, no. 2, p. 356–378.

Paine, J. G., Buckley, S. M., Collins, E. W., and Wilson, C. R., 2012, Assessing collapse risk in evaporite sinkhole-prone areas using microgravimetry and radar interferometry: Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, v. 17, no. 2, p. 75‒87.

Paine, J. G., Mathew, S., and Caudle, T., 2012, Historical shoreline change through 2007, Texas Gulf Coast: rates, contributing causes, and Holocene context: GCAGS Journal, v. 1, p. 13‒26.

Peng, S., and Hamamoto, S., 2012, Gas diffusivity in rocks: measurement and its correlation to porosity, pore-size distribution, and permeability: Water Resources Research, v. 48, W02507, 9 p., doi:10.1029/2011WR011098.

Peng, S., and Hu, Q., 2012, LA-ICP-MS Calibrations for intact rock samples with internal standard and modified constant-sum methods: American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, v. 3, p. 168–174.

Peng, S., Hu, Q., Ewing, R. P., Liu, C., and Zachara, J. M., 2012, Quantitative 3-D elemental mapping by LA-ICP-MS of basalt from the Hanford 300 area: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 46, p. 2035–2042.

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