Dr. Peter Eichhubl
Personal Webpage
https://www.beg.utexas.edu/eichhubl/index.htm
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gJh9PUEAAAAJ&hl=en
Research Interests
Fault and fracture mechanics
Diagenesis and low-temperature geochemistry
Fluid flow and transfer processes in sedimentary basins
Subsurface hydrogen storage
Induced seismicity
Education
M.S. Geology, University of Vienna, Austria
Ph.D. Geology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Selected Publications
Haddad, M., and Eichhubl, P., 2023, Fault reactivation in response to saltwater disposal and hydrocarbon production for the Venus, TX, Mw 4.0 earthquake sequence, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-022-03083-4
Callahan, O. A., Eichhubl, P., and Davatzes, N. C., 2020, Mineral precipitation as a mechanism of fault core growth, Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 140, no. 104156 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104156
Haddad, M., and Eichhubl, P., 2020, Poroelastic Models for Fault Reactivation in Response to Concurrent Injection and Production in Stacked Reservoirs, Journal of Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, vol 24, no. 100181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2020.100181
Callahan, O. A., Eichhubl, P., Olson, J. E., and Davatzes, N. C., 2020, Experimental investigation of chemically aided fracture growth in silicified fault rocks, Geothermics, vol. 83, article 101724. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2019.101724
Chen, X., Eichhubl, P., Olson, J. E., Dewers, T. A., 2020, Salinity, pH, and temperature controls on fracture mechanical properties of three shales and their implications for fracture growth in chemically reactive fluid environments, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, vol. 21, article 100140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gete.2019.100140
Fan, Z., Eichhubl, P., and Newell, P., 2019, Basement fault reactivation by fluid injection into sedimentary reservoirs: Poroelastic effects, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, v. 124, p. 7354-7369. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB017062
Weisenberger, T. B., Eichhubl, P., Laubach, S. E., and Fall, A., 2019, Degradation of fracture porosity in sandstone by carbonate cement, Piceance basin, Colorado, USA, Petroleum Geoscience, v. 25, p. 354-370. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-162