UT GeoFluids publications

UT GeoFluids Publications

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2024
Sebastian Ramiro-Ramirez, S., Bhandari, A.R., Reed, R.M., Flemings, P.B., 2024, Permeability of upper Wolfcamp lithofacies in the Delaware Basin: The role of stratigraphic heterogeneity in the production of unconventional reservoirs. AAPG Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1306/12202222033

2023
Portnov, A., Flemings, P.B., You, K., Meazell, K., Hudec, M.R., Dunlap, D.B., 2023, Low temperature and high pressure dramatically thicken the gas hydrate stability zone in rapidly formed sedimentary basins. Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106550

Nikolinakou, M.A., Wang, X., Flemings, P.B., Johri, M., 2023, 3D Mad Dog Pressure and Stress Prediction Coupling Seismic Velocities, Pressure, and Stress Measurements. Offshore Technology Conference, OTC-32555-MS. https://doi.org/10.4043/32555-MS

Bhandari, A.R., Flemings, P.B., Ramiro-Ramirez, S., 2023, Stress-Dependent Matrix Permeability in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks. In Ghanbarian, B., & Feng Liang, H.L. (eds), 2023, Physics of Fluid Flow and Transport in Unconventional Reservoir Rocks (pp.163 - 175). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119729914.ch8

Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings, P.B., Gao, B., Saffer, D.M., 2023, The Evolution of Pore Pressure, Stress, and Physical Properties During Sediment Accretion at Subduction Zones. JGR Solid Earth. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JB025504

Lockhart, L.P., Flemings, P.B., Nikolinakou, M.A., Germaine, J.T., 2023, Velocity-based pore pressure prediction in a basin with late-stage erosion: Delaware Basin, Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106159

2022
Meazell, K.P., Flemings, P.B., 2022, The evolution of seafloor venting from hydrate-sealed gas reservoirs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117336

You, K., Flemings, P.B., Bhandari, A., Heidari, M., Germaine, J.T., 2022, The role of creep in geopressure development. Petroleum Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-064

Zablocki, M., Germaine, J.T., Plumb, R., Flemings, P.B., 2022, The impact of clay fraction on the strength and stress ratio (K₀) in Gulf of Mexico mudrocks and quartz silt mixtures: implications for borehole stability and fracture gradient. Petroleum Geoscience. https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2021-056

2021
Soto, J.I., Heidari, M., Hudec, M.R., 2021, Proposal for a mechanical model of mobile shales. Nature, Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-02868-x

Ramiro-Ramirez, S., Flemings, P.B., Bhandari, A.R., and Oluwafemi S.J., 2021, Steady-State Liquid Permeability Measurements in Samples from the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, USA. Paper presented at the SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, Dubai, UAE, September 2021. https://doi.org/10.2118/206382-MS

Reece, J.S., 2021, The Impact of Grain Size on the Hydromechanical Behavior of Mudstones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GC009732

Nikolinakou, M.A., Whittle, A.J., Germaine, J.T. et al., 2021, Consolidation properties and structural alteration of Old Alluvium. Acta Geotech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-021-01330-6

Nikolinakou, M.A., Whittle, A.J., 2021, Constitutive model of structural alteration and swelling behavior for Old Alluvium. Engineering Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106307

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M.A., Hudec, M.R., and Flemings, P.B., 2021, Impacts of vertical salt welding on pore pressure, stresses, and deformation near the weld. Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105259

Hooghvorst, JJ, Nikolinakou, MA, Harrold, TWD, Fernandez, O, Flemings, PB, Marcuello, A., 2021, Geologically constrained evolutionary geomechanical modelling of diapir and basin evolution: A case study from the Tarfaya basin, West African coast. Basin Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/bre.12547

Flemings, P.B, 2021, A Concise Guide to Geopressure: Origin, Prediction, and Applications, Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107326309

Bhandari, A.R., Flemings, P.B., Hofmann, R., 2021, The Dependence of Shale Permeability on Confining Stress and Pore Pressure. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104008

Crutchley, G. J., Mountjoy, J. J., Hillman, J. I. T., Turco, F., Watson, S., Flemings, P. B., et al., 2021, Upward-doming zones of gas hydrate and free gas at the bases of gas chimneys, New Zealand's Hikurangi margin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB021489. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB021489

2020
Flemings, P. B., Phillips, S.C., Boswell, R., Collett, T. S., Cook, A., Dong, T., Frye, M., et al., 2020, Pressure coring a Gulf of Mexico deep-water turbidite gas hydrate reservoir: Initial results from The University of Texas-Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition: AAPG Bulletin, v. 104, no. 9, p. 1847-1876, https://dx.doi.org/10.1306/05212019052.

Daigle, H., Reece, J.S., Flemings, P.B., 2020, A Modified Swanson Method to Determine Permeability from Mercury Intrusion Data in Marine Muds. Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104155

Wiggs, D.M., Flemings, P.B., Spikes, K.T., Nikolinakou, M.A., 2020, Mudrock Velocity Andisotropy Based on History of the Full Strain Tensor. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. https://doi.org/10.1190/segam2020-3427647.1

Ramiro-Ramirez, S., Bhandari, A.R., Flemings, P.B., Reed, R.M., 2020, Porosity and Permeability Heterogeneity in the Upper Wolfcamp, Delaware Basin, West Texas: Implications for Production. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference. https://doi.org/10.15530/urtec-2020-2105

Nikolinakou, M.A., Heidari, M., Hudec, M.H., and Flemings, P. B., 2020, Stress and Pressure in Extensional Salt Systems. Paper presented at the 54th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. https://onepetro.org/ARMAUSRMS/proceedings-abstract/ARMA20/All-ARMA20/ARMA-2020-1846/448843

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., and Flemings, P. B., 2020, Modified Cam-Clay Model for Large Stress Ranges and its Predictions for Geological and Drilling Processes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JB019500

2019
Deirieh, A., Chang, I. Y., Casey, B., Joester, D., Germaine, J. T. 2019. Impact of Drying and Effective Stresses on the Pore Space and Microstructure of Mudrocks; Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB016513

Hooghvorst, J.J., Harrold, T.W.D., Nikolinakou, M.A., Fernandez, O., and Marcuello, A., 2019. Comparison of stresses in 3D v. 2D geomechanical modelling of salt structures in the Tarfaya Basin, West African coast. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-095

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., and Flemings, P. B., 2019. Influence of a reservoir bed on diapirism and drilling hazards near a salt diapir: a geomechanical approach; Petroleum Geoscience. https://dx.doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2018-113

Casey B., Reece J. S., Germaine J.T., 2019: One-Dimensional Normal Compression Laws for Resedimented Mudrocks; Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.02.023

Nikolinakou, M.A., Heidari, M., Flemings, P. B., and Hudec, M. R., 2019, Geomechanical modeling of mudrock stress-level dependency and application to a salt-sediment system: 14th International Congress on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. Member only link

Nikolinakou M.A., Heidari M., Hudec M.R., Flemings P.B. 2019. Stress and deformation in plastic mudrocks overturning in front of advancing salt sheets; implications for system kinematics and drilling; Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-019-01852-2

Pinkston F.W.M., Flemings P.B., 2019. Overpressure at the Macondo Well and its impact on the Deepwater Horizon blowout; Scientific Reports. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42496-0

2018
Day-Stirrat R.J., Bryndzia L.T., Schleicher A.M., Adriaens R., Hofmann R., Flemings P.B. 2018. Hydration behavior by X-ray diffraction profile fitting of smectite-bearing minerals in a Plio-Pleistocene mudrock from Eugene Island, Gulf of Mexico; Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.12.008

Deirieh, A., Chang, I.Y., Whittaker, M.L., Weigand, S., Keane, D., Rix, J., Germaine, J.T., Joester, D., Flemings, P.B., 2018. Particle arrangements in clay slurries: The case against the honeycomb structure, Applied Clay Science. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clay.2017.11.010.

Nikolinakou M.A., Flemings P.B., Heidari M., Hudec M.R., 2018. Stress and pore pressure in mudrocks bounding salt systems; Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00603-018-1540-z

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings P.B., 2018. Coupling geomechanical modeling with seismic pressure prediction. Geophysics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2017-0359.1

Gao, B., Flemings, P., Nikolinakou, M., Saffer, D., Heidari, M., 2018. Mechanics of Fold-and-Thrust Belts Based on Geomechanical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2018JB015434

Nikolinakou M.A., Heidari M., Flemings P.B., Hudec M.R., 2018. Geomechanical modeling of pore pressure in evolving salt systems, Marine and Petroleum Geology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.013

Flemings, P.B., Saffer, D.M., 2018. Pressure and Stress Prediction in the Nankai Accretionary Prism: A Critical State Soil Mechanics Porosity-based approach, Journal of Geophysical Research. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JB015025

You, K., Flemings P.B., 2017. Methane hydrate formation in thick sand reservoirs: 1. Short-range methane diffusion. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 89, 428-442. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.10.011

2017
Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., & Flemings, P. B., 2017. Geomechanical Effects of a Highly Permeable Sand Layer in a Salt Basin. American Rock Mechanics Association. https://www.onepetro.org/conference-paper/ARMA-2017-0881

Nikolinakou M.A., Heidari, M., Flemings P.B., Hudec M.R., 2017. “Coupling flow and deformation in evolving salt basins”, 6th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Paris, France, July 9-14.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Heidari, M., Flemings, P.B. and Hudec, M.R., 2017, Pore-pressure prediction beneath salt sheets, Presented at 51st US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium: San Francisco, Ca, 25-28 June 2017, American Rock Mechanics Association ARMA 17-345.

Luo, G., Hudec, M.R., Flemings, P.B., Nikolinakou, M.A., 2017, Deformation, stress, and pore pressure in an evolving supra-salt basin, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2016JB013779.

Nikolinakou, M.A.; Heidari M., Hudec M.R., Flemings P.B. (2017): Initiation and growth of salt diapirs in tectonically stable settings: Upbuilding and megaflaps; AAPG Bulletin, V. 101, No. 6 (June 2017), P. 887-905.; doi: 10.1306/09021615245.

Gao, B., and Flemings, P.B., 2017, Pore pressure within dipping reservoirs in overpressured basins, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 80, 94-111, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.11.014.

2016
Gao, B., Flemings, P. B., & Nikolinakou, M. A. (2016, June 26). Stress and Porosity in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Systems. American Rock Mechanics Association.

Cronin, M., Flemings, P.B., Bhandari A., 2016, Dual-permeability microstratigraphy in the Barnett Shale, Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, v. 142, p. 119-128, doi:10.1016/j.petrol.2016.02.003.

Casey, B., Germaine, J.T., Flemings, P.B., Fahy, B.P., 2016, In situ stress state and strength in mudrocks, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, doi:10.1002/2016JB012855.

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., Flemings, P. B., 2016, Geomechanical analysis of a welding salt layer and its effects on adjacent sediments, Tectonophysics, v. 683, p. 172-181, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.027.

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M., & Flemings, P. (2016, June 26). Geomechanical Impacts of a Welding Salt Layer on Adjacent Sediments. American Rock Mechanics Association.

Adams, A.L., Nordquist, T.J., Germaine, J.T., and Flemings, P.B. 2016, Permeability Anisotropy and Resistivity Anisotropy of Mechanically Compressed Mudrocks, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, doi:10.1139/cgj-2015-0596.

You, K., DiCarlo, D., Flemings, P.B., 2016, Impact of gravity on hydrate saturation in gas-rich environments, Water Resour. Res., 52, 1265-1285, doi:10.1002/2015WRD17975.

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Flemings, P. B. and Hudec, M. R., 2016, A simplified stress analysis of rising salt domes, Basin Res, doi:10.1111/bre.12181.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings, P.B., Hudec, M.R, 2016, Modeling of shales in salt-hydrocarbon systems, Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering, v. 49, p. 699–705, doi 10.1007/s00603-015-0863-2.

2015

Bhandari, A., Flemings, P.B., Polito, P., Cronin, M., and Bryant, S., 2015, Anisotropy and Stress Dependence of Permeability in the Barnett Shale, Transport in Porous Media, p. 1-19.

Casey, B., Germaine, J.T., Abdulhadi, N.O., Kontopoulos, N.S., and Jones, C.A., 2015, Undrained Young's Modulus of Fine-Grained Soils, J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng., doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001382.

Casey, B. Germaine, J.T., Flemings, P.B., accepted Feb 2015, Estimating Horizontal Stresses for Mudrocks under One-dimensional Compression, Marine and Petroleum Geology

Darnell, K., Flemings, P.B., 2015, Transient seafloor venting on continental slopes from warming-induced methane hydrate dissociation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 10,765-10,772, doi:10.1002/2015GL067012.

You, K., DiCarlo, D., Flemings, P.B., 2015, Quantifying hydrate solidification front advancing using method of characteristics, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 6681-6697, doi: 10.1002/2015JB011985.

Flemings, P.B., Reece, J.S., Ditkof, J., Atkins, C.C., and Sawyer, D., accepted Jan 2015, Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Nankai Trough, IODP Expedition 319 Site C0009A.

Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., and Flemings, P. B., 2015, A Simplified Analysis of Stresses in Rising Salt Domes and Adjacent Sediments, 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 28-July1; Paper 49-159.

Luo, G., Flemings, P.B., Hudec, M.R., Nikolinakou, M.A., 2015, The role of pore fluid overpressure in the substrates of advancing salt sheets, ice glaciers, and critical-state wedges, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 120, 87-105, doi:10.1002/2014JB011326.

Nikolinakou, M. A., Heidari, M., Hudec, M. R., and Flemings, P. B., 2015, Stress changes associated with the evolution of a salt diapir into a salt sheet, 49th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, June 28-July1; Paper 49-108.

You, K., Kneafsey, T. J., Flemings, P. B., Polito, P., and Bryant, S. L., 2015, Salinity-buffered methane hydrate formation and dissociation in gas-rich systems: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 120, no. 2, p. 643-661, doi:10.1002/2014JB011190.

2014

Casey, B., Fahy, B.P., Flemings, P.B. & Germaine, J.T., 2014, Shear Strength of Two Gulf of Mexico Mudrocks and a Comparison with Other Sediments, Fourth EAGE Shale Workshop, 6-9 April 2014, Porto, Portugal, doi: 10.3997/2214-4609.20140029.

Casey, B. & Germaine, J.T., 2014, An Evaluation of Three Triaxial Systems With Results From 0.1 to 100MPa, Geotechnical Testing Journal, Vol. 37 No. 6, DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20130178

Merrell, M.P., Flemings, P.B., Bowers, G.L., 2014, Subsalt Pressure Prediction in the Miocene Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, v. 98, no. 2, p. 315-340, doi:10.1306/06251312156.

Meyer, D.W. and Flemings, P.B., 2014, Thermodynamic Stability of Gas Hydrates in the Krishna-Godavari Basin Inferred From Well Log Analysis, 2014 Offshore Technology Conference: Houston, TX, U.S.A., p. 9.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings, P.B., and Hudec, M.R., 2014, Modeling stress evolution around a rising salt diapir, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 51, p. 230-238, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.11.021.

Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., and Flemings, P. B., 2014, Comparison of evolutionary and static modeling of stresses around a salt diapir, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 57, no. 0, p. 537-545., 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.07.002.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Hudec M.R., Flemings P.B., 2014, Comparison of evolutionary and static modeling of stresses around a salt dome: The importance of modeling the past, 48th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Minneapolis, June 1-4; Paper # 7027.

Smith, A. J., Flemings, P.B., Fulton, P.M. , 2014, Hydrocarbon flux from natural deepwater Gulf of Mexico vents, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 395, no. 0, p. 241-253.

Smith, A. J., Flemings, P. B., Liu, X., and Darnell, K., 2014, The evolution of methane vents that pierce the hydrate stability zone in the world's oceans: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010686.

You, Y., Flemings, P.B., Mohrig, D., Germaine, J., 2014, How Heterogeneity in the Shear dilation of a Deposit Controls the mechanics of Breaching Slope Failure, Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2013JF002983

You, Y., Flemings, P., and Mohrig, D., 2014, Mechanics of dual-mode dilative failure in subaqueous sediment deposits, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 397, no. 0, p. 10-18.
2013
Adams, A.L., Germaine, J.T., Flemings, P.B., and Day-Stirrat, R.J., 2013, Stress induced permeability anisotropy of resedimented Boston Blue Clay, Water Resources Research, p. 11, doi: 10.1002/wrcr.20470.

Casey, B., Germaine, J.T., Flemings, P.B., Reece, J.S., Gao, B., and Betts, W., 2013, Liquid Limit as a Predictor of Mudrock Permeability: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 44, p. 256-263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.04.008.

Casey, B. & Germaine, J.T., 2013, The Stress Dependence of Shear Strength in Fine-Grained Soils and Correlations with Liquid Limit, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000896.

Casey, B. & Germaine, J.T., 2013, Variation of Cohesive Sediment Strength with Stress Level, Multiphysical Testing of Soils and Shales, Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering, doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-32492-5.

Day-Stirrat, R.J., Flemings, P.B., You, Y., and van der Pluijm, B.A., 2013, Modification of mudstone fabric and pore structure as a result of slope failure: Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Marine Geology, v. 341, p. 58-67, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2013.05.003.

Flemings, P.B., Polito, P.J., Pettigrew, T.L., Iturrino, G.J., Meissner, E., Aduddell, R., Brooks, D., Hetmaniak, C., Huey, D., Germaine, J.T., and IODP Expedition 342 Scientists, 2013, The Motion Decoupled Delivery System: A new deployment system for downhole tools is tested at Site U1402, New Jersey Margin, Scientific Drilling, v. 15, doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.15.07.2013.

Marjanovic, J., and Germaine, J.T., 2013, Experimental Study Investigating the Effects of Setup Conditions on Bender Element Velocity Results, Geotechnical Testing Journal, v. 36, p. 11, doi: DOI: 10.1520/GTJ20120131.

Nikolinakou, M.A., and Flemings, P.B., 2013, Pore Pressure and Stress around Dipping Structures, Poromechanics V, p. 452-461, doi: doi:10.1061/9780784412992.054.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Merrell, M.P., Luo, G., Flemings, P.B., Hudec, M.R., 2013, Geomechanical modeling of the Mad Dog salt, Gulf of Mexico, In: 47th US Rock Mechanics Symposium, San Francisco, CA, 23-26 June, 2013 paper 13-234.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings, P.B., 2013, Pore Pressure and Stress around Dipping Structures, 5th Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Vienna (July 2013).

Reece, J.S., Flemings, P.B., and Germaine, J.T., 2013, Data Report: Permeability, compressibility, and microstructure of resedimented mudstone from IODP Expedition 322, Site C0011, In: Saito, S., Underwood, M.B., Kubo, Y., and the Expedition 322 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 322: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.), doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.322.205.2013.

Saffer, D.M., Flemings, P.B., Boutt, D., Doan, M.L., Ito, T., McNeill, L., Byrne, T., Conin, M., Lin, W., Kano, Y., Araki, E., Eguchi, N., and Toczko, S., 2013, In Situ Stress and Pore Pressure in the Kumano Forearc Basin, offshore SW Honshu from Down-hole Measurements During Riser Drilling: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.

Sawyer, D.E, Flemings, P.B., and Nikolinoakou, M., 2013, Continuous deep-seated slope failure recycles sediments and limits levee height in submarine channels, Geology, doi: 10.1130/g34870.1.
2012
Bohn, C. W., Flemings, P.B., and Slingerland, R.L., 2012, Accommodation change during bypass across a late stage fan in the shallow Auger basin, in Application of Seismic Geomorphology Principles to Continental Slope and Base-of-Slope Systems: Case Studies from Seafloor and Near-Seafloor Analogues, Volume 99, SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), p. 225-242, doi: 10.2110/pec.12.99.0225.

Boutt, D.F., et al., 2012, Scale dependence of in-situ permeability measurements in the Nankai accretionary prism: The role of fractures, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 39, p. L07302, doi: 10.1029/2012gl051216.

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, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.12.003.

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, 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.07.011.

Flemings, P.B., John, C., Behrmann, J., 2012, Expedition 308 synthesis: overpressure, consolidation, and slope stability on the continental slope of the Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., Behrmann, J.H., John, C.M., and the Expedition 308 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 308: College Station TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.308.215.2012.

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.007.

Hickman, S.H., 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. 3.

Luo, G., Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings P.B., Hudec M.R., 2012a, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 1— Uncoupled models, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 96, No1, pp43-64.

Luo, G., Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings, P.B., and Hudec, M.R., 2012b, Near-salt stress and wellbore stability: A finite-element study and its
application, American Rock Mechanics Association, v. 12-309, p. 9.

Nikolinakou, M. A., and Flemings, P. B., 2012, Stress changes at the crest of dipping structures, 46th US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, Chicago; paper 12-254.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Luo, G., Hudec M.R., Flemings P.B., 2012, Geomechanical modeling of stresses adjacent to salt bodies: Part 2— Poroelastoplasticity and coupled overpressures, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, vol. 96, No1, pp65-85.

Reece, J.S., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Long, H. and Germaine, J.T., 2012, Permeability-porosity relationships of shallow mudstones in the Ursa Basin, northern deepwater Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 117, B12102, doi:10.1029/2012JB009438.

Sawyer, D. E., Flemings, P.B., Mohrig, D. and Buttles, J., 2012, Mudflow Transport Behavior and Deposit Morphology: Role of Shear Stress to Yield Strength Ratio in Subaqueous Experiments, Marine Geology, vol. 307-310, pp 28-39, doi: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.01.009.

Thu, M.K., Ito, T., Lin, W., Doan, M.-L., Boutt, D., Kawamura, Y., Khong, C. K., McNeill, L., Byrne, T., Saffer, D., Araki, E., Eguchi, N., Sawada, I., Flemings, P. B., Kano, Y., Moore, C., Kinoshita, M., Tobin, H. 2012, Operational Review of the First Wireline In Situ Stress Test in Scientific Ocean Drilling, Scientific Drilling, v. 13, p. 35-39, doi: 10.2204/iodp.sd.13.06.2011.

You, Y, Flemings, P.B., Mohrig, D., 2012, Dynamics of dilative slope failure, Geology, doi: 10.1130/g32855.1.
2011
Day-Stirrat, R., Schleicher, A., Schneider, J., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., and van der Pluijm, B., 2011, Preferred orientation of phyllosilicates: Effects of composition and stress on resedimented mudstone microfabrics, Journal of Structural Geology, 33, 1347 - 1358

Liu, X., Flemings, P.B., 2011, Capillary Effects on Hydrate Stability in Marine Sediments, J. Geophys. Res.; July 2011, VOL. 116, B07102, doi:10.1029/2010JB008143.

Long, H., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T. and Saffer, D.M., 2011, Consolidation and overpressure near the seafloor in the Ursa Basin, deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 305, 11-20

Moore, J.C., Urgeles, R., Conin, M., Flemings, P.B., Iturrino, G.J., 2011, Threshold of Breakout Formation: Stress orientations and the mechanics borehole failure, Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico, Geosphere; June 2011; v. 7; no. 3; p. 684-693; DOI: 10.1130/GES00613.1.

Nikolinakou, M.A., Luo, G., Hudec, M.R. and Flemings P.B., 2011, Geomechanical modeling of stresses and pore pressures in mudstones adjacent to salt bodies, American Rock Mechanics Association

Schneider, J, Flemings, P.B., Day-Stirrat, R.J., Germaine, J.T., 2011, Insights into pore-scale controls on mudstone permeability through resedimentation experiments, Geology, October 4, 2011, doi:10.1130/G32475.1

Smith, A.J., Flemings, P.B., and Fulton, P.M., 2011, Observations and Models of Heat and Salt Generation in Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Vents, In: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Gas Hydrates (ICGH 2011), Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, July 17-21, CD, Paper 639, 12 pages.

Song, I., Saffer, D.M. and Flemings, P.B., 2011, Mechanical characterization of slope sediments: Constraints on in situ stress and pore pressure near the tip of the megasplay fault in the Nankai accretionary complex, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, V. 12, no. 5, Q0AD17, doi:10.1029/2011GC003556.
2010
Huuse, M., Jackson, C., Rensbergen, P., Davies, R.J., Flemings, P.B., Dixon, R.J., 2010, Subsurface sediment remobilization and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: an overview, Basin Research, August 2010, V. 22, p. 342-360, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00488.x.

Huuse, M., Jackson, C., Rensbergen, P., Davies, R.J., Flemings, P.B., Dixon, R.J., 2010, Subsurface sediment remobilization and fluid flow in sedimentary basins: preface, Basin Research, August 2010, V. 22, p. 341, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00487.x.

Lin, W., Doan, M., Moore, J.C., McNeill, L., et al., 2010, Present-day principal horizontal stress orientations in the Kumano forearc basin of the southwest Japan subduction zone determined from IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009, Geophysical Research Letters, V. 37, L13303, doi:10.1029/2010GL043158.

Reilly, M., Flemings, P.B., 2010, Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Basin Research, V. 22, p. 380-397, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2010.00481.x

Urgeles, R., Locat, J., Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Binh, N.T.T. (2010): History of Pore Pressure Build Up and Slope Instability in Mud-Dominated Sediments of Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope. In Mosher, D.C., Moscardelli, L., Shipp, R.C., Chaytor, J.D., Baxter, C.D.P., Lee, H.J., Urgeles, R. (Eds.) Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, 28, Spinger, Dordrecht (The Netherlands), pp. 179-190. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9_15
2009
Dugan, B., and Germaine, J.T., 2009. Data Report: Strength Characteristics of Sediments from IODP Expedition 308, Sites U1322 and U1324, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Liu, X. and P.B. Flemings, 2009, Dynamic Response of Oceanic Hydrates to Sea Level Drop, Geophysical Research Letters, V. 36, L17308, doi:10.1029/2009GL039821.

Moore, J.C., Iturrino, G.J., Flemings, P.B., and Sawyer, D.E., 2009. Data report: stress orientations from borehole breakouts, IODP Expedition 308, Ursa area, Mississippi Fan, Gulf of Mexico. In Flemings, P.B., Behrmann, J.H., John, C.M., and the Expedition 308 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 308: College Station, TX (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.308.212.2009

Nelson, H.M., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., Dugan, B.E., 2009. Data Report: Radiography and X-ray CT Imaging of Whole Core from IODP Expedition 308, Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Sawyer, D. E., P. B. Flemings, B. Dugan, and J. T. Germaine, 2009, Retrogressive failures recorded in mass transport deposits in the Ursa Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B10102, doi:10.1029/2008JB006159.

Schneider, J., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B.E., Long, H., Germaine, J.T., 2009, Overpressure and consolidation near the seafloor of Brazos-Trinity Basin IV, Northwest Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, J. Geophys. Res., 114, B05102, doi:10.1029/2008JB005922.
2008
Flemings, P.B., Long, H., Dugan, B., Germaine, J., John, C., Behrmann, J.H., Sawyer, D., and Expedition 308 Scientists, 2008, Erratum to "Pore pressure penetrometers document high overpressure near the seafloor where multiple submarine landslides have occurred on the continental slope, offshore Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico" [Earth and Planetary Science Letters 269/3-4 (2008) 309-32, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.027.

Flemings, P.B., et al., 2008, Pore pressure penetrometers document high overpressure near the seafloor where multiple submarine landslides have occurred on the continental slope, offshore Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 269, p. 309-325, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.12.005.

Long, H., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Germaine, J.T., Ferrell, D., 2008, Data Report: Penetrometer Measurements of In situ Temperature and Pressure on IODP Expedition 308, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Long, H., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., Saffer, D., 2008, Data Report: Consolidation Characteristics of Sediments from IODP Expedition 308, Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.

Sawyer, A.H., Flemings, P.B., Elsworth, D.E., and Kinoshita, M., 2008, Response of Submarine Hydrologic Monitoring Instruments to Formation Pressure Changes: Theory and Application to Nankai Advanced CORKs, Journal of Geophysical Research, V. 113, B01102, doi:10.1029/2007JB005132.

Sawyer, D.E., Jacoby, R., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., 2008, Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Ursa Basin, IODP Expedition 308 Site U1324 and U1322, Northern Gulf of Mexico, In Flemings, P.B., John, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 308.
2007
Dugan, B., Flemings, P.B., Sawyer, D., Iturrino, G.J., Moore, J.C., Schneider, J., 2007, Physical Properties of Stacked Slumps in the Ursa Region, Northern Gulf of Mexico (IODP Expedition 308) Determined from Log, Core, and Seismic Data, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #18704.

Iturrino, G.J., Dugan, B.E., Sawyer, D., Flemings, P.B., Moore, J.C., 2007, Interpretation of Downhole Measurements, Deformation Analyses, and Lithologic Characterization in the Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #19097.

Liu, X., and P. B. Flemings, 2007, Dynamic multiphase flow model of hydrate formation in marine sediments, J. Geophys Res., 112, B03101, doi:10.1029/2005JB004227.

Long, H., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., 2007, Interpreting In situ Pressure and Hydraulic Properties with Borehole Penetrometers in Ocean Drilling: DVTPP and Piezoprobe Deployments at Southern Hydrate Ridge, Offshore Oregon, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 112, B04101, doi:10.1029/2005JB004165.

Long, H., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J., Dugan, B., Sawyer, D., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2007, In Situ Pore Pressure at IODP Site U1324, Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #18772.

Moore, J.C., Iturrino, G.J., Flemings, P.B., Hull, I., Gay, A., 2007, Fluid Migration and State of Stress above the Blue Unit, Ursa Basin: Relationship to the Geometry of Injectites, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #18812.

Reynolds, R.T., and Germaine, J.T., 2007, Benefits and Pitfalls of Multistage Embankment Construction, 7th FMGM 2007: Field Measurements in Geomechanics, p. 1-12, doi: doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40940(307)44.

Sawyer, D., Flemings, P.B., Dugan, B., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2007, Lateral Variations in Core, Log, and Seismic Attributes of a Mass Transport Complex in the Ursa Region, IODP Expedition 308, Northern Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, April 30-May 3, 2007, OTC Paper #19098.

Sawyer, D.E., Flemings, P.B., Shipp, C., Winker, C., 2007, Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Mini-Basin, Northern Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, V.91, no. 2, pp. 215-234.
2006
Behrmann, J.H., Flemings, P.B., John, C.M., and the Expedition 308 Scientists, 2006, Rapid Sedimentation, Overpressure and Focused Fluid Flow, Gulf of Mexico continental margin, Scientific Drilling, Vol. 3, pp. 12-17. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.3.03.2006.

Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J., Long, H., Dugan, B., Sawyer, D., Behrmann, J.H., John, C., Shipboard Scientific Party, IODP Expedition 308, 2006, Measuring Temperature and Pressure with the Temperature Two Pressure (T2P) Probe in the Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico: Development of a New Pressure and Temperature Probe for the IODP, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 1-4, 2006, OTC Paper #17957.

Liu, X., Flemings, P.B., 2006, Passing gas through the hydrate stability zone at southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 241, p. 211-226.

Tan, B., Germaine, J.T., and Flemings, P.B., 2006, Data report: Consolidation and strength characteristics of sediments from ODP Site 1244, Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia continental margin. In Tréhu, A.M., Bohrmann, G., Torres, M.E., and Colwell, F.S. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 204. http://hydro.geosc.psu.edu/Geofluids/g4/tan_data.html

2005
Enunwa, C.I., et al., 2005, Tahoe Field Case Study—Understanding Reservoir ompartmentalization in a Channel-Levee System: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions, v. 55, p. 152-162

Expedition 308 Scientists, 2005. Overpressure and fluid flow processes in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: slope stability, seeps, and shallow-water flow. IODP Prel. Rept., 308. doi:10:2204/iodp.pr.308.2005

Seldon, B., Flemings, P.B., 2005, Reservoir Pressure and Seafloor Venting: Predicting Trap Integrity in a Deepwater Turbidite Reservoir, AAPG Bulletin, v. 89, no. 2, p. 193-209.
2004
Flemings, P.B., Lupa, J., 2004, Pressure Prediction in the Bullwinkle Basin through Petrophysics and Flow Modeling (Green Canyon 65, Gulf of Mexico), Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 21, p. 1311-1322.

Trehu, A., Flemings, P.B., Bangs, N. L., Chevallier, J., Gracia, E., Johnson, J. E., Liu, C.-S., Liu, Xiaoli, Riedel, M., Torres, M.E., 2004, Feeding methane vents and gas hydrate deposits at south Hydrate Ridge, Geophysical Research Letters, v. 31, L23310, 4 pgs.
2003
Dugan, B.E., Flemings, P.B., Olgaard, D.L., Gooch, M.J., 2003, Consolidation Behavior, Stress, and Pressure of Sediments from ODP Site 1073, US Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 215, p. 13-26.

Dugan, B., et al., 2003, Measuring Pore Pressure in Marine Sediments with Penetrometers: Comparison of the Piezoprobe and DVTP-P Tools in ODP Leg 204, Research Papers of the Link Foundation Fellows, v. 3, p. 179-199.

Elsworth, D., Lee, D.S., Long, H., Flemings, P.B., 2003, Penetration-Induced Pore Pressure Magnitudes - Methods to Determine Transport Parameters from terrestrial and Marine Penetrometer Testing, Proceedings of the First International Conference on Coupled T-H-M-C Processes in Geosystems: Fundamentals, Modelling, Experiments and Applications, Stockholm, Sweden, October 13-15, 2003.

Flemings, P.B., Liu, X., Winters, W., 2003, Critical Pressure and Multiphase Flow in Blake Ridge Gas Hydrates, Geology, v. 31, no. 12, p. 1057-1060.

Swanston, A.M., Flemings, P.B., Comisky, J.T., Best, K.D., 2003, Time-lapse imaging at Bullwinkle field, Green Canyon 65, offshore Gulf of Mexico, Geophysics, v. 68, no.5, p. 1470-1484.
2002
Dugan, B., Flemings, P.B., 2002, Fluid Flow and Stability of the US Continental Slope, Offshore New Jersey from the Pleistocene to the Present, Geofluids, 2(2), 137-146.

Dugan, B., Olgaard, D.L., Flemings, P.B., and Gooch, M.J., 2002, Data Report: Bulk Physical Properties of Sediments from ODP Site 1073, Christie-Blick, N. Austin, J.A., Jr., and Malone, M.J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 174A.

Flemings P.B., Stump, B.B., Finkbeiner, T., Zoback, M., 2002, Flow Focusing in Overpressured Sandstones: Theory, Observations, and Applications , American Journal of Science, v. 302, p. 827-855.

Liu, X., Flemings, P.B., 2002, Stress-limited Gas Column Height in the Gas Hydrate System of Blake Ridge, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Gas Hydrates, Yokohama, Japan, May 19-23, v. 2, p. 807-812.

Lupa, J.A., Flemings, P.B., Tennant, S., 2002, Pressure and Trap Integrity in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, The Leading Edge, V. 21, no. 1, p. 84-87.

Mikada, H., Becker, K., Moore, J.C., Klaus, A., Leg 196 Shipboard Scientific Party, 2002, ODP Leg 196: Logging-While-Drilling and Advanced CORKs at the Nankai Trough Accretionary Prism, JOIDES Journal, v. 28, no.2, p. 8-12.

Stump, B, Flemings, P.B., 2002, Consolidation State, Permeability, and Stress Ratio as Determined from Uniaxial Strain Experiments on Mud Samples from the Eugene Island 330 Area, Offshore Louisiana, in: A.R. Huffman and G.L. Bowers, eds., Pressure Regimes in Sedimentary Basins and Their Prediction: AAPG Memoir 76, p. 131-144.
2001
Finkbeiner, T., Zoback, M., Stump B.B., Flemings, P.B., 2001, Stress, Pore Pressure, and Dynamically Constrained Hydrocarbon Columns in the South Eugene Island 330 Field, Gulf of Mexico, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, V. 85, no. 6, p. 1007-1031.

Flemings, P.B., Comisky, J., Liu, X., Lupa, J.A., 2001, Stress-Controlled Porosity in Overpressured Sands at Bullwinkle (GC65), Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Proceedings of the Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper #13103.
2000
Dugan, B., Flemings, P.B., 2000, Overpressure and Fluid Flow in the New Jersey Continental Slope: Implications for Slope Failure and Cold Seeps, Science, V. 289, p. 288-291.

Dugan, B.E. and Flemings, P.B., 2000, The New Jersey Margin: Compaction and Fluid Flow, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, pp. 477-481.

Stump, B.B. and Flemings, P.B., 2000, Overpressure and Fluid Flow in Dipping Structures of the offshore Gulf of Mexico (EI330 field), Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, pp. 23-28.
1999
Gordon, D. and Flemings, P., 1999, Two-Dimensional Modeling of Groundwater Flow in an Evolving Deltaic Environment. Society for Sedimentary Geology. SEPM Special Publication #63.
1998
Chang, C., Zoback, M., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Mechanical Properties of the Lentic Sand in Eugene Island 330 Field (Offshore Louisiana), GRI-99/0241.

Dugan, B.E., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Pore Pressure Prediction from Stacking Velocities in the Eugene Island 330 Field (Offshore Louisiana), GRI-98/0303.

Finkbeiner, T., Zoback, M., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Characterization of the Full Stress Tensor in Eugene Island Block 330, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, GRI-98/0072.

Finkbeiner, T., Zoback, M., Stump, B., and Flemings, P.B., 1998, In situ stress, pore pressure, and hydrocarbon migration in the South Eugene Island Field, Gulf of Mexico. Overpressures in Petroleum Exploration: Proc. Workshop, Pau, April 1998 Bull. Centre Rech, Elf Explor. Prod., Mem. 22, 103-110.

Flemings, P.B., Siahaan, V., Hicks, P.J., and Stump, B., 1998, Secondary migration via fracture permeability in shales: illuminating the relationship between pressure, stress, and column height, Overpressures in Petroleum Exploration: Proc. Workshop, Pau, April 1998 Bull. Centre Rech, Elf Explor. Prod., Mem. 22, 111-116.

Gordon, D.S., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Generation of Overpressure and Compaction-Driven Fluid Flow in a Plio-Pleistocene Growth-Faulted Basin, Eugene Island 330, Offshore Louisiana, Basin Research, v. 10, p. 177-196.

Stump, B.B., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Sediment Loading and Resulting Pressure Differences Between Overpressured Sands and Bounding Shales of the Eugene Island 330 Field (Offshore Louisiana), GRI-97/0266.

Stump, B.B., Flemings, P.B., Finkbeiner, T., Zoback, M.D., 1998, Pressure differences between overpressured sands and bounding shales of the Eugene Island 330 field (Offshore Louisiana, U.S.A.) with implications for fluid flow induced by sediment loading, Overpressures in Petroleum Exploration: Proc. Workshop, Pau, April 1998 Bull. Centre Rech, Elf Explor. Prod., Mem. 22, 83-92.

1997

Flemings, P.B., et al., 1997, Impedance change in the K40 sand, South Timbalier 295, offshore Louisiana: Applications to 4-D seismic analysis: SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts, v. 16, p. 914-916 1996

Finkbeiner, T., Stump, B.B., Zoback, M., Flemings, P.B., 1996, Pressure (Pp), Overburden (Sv), and Minimum Horizontal Stress (Shmin) in Eugene Island Block 330, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, GRI-96/0285.
1995
Hart, B.S., Flemings, P.B., Deshpande, A., 1995, Porosity and Pressure: Role of Compaction Disequilibrium in the Development of Geopressures in a Gulf Coast Pleistocene Basin, Geology, v.23, no.1, p.45-48.

Student Degree Year Title of Theses Advisor

Ashbaugh, James MS 1997 Numerical and Analytical Models of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column Height P.B. Flemings

Bennett, Matthew MS 1996 Simulation of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column Height P.B. Flemings

Best, Kevin MS 2002 Development of an Integrated Model for Compaction/Water Driven Reservoirs and its Application to the J1 and J2 sands at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Ch 1 & 2, Ch 3 & 4, Ch 5 and references P.B. Flemings

Betts, William MS 2014 Compressibility and Permeability of Gulf of Mexico Mudrocks, Resedimented and In-Situ. P.B. Flemings

Bohn, Charles MS 2008 Accommodation Change During Bypass Across a Late Stage Fan in the Shallow Auger Basin P.B. Flemings

Christopher, Louanne MS 2006 Forward Modeling of Compaction and Fluid Flow in the Ursa Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Cominsky, Joseph MS 2002 Petrophysical Analysis and Geologic Model for the Bullwinkle J Sands with Implication for Time-Lapse Reservoir Monitoring, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Louisiana P.B. Flemings

Cronin, Michael BS 2014 Core-scale heterogeneity and dual-permeability pore structure in the Barnett Shale P.B. Flemings

Darnell, Kristopher PhD 2018 Phase behavior and the interaction of multiple gas molecules in hydrate-dominated geological flow processes P.B. Flemings

Dixon, Joshua BS 2007 Implications of Seafloor Expulsion Features of the Auger basin, Deep Water Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Dugan, Brandon PhD 2003 Hydrodynamics of the US Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Offshore New Jersey P.B. Flemings

Enunwa, Chekwube MS 2006 Channel Incision and Accommodation: Predicting Compartmentalization in a Turbidite Channel-Levee Reservoir P.B. Flemings

Gao, Baiyuan MS 2013 Pore Pressure within Dipping Reservoirs in Overpressure Basins P.B. Flemings

Gao, Baiyuan PhD 2018 Stress, Porosity, and Pore Pressure in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Systems P.B. Flemings

Hoover, Andrew R. MS 1997 Reservoir and Production Characteristics of the South Timbalier 295 Field, Offshore Louisiana, With Comparison to Outcrop Analogue and 4-D Seismic Results P.B. Flemings

Janssen, Aaron MS 2003 Acquisition Azimuth Effects on Seismic Repeatability, and Implications for Seismic Reservoir Monitoring: A Case Study from the Bullwinkle Field, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Louisiana P.B. Flemings

Kaleta, Nathan MS 2001 Time-Lapse (4D) Seismic Investigation of the I3 and TA2 Sands, Kilauea Field, Green Canyon Block 6, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Kuhl, Eric MS 2003 Optimization of Recovery from two-layer Reservoirs with Crossflow P.B. Flemings

Lee, Tin-Wai MS 2003 Time-Lapse Impedance Inversion at Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Liu, Xiaoli PhD 2006 Dynamics of Shallow Marine Gas Hydrate and Free Gas Systems P.B. Flemings

Liu, Xin MS 2021 Feasibility of Prediction of Principal Stress from Reflection Seismic Data M.K. Sen

Lockhart, Landon MS 2018 Pore Pressure Prediction: From Vertical Stress to Mean Stress to the Full Stress Tensor P.B. Flemings

Long, Hui PhD 2007 Interpreting Pore Pressure in Marine Mudstones with Pore Pressure Penetrometers, In Situ Data, and Laboratory Measurements P.B. Flemings

Lupa, Jacek MS 2002 Geopressure and Flow Focusing on the Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, GC 65 P.B. Flemings

Meazell, Kevin PhD 2021 Gas hydrate reservoirs of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: characterization and consequences P.B. Flemings

Merrell, Michael MS 2012 Pressure and Stress at Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Meyer, Dylan PhD 2018 Dynamics of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation within the Hydrate Stability Zone P.B. Flemings

Murphy, Zachary PhD 2023 Energy Production and CO₂ Storage Through Multiphase Flow Experiments in Hydrate Systems P.B. Flemings

Pinkston, William MS 2017 Pore Pressure and Stress at the Macondo Well, Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Ramgulam, Asha MS 2006 Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks in the Optimization of History Matching P.B. Flemings

Ramiro-Ramirez, Sebastian PhD 2022 Integrated Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of the Wolfcamp at Delaware Basin, West Texas, USA P.B. Flemings

Razzano, Joseph MS 2006 Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Tahoe Field, Viosca Knoll Block 783, Offshore Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Reilly, Matthew MS 2008 Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Sanford, Jason MS 2015 The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary deposit in the Gulf of Mexico: Oceanic basin response to the Chicxulub impact and Geomechanics of reservoir-scale sand injectites, Panoche Hills, California P.B. Flemings

Sawyer, Derek MS 2006 Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Sawyer, Derek PhD 2010 Failure Mechanics, Transport Behavior, and Morphology of Submarine Landslides P.B. Flemings

Schneider, Julia PhD 2011 Compression and permeability behavior of natural mudstones P.B. Flemings

Seldon, Benjamin MS 2003 Reservoir Pressure and Sea Floor Venting: Predicting trap integrity in a Gulf of Mexico deepwater turbidite minibasin P.B. Flemings

Seren, Doruk MS 2008 Prediction of Flowing Frictional Pressure Drop in Deviated Gas Condensate Wells Through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks P.B. Flemings

Smith, Andrew MS 2012 Observations and Models of Venting at Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Vents P.B. Flemings

Strickland, Beth MS 2003 Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Strong, Hilary MS 2009 The Origin and Properties of Mass Transport Deposits Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Stump, Beth Bishop MS 1998 Illuminating Basinal Fluid Flow in Eugene Island 330 (Gulf of Mexico) Through In Situ Observations, Deformation Experiments, and Hydrodynamic Modeling P.B. Flemings

Swanston, Alastair MS 2001 Imaging Drainage of Turbidite Reservoirs Through Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65 P.B. Flemings

Tan, Brian MS 2004 Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin P.B. Flemings

Valenti, Joseph MS 2009 Porosity Prediction from Seismic Data Using Multiattribute Transformations, N Sand, Auger Field, Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Varona, Gabrielle Marie MS 2022 Hydrate-bearing sands in the Terrebonne Basin record the transition from ponded deposition to bypass in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico P.B. Flemings

Wiggs, David MS 2021 A Generalized Model to Describe the Elastic Stiffness Tensor of Mudrocks Based on the Full Strain Tensor P.B. Flemings

You, Yao PhD 2013 Dynamics of dilative slope failure D. Mohrig & P.B. Flemings

Student Degree Year Title of Theses Advisor

Abdulhadi, Naeem PhD 2009 An Experimental Investigation into the Stress-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Cohesive Soil with Application to Wellbore Instability J.T. Germaine

Adams, Amy SM 2011 Laboratory evaluation of the constant rate of strain and constant head techniques for measurement of the hydraulic conductivityof fine grained soils J.T. Germaine

Adams, Amy PhD 2014 Permeability anisotropy and resistivity anisotropy of mechanically compressed mudrocks J.T. Germaine

Ahmed, Imtiaz SM 1990 Investigation of normalized behavior of resedimented Boston Blue Clay using Geonor direct simple shear apparatus J.T. Germaine

Alden, Dan MEng 1997 Subsurface characterization of the Massachusetts Military Reservation main base landfill Superfund site J.T. Germaine

Alexander, Desma SM 2001 Evaluation of present and emerging MSW landfill technology J.T. Germaine

Andersen, Glen SM 1987 Tilting response of centrifuge-modeled gravity retaining wall to seismic shaking J.T. Germaine

Andersen, Glen PhD 1991 Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of frozen sand J.T. Germaine

Andrews, Jonathan SM 1993 The design of a rotating annular flume to study the erosion of cohesive sediments J.T. Germaine

Aref, Lana PhD 1999 Flow and transport in wetland deposits J.T. Germaine

Aw, Eng Sew SM 2004 Novel monitoring system to diagnose rail track foundation problems J.T. Germaine

Aw, Eng Sew PhD 2007 A Generic Monitoring System to Effectively Diagnose Problematic Railbed J.T. Germaine

Bensari, Jamal SM 1984 Stress-strain characteristics from undrained and drained triaxial tests on resedimented Boston blue clay J.T. Germaine

Berman, Debra SM 1993 Characterization of the engineering properties of Boston blue clay at the MIT campus J.T. Germaine

Bialon, Jason SM 1995 Characterization of the physical and engineering properties of the Aberjona wetland sediment J.T. Germaine

Brooks, James SM 2004 Rapid development of a wireless infrastructure monitoring system J.T. Germaine

Casey, Brendan PhD 2014 The Consolidation and Strength Behavior of Mechanically Compressed Fine-Grained Sediments J.T. Germaine

Casey, Brendan SM 2011 The significance of specimen end restraint in high pressure triaxial testing of cohesive soil J.T. Germaine

Cauble, Douglas SM 1993 The behavior of resedimented Boston blue clay at OCR4 in cyclic and post-cyclic undrained direct simple shear J.T. Germaine

Cauble, Douglas PhD 1996 An experimental investigation of the behavior of a model suction caisson in a cohesive soil J.T. Germaine

Chartier, Matthew SM 2005 The design and field evaluation of a new dual pressure and temperature tapered probe J.T. Germaine

Covarrubias, Sergio SM 1994 Characterization of the engineering properties of Mexico City clay J.T. Germaine

DaRe, Gregory PhD 2000 Physical mechanisms controlling the pre-failure stress-strain behavior of frozen sand J.T. Germaine

de La Beaumelle, Axel SM 1991 Evaluation of SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing J.T. Germaine

DeGroot, Don PhD 1989 The multidirectional direct simple shear apparatus with application to design of offshore Arctic structures J.T. Germaine

Deirieh, Amer PhD 2015 From Clay Slurries to Mudrocks: A Cryo-SEM Investigation of the Development of the Porosity and Microstructure J.T. Germaine

Doran, Padraig MS 2023 A Critical Evaluation of Measuring K_0,NC during Triaxial Compression Testinge J.T. Germaine

Eagle, Liam MEng 2022 Characterising the Gulf of Mexico Yield Surface at High J.T. Germaine

Estabrook, Anne SM 1991 Comparison of recompression and SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing J.T. Germaine

Fahy, Bryan SM 2014 The influence of salinity on the mechanical behavior of high plasticity soils J.T. Germaine

Fayad, Philipe SM 1986 Aspects of the volumetric and undrained behavior of Boston Blue Clay J.T. Germaine

Fidalgo Valverde, Beatriz SM 2002 Evaluation and Improvement of a Modified Permeameter to Characterize Dual Porosity Media J.T. Germaine

Finnegan, James M. SM 2020 Comparison of Resedimented with Intact Mudrock Behavior J.T. Germaine

Force, Erin SM 1998 Factors controlling pore pressure generation during K consolidation of laboratory tests J.T. Germaine

Ge, Chunwei SM 2016 Smectite to illite transformation of Gulf of Mexico -Eugene Island (GoM-EI) mudrock J.T. Germaine

Ge, Chunwei PhD 2019 Compression Behavior of Smectitic vs. Illitic Mudrocks J.T. Germaine

Gonzalez, Jorge SM 2000 Experimental and theoretical investigation of constant rate of strain consolidation J.T. Germaine

Grennan, John SM 2010 Characterization of a Reconstituted Low Plasticity Silt J.T. Germaine

Hanley, Anthony SM 2017 The Characterization of the Yield Surface for Fine-Grained Sediments J.T. Germaine

Henderson, Elizabeth SM 1994 Evaluation of the time response of pore pressure measurements J.T. Germaine

Ho, Chu Eu PhD 2005 Turbulent Fluid Jet Excavation in Cohesive Soil with Particular Application to Jet Grouting J.T. Germaine

Horan, Aiden SM 2012 The mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soils as a function of Pore Fluid Salinity J.T. Germaine

House, Robert MEng 2012 A Comparison of the Behavior of Intact and Resedimented Boston Blue Clay J.T. Germaine

Hwang, Grace SM 1998 Feasibility study of micro-laser induced breakdown spectroscopy applied to lead identification in metal alloys and environmental matrices J.T. Germaine

Irvine, David BS 1994 Development of a design and operations model for the sequencing batch reactor J.T. Germaine

Johnson, Sean SM 2011 Modeling a bender element test using Abaqus Finite Element Program J.T. Germaine

Jones, Cullen SM 2010 Engineering Properties of Resedimented Ugnu Clay from the Alasken North Slope J.T. Germaine

Korchaiyapruk, Attasit SM 2000 Development of framework for soil model input parameter selection procedures J.T. Germaine

Korchaiyapruk, Attasit PhD 2007 Hydraulic Gradient and Scaling Effects on Consolidation of Soft Clay J.T. Germaine

Kontopoulos, Nikolaos PhD 2012 The Effects of Sample Disturbance on Preconsolidation Pressure for Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays J.T. Germaine

Larson, Douglas PhD 1992 A laboratory investigation of load transfer in reinforced soil J.T. Germaine

Lawrence, J. Colman SM 1991 The response of arctic silt in cyclic and post cyclic monotonic undrained direct simple shear J.T. Germaine

Lee,Yew Choong Patrick MEng 2003 Numerical modeling of constant rate of strain consolidation tests J.T. Germaine

Levy, Laurent PhD 2003 Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of DNAPL Transport in Vertical Fractured Media J.T. Germaine

Marjanovic, Jana SM 2012 The study of shear and longitudinal velocity measurements of sands and cohesive soils J.T. Germaine

Marjanovic, Jana PhD 2015 Stiffness Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Wave Propagation J.T. Germaine

Marulanda, Catalina PhD 2001 A study of air flow through saturated porous media and its applications to in-situ air sparging J.T. Germaine

Mazzei, David MEng 2008 Normalized Mechanical Properties of Resedimented Gulf of Mexico Clay from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition Leg 308 J.T. Germaine

McAneny, George MS 2022 Sensitivity of Shear and Longitudinal Velocity to Compression and Shear Stress Paths in Cohesive Soils J.T. Germaine

Meyer, Patrik SM 2006 The impact of high frequency/low energy seismic waves on unreinforced masonry J.T. Germaine

Moniz, Safia MEng 2009 The Influence of Effective Consolidation Stress on the Normalized Extension Strength Properties of Resedimented Boston Blue Clay J.T. Germaine

Ng, Nicky SM 1998 Characterization of consolidation and creep properties of Salt Lake City clays J.T. Germaine

Nordquist, Taylor SM 2015 Permeability Anistrophy of Resedimented Mudrocks J.T. Germaine

Ortega, Octavio SM 1992 Computer automation of the consolidated-undrained direct simple shear test J.T. Germaine

Pahuja, Sanjay PhD 2001 Capping of very weak dredged materials in confined aquatic disposal : modeling of strength and transport behavior J.T. Germaine

Paonessa, Michael SM 2003 A model for predicting air flow during in-situ air sparging J.T. Germaine

Parry, Amanda MS 2018 The Effect of Temperature and Variation of Salinity during One Dimensional Compression J.T. Germaine
Pawha, Anil SM 1988 Quick release tests on centrifuge of wall retaining saturated sand backfill J.T. Germaine

Pei, Jianyong SM 2003 Effect of Disturbance in Opalinus Clay Shales J.T. Germaine

Pyatt, Dale SM 1986 Consolidation of aluminum oxide particulate systems J.T. Germaine

Ramsay, Brad SM 1996 A modified triaxial permeameter for physical characterization of parameters affecting contaminant transport through wetland deposits J.T. Germaine

Ranjpour, Deniz PhD 2020 Stiffness and Anisotropy Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Directional Wave Propagation J.T. Germaine

Samir, Chauhan PhD 1995 Laboratory measurements of load-transfer in geosynthetic reinforced soils J.T. Germaine

Santagata, Maria SM 1994 Simulation of sampling disturbance in soft clays using triaxial element tests J.T. Germaine

Santagata, Maria PhD 1998 Factors affecting the initial stiffness and stiffness degradation of cohesive soils J.T. Germaine

Sauls, David SM 1985 Strength-deformation properties of Harrison Bay Arctic silts J.T. Germaine

Schulte, Kathryn PhD 2007 A new scaling relationship for Sorptivity (Columbia) J.T. Germaine

Seah, Tian Ho PhD 1990 Anisotropy of resedimented Boston Blue Clay J.T. Germaine

Sheahan, Thomas SM 1988 Modification and implementation of a computer controlled triaxial apparatus J.T. Germaine

Sheahan, Thomas PhD 1991 An experimental study of the time-dependent undrained shear behavior of resedimented clay using automated stress path triaxial equipment J.T. Germaine

Sinfield, Joe SM 1994 An experimental investigation of sampling disturbance effects in resedimented Boston blue clay J.T. Germaine

Sinfield, Joe PhD 1997 Fluorescence of contaminants in soil and groundwater using a time-resolved microchip laser system J.T. Germaine

Sjoblom, Kurt PhD 2000 The mechanisms involved during the desaturation process of a porous matrix J.T. Germaine

Sutabutr, Twarath PhD 1999 Analyses and interpretation of tapered piezoprobe and application to offshore pile design J.T. Germaine

Swan, Chris PhD 1994 Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of unfrozen and frozen Manchester fine sand J.T. Germaine

Tan, Brain SM 2004 Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin J.T. Germaine

Tawil, M. Rami SM 1997 Engineering properties of iron mine slimes for tailings dam stability J.T. Germaine

Ting, Nai-Hsiun SM 1991 Effects of disturbance on consolidation with vertical drains J.T. Germaine

Toker, Nabi Kartal SM 2002 Improvements and Reliability of MIT Tensometers and Studies on Soil Moisture Characteristic Curves J.T. Germaine

Toker, Nabi Kartal PhD 2007 Strength of unsaturated soils and the role of soil suction J.T. Germaine

Vladimir, Ivanov SM 2001 Measurements and interpretation of wetting front infiltration in soils J.T. Germaine

Walbaun, Marcus SM 1988 Procedure for investigation of sample disturbance using the direct simple shear apparatus J.T. Germaine

Werner, Robert SM 1990 The influence of load history on the response of Arctic silt to undrained cyclic and monotonic direct simple shear J.T. Germaine

Yan, Zhu PhD 2006 Modeling of Plume Geometry during Air Sparging (Columbia) J.T. Germaine

Yin, Edward SM 1985 Consolidation and direct simple shear behavior of Harrison Bay Arctic silts J.T. Germaine

Yoon, Joon Sik PhD 2005 Discrete Particle Behavior in Porous Media: Direct Observations of Physical Mechanisms Influencing Particle Behavior J.T. Germaine

Young, Gretchen SM 1986 The strength deformation properties of Smith Bay arctic silts J.T. Germaine

Zeeb, Peter PhD 1996 Piezocone mapping, groundwater monitoring, and flow modeling in a riverine peatland : implications for the transport of arsenic J.T. Germaine

Zhang, Guoping PhD 2002 Laboratory Characterization of a Highly Weathered Old Alluvium in San Juan, Pureto Rico J.T. Germaine

Zreik, Diana SM 1991 Determination of the undrained shear strength of very soft cohesive soils by a new fall cone apparatus J.T. Germaine

Zreik, Diana PhD 1995 Behavior of cohesive soils and their drained, undrained, and erosional strengths at ultra-low stresses J.T. Germaine

Zablocki, Mark MS 2018 Resedimented Nile Silty Clay (RNSC): Characterization and Soil Behavior Comparison J.T. Germaine

Student	Degree	Year	Title of Theses	Advisor
Ashbaugh, James	MS	1997	Numerical and Analytical Models of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column Height	P.B. Flemings
Bennett, Matthew	MS	1996	Simulation of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column Height	P.B. Flemings
Best, Kevin	MS	2002	Development of an Integrated Model for Compaction/Water Driven Reservoirs and its Application to the J1 and J2 sands at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Ch 1 & 2, Ch 3 & 4, Ch 5 and references	P.B. Flemings
Betts, William	MS	2014	Compressibility and Permeability of Gulf of Mexico Mudrocks, Resedimented and In-Situ.	P.B. Flemings
Bohn, Charles	MS	2008	Accommodation Change During Bypass Across a Late Stage Fan in the Shallow Auger Basin	P.B. Flemings
Christopher, Louanne	MS	2006	Forward Modeling of Compaction and Fluid Flow in the Ursa Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Cominsky, Joseph	MS	2002	Petrophysical Analysis and Geologic Model for the Bullwinkle J Sands with Implication for Time-Lapse Reservoir Monitoring, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Louisiana	P.B. Flemings
Cronin, Michael	BS	2014	Core-scale heterogeneity and dual-permeability pore structure in the Barnett Shale	P.B. Flemings
Darnell, Kristopher	PhD	2018	Phase behavior and the interaction of multiple gas molecules in hydrate-dominated geological flow processes	P.B. Flemings
Dixon, Joshua	BS	2007	Implications of Seafloor Expulsion Features of the Auger basin, Deep Water Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Dugan, Brandon	PhD	2003	Hydrodynamics of the US Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Offshore New Jersey	P.B. Flemings
Enunwa, Chekwube	MS	2006	Channel Incision and Accommodation: Predicting Compartmentalization in a Turbidite Channel-Levee Reservoir	P.B. Flemings
Gao, Baiyuan	MS	2013	Pore Pressure within Dipping Reservoirs in Overpressure Basins	P.B. Flemings
Gao, Baiyuan	PhD	2018	Stress, Porosity, and Pore Pressure in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Systems	P.B. Flemings
Hoover, Andrew R.	MS	1997	Reservoir and Production Characteristics of the South Timbalier 295 Field, Offshore Louisiana, With Comparison to Outcrop Analogue and 4-D Seismic Results	P.B. Flemings
Janssen, Aaron	MS	2003	Acquisition Azimuth Effects on Seismic Repeatability, and Implications for Seismic Reservoir Monitoring: A Case Study from the Bullwinkle Field, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore Louisiana	P.B. Flemings
Kaleta, Nathan	MS	2001	Time-Lapse (4D) Seismic Investigation of the I3 and TA2 Sands, Kilauea Field, Green Canyon Block 6, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Kuhl, Eric	MS	2003	Optimization of Recovery from two-layer Reservoirs with Crossflow	P.B. Flemings
Lee, Tin-Wai	MS	2003	Time-Lapse Impedance Inversion at Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Liu, Xiaoli	PhD	2006	Dynamics of Shallow Marine Gas Hydrate and Free Gas Systems	P.B. Flemings
Liu, Xin	MS	2021	Feasibility of Prediction of Principal Stress from Reflection Seismic Data	M.K. Sen
Lockhart, Landon	MS	2018	Pore Pressure Prediction: From Vertical Stress to Mean Stress to the Full Stress Tensor	P.B. Flemings
Long, Hui	PhD	2007	Interpreting Pore Pressure in Marine Mudstones with Pore Pressure Penetrometers, In Situ Data, and Laboratory Measurements	P.B. Flemings
Lupa, Jacek	MS	2002	Geopressure and Flow Focusing on the Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, GC 65	P.B. Flemings
Meazell, Kevin	PhD	2021	Gas hydrate reservoirs of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: characterization and consequences	P.B. Flemings
Merrell, Michael	MS	2012	Pressure and Stress at Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Meyer, Dylan	PhD	2018	Dynamics of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation within the Hydrate Stability Zone	P.B. Flemings
Murphy, Zachary	PhD	2023	Energy Production and CO₂ Storage Through Multiphase Flow Experiments in Hydrate Systems	P.B. Flemings
Pinkston, William	MS	2017	Pore Pressure and Stress at the Macondo Well, Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Ramgulam, Asha	MS	2006	Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks in the Optimization of History Matching	P.B. Flemings
Ramiro-Ramirez, Sebastian	PhD	2022	Integrated Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of the Wolfcamp at Delaware Basin, West Texas, USA	P.B. Flemings
Razzano, Joseph	MS	2006	Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Tahoe Field, Viosca Knoll Block 783, Offshore Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Reilly, Matthew	MS	2008	Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Sanford, Jason	MS	2015	The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary deposit in the Gulf of Mexico: Oceanic basin response to the Chicxulub impact and Geomechanics of reservoir-scale sand injectites, Panoche Hills, California	P.B. Flemings
Sawyer, Derek	MS	2006	Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Sawyer, Derek	PhD	2010	Failure Mechanics, Transport Behavior, and Morphology of Submarine Landslides	P.B. Flemings
Schneider, Julia	PhD	2011	Compression and permeability behavior of natural mudstones	P.B. Flemings
Seldon, Benjamin	MS	2003	Reservoir Pressure and Sea Floor Venting: Predicting trap integrity in a Gulf of Mexico deepwater turbidite minibasin	P.B. Flemings
Seren, Doruk	MS	2008	Prediction of Flowing Frictional Pressure Drop in Deviated Gas Condensate Wells Through Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks	P.B. Flemings
Smith, Andrew	MS	2012	Observations and Models of Venting at Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Vents	P.B. Flemings
Strickland, Beth	MS	2003	Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Strong, Hilary	MS	2009	The Origin and Properties of Mass Transport Deposits Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Stump, Beth Bishop	MS	1998	Illuminating Basinal Fluid Flow in Eugene Island 330 (Gulf of Mexico) Through In Situ Observations, Deformation Experiments, and Hydrodynamic Modeling	P.B. Flemings
Swanston, Alastair	MS	2001	Imaging Drainage of Turbidite Reservoirs Through Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65	P.B. Flemings
Tan, Brian	MS	2004	Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin	P.B. Flemings
Valenti, Joseph	MS	2009	Porosity Prediction from Seismic Data Using Multiattribute Transformations, N Sand, Auger Field, Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Varona, Gabrielle Marie	MS	2022	Hydrate-bearing sands in the Terrebonne Basin record the transition from ponded deposition to bypass in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico	P.B. Flemings
Wiggs, David	MS	2021	A Generalized Model to Describe the Elastic Stiffness Tensor of Mudrocks Based on the Full Strain Tensor	P.B. Flemings
You, Yao	PhD	2013	Dynamics of dilative slope failure	D. Mohrig & P.B. Flemings

Student	Degree	Year	Title of Theses	Advisor
Abdulhadi, Naeem	PhD	2009	An Experimental Investigation into the Stress-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Cohesive Soil with Application to Wellbore Instability	J.T. Germaine
Adams, Amy	SM	2011	Laboratory evaluation of the constant rate of strain and constant head techniques for measurement of the hydraulic conductivityof fine grained soils	J.T. Germaine
Adams, Amy	PhD	2014	Permeability anisotropy and resistivity anisotropy of mechanically compressed mudrocks	J.T. Germaine
Ahmed, Imtiaz	SM	1990	Investigation of normalized behavior of resedimented Boston Blue Clay using Geonor direct simple shear apparatus	J.T. Germaine
Alden, Dan	MEng	1997	Subsurface characterization of the Massachusetts Military Reservation main base landfill Superfund site	J.T. Germaine
Alexander, Desma	SM	2001	Evaluation of present and emerging MSW landfill technology	J.T. Germaine
Andersen, Glen	SM	1987	Tilting response of centrifuge-modeled gravity retaining wall to seismic shaking	J.T. Germaine
Andersen, Glen	PhD	1991	Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of frozen sand	J.T. Germaine
Andrews, Jonathan	SM	1993	The design of a rotating annular flume to study the erosion of cohesive sediments	J.T. Germaine
Aref, Lana	PhD	1999	Flow and transport in wetland deposits	J.T. Germaine
Aw, Eng Sew	SM	2004	Novel monitoring system to diagnose rail track foundation problems	J.T. Germaine
Aw, Eng Sew	PhD	2007	A Generic Monitoring System to Effectively Diagnose Problematic Railbed	J.T. Germaine
Bensari, Jamal	SM	1984	Stress-strain characteristics from undrained and drained triaxial tests on resedimented Boston blue clay	J.T. Germaine
Berman, Debra	SM	1993	Characterization of the engineering properties of Boston blue clay at the MIT campus	J.T. Germaine
Bialon, Jason	SM	1995	Characterization of the physical and engineering properties of the Aberjona wetland sediment	J.T. Germaine
Brooks, James	SM	2004	Rapid development of a wireless infrastructure monitoring system	J.T. Germaine
Casey, Brendan	PhD	2014	The Consolidation and Strength Behavior of Mechanically Compressed Fine-Grained Sediments	J.T. Germaine
Casey, Brendan	SM	2011	The significance of specimen end restraint in high pressure triaxial testing of cohesive soil	J.T. Germaine
Cauble, Douglas	SM	1993	The behavior of resedimented Boston blue clay at OCR4 in cyclic and post-cyclic undrained direct simple shear	J.T. Germaine
Cauble, Douglas	PhD	1996	An experimental investigation of the behavior of a model suction caisson in a cohesive soil	J.T. Germaine
Chartier, Matthew	SM	2005	The design and field evaluation of a new dual pressure and temperature tapered probe	J.T. Germaine
Covarrubias, Sergio	SM	1994	Characterization of the engineering properties of Mexico City clay	J.T. Germaine
DaRe, Gregory	PhD	2000	Physical mechanisms controlling the pre-failure stress-strain behavior of frozen sand	J.T. Germaine
de La Beaumelle, Axel	SM	1991	Evaluation of SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing	J.T. Germaine
DeGroot, Don	PhD	1989	The multidirectional direct simple shear apparatus with application to design of offshore Arctic structures	J.T. Germaine
Deirieh, Amer	PhD	2015	From Clay Slurries to Mudrocks: A Cryo-SEM Investigation of the Development of the Porosity and Microstructure	J.T. Germaine
Doran, Padraig	MS	2023	A Critical Evaluation of Measuring K_0,NC during Triaxial Compression Testinge	J.T. Germaine
Eagle, Liam	MEng	2022	Characterising the Gulf of Mexico Yield Surface at High	J.T. Germaine
Estabrook, Anne	SM	1991	Comparison of recompression and SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing	J.T. Germaine
Fahy, Bryan	SM	2014	The influence of salinity on the mechanical behavior of high plasticity soils	J.T. Germaine
Fayad, Philipe	SM	1986	Aspects of the volumetric and undrained behavior of Boston Blue Clay	J.T. Germaine
Fidalgo Valverde, Beatriz	SM	2002	Evaluation and Improvement of a Modified Permeameter to Characterize Dual Porosity Media	J.T. Germaine
Finnegan, James M.	SM	2020	Comparison of Resedimented with Intact Mudrock Behavior	J.T. Germaine
Force, Erin	SM	1998	Factors controlling pore pressure generation during K consolidation of laboratory tests	J.T. Germaine
Ge, Chunwei	SM	2016	Smectite to illite transformation of Gulf of Mexico -Eugene Island (GoM-EI) mudrock	J.T. Germaine
Ge, Chunwei	PhD	2019	Compression Behavior of Smectitic vs. Illitic Mudrocks	J.T. Germaine
Gonzalez, Jorge	SM	2000	Experimental and theoretical investigation of constant rate of strain consolidation	J.T. Germaine
Grennan, John	SM	2010	Characterization of a Reconstituted Low Plasticity Silt	J.T. Germaine
Hanley, Anthony	SM	2017	The Characterization of the Yield Surface for Fine-Grained Sediments	J.T. Germaine
Henderson, Elizabeth	SM	1994	Evaluation of the time response of pore pressure measurements	J.T. Germaine
Ho, Chu Eu	PhD	2005	Turbulent Fluid Jet Excavation in Cohesive Soil with Particular Application to Jet Grouting	J.T. Germaine
Horan, Aiden	SM	2012	The mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soils as a function of Pore Fluid Salinity	J.T. Germaine
House, Robert	MEng	2012	A Comparison of the Behavior of Intact and Resedimented Boston Blue Clay	J.T. Germaine
Hwang, Grace	SM	1998	Feasibility study of micro-laser induced breakdown spectroscopy applied to lead identification in metal alloys and environmental matrices	J.T. Germaine
Irvine, David	BS	1994	Development of a design and operations model for the sequencing batch reactor	J.T. Germaine
Johnson, Sean	SM	2011	Modeling a bender element test using Abaqus Finite Element Program	J.T. Germaine
Jones, Cullen	SM	2010	Engineering Properties of Resedimented Ugnu Clay from the Alasken North Slope	J.T. Germaine
Korchaiyapruk, Attasit	SM	2000	Development of framework for soil model input parameter selection procedures	J.T. Germaine
Korchaiyapruk, Attasit	PhD	2007	Hydraulic Gradient and Scaling Effects on Consolidation of Soft Clay	J.T. Germaine
Kontopoulos, Nikolaos	PhD	2012	The Effects of Sample Disturbance on Preconsolidation Pressure for Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated Clays	J.T. Germaine
Larson, Douglas	PhD	1992	A laboratory investigation of load transfer in reinforced soil	J.T. Germaine
Lawrence, J. Colman	SM	1991	The response of arctic silt in cyclic and post cyclic monotonic undrained direct simple shear	J.T. Germaine
Lee,Yew Choong Patrick	MEng	2003	Numerical modeling of constant rate of strain consolidation tests	J.T. Germaine
Levy, Laurent	PhD	2003	Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of DNAPL Transport in Vertical Fractured Media	J.T. Germaine
Marjanovic, Jana	SM	2012	The study of shear and longitudinal velocity measurements of sands and cohesive soils	J.T. Germaine
Marjanovic, Jana	PhD	2015	Stiffness Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Wave Propagation	J.T. Germaine
Marulanda, Catalina	PhD	2001	A study of air flow through saturated porous media and its applications to in-situ air sparging	J.T. Germaine
Mazzei, David	MEng	2008	Normalized Mechanical Properties of Resedimented Gulf of Mexico Clay from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition Leg 308	J.T. Germaine
McAneny, George	MS	2022	Sensitivity of Shear and Longitudinal Velocity to Compression and Shear Stress Paths in Cohesive Soils	J.T. Germaine
Meyer, Patrik	SM	2006	The impact of high frequency/low energy seismic waves on unreinforced masonry	J.T. Germaine
Moniz, Safia	MEng	2009	The Influence of Effective Consolidation Stress on the Normalized Extension Strength Properties of Resedimented Boston Blue Clay	J.T. Germaine
Ng, Nicky	SM	1998	Characterization of consolidation and creep properties of Salt Lake City clays	J.T. Germaine
Nordquist, Taylor	SM	2015	Permeability Anistrophy of Resedimented Mudrocks	J.T. Germaine
Ortega, Octavio	SM	1992	Computer automation of the consolidated-undrained direct simple shear test	J.T. Germaine
Pahuja, Sanjay	PhD	2001	Capping of very weak dredged materials in confined aquatic disposal : modeling of strength and transport behavior	J.T. Germaine
Paonessa, Michael	SM	2003	A model for predicting air flow during in-situ air sparging	J.T. Germaine
Parry, Amanda	MS	2018	The Effect of Temperature and Variation of Salinity during One Dimensional Compression	J.T. Germaine
Pawha, Anil	SM	1988	Quick release tests on centrifuge of wall retaining saturated sand backfill	J.T. Germaine
Pei, Jianyong	SM	2003	Effect of Disturbance in Opalinus Clay Shales	J.T. Germaine
Pyatt, Dale	SM	1986	Consolidation of aluminum oxide particulate systems	J.T. Germaine
Ramsay, Brad	SM	1996	A modified triaxial permeameter for physical characterization of parameters affecting contaminant transport through wetland deposits	J.T. Germaine
Ranjpour, Deniz	PhD	2020	Stiffness and Anisotropy Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Directional Wave Propagation	J.T. Germaine
Samir, Chauhan	PhD	1995	Laboratory measurements of load-transfer in geosynthetic reinforced soils	J.T. Germaine
Santagata, Maria	SM	1994	Simulation of sampling disturbance in soft clays using triaxial element tests	J.T. Germaine
Santagata, Maria	PhD	1998	Factors affecting the initial stiffness and stiffness degradation of cohesive soils	J.T. Germaine
Sauls, David	SM	1985	Strength-deformation properties of Harrison Bay Arctic silts	J.T. Germaine
Schulte, Kathryn	PhD	2007	A new scaling relationship for Sorptivity (Columbia)	J.T. Germaine
Seah, Tian Ho	PhD	1990	Anisotropy of resedimented Boston Blue Clay	J.T. Germaine
Sheahan, Thomas	SM	1988	Modification and implementation of a computer controlled triaxial apparatus	J.T. Germaine
Sheahan, Thomas	PhD	1991	An experimental study of the time-dependent undrained shear behavior of resedimented clay using automated stress path triaxial equipment	J.T. Germaine
Sinfield, Joe	SM	1994	An experimental investigation of sampling disturbance effects in resedimented Boston blue clay	J.T. Germaine
Sinfield, Joe	PhD	1997	Fluorescence of contaminants in soil and groundwater using a time-resolved microchip laser system	J.T. Germaine
Sjoblom, Kurt	PhD	2000	The mechanisms involved during the desaturation process of a porous matrix	J.T. Germaine
Sutabutr, Twarath	PhD	1999	Analyses and interpretation of tapered piezoprobe and application to offshore pile design	J.T. Germaine
Swan, Chris	PhD	1994	Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of unfrozen and frozen Manchester fine sand	J.T. Germaine
Tan, Brain	SM	2004	Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental Margin	J.T. Germaine
Tawil, M. Rami	SM	1997	Engineering properties of iron mine slimes for tailings dam stability	J.T. Germaine
Ting, Nai-Hsiun	SM	1991	Effects of disturbance on consolidation with vertical drains	J.T. Germaine
Toker, Nabi Kartal	SM	2002	Improvements and Reliability of MIT Tensometers and Studies on Soil Moisture Characteristic Curves	J.T. Germaine
Toker, Nabi Kartal	PhD	2007	Strength of unsaturated soils and the role of soil suction	J.T. Germaine
Vladimir, Ivanov	SM	2001	Measurements and interpretation of wetting front infiltration in soils	J.T. Germaine
Walbaun, Marcus	SM	1988	Procedure for investigation of sample disturbance using the direct simple shear apparatus	J.T. Germaine
Werner, Robert	SM	1990	The influence of load history on the response of Arctic silt to undrained cyclic and monotonic direct simple shear	J.T. Germaine
Yan, Zhu	PhD	2006	Modeling of Plume Geometry during Air Sparging (Columbia)	J.T. Germaine
Yin, Edward	SM	1985	Consolidation and direct simple shear behavior of Harrison Bay Arctic silts	J.T. Germaine
Yoon, Joon Sik	PhD	2005	Discrete Particle Behavior in Porous Media: Direct Observations of Physical Mechanisms Influencing Particle Behavior	J.T. Germaine
Young, Gretchen	SM	1986	The strength deformation properties of Smith Bay arctic silts	J.T. Germaine
Zeeb, Peter	PhD	1996	Piezocone mapping, groundwater monitoring, and flow modeling in a riverine peatland : implications for the transport of arsenic	J.T. Germaine
Zhang, Guoping	PhD	2002	Laboratory Characterization of a Highly Weathered Old Alluvium in San Juan, Pureto Rico	J.T. Germaine
Zreik, Diana	SM	1991	Determination of the undrained shear strength of very soft cohesive soils by a new fall cone apparatus	J.T. Germaine
Zreik, Diana	PhD	1995	Behavior of cohesive soils and their drained, undrained, and erosional strengths at ultra-low stresses	J.T. Germaine
Zablocki, Mark	MS	2018	Resedimented Nile Silty Clay (RNSC): Characterization and Soil Behavior Comparison	J.T. Germaine

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