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Environmental and Engineering G&G
Selected Recent Publications

Selected Publications


Wilson, J. E., Chester, J. S., and Chester, F.M., 2002, Microfracture Analysis of Fault Growth and Wear Processes, Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas System, California, Journal of Structural Geology, submitted.


Chester, F.M., Chester, J.S., Evans, J. P., Kirschner, D.L., Schulz, S.E., 2001, Internal fault structure of large-displacement faults in the continental crust, submitted to Rupturing the Lithosphere, MARGINS Theoretical Institute, Vol. 1, Columbia University Press.


Chester, J. S., 2001, Influence of lithology and layering on fault-fold interaction, Absaroka Thrust Sheet, Salt River Range, Wyoming, Journal Stuctural Geology, accepted.


Chester, F. M., and Chester, J. S., 2000, Stress and deformation along wavy frictional faults, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 105, p. 23,421-23,430.


Tuttle, M.T., Chester, J. S., Lafferty, R., Dyer-Williams, K., and Cande, B., 1999, Paleoseismology study northwest of the New Madrid Seismic Zone, Final Report, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: NRC-04-95-045, 155 pp.


Chester, F. M., and Chester, J. S., 1998, Ultracataclasite structure and friction processes of the Punchbowl fault, San Andreas system, California, Tectonophysics, 295, p. 199-221.


Chester, J. S., and Fletcher, R. C., 1997, Stress distribution and failure in anisotropic rock near a bend on a weak fault, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, no. B1, p. 693-708.


Al-Garni, M. and M.E. Everett 2002. Transient controlled-source electromagnetic response of a uniaxial halfspace: elliptical smoke-ring diffusion submitted to Geophysics


Everett, M.E.
and Z. Martinec 2002. Spatiotemporal response of a conducting sphere under simulated geomagnetic storm conditions submitted to Geophys J. Int.


Martinec, Z., M.E. Everett and J. Velimsky 2002. Time-domain, spectral-finite element approach to transient two-dimensional geomagnetic induction in a spherical heterogeneous earth submitted to Geophys. J. Int.


Everett, M.E.
, S. Constable and C.G. Constable 2002. Effect of near-surface conductance on global satellite induction responses submitted to Geophys. J. Int.


Everett, M.E. and C.J. Weiss 2002. Geological noise in near-surface electromagnetic induction data Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, in press.


Jegen, M., M.E. Everett and A. Schultz 2001. Using homotopy to invert geophysical data. Geophysics, 66, 1749-1760.


Everett, M.E.
, E. Badea, L.C. Shen, G. Merchant and C.J.Weiss 2001. 3-D finite element analysis of induction logging with dip and inavsion. IEEE Trans. Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39, 2244-2252.


Jegen, M., M.E. Everett and A. Schultz 2001. Using homotopy to invert geophysical data, Geophysics, Nov/Dec 2001, in press.


Badea, E.A., M.E.Everett, L.C. Shen, and C.J. Weiss 2001. Effect of background fields on 3-D finite element analysis of induction logging, Radio Science 36, 721-730.


Badea, E., M.E. Everett, G.A. Newman and O. Biro 2001. Finite element analysis of controlled source electromagnetic induction using gauged electromagnetic potentials, Geophysics, 66, 786-799.


Everett, M.E. and C.J. Weiss 2001. Near-surface electromagnetic responses: geological noise or fractal signals? SEG 71st Annual Meeting, San Antonio TX, September 9--14, 2001.


Al-Garni, M. and M.E. Everett 2001. Transient electromagnetic induction in a uniaxial medium: theory and application to a fractured Precambrian granite outcrop SAGEEP 2001, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Denver, Colorado, March 4-7, 2001.


Satti, S., M.E. Everett and R.L. Gibson 2000. Integrated geophysical study of near-surface faults in the Wilcox Group, Texas, with application to lignite mining SAGEEP 2000, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Arlington VA, February 20-24, 2000.


Everett, M.E.
and E.A. Badea 1999. Some recent advances in modeling and inversion (invited) 61st EAGE Conference: Workshop on Advances in Exploration Helsinki, Finland, June 8, 1999


Everett, M.E.
1999. A finite element formulation of electromagnetic induction using coupled potentials, in M. Oristaglio and B. Spies (eds.), Three dimensional Electromagnetics, S.E.G. Geophysical Developments 7, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Tulsa OK, 444-450.


Everett, M.E
. S.C. Constable 1999. Electric dipole fields over an anisotropic seafloor: Theory and application to the structure of 40 Ma Pacific Ocean lithosphere, Geophys. J. Int., 136, 41-56.


Weiss, C.J. and M.E. Everett 1998. Geomagnetic induction in a heterogeneous sphere: Fully 3—D test computations and the response of a realistic distribution of oceans and continents, Geophys. J. Int., 135, 650-662.


Giardino, John R.
, John J. Degenhardt, Alistair F. Pitty, and Richard A. Marston, “Rock Glacier vs. Sturzstrom - a Convergence of Processes and Landform Morphology: Fabric Data from the Franklin Mountains, TX and the San Juan Mountains, CO USA”, Geomorphology, (in press).


Giardino, John R
., Sushma Krishnamurthy, and Val Silvy, Water for Texas: 2000 and Beyond, Conference Proceedings Volume, Texas A&M University, College Station September 23-24, 2000, (in press).


Burger, K., John J. Degenhardt and John R. Giardino, “Engineering Geomorphology of Rock Glaciers” In: Changing the Face of Earth - Engineering Geomorphology, proceedings of the 28th Binghamton Symposium in geomorphology (J. R. Giardino, R. A. Marston and M. Morisawa, Eds.) Elsevier Science B. V., The Netherlands, pp. 93-132.


Burger, K., John J. Degenhardt and John R. Giardino, Burger, K., John J. Degenhardt and John R. Giardino, “Engineering Geomorphology of Rock Glaciers”, Geomorphology, 31, 1999, pp. 93-132.


Giardino, John R., Richard A. Marston and Marie Morisawa, Changing the Face of the Earth: Engineering Geomorphology, Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium Volume, 1999, 439 pp.


Gillespie, B. M. & J. R. Giardino, “The Nature of Channel Planform Change: Brazos, River, Texas,” Texas Journal of Science, 1997, 49(2), pp. 109-142.

Grossman E.L., Cifuentes, L.A., and Cozzarelli, I.M., 2002. Anaerobic methane oxidation in a landfill-leachate plume. Environmental Science and Technology, v. 36, p. 2436-2442.
Grossman, E.L., 2002. Stable carbon isotopes as indicators of microbial activity in aquifers, in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2nd ed., C.J. Hurst et al., (eds.), American Society for Microbiology Press, Washington, DC, p. 728-742.


Kobashi*, T., Grossman, E.L., Yancey, T.E., and Dockery, D.T. III, 2001. Reevaluation of conflicting Eocene tropical temperature estimates: Molluskan oxygen-isotope evidence for warm low-latitudes. Geology, v. 29. p. 983-986.


Grossman, E.L., and Desrocher *, S., 2001. Microbial sulfur cycling in terrestrial subsurface environments. In Fredrickson, J.K., and Fletcher, M., Subsurface Microbiology and Biogeochemistry, New York, John Wiley and Sons, p. 219-248.


Routh *, J., Grossman, E.L., Murphy, E.M., and Benner, R., 2001. Characterization and origin of dissolved organic carbon in Yegua groundwaters (Brazos County, Texas): Ground Water, v. 39 (5), p. 760-767.


Routh *, J., Grossman, E.L., Ulrich *, G.A., and Suflita, J., 2001. Volatile organic acids and microbial processes in the Yegua formation, east-central Texas: Applied Geochemistry, v. 16, p. 183-195.


Routh *, J., McDonald, T.J., Grossman, E.L., 1999. Sedimentary organic matter sources and depositional environment in Yegua Formation (Brazos County, Texas): Organic Geochemistry, v. 30, p. 1437-1453.


Ulrich *, G., Martino *, D., Clemence *, K., Grossman, E., Ammerman, J., and Suflita, J., 1998. S-cycling in the terrestrial subsurface: Commensal interactions, spatial scales, and microbial heterogeneity: Microbial Ecology, v. 36, p. 141-151.


He, W., Hajash, A., and Sparks, D., A model for porosity evolution during creep compaction of sediments, submitted (7/01) to Earth and Planetary Science Letters, accepted 12/ 2001.


He, W., Hajash, A., and Sparks, D., Creep compaction of quartz aggregates: Effects of pore-fluid flow rates - A combined experimental and theoretical study, submitted to Am. Journal Science, November 2001, in review.


He, W., Hajash, A., Chester, F., Chester, J., and Kronenberg, A., Creep compaction of quartz aggregates under dry, vapor- and liquid-saturated conditions - Experimental Investigations, submitted to Tectonophysics, Oct. 2001, in review.


Hajash, A.
, Carpenter, T. D, and, Dewers, T. A, 1998, Dissolution and time-dependent compaction of albite sand: Experiments at 100° and 160°C in pH-buffered organic acids and distilled water, Tectonophysics, v. 295, 93-115.


Dewers, T. A. and Hajash, A., 1995, Rate laws for water-assisted compaction and stress-induced water-rock interaction in sandstones, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 100, pp. 13,093-13,112.


Dewers, T. A. and Hajash, A. 1994, Rate laws for water-assisted densification and stress-enhanced water-rock interaction in sandstones: Proceedings of Workshop LXIII on the, USGS Red Book Conference on the Mechanical Involvement of Fluids in Faulting, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; United States Department of Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 94-228, pp. 576-611.


Grimaldi, G., B.E. Herbert, B. Carraway and M. Schlautman. Prediction of pyrene sorption coefficients to low-organic carbon sediments based on sorption to single minerals. J. Environ. Qual. In review.


Grimaldi, G., B.E. Herbert, M. Schlautman and B. Carraway. Influence of exchangeable cations on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to mineral surfaces. Environ. Sci. Technol. In review.


Zhu, D., B.E. Herbert, M.A. Schlautman and E.R. Carraway. Spectroscopic evidence of benzene-cation complexation in the aqueous phase – A 2H NMR relaxation study. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. In review.


Yeager, K.M., P.H. Santschi, J.D. Phillips and B.E. Herbert. 2000. Resolution of fluvial sediment sources, residence times and resuspension using lithogenic, atmospheric and cosmogenic radionuclides, Bayou Loco, Texas. Water Resources Res. In review.


Choi, J., and B.E. Herbert. Adsorption, bioavailability, and toxicity of cadmium to soil microorganisms. Environ. Sci. Technol. In review.


Choi, J., and B.E. Herbert. Geochemical modeling of cadmium sorption to sediment as a function of sediment properties. Chemosphere. In review.


Choi, J., and B.E. Herbert. Cadmium sorption and surface complexation to vertisol and reference smectite. J. Environ. Qual. Accepted.


Zhu, D., B.E. Herbert, M.A. Schlautman, and E.R. Carraway, 2000. Spectroscopic evidence of cation-pi interactions in the aqueous phase – A deuterium NMR T1 relation study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. Submitted.


Zhu, D., B.E. Herbert, M.A. Schlautman, and E.R. Carraway, 2000. Spectroscopic evidence for a Pi-cation sorption mechanism for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on hydrated mineral surfaces. Environ. Sci. Technol. Submitted.


Grimaldi, G., B.E. Herbert, B. Carraway and M. Schlautman. Prediction of pyrene sorption coefficients to low-organic carbon sediments based on sorption to single minerals. J. Environ. Qual. Submitted.


Grimaldi, G., B.E. Herbert, M. Schlautman and B. Carraway. Influence of exchangeable cations on the sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to mineral surfaces. Environ. Sci. Technol. Submitted.


Sarkar, S.L., B.E. Herbert, J.-L. Briaud and R. Scharlin. Injection stabilization of expansive clays using a hydrogen ion exchange chemical. In Proceedings of GeoDenver 2000, Denver, Co., Aug. 5-8, 2000. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Va.


Olson, J.J., G.L. Mills, B.E. Herbert, and P.J. Morris. 1999. Biodegradation rates of separated diesel components. Environ. Toxic. & Chem. 18(11): 2448-2453.


Park, E*. and H. Zhan, Analytical solutions of contaminant transport from finite one-, two-, and three- dimensional sources in a finite-thickness aquifer, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 53(1-2), 41-61, 2001.


Zhan, H., L. V. Wang, and E. Park*, On the horizontal–well pumping tests in anisotropic confined aquifers, Journal of Hydrology, 252(1-4), 37-50, 2001.



Zhan, H.
, and E. Park*, Vapor flow to horizontal wells in unsaturated zones, Soil Science Society of America Journal, in press, 2002.


Park*, E., and H. Zhan, Hydraulics of a finite-diameter horizontal well with wellbore storage and skin effect in leaky aquifers, Advances in Water Resources, accepted upon moderate revision, 2001.


Guthrie*, S., and H. Zhan, Solute effects on long duration frost heave behavior of aggregate base materials, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, the accepted paper will be published in Transportation Research Record, accepted upon minor revision, 2001.


Zhan, H.
, Groundwater flow to horizontal wells in water table aquifers: field experiments and theory, International Groundwater Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March, 2002, the accepted paper will be published in J. of Hydraulic Research, accepted upon minor revision, 2001.


Park*, E., and H. Zhan, Wellbore storage and skin effect on horizontal well pumping tests in fractured aquifers, for 2002 International Groundwater Symposium, the accepted paper will be published in J. of Hydraulic Research, accepted upon major revision, 2001.


Zhan, H., and V. A. Zlotnik, Ground water flow to horizontal and slant wells in water table aquifers, Water Resources Research, in press, 2002.


Chen, C., H. Zhan, and J. Wan, A mathematical model and numerical simulation of groundwater flow to a finite-diameter horizontal well, Journal of Hydrology, in review, 2001.


Zhan, H., Horizontal well hydraulics, submitted for The 3rd Two Coasts-Three Regions & World Chinese Conference on Geological Sciences, Hong Kong, China, December, 2001.


Zhan, H. and J. Cao*, Analytical and semi-analytical solutions of horizontal well capture times under no-flow and constant-head boundaries, Advances in Water Resources, 23(8), 835-848, 2000.


* denotes student author