Research and Student Publications

 

Our passion is physical hydrogeology! Past and current research projects have embraced a wide spectrum of stimulating subjects (listed below) in hydrogeological science:

Coupled effects between fluid flow and rock deformation

Role of fluid flow in basin-scale geologic processes

Fluid flow and contaminant transport in fractured porous media

Tectonic effects on groundwater flow and heat transfer related to the safety of nuclear-waste repositories

Marine hydrogeology and petroleum generation/migration

Surface water and groundwater interaction, water resource management

The following publications are all coauthored by past and present students and postdocs working in Shemin Ge’s group, which will give you some ideas about the types and quality of research are being conducted. For a complete list of Shemin Ge’s publication   go to Publications (some with PDF links)  

Cutillo, P.A. and S. Ge, in review, Analysis of strain-induced ground-water fluctuations at Devils Hole, Nevada, GeoFluids

Cutillo, P.A., S. Ge, and E. Screaton, in press, Hydrodynamic response of subduction zones to seismic activity: A case study for the Costa Rica Margin", Tectonophysics.

Ge, S. and E. Screaton, 2005, Modeling Seismically Induced Deformation and Fluid Flow in the Nankai Subduction Zone, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L17301, doi:10.1029/2005GL023473, 2005

Cutillo PA, E.J. Screaton, S. Ge, 2003, Three-dimensional numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transport within the Barbados Ridge accretionary complex, Journal of  Geophysical Research, 108 (B12), 2555, doi:10.1029/2002JB002240

J. Marler and S. Ge, 2003, The Permeability of the Elkhorn Fault Zone: A case study from South Park, Colorado, Journal of Ground Water, 41(3), 321-332.

Stover, C.S., S. Ge, and E. Screaton, 2003, A one-dimensional analytically-based approach for studying poroelastic and viscoplastic consolidation: application to Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea, Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(B9), 2448, doi: 10.1029/2001JB000466.

I.W. Yeo and S. Ge, 2001, Solute dispersion in rock fractures by non-Darcian flow, Geophysical Research Letters, 28(20), 3983-3986

Stover, C.S., S. Ge, P. Weimer, and B. McBride, 2001, The effects of salt evolution, structural development, and fault propagation on Late Mesozoic/Cenozoic oil migration: a two-dimensional fluid flow study along a megaregional profile in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Bulletin of American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 85(11), 1945-1966.

Stover, S.C., P. Weimer, S. Ge, 2001, The effects of allochthonous salt evolution and overpressure development on source rock thermal maturation: a two-dimensional transient study in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin, Petroleum Geosciences, 7, 281-290.

Ge, S. and S.C. Stover, 2000, Hydrodynamic response to strike- and dip-slip faulting in a half-space, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105(B11), 25513 - 25524.

Screaton, E. and S. Ge, 2000, Anomalously high porosities in the proto-decollement zone of the Barbados accretionary complex: Do they indicate overpressures? Geophysical Research Letters, 27(13), 1993-1996.

Waite, M., S. Ge, and H. Spetzler, 1999, A new conceptual model for flow in discrete fractures: An experimental and numerical study, Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(B6), 13049 -13059.

Hinds, J., S. Ge, and C. Fridrich, 1999, Numerical modeling of perched water under Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Journal of Ground Water, 37(4), 498-504.

Ge, S., 1998, Estimation of groundwater velocity in fracture zones from well temperature profiles, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 84, 93-101.

Waite, M., S. Ge, H. Spetzler, and D. Bahr, 1998, The effect of surface geometry on fracture permeability: a case study using a sinusoidal fracture, Geophysical Research Letters, 25(6), 813-816.

Screaton, E. and S. Ge, 1997, An Assessment of along-strike fluid  flow and heat transport within Barbados accretionary complex: Results of Preliminary Modeling, Geophysical Research Letters, 24(23), 3085-3088.

Ge, S. and M. Liao, 1996, An analytical solution for airflow to inlet wells in vapor extraction systems under leaky conditions, Water Resources Research, 32(3), 743-748.