Publications
2025
Flemings, P.B., Cardona, A., Bhandari, A.R., You, K., 2025. The Geomechanical Behavior of Hydrate Reservoirs: Implications for Drilling and Production. Paper presented at the Offshore Technology Conference, Houston, Texas, May 2025. https://doi.org/10.4043/35944-MS
2024
You, K., Thomas, C., Savage, A., Cardona, A., Flemings, P.B., Murphy, Z., O’Connell, J., 2024. Dissolved Methane Diffusion Drives Hydrate-Bearing Pressure Core Degradation during Long-Term Storage in Water. Energy & Fuels. Volume 38 (12), 10879-10889. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01487
Nikolinakou, M. A., Flemings, P. B., Heidari, M., Wang, X., and M. Johri, 2024, “Pressure and Stress Prediction Using Seismic Velocities, 3D Geomechanical Models and the Full Stress Tensor: Mad Dog Field, Deepwater GoM.” Paper presented at the 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, US. https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2024-0694
Lopez-Campos, G., Nikolinakou, M. A., Flemings, P. B., and D. M. Saffer, 2024, “Stress Distribution in Accreting Sediments: A Geomechanical Study of Upper-Plate Faults.” Paper presented at the 58th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Golden, Colorado, US. https://doi.org/10.56952/ARMA-2024-0708
Bhandari, A.R., Cardona, A., Flemings, P.B., Germaine, J.T., 2024, The geomechanical response of the Gulf of Mexico Green Canyon 955 reservoir to gas hydrate dissociation: A model based on sediment properties with and without gas hydrate. Marine and Petroleum Geology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107000
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 Nikolinakou, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 K0,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 |
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