Publications

YearPublication
2025Flemings, 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. doi:10.4043/35944-MS
2024You, 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. doi:10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01487
2024Nikolinakou, 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. doi:10.56952/ARMA-2024-0694
2024Lopez-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. doi:10.56952/ARMA-2024-0708
2024Bhandari, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107000
2024Ramiro-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. doi:10.1306/12202222033
2023Portnov, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106550
2023Nikolinakou, 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. doi:10.4043/32555-MS
2023Bhandari, 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. doi:10.1002/9781119729914.ch8
2023Nikolinakou, 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. doi:10.1029/2022JB025504
2023Lockhart, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2023.106159
2022You, K., Flemings, P.B., Bhandari, A., Heidari, M., Germaine, J.T., 2022, The role of creep in geopressure development. Petroleum Geoscience. doi:10.1144/petgeo2021-064
2022Zablocki, 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. doi:10.1144/petgeo2021-056
2022Meazell, K.P., Flemings, P.B, 2022, The evolution of seafloor venting from hydrate-sealed gas reservoirs. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117336
2021Nikolinakou, M.A., Whittle, A.J., Germaine, J.T. et al., 2021, Consolidation properties and structural alteration of Old Alluvium. Acta Geotech. doi:10.1007/s11440-021-01330-6
2021Nikolinakou, M.A., Whittle, A.J., 2021, Constitutive model of structural alteration and swelling behavior for Old Alluvium. Engineering Geology. doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2021.106307
2021Ramiro-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. doi:10.2118/206382-MS
2021Soto, J.I., Heidari, M., Hudec, M.R., 2021, Proposal for a mechanical model of mobile shales. Nature, Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-02868-x
2021Reece, J.S., 2021, The Impact of Grain Size on the Hydromechanical Behavior of Mudstones. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. doi:10.1029/2021GC009732
2021Flemings, P.B., 2021, A Concise Guide to Geopressure: Origin, Prediction, and Applications. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781107326309
2021Heidari, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105259
2021Hooghvorst, 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 Res. doi:10.1111/bre.12547
2021Bhandari, 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. doi:10.1016/j.jngse.2021.104008
2021Crutchley, 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. doi:10.1029/2020JB021489
2020Flemings, 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. doi:10.1306/05212019052
2020Daigle, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.104155
2020Wiggs, 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. doi:10.1190/segam2020-3427647.1
2020Ramiro-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. doi:10.15530/urtec-2020-2105
2020Nikolinakou, 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.
2020Heidari, 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, 125(12), e2020JB019500. doi:10.1029/2020JB019500
2019Deirieh, A., Chang, I. Y., Casey, B., Joester, D., and Germaine, J. T., 2019, Impact of Drying and Effective Stresses on the Pore Space and Microstructure of Mudrocks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(5), 4290-4304.
2019Heidari, 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, v. 25, no. 3, p. 282-297.
2019Nikolinakou, M. A., Goteti, R., and Heidari, M., 2019, Mechanics of salt systems: state of the field in numerical methods: Petroleum Geoscience, v. 25, no. 3, p. 249-250.
2019Nikolinakou, 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.
2019Hooghvorst, 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: Petroleum Geoscience.
2019Casey, B., Reece, J. S., and Germaine, J. T., 2019, One-dimensional normal compression laws for resedimented mudrocks: Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 103, no. May 2019, p. 397-403. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.02.023
2019Nikolinakou, M. A., Heidari, M., Hudec, M. R., and 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.
2019Pinkston, F. W. M., and Flemings, P. B., 2019, Overpressure at the Macondo Well and its impact on the Deepwater Horizon blowout: Scientific Reports, v. 9, no. 1, p. 7047.
2018Day-Stirrat, R. J., Bryndzia, L. T., Schleicher, A. M., Adriaens, R., Hofmann, R., and Flemings, P. B., 2019, 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, v. 102, p. 86-100. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.12.008
2018Deirieh, 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. doi:10.1016/j.clay.2017.11.010
2018Nikolinakou M.A., Flemings P.B., Heidari M., Hudec M.R., Stress and pore pressure in mudrocks bounding salt systems; Rock Mechanics Rock Engineering. doi:10.1007/s00603-018-1540-z
2018Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings P.B., Coupling geomechanical modeling with seismic pressure prediction; Geophysics. doi:10.1190/geo2017-0359.1
2018Gao, B., Flemings, P., Nikolinakou, M., Saffer, D., Heidari, M., 2018. Mechanics of Fold-and-Thrust Belts Based on Geomechanical Modeling. Journal of Geophysical Research. doi:10.1029/2018JB015434
2018Nikolinakou M.A., Heidari M., Flemings P.B., Hudec M.R., 2018. Geomechanical modeling of pore pressure in evolving salt systems, Marine and Petroleum Geology. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2018.03.013
2018Flemings, 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. doi:10.1002/2017JB015025
2017You, K., Flemings P.B., 2017. Methane hydrate formation in thick sand reservoirs: 1. Short-range methane diffusion. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 89, 428-442. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.10.011
2017Heidari, M., Nikolinakou, M. A., Hudec, M. R., & Flemings, P. B. (2017, August 28). Geomechanical Effects of a Highly Permeable Sand Layer in a Salt Basin. American Rock Mechanics Association.
2017Nikolinakou 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.
2017Nikolinakou, 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, ARMA 17-345.
2017Hillman, J.,Cook, A., Daigle, H., Nole, M., Malinverno, A., Meazell, K., Flemings, P., 2017, Gas hydrate reservoirs and gas migration mechanisms in the Terrebonne Basin, Gulf of Mexico, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 86, 1357-1373. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2017.07.029
2017Luo, 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
2017Nikolinakou, 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
2017Darnell, K. N., P. B. Flemings, and D. DiCarlo, 2017, Subsurface injection of combustion power plant effluent as a solid-phase carbon dioxide storage strategy, Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 5521–5530. doi:10.1002/2017GL073663
2017Gao, B., and Flemings, P.B., 2017, Pore pressure within dipping reservoirs in overpressured basins, Marine and Petroleum Geology, 80, 94-111. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.11.014
2016Heidari, 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.
2016Gao, B., Flemings, P. B., & Nikolinakou, M. A. (2016, June 26). Stress and Porosity in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Systems. American Rock Mechanics Association.
2016Cronin, 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
2016Casey, 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
2016Heidari, 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
2016Adams, 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
2016You, K., DiCarlo, D., Flemings, P.B., 2016, Impact of gravity on hydrate saturation in gas-rich environments, Water Resour. Res., 52, 1265-1285. doi:10.1002/2015WR017975
2016Nikolinakou, 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
2016Nikolinakou M.A., Heidari, M., Flemings P.B. (2016): “Pore-pressure prediction based on seismic velocities coupled with geomechanical modeling”, 50th U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium, Houston, TX, June 26-29; Paper # 043.
2015Luo, 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
2015Nikolinakou, 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 # 108.
2015Nikolinakou, M.A., Flemings P.B., Hudec M.R. (2015): “Modeling of Shales in Salt-Hydrocarbon systems” (Junior Keynote), 2015 International Society of Rock Mechanics Congress, Montreal, Canada, May 10-13 2015.
2015Darnell, K., Flemings, P.B., 2015, Transient seafloor venting on continental slopes from warming-induced methane hydrate dissociation, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42. doi:10.1002/2015GL067012
2015You, 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
2015Casey, 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
2015Bhandari, 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.
2015Casey, B. Germaine, J.T., Flemings, P.B., 2015, Estimating Horizontal Stresses for Mudrocks under One-dimensional Compression, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 65, p. 178-186. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2015.02.001
2015Flemings, P.B., Reece, J.S., Ditkof, J., Atkins, C.C., and Sawyer, D., 2015, Data Report: Particle Size Analysis of Sediments in the Nankai Trough, IODP Expedition 319 Site C0009A, in Saffer, D., McNeill, L., Byrne, T., Araki, E., Toczko, S., Eguchi, N., Takahashi, K., and the Expedition 319 Scientists, Proc. IODP, 319: Tokyo (Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Management International, Inc.). doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.319.203.2015
2015You, 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
2014Nikolinakou, 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.
2014Casey, 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
2014Casey, 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
2014Merrell, 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
2014Meyer, 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.
2014Nikolinakou, 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:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.11.021
2014Nikolinakou, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2014.07.002
2014Smith, 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.
2014Smith, 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
2014You, 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
2014You, 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.
2013Adams, 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
2013Casey, 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.  doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.04.008
2013Casey, 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
2013Casey, 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_33
2013Day-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:10.1016/j.margeo.2013.05.003
2013Flemings, 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
2013Marjanovic, 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:10.1520/GTJ20120131
2013Nikolinakou, M.A., and Flemings, P.B., 2013, Pore Pressure and Stress around Dipping Structures, Poromechanics V, p. 452-461. doi:10.1061/9780784412992.054
2013Nikolinakou, 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.
2013Reece, 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
2013Saffer, 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.
2013Sawyer, 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
2012Bohn, 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
2012Boutt, 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
2012Day-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
2012Emmanuel, 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. doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2012.07.011
2012Flemings, 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
2012Foroozan, 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. doi:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.08.007
2012Hickman, 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.
2012Luo, 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.
2012Luo, 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.
2012Nikolinakou, 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.
2012Nikolinakou, 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.
2012Reece, 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
2012Sawyer, 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
2012Thu, 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
2012You, Y, Flemings, P.B., Mohrig, D., 2012, Dynamics of dilative slope failure, Geology. doi:10.1130/g32855.1
2011Day-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.
2011Liu, 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
2011Long, 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.
2011Moore, 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
2011Nikolinakou, 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.
2011Schneider, 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
2011Smith, 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.
2011Song, 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
2010Huuse, 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
2010Huuse, 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
2010Lin, 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
2010Reilly, 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
2010Urgeles, 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. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3071-9_15
2009Dugan, 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.
2009Liu, 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
2009Moore, 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
2009Nelson, 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.
2009Sawyer, 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
2009Schneider, 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
2008Flemings, 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
2008Long, 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.
2008Long, 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.
2008Sawyer, 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
2008Sawyer, 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.
2007Dugan, 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.
2007Iturrino, 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.
2007Liu, 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
2007Long, 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
2007Long, 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.
2007Moore, 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.
2007Reynolds, 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:10.1061/40940(307)44
2007Sawyer, 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.
2007Sawyer, 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.
2006Behrmann, 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
2006Flemings, 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.
2006Liu, 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.
2006Tan, 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.
2005Enunwa, 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.
2005Expedition 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
2005Seldon, 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.
2004Flemings, 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.
2004Trehu, 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.
2003Dugan, 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.
2003Dugan, 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.
2003Elsworth, 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.
2003Flemings, 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.
2003Swanston, 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.
2002Dugan, 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.
2002Dugan, 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.
2002Flemings 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.
2002Liu, 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.
2002Lupa, 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.
2002Mikada, 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.
2002Stump, 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.
2001Finkbeiner, 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.
2001Flemings, 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.
2000Dugan, 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.
2000Dugan, 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.
2000Stump, 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.
1999Gordon, D. and Flemings, P., 1999, Two-Dimensional Modeling of Groundwater Flow in an Evolving Deltaic Environment. Society for Sedimentary Geology. SEPM Special Publication #63.
1998Chang, C., Zoback, M., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Mechanical Properties of the Lentic Sand in Eugene Island 330 Field (Offshore Louisiana), GRI-99/0241.
1998Dugan, B.E., Flemings, P.B., 1998, Pore Pressure Prediction from Stacking Velocities in the Eugene Island 330 Field (Offshore Louisiana), GRI-98/0303.
1998Finkbeiner, 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.
1998Finkbeiner, 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.
1998Flemings, 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.
1998Gordon, 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.
1998Stump, 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.
1998Stump, 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.
1997Flemings, 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 1997
1997Finkbeiner, 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.
1995Hart, 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.
YearThesisAdvisor
2024Lockhart, Landon, 2024, A Mechanistic Approach for Predicting Pore Pressure in the Delaware Basin, PhD Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisors P.B. Flemings, M.A. Nikolinakou.Flemings, P.B., & Nikolinakou, M.A.
2023Murphy, Zachary, 2023, Energy Production and CO2 Storage Through Multiphase Flow Experiments in Hydrate Systems, PhD Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2023Doran, Padraig, 2023, A Critical Evaluation of Measuring K0,NC during Triaxial Compression Testing, MSc Thesis, Tufts University, advisor J.T. Germaine.Flemings, P.B.
2022Varona, Gabrielle Marie, 2022, Hydrate-bearing sands in the Terrebonne Basin record the transition from ponded deposition to bypass in the deep-water Gulf of Mexico, MSc Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2022Eagle, Liam, 2022, Characterising the Gulf of Mexico Yield Surface at High, MEng Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2022McAneny, George, 2022, Sensitivity of Shear and Longitudinal Velocity to Compression and Shear Stress Paths in Cohesive Soils, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MSc Thesis, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2022Ramiro-Ramirez, Sebastian, 2022, Integrated Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of the Wolfcamp at Delaware Basin, West Texas, USA, The University of Texas at Austin, PhD Dissertation, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2021Liu, Xin, 2021, Feasibility of Prediction of Principal Stress from Reflection Seismic Data, MS Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisors M.K. Sen & P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2021Meazell, Kevin, 2021, Gas hydrate reservoirs of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: characterization and consequences, PhD Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2021d’Hooghvorst, Jean Joseph, 2021, Geomechanical Study of the Tarfaya Basin West African Coast Using 3D/2D Static Models and 2D Evolutionary Models, PhD Dissertation, University of Barcelona and The University of Texas at Austin, advisors T.W.D. Harrold, M.A Nikolinakou, M.A.Nikolinakou, M.A.
2021Wiggs, David, 2021, A Generalized Model to Describe the Elastic Stiffness Tensor of Mudrocks Based on the Full Strain Tensor, MS Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2020Ranjpour, Deniz, 2020, Stiffness and Anisotropy Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Directional Wave Propagation, PhD Dissertation, Tufts University, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2020Finnegan, James M., 2020, Comparison of Resedimented with Intact Mudrock Behavior, SM Thesis, Tufts University, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2019Ge, Chunwei Ge, 2019, Compression Behavior of Smectitic vs. Illitic Mudrocks, PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2018Zablocki, Mark, 2018, Resedimented Nile Silty Clay (RNSC): Characterization and Soil Behavior Comparison, MS thesis, Tufts University, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2018Parry, Amanda, 2018, The Effect of Temperature and Variation of Salinity during One Dimensional Compression, MS thesis, Tufts University, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2018Gao, Baiyuan, 2018, Stress, Porosity, and Pore Pressure in Fold-and-Thrust Belt Systems, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2018Lockhart, Landon, 2018, Pore Pressure Prediction: From Vertical Stress to Mean Stress to the Full Stress Tensor, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2018Darnell, Kristopher, 2018, Phase behavior and the interaction of multiple gas molecules in hydrate-dominated geological flow processes, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2018Meyer, Dylan, 2018, Dynamics of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation within the Hydrate Stability Zone, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2017Pinkston, William, 2017, Pore Pressure at the Macondo Well, Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of Mexico, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2017Hanley, Anthony, 2017, The Characterization of the Yield Surface for Fine-Grained Sediments, MS thesis, Tufts University, advisor J.T. GermaineGermaine, J.T.
2015Marjanovic, Jana, 2015, Stiffness Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Wave Propagation, PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. GermaineGermaine, J.T.
2015Deirieh, Amer, 2015, From Clay Slurries to Mudrocks: A Cryo-SEM Investigation of the Development of the Porosity and Microstructure, PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. GermaineGermaine, J.T.
2015Nordquist, Taylor, 2015, Permeability Anisotropy of Resedimented Mudrocks, MS thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. GermaineGermaine, J.T.
2015Sanford, Jason, 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, MS thesis, The Unversity of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2014Cronin, Michael, 2014, Core-scale heterogeneity and dual-permeability pore structure in the Barnett Shale, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. FlemingsFlemings, P.B.
2014Adams, Amy, 2014, Permeability anisotropy and resistivity anisotropy of mechanically compressed mudrocks, PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/90036, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2014Betts, Willian, 2014, Compressibility and Permeability of Gulf of Mexico Mudrocks, Resedimented and In-Situ., MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2014Casey, Brendan, 2014, The Consolidation and Strength Behavior of Mechanically Compressed Fine-Grained Sediments (defense ppt), PhD dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2014Fahy, Brian, 2014, The influence of salinity on the mechanical behavior of high plasticity soils, SM thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2013Gao, Baiyuan, 2013, Pore Pressure within Dipping Reservoirs in Overpressure Basins, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2013You, Yao, 2013, Dynamics of dilative slope failure, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings & D. Mohrig.Flemings, P.B.
2012Merrell, Michael, 2012, Pressure and Stress at Mad Dog Field, Gulf of Mexico, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2012Horan, Aiden, 2012, The mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soils as a function of Pore Fluid Salinity, SM thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2012Marjanovic, Jana, 2012, The study of shear and logitudinal velocity measurements of sands and cohesive soils, SM thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2012Smith, Andrew, 2012, Observations and Models of Venting at Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Vents, MS thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2011Adams, Amy, 2011, Laboratory evaluation of the constant rate of strain and constant head techniques for measurement of the hydraulic conductivity of fine grained soils, SM dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2011Schneider, Julia, 2011, Compression and permeability behavior of natural mudstones, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2011Casey, Brendan, 2011, The significance of specimen end restraint in high pressure triaxial testing of cohesive soil, SM dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2011Johnson, Sean, 2011, Modeling a bender element test using Abaqus Finite Element Program, SM dissertation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.
2010Sawyer, Derek, 2010, Failure Mechanics, Transport Behavior, and Morphology of Submarine Landslides, PhD dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2009Abdulhadi, Naeem, 2009, An Experimental Investigation into the Stress-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Cohesive Soil with Application to Wellbore InstabilityGermaine, J.T.
2009Strong, Hilary, 2009, The Origin and Properties of Mass Transport Deposits Ursa Basin, Gulf of Mexico, MS dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2007Long, Hui, 2007, Interpreting Pore Pressure in Marine Mudstones with Pore Pressure Penetrometers, In Situ Data, and Laboratory Measurements, PhD dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, P.B. FlemingFlemings, P.B.
2006Liu, Xiaoli, 2006, Dynamics of Shallow Marine Gas Hydrate and Free Gas Systems, PhD dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2006Sawyer, Derek, 2006, Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of Mexico, MS thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2003Dugan, Brandon, 2003, Hydrodynamics of the US Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Offshore New Jersey, PhD dissertation, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2003Strickland, Beth, 2003, Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of Mexico, MS thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2002Siahaan, Victor, 2002, Secondary Gas Migration Limited by Fractured Rock, The Pennsylvania State University, PhD Dissertation, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
2002Lupa, Jacek, 2002, Geopressure and Flow Focusing on the Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, GC 65, MS thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
1998Stump, Beth Bishop, 1998, Illuminating Basinal Fluid Flow in Eugene Island 330 (Gulf of Mexico) Through In Situ Observations, Deformation Experiments, and Hydrodynamic Modeling, MS thesis, The Pennsylvania State University, advisor P.B. Flemings.Flemings, P.B.
1994Santagata, Maria, 1994, Simulation of sampling disturbance in soft clays using triaxial element tests, MS Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, advisor J.T. Germaine.Germaine, J.T.