Publications

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 MexicoIn 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.

StudentDegreeYearTitle of ThesesAdvisor
Ashbaugh, JamesMS1997Numerical and Analytical Models of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column HeightP.B. Flemings
Bennett, MatthewMS1996Simulation of Secondary Migration in Faults: Dynamic Controls on Hydrocarbon Column HeightP.B. Flemings
Best, KevinMS2002Development of an Integrated Model for Compaction/Water Driven Reservoirs and its Application to the J1 and J2 sands at Bullwinkle, Green Canyon Block 65, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Ch 1 & 2Ch 3 & 4Ch 5 and references
P.B. Flemings
Betts, WilliamMS2014Compressibility and Permeability of Gulf of Mexico Mudrocks, Resedimented and In-Situ.P.B. Flemings
Bohn, CharlesMS2008Accommodation Change During Bypass Across a Late Stage Fan in the Shallow Auger BasinP.B. Flemings
Christopher, LouanneMS2006Forward Modeling of Compaction and Fluid Flow in the Ursa Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Cominsky, JosephMS2002Petrophysical Analysis and Geologic Model for the Bullwinkle J Sands with Implication for Time-Lapse Reservoir Monitoring, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore LouisianaP.B. Flemings
Cronin, MichaelBS2014Core-scale heterogeneity and dual-permeability pore structure in the Barnett ShaleP.B. Flemings
Darnell, KristopherPhD2018Phase behavior and the interaction of multiple gas molecules in hydrate-dominated geological flow processesP.B. Flemings
Dixon, JoshuaBS2007Implications of Seafloor Expulsion Features of the Auger basin, Deep Water Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Dugan, BrandonPhD2003Hydrodynamics of the US Mid-Atlantic Continental Slope, Offshore New JerseyP.B. Flemings
Enunwa, ChekwubeMS2006Channel Incision and Accommodation: Predicting Compartmentalization in a Turbidite Channel-Levee ReservoirP.B. Flemings
Gao, BaiyuanMS2013Pore Pressure within Dipping Reservoirs in Overpressure BasinsP.B. Flemings
Gao, BaiyuanPhD2018Stress, Porosity, and Pore Pressure in Fold-and-Thrust Belt SystemsP.B. Flemings
Hoover, Andrew R.MS1997Reservoir and Production Characteristics of the South Timbalier 295 Field, Offshore Louisiana, With Comparison to Outcrop Analogue and 4-D Seismic ResultsP.B. Flemings
Janssen, AaronMS2003Acquisition Azimuth Effects on Seismic Repeatability, and Implications for Seismic Reservoir Monitoring: A Case Study from the Bullwinkle Field, Green Canyon Block 65, Offshore LouisianaP.B. Flemings
Kaleta, NathanMS2001Time-Lapse (4D) Seismic Investigation of the I3 and TA2 Sands, Kilauea Field, Green Canyon Block 6, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Kuhl, EricMS2003Optimization of Recovery from two-layer Reservoirs with CrossflowP.B. Flemings
Lee, Tin-WaiMS2003Time-Lapse Impedance Inversion at Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Liu, XiaoliPhD2006Dynamics of Shallow Marine Gas Hydrate and Free Gas SystemsP.B. Flemings
Liu, XinMS2021Feasibility of Prediction of Principal Stress from Reflection Seismic DataM.K. Sen
Lockhart, LandonMS2018Pore Pressure Prediction: From Vertical Stress to Mean Stress to the Full Stress TensorP.B. Flemings
Lockhart, LandonPhD2024A Mechanistic Approach for Predicting Pore Pressure in the Delaware BasinP.B. Flemings & M.A. Nikolinakou
Long, HuiPhD2007Interpreting Pore Pressure in Marine Mudstones with Pore Pressure Penetrometers, In Situ Data, and Laboratory MeasurementsP.B. Flemings
Lupa, JacekMS2002Geopressure and Flow Focusing on the Slope of the Gulf of Mexico, GC 65P.B. Flemings
Meazell, KevinPhD2021Gas hydrate reservoirs of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: characterization and consequencesP.B. Flemings
Merrell, MichaelMS2012Pressure and Stress at Mad Dog Field, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Meyer, DylanPhD2018Dynamics of Gas Flow and Hydrate Formation within the Hydrate Stability ZoneP.B. Flemings
Murphy, ZacharyPhD2023Energy Production and CO2 Storage Through Multiphase Flow Experiments in Hydrate SystemsP.B. Flemings
Pinkston, WilliamMS2017Pore Pressure and Stress at the Macondo Well, Mississippi Canyon, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Ramgulam, AshaMS2006Utilization of Artificial Neural Networks in the Optimization of History MatchingP.B. Flemings
Ramiro-Ramirez, SebastianPhD2022Integrated Stratigraphic and Petrophysical Analysis of the Wolfcamp at Delaware Basin, West Texas, USAP.B. Flemings
Razzano, JosephMS2006Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the Tahoe Field, Viosca Knoll Block 783, Offshore Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Reilly, MatthewMS2008Deep Pore Pressures and Seafloor Venting in the Auger Basin, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Sanford, JasonMS2015The 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, CaliforniaP.B. Flemings
Sawyer, DerekMS2006Seismic Geomorphology, Lithology, and Evolution of the Late Pleistocene Mars-Ursa Turbidite Region, Mississippi Canyon Area, Northern Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Sawyer, DerekPhD2010Failure Mechanics, Transport Behavior, and Morphology of Submarine LandslidesP.B. Flemings
Schneider, JuliaPhD2011Compression and permeability behavior of natural mudstonesP.B. Flemings
Seldon, BenjaminMS2003Reservoir Pressure and Sea Floor Venting: Predicting trap integrity in a Gulf of Mexico deepwater turbidite minibasinP.B. Flemings
Seren, DorukMS2008Prediction of Flowing Frictional Pressure Drop in Deviated Gas Condensate Wells Through Utilization of Artificial Neural NetworksP.B. Flemings
Smith, AndrewMS2012Observations and Models of Venting at Deepwater Gulf of Mexico VentsP.B. Flemings
Strickland, BethMS2003Integrated Time-Lapse Seismic Analysis of the two G-Sand Facies, Popeye Field, Offshore Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Strong, HilaryMS2009The Origin and Properties of Mass Transport Deposits Ursa Basin, Gulf of MexicoP.B. Flemings
Stump, Beth BishopMS1998Illuminating Basinal Fluid Flow in Eugene Island 330 (Gulf of Mexico) Through In Situ Observations, Deformation Experiments, and Hydrodynamic ModelingP.B. Flemings
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Abdulhadi, NaeemPhD2009An Experimental Investigation into the Stress-Dependent Mechanical Behavior of Cohesive Soil with Application to Wellbore InstabilityJ.T. Germaine
Adams, AmySM2011Laboratory evaluation of the constant rate of strain and constant head techniques for measurement of the hydraulic conductivityof fine grained soilsJ.T. Germaine
Adams, AmyPhD2014Permeability anisotropy and resistivity anisotropy of mechanically compressed mudrocksJ.T. Germaine
Ahmed, ImtiazSM1990Investigation of normalized behavior of resedimented Boston Blue Clay using Geonor direct simple shear apparatusJ.T. Germaine
Alden, DanMEng1997Subsurface characterization of the Massachusetts Military Reservation main base landfill Superfund siteJ.T. Germaine
Alexander, DesmaSM2001Evaluation of present and emerging MSW landfill technologyJ.T. Germaine
Andersen, Glen SM1987Tilting response of centrifuge-modeled gravity retaining wall to seismic shakingJ.T. Germaine
Andersen, Glen PhD1991Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of frozen sandJ.T. Germaine
Andrews, JonathanSM1993The design of a rotating annular flume to study the erosion of cohesive sedimentsJ.T. Germaine
Aref, LanaPhD1999Flow and transport in wetland depositsJ.T. Germaine
Aw, Eng SewSM2004Novel monitoring system to diagnose rail track foundation problemsJ.T. Germaine
Aw, Eng SewPhD2007A Generic Monitoring System to Effectively Diagnose Problematic RailbedJ.T. Germaine
Bensari, JamalSM1984Stress-strain characteristics from undrained and drained triaxial tests on resedimented Boston blue clayJ.T. Germaine
Berman, DebraSM1993Characterization of the engineering properties of Boston blue clay at the MIT campusJ.T. Germaine
Bialon, JasonSM1995Characterization of the physical and engineering properties of the Aberjona wetland sedimentJ.T. Germaine
Brooks, James SM2004Rapid development of a wireless infrastructure monitoring systemJ.T. Germaine
Casey, BrendanPhD2014The Consolidation and Strength Behavior of Mechanically Compressed Fine-Grained SedimentsJ.T. Germaine
Casey, BrendanSM2011The significance of specimen end restraint in high pressure triaxial testing of cohesive soilJ.T. Germaine
Cauble, DouglasSM1993The behavior of resedimented Boston blue clay at OCR4 in cyclic and post-cyclic undrained direct simple shearJ.T. Germaine
Cauble, DouglasPhD1996An experimental investigation of the behavior of a model suction caisson in a cohesive soilJ.T. Germaine
Chartier, MatthewSM2005The design and field evaluation of a new dual pressure and temperature tapered probeJ.T. Germaine
Covarrubias, SergioSM1994Characterization of the engineering properties of Mexico City clayJ.T. Germaine
DaRe, GregoryPhD2000Physical mechanisms controlling the pre-failure stress-strain behavior of frozen sandJ.T. Germaine
de La Beaumelle, AxelSM1991Evaluation of SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testing J.T. Germaine
DeGroot, DonPhD1989The multidirectional direct simple shear apparatus with application to design of offshore Arctic structuresJ.T. Germaine
Deirieh, AmerPhD2015From Clay Slurries to Mudrocks: A Cryo-SEM Investigation of the Development of the Porosity and MicrostructureJ.T. Germaine
Doran, PadraigMS2023A Critical Evaluation of Measuring K0,NC during Triaxial Compression TestingeJ.T. Germaine
Eagle, LiamMEng2022Characterising the Gulf of Mexico Yield Surface at HighJ.T. Germaine
Estabrook, AnneSM1991Comparison of recompression and SHANSEP strength-deformation properties of undisturbed Boston blue clay from automated triaxial testingJ.T. Germaine
Fahy, BryanSM2014The influence of salinity on the mechanical behavior of high plasticity soilsJ.T. Germaine
Fayad, PhilipeSM1986Aspects of the volumetric and undrained behavior of Boston Blue ClayJ.T. Germaine
Fidalgo Valverde, BeatrizSM2002Evaluation and Improvement of a Modified Permeameter to Characterize Dual Porosity MediaJ.T. Germaine
Finnegan, James M.SM2020Comparison of Resedimented with Intact Mudrock BehaviorJ.T. Germaine
Force, ErinSM1998Factors controlling pore pressure generation during K consolidation of laboratory testsJ.T. Germaine
Ge, ChunweiSM2016Smectite to illite transformation of Gulf of Mexico -Eugene Island (GoM-EI) mudrockJ.T. Germaine
Ge, ChunweiPhD2019Compression Behavior of Smectitic vs. Illitic MudrocksJ.T. Germaine
Gonzalez, JorgeSM2000Experimental and theoretical investigation of constant rate of strain consolidationJ.T. Germaine
Grennan, JohnSM2010Characterization of a Reconstituted Low Plasticity SiltJ.T. Germaine
Hanley, AnthonySM2017The Characterization of the Yield Surface for Fine-Grained SedimentsJ.T. Germaine
Henderson, ElizabethSM1994Evaluation of the time response of pore pressure measurementsJ.T. Germaine
Ho, Chu EuPhD2005Turbulent Fluid Jet Excavation in Cohesive Soil with Particular Application to Jet GroutingJ.T. Germaine
Horan, AidenSM2012The mechanical Behavior of Normally Consolidated Soils as a function of Pore Fluid SalinityJ.T. Germaine
House, RobertMEng2012A Comparison of the Behavior of Intact and Resedimented Boston Blue ClayJ.T. Germaine
Hwang, GraceSM1998Feasibility study of micro-laser induced breakdown spectroscopy applied to lead identification in metal alloys and environmental matricesJ.T. Germaine
Irvine, DavidBS1994Development of a design and operations model for the sequencing batch reactorJ.T. Germaine
Johnson, SeanSM2011Modeling a bender element test using Abaqus Finite Element ProgramJ.T. Germaine
Jones, CullenSM2010Engineering Properties of Resedimented Ugnu Clay from the Alasken North SlopeJ.T. Germaine
Korchaiyapruk, Attasit SM2000Development of framework for soil model input parameter selection proceduresJ.T. Germaine
Korchaiyapruk, Attasit PhD2007Hydraulic Gradient and Scaling Effects on Consolidation of Soft ClayJ.T. Germaine
Kontopoulos, NikolaosPhD2012The Effects of Sample Disturbance on Preconsolidation Pressure for Normally Consolidated and Overconsolidated ClaysJ.T. Germaine
Larson, DouglasPhD1992A laboratory investigation of load transfer in reinforced soilJ.T. Germaine
Lawrence, J. ColmanSM1991The response of arctic silt in cyclic and post cyclic monotonic undrained direct simple shearJ.T. Germaine
Lee,Yew Choong PatrickMEng2003Numerical modeling of constant rate of strain consolidation testsJ.T. Germaine
Levy, LaurentPhD2003Experimental and Theoretical Modeling of DNAPL Transport in Vertical Fractured MediaJ.T. Germaine
Marjanovic, JanaSM2012The study of shear and longitudinal velocity measurements of sands and cohesive soilsJ.T. Germaine
Marjanovic, JanaPhD2015Stiffness Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Wave PropagationJ.T. Germaine
Marulanda, CatalinaPhD2001A study of air flow through saturated porous media and its applications to in-situ air spargingJ.T. Germaine
Mazzei, David MEng2008Normalized Mechanical Properties of Resedimented Gulf of Mexico Clay from Integrated Ocean Drilling Program Expedition Leg 308J.T. Germaine
McAneny, George MS2022Sensitivity of Shear and Longitudinal Velocity to Compression and Shear Stress Paths in Cohesive SoilsJ.T. Germaine
Meyer, PatrikSM2006The impact of high frequency/low energy seismic waves on unreinforced masonryJ.T. Germaine
Moniz, Safia MEng2009The Influence of Effective Consolidation Stress on the Normalized Extension Strength Properties of Resedimented Boston Blue ClayJ.T. Germaine
Ng, NickySM1998Characterization of consolidation and creep properties of Salt Lake City claysJ.T. Germaine
Nordquist, TaylorSM2015Permeability Anistrophy of Resedimented MudrocksJ.T. Germaine
Ortega, OctavioSM1992Computer automation of the consolidated-undrained direct simple shear testJ.T. Germaine
Pahuja, SanjayPhD2001Capping of very weak dredged materials in confined aquatic disposal : modeling of strength and transport behaviorJ.T. Germaine
Paonessa, Michael SM2003A model for predicting air flow during in-situ air spargingJ.T. Germaine
Parry, AmandaMS2018The Effect of Temperature and Variation of Salinity during One Dimensional CompressionJ.T. Germaine
Pawha, AnilSM1988Quick release tests on centrifuge of wall retaining saturated sand backfill J.T. Germaine
Pei, JianyongSM2003Effect of Disturbance in Opalinus Clay ShalesJ.T. Germaine
Pyatt, DaleSM1986Consolidation of aluminum oxide particulate systems J.T. Germaine
Ramsay, BradSM1996A modified triaxial permeameter for physical characterization of parameters affecting contaminant transport through wetland depositsJ.T. Germaine
Ranjpour, DenizPhD2020Stiffness and Anisotropy Characterization of Mechanically-Compressed Cohesive Soils Using Directional Wave PropagationJ.T. Germaine
Samir, ChauhanPhD1995Laboratory measurements of load-transfer in geosynthetic reinforced soilsJ.T. Germaine
Santagata, MariaSM1994Simulation of sampling disturbance in soft clays using triaxial element testsJ.T. Germaine
Santagata, MariaPhD1998Factors affecting the initial stiffness and stiffness degradation of cohesive soilsJ.T. Germaine
Sauls, DavidSM1985Strength-deformation properties of Harrison Bay Arctic silts J.T. Germaine
Schulte, KathrynPhD2007A new scaling relationship for Sorptivity (Columbia)J.T. Germaine
Seah, Tian HoPhD1990Anisotropy of resedimented Boston Blue ClayJ.T. Germaine
Sheahan, ThomasSM1988Modification and implementation of a computer controlled triaxial apparatusJ.T. Germaine
Sheahan, ThomasPhD1991An experimental study of the time-dependent undrained shear behavior of resedimented clay using automated stress path triaxial equipmentJ.T. Germaine
Sinfield, JoeSM1994An experimental investigation of sampling disturbance effects in resedimented Boston blue clayJ.T. Germaine
Sinfield, JoePhD1997Fluorescence of contaminants in soil and groundwater using a time-resolved microchip laser systemJ.T. Germaine
Sjoblom, KurtPhD2000The mechanisms involved during the desaturation process of a porous matrixJ.T. Germaine
Sutabutr, TwarathPhD1999Analyses and interpretation of tapered piezoprobe and application to offshore pile designJ.T. Germaine
Swan, ChrisPhD1994Physical mechanisms controlling the strength and deformation behavior of unfrozen and frozen Manchester fine sandJ.T. Germaine
Tan, BrainSM2004Geotechnical Characterization of Sediments from Hydrate Ridge, Cascadia Continental MarginJ.T. Germaine
Tawil, M. RamiSM1997Engineering properties of iron mine slimes for tailings dam stabilityJ.T. Germaine
Ting, Nai-HsiunSM1991Effects of disturbance on consolidation with vertical drainsJ.T. Germaine
Toker, Nabi KartalSM2002Improvements and Reliability of MIT Tensometers and Studies on Soil Moisture Characteristic CurvesJ.T. Germaine
Toker, Nabi KartalPhD2007Strength of unsaturated soils and the role of soil suctionJ.T. Germaine
Vladimir, IvanovSM2001Measurements and interpretation of wetting front infiltration in soilsJ.T. Germaine
Walbaun, MarcusSM1988Procedure for investigation of sample disturbance using the direct simple shear apparatusJ.T. Germaine
Werner, RobertSM1990The influence of load history on the response of Arctic silt to undrained cyclic and monotonic direct simple shearJ.T. Germaine
Yan, ZhuPhD2006Modeling of Plume Geometry during Air Sparging (Columbia)J.T. Germaine
Yin, EdwardSM1985Consolidation and direct simple shear behavior of Harrison Bay Arctic siltsJ.T. Germaine
Yoon, Joon SikPhD2005Discrete Particle Behavior in Porous Media: Direct Observations of Physical Mechanisms Influencing Particle BehaviorJ.T. Germaine
Young, GretchenSM1986The strength deformation properties of Smith Bay arctic siltsJ.T. Germaine
Zeeb, Peter PhD1996Piezocone mapping, groundwater monitoring, and flow modeling in a riverine peatland : implications for the transport of arsenicJ.T. Germaine
Zhang, GuopingPhD2002Laboratory Characterization of a Highly Weathered Old Alluvium in San Juan, Pureto RicoJ.T. Germaine
Zreik, DianaSM1991Determination of the undrained shear strength of very soft cohesive soils by a new fall cone apparatusJ.T. Germaine
Zreik, DianaPhD1995Behavior of cohesive soils and their drained, undrained, and erosional strengths at ultra-low stressesJ.T. Germaine
Zablocki, MarkMS2018Resedimented Nile Silty Clay (RNSC): Characterization and Soil Behavior ComparisonJ.T. Germaine