Contact Information:
Prof. Peter Flemings
Dept. of Geosciences
Penn State University
307 Deike Building
University Park, PA 16802
814.865.2309
Non- Penn State Publications (Listed in Alphabetical Order)
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Bhatnagar, G., Chapman, W.G., Dickens, G., Dugan, B., Hirasaki, G.J., In Press, Generalization of gas hydrate distribution and saturation in marine sediments by scaling of thermodynamic and transport processes, American Journal of Science, 64 p.
Behrens, R., Condon, P., Haworth, W., Bergeron, M., Wang, Z., Ecker, C., 2001, 4D Seismic Monitoring of Water Influx at Bay Marchand: The Practical Use of 4D in an Imperfect World, Proceedings of the 2001 SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition, New Orleans, September 2001, SPE 71329.
Boehm, A., Moore, J.C., 2002, Fluidized sandstone intrusions as an indicator of Paleostress orientation, Santa Cruz, California, Geofluids, 2(2), 147-161.
Bruce, B., Bowers, G., 2002, Pore Pressure Terminology, The Leading Edge, 21 (2): 170-173.
Davis, E. E., Becker, K., 2001, Using ODP Boreholes for Studying Sub-seafloor hydrogeology: Results from the First Decade of CORK Observations, Geoscience Canada, 28(4), 171-178.
Dickens, G.R., 2003, Rethinking the global carbon cycle with a large, dynamic and microbially mediated gas hydrate capacitor, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 6724, p. 1-14.
Dickens, G.R., 2001, Sulfate profiles and barium fronts in sediment on the Blake Ridge: Present and past methane fluxes through a large gas hydrate reservoir, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65: 529-543. [the argument for steady-state on the Blake Ridge]
Dickens, G.R., 2001, On the fate of past gas: what happens to methane released from a bacterially mediated gas hydrate capacitor?, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems - G3, 2: paper number 2000GC000131. [The argument for putting gas into the ocean instead of the atmosphere.]
Dickens, G.R., 2001, The potential volume of oceanic methane hydrates with variable external conditions, Organic Geochemistry, 32: 1179-1193. [This will show you how the pahase boundary shifts with variable conditions]
Dillon, W.P., Nealon, J.W., Taylor, M.H., Lee, M.W., Drury, R.M., Anton, C.H., 2001, Seafloor Collapse and Methane Venting Associated with Gas Hydrate on the Blake Ridge -- Causes and Implications to Seafloor Stability and Methane Release. In: Paull, C.K., Dillon, W.P. (eds), Natural gas hydrates : occurrence, distribution, and detection, Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union, p. 211-233.
Drummond, C.N., Wilkinson, B.H., 1996, Stratal Thickness Frequencies and the Prevalence of Orderedness in Stratigraphic Sequences, The Journal of Geology, v. 104, p. 1-18.
Fisher, D.M., Brantley, S.L., Everett, M., Dzvonik, J., 1995, Cyclic fluid flow through a regionally extensive fracture network within the Kodiak accretionary prism, The Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, no. B7, p. 12,881-12,894.
Francisca, F., Yun, T.-S., Ruppel, C., Santamarina, J.C., 2005, Geophysical and geotechnical properties of near-seafloor sediments in the northern Gulf of Mexico gas hydrate province, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V. 237, p. 924-939.
Gas-Hydrate Observatories Workshop (GHOBS) Presentations, Portland, Oregon, July 18-20, 2007. Sponsored by JOI and DOE.
Gibson, R.E., 1958, The Progress of Consolidation in a Clay Layer Increasing in Thickness with Time, Geotechnique, v.8, p. 171-182.
Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation 20th Annual Conference, 2000, Click here to browse through 2000 papers.
Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation 21st Annual Conference, 2001, Click here to browse through 2001 papers.
Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation and GCAGS 54th Annual Conference, 2004, (See 305 Deike for CD, not able to be placed on the web).
Harrold, T.W.D., Swarbrick, R.E., Goulty, N.R., 1999, Pore pressure estimation from mudrock porosities in Tertiary basins, southeast Asia, AAPG Bulletin, v. 83, no. 7, p. 1057-1067.
Heffernan, A. S., J. C. Moore, N. L. Bangs, G. F. Moore, T. H. Shipley, (2003), Initial deformation in a subduction thrust system: Polygonal normal faulting in the incoming sedimentary sequence of the Nankai subduction zone, Southwestern Japan, Application to the Exploration of Sedimentary Basins: In: Davies R.. J et al (eds.) 3D Seismic Technology: Application to the Exploration of Sedimentary Basins: Geological Society [London] Memoir (in press).
House, W.M., Pritchett, J.A., 1995, Fluid Migration and Formation Pressures Associated with Allochthonous Salt Sheets in the Northern Gulf of Mexico. In: Travis, C.J., Harrison, H., Hudec, M.R., Vendeville, B.C., Peel, F.J., Perkins, B.E. (eds), Proceedings of the GCSSEPM Foundation 16th Annual Research Conference: Salt, Sediment and Hydrocarbons, December 3-6, 1995, p. 121-124.
Hubbert, M.K., Rubey, W.W., 1959, Role of Fluids Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting, Part I: Mechanics of Fluid-Filled Porous Solids and Its Application to Overthrust Faulting. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, V. 70, p. 115-166.
Hubbert, M.K., Rubey, W.W., 1959, Role of Fluids Pressure in Mechanics of Overthrust Faulting, Part II: Overthrust Belt in Geosynclinal Area of Western Wyoming in Light of Fluid-Pressure Hypothesis. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, V. 70, p. 167-206.
Hyndman, R.D., Davis, E.E., 1992, A Mechanism for the Formation of Methane Hydrate and Seafloor Bottom-Simulating Reflectors by Vertical Fluid Expulsion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 97 (B5): 7025-7041.
Jolly, R.J.H., Lonergan, L., 2002, Mechanisms and controls on the formation of sand intrusions, Journal of the Geological Society, v.159, p. 605-617.
Kidwell, S.M., 1988, Reciprocal sedimentation and noncorrelative hiatuses in marine-paralic siliciclastics: Miocene outcrop evidence, Geology, v.16, p. 609-612.
McAdoo, B. G., L. F. Pratson, and D. L. Orange, 2000, Submarine landslide geomorphology, US continental slope, Marine Geology, v. 169, p. 103-136.
Milkov, A. V., Claypool, G. E., Lee, Y., Xu, W., Dickens, G. R., Borowski, W. S., Leg 204 Shipboard Scientific Party, (in press), In situ methane concentrations at Hydrate Ridge offshore Oregon: New constraints on the global gas hydrate inventory from an active margin, Geology.
Moore, J. C., Shipley, T. H., Goldberg, D., Ogawa, Y., Filice, F., Fisher, A., Jurado, M. J., Moore, G. F., Rabaute, A., Yin, H., Zwart, G., Brueckmann, W., Henry, P., Ashi, J., Blum, P., Meyer, A., Housen, B., Kastner, M., Labaume, P., Laier, T., Leitch, E. C., Maltman, A. J., Peacock, S., Steiger, T. H., Tobin, H. J., Underwood, M. B., Xu, Y., and Zheng, Y., 1995, Abnormal fluid pressures and fault-zone dilation in the Barbados accretionary prism; evidence from logging while drilling: Geology, v. 23, no. 7, p. 605-608.
O'Brien, J., Lerche, I., 1994, Understanding subsalt overpressure may reduce drilling risks. Oil and Gas Journal, 92 (4): 28-34.
Offshore Technology Conference, 2003, Click here to browse through 2003 papers.
Offshore Technology Conference, 2007, Click here to browse through 2007 papers.
Orange, D.L., Saffer, D., Jeanjean, P., Al-Khafaji, Z., Humphrey, G., Riley, G., 2003, Measurements and modeling of the shallow pore pressure regime at the Sigsbee Escarpment: Successful prediction of overpressure and ground-truthing with borehole measurements, The Leading Edge, September, p. 906-913.
Ostermeier, R. M., Pelletier, J. H., Winker, C. D., Nicholson, J. W., Rambow, F. H., and Cowan, K. M., 2000, Dealing with Shallow-Water Flow in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico, Offshore Technology Coference 2000: Houston, TX, OTC 11972, 12 p.
Ostermeier, R.M., Pelletier, J.H., Winker, C.D., Nicholson, J.W., 2001, Trends in Shallow Sediment Pore Pressures - Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Proceedings of the 2001 SPE/IADC Drilling Conference, Amsterdam, March 2001, SPE/IADC 67772.
Ostermeier, R. M., 2002, Compaction Effects on Porosity and Permeability Deepwater Gulf of Mexico Turbidites, Journal of Petroleum Technology, Distinguished Author Series.
Prather, B.E., et al., 1998, Classification, Lithologic Calibration, and Stratigraphic Succession of Seismic Facies of Intraslope Basins, Deep-Water Gulf of Mexico, AAPG Bulletin, v.82, no.5A, p.701-728.
Ruppel, C., Dickens, G.R., Castellini, D.G., Gilhooly, W., Lizarralde, D., 2005, Heat and salt inhibition of gas hydrate formation in the northern Gulf of Mexico, Geophysical Research letters, V. 32, L04605, doi:10.1029/2004GL021909.
Saffer, D.M., in review, Pore pressure development and progressive dewatering in underthrust sediments at the Costa Rican subduction margin: Comparison with Barbados and Nankai.
Satterfield, W.M., Behrens, E.W., 1990, A Late Quaternary Canyon/Channel System, Northwest Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope, Marine Geology, v. 92, p. 51-67.
Sloss, L.L., 1963, Sequences in the Cratonic Interior of North America, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 74, p. 93-114.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, Annual Conference New Orleans, 2006, Browse through 2006 papers.
Torres, M.E.,McManus, J., Hammond, D.E., de Angelis, M.A., Heeschen, K.U., Colbert, S.L., Tryon, M.D., Brown, K.M., Suess, E., 2002, Fluid and chemical £uxes in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, I: Hydrological provinces, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201: 525-540.
Tryon, M.D., Brown, K.M., Torres, M.E., 2002, Fluid and chemical £ux in and out of sediments hosting methane hydrate deposits on Hydrate Ridge, OR, II: Hydrological processes, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 201: 541-557.
Whittle, A.J., Sutabutr, T., Germaine, J.T. & Varney, A., 2001, Prediction and interpretation of pore pressure dissipation for a tapered piezoprobe, Géotechnique, 51(7), 601-617.
Whittle, A.J., Sutabutr, T., Germaine, J.T. & Varney, A., 2001 Prediction and Measurement of Pore Pressure Dissipation for a Tapered Piezoprobe, Proceedings of the 2001 Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper #13155.
Winker, C.D., 1996, High-Resolution Seismic Stratigraphy of a Late Pleistocene Submarine Fan Ponded by Salt-Withdrawl Mini-Basins on the Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope, Proceedings of the 1996 Offshore Technology Conference, OTC Paper #8024.
Winker, C.D., Shipp, R.C., 2002, Sequence Stratigraphic Framework for Prediction of Shallow Water Flow in the Greater Mars-Ursa Area, Mississippi Canyon Area, Gulf of Mexico Continental Slope, Gulf Coast Section Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists Foundation 22nd Annual Conference.
Winters, W.J., 2000, Stress History and Geotechnical Properties of Sediment from the Cape Fear Diapir, Blake Ridge Diapir, and Blake Ridge, Proc. ODP Sci. Results, 164: College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program).
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