CURRENT PROJECTS
Fluid Pressures, Solute Transport, and Fluid Budgets at Subduction Zones
Fluids, Heat Transport and the Strength of the San Andreas Fault
Hydrogeophysical Data "Fusion"
Hydrologic Impacts of Waters Co-Produced with Coal-Bed Methane
Imaging Flow and Transport in Shallow Fractured-Rock Aquifers
Instability & Collapse of Lava Domes and Volcano Flanks
Mechanical and Transport Properties of Fractures
Permeability Profiling with Cone Penetrometers
RESEARCH FACILITIES
Center for Quantitative Imaging
Submarine Landslides
We
are investigating how sedimentation elevates pore pressure and drives
submarine landslides in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico and the New Jersey
Continental Slope. The effort includes drilling expeditions to take
core samples and measure in-situ pore pressure of these systems.
At Penn State we are pursuing geotechnical analyses and theoretical models to understand the processes driving these massive slope failures.
Contact: Peter Flemings