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Jonathan Blair Ajo-Franklin
Professor, Rice University
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Control Mechanisms for Self‐Sealing in Activated Clay‐Rich Faults Through Controlled Hydraulic Injection Experiment
WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
02 april 2025
Craig Ulrich, Yves Guglielmi, Frederic Cappa, Tann...
In a high‐pressure injection fault activation experiment conducted at the Mont Terri underground research laboratory in Switzerland, the tran...
Unveiling Cryosphere Dynamics by Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Data‐Driven Hydro‐Thermo Coupled Simulation
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
27 january 2025
Haoyuan Sun, Feng Cheng, Jianghai Xia, Jianbo jian...
As global warming continues, the Earth's cryosphere is experiencing severe degradation. This study leverages a novel combination of distributed aco...
Monitoring fracture evolution at Utah FORGE: preliminary data analysis of continuous seismic monitoring using distributed acoustic sensing and permanent seismic sources
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY I ORAL
seismology | 13 december 2024
Julia Correa, Todd Wood, Barry Freifeld, Fu Yin, J...
The success and effectiveness of energy production through enhanced geothermal systems (EGS) largely depends on the generation and maintenance of a pe...
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Time-Lapse Velocity and Attenuation Full Waveform Inversion: Monitoring the Dynamic Seismic Response to Hydraulic Stimulation and Fluid Injection
ADVANCES IN EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS I POSTER
near surface geophysics | 12 december 2024
Jackson Saftner, Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin, Tieyuan...
Understanding the seismic response of subsurface fractures is a long-standing challenge in geophysics, and our ability to monitor the evolution of suc...
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High-resolution Shallow Structural Imaging using Ambient Noise and a Dense Nodal Array at the Utah FORGE Geothermal Site
SEISMIC IMAGING AND MONITORING IN ENVIRONMENTAL, URBAN, AND ENERGY CONTEXTS I ORAL
near surface geophysics | 12 december 2024
Fu Yin, Jaewoo Kim, Brianna Miranda, YUANYUAN MA, ...
The Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy (FORGE) project is an international field laboratory aimed at developing new technique...
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A Hydromechanical Framework for Fracture Characterization Under Uncertainty Using Periodic Hydraulic Testing
HYDROGEOPHYSICS: SUBSURFACE CHARACTERIZATION AND MONITORING USING GEOPHYSICAL METHODS, REMOTE SENSING, AND HYDROGEOLOGICAL METHODS II POSTER
hydrology | 12 december 2024
Jeremy Patterson, Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin, Matthe...
Accurate multi-scale prediction of flow and transport pathways through fractured bedrock aquifers is critical for large scale alternative energy devel...
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Seismicity Monitoring at Blue Mountain Enhanced Geothermal System using Multiwell Distributed Acoustic Sensing
LEVERAGING DISTRIBUTED FIBER-OPTIC SENSING IN MODERN MONITORING APPLICATIONS II ORAL
seismology | 10 december 2024
Avinash Nayak, Julia Correa, Jonathan B. Ajo-Frank...
Microseismic monitoring is critical in assessing the efficiency of stimulation operations and managing induced seismicity in geothermal energy product...
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Assessing CO2 Gas Leakage Detection in Shallow Water Environments Using Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and a Low-Frequency Acoustic Source
NEAR-SURFACE GEOPHYSICS TO CHARACTERIZE ANTHROPOGENIC TARGETS II ORAL
near surface geophysics | 09 december 2024
Brianna Miranda, Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin, Julia C...
Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), utilized in both active and passive fashions, offers a promising approach for detecting surficial gas leakage abov...
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