Bold  → Subsurface Processes Lab students and postdocs

• Liao, Z., R. L. Detwiler, E. S. Cookson, W. Lei, and Y.-F. Chen (2024). Quantitative visualization of two‐phase flow in a fractured porous medium. Water Resources Research, 60, doi.org/10.1029/2023WR035806.
• Zhang, R. J., Z. B. Yang, R. L. Detwiler, D. Li, G. Ma, R. Hu, and Y.-F. Chen (2023), Liquid cohesion induced particle agglomeration enhances clogging in rock fractures, Geophysical Research Letters, doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102097.
• Cookson, E. S. and R. L. Detwiler (2022), Global patterns and temporal trends of perfluoroalkyl substances in municipal wastewater: A meta-analysis, Water Research, doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118784.
• Jones, T. A. and R. L. Detwiler (2019), Mineral precipitation in fractures: Using the level set method to quantify the role of mineral heterogeneity on transport properties, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2018WR024287.
• Manheim, D. C., and R. L. Detwiler (2019), Accurate and reliable estimation of kinetic parameters for environmental engineering applications: A global, multi objective, Bayesian optimization approach, MethodsX, 6, 1398–1414, doi:10.1016/j.mex.2019.05.035.
• Medina, R., R. L. Detwiler, R. Prioul, W. Xu, and J. E. Elkhoury (2018), Settling and mobilization of sand-fiber proppants in a deformable fracture, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2018WR023355.
• Detwiler, R. L. and Morris, J. P. (2018). Fracture Initiation, Propagation, and Permeability Evolution. In Geological Carbon Storage (eds S. Vialle, J. Ajo‐Franklin and J. W. Carey) doi:10.1002/9781119118657.ch5.
• Manheim, D. C., R. L. Detwiler, and S. C. Jiang (2018), Application of unstructured kinetic models to predict microcystin biodegradation: Towards a practical approach for drinking water treatment, Water Research, 149, 617–631, doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.11.014.
• Medina, R., R. L. Detwiler, R. Prioul, W. Xu, and J.E. Elkhoury (2018), Effect of flow geometry on the evolution of concentrated sus- pensions flowing through a fracture, International Journal of Multiphase Flow, doi:10.1016/j.ijmultiphaseflow.2018.06.014.
• Azizian, M., F. Boano, P.L.M. Cook, R.L. Detwiler, M.A. Rippy, and S.B. Grant (2017), Ambient groundwater flow diminishes nitrate processing in the hyporheic zone of streams, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2016wr020048.
• Jones, T. A. and R.L. Detwiler (2016), Fracture sealing by mineral precipitation: The role of small-scale mineral heterogeneity, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1002/2016GL069598.
• Yeo, I. W., S. H. Lee, K. K. Lee, and R. L. Detwiler (2015), Tail shortening with developing eddies in a rough-walled rock fracture, Geophysical Research Letters, doi:10.1029/2015gl065116.
• Arshadi, M., H. Rajaram, T. A. Jones, and R.L. Detwiler (2015), High-Resolution Experiments on chemical oxidation of DNAPL in variable-aperture fractures: Delineation of three time regimes, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2014wr016159.
• Elkhoury, J. E., R. L. Detwiler, and P. Ameli (2015), Can a fractured caprock self-heal?, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20501.
• Medina, R., J. E. Elkhoury, J. P. Morris, R. Prioul, J. Desroches, and R. L. Detwiler (2015), Flow of dense suspensions through fractures: Significant in-plane velocity variations caused by small variations in solid concentration, Geofluids, doi: 10.1111/gfl.12109.
• Lochbuhler, T., S. J. Breen, R. L. Detwiler, J. A. Vrugt, and N. Linde (2014), Probablistic electrical resistivity tomography of a CO₂ sequestration analog, Journal of Applied Geophysics, doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo.2014.05.013.
• Ameli, P., J. E. Elkhoury, J. P. Morris, and R. L. Detwiler (2014), Fracture permeability alteration due to chemical and mechanical processes: A coupled high-resolution model, Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering., doi:10.1007/s00603-014-0575-z.
• Ameli, P., J. E. Elkhoury, and R. L. Detwiler (2013), High-resolution fracture aperture mapping using optical profilometry, Water Resources Research, 49, doi:10.1002/wrcr.20501.
• Yang, Z., A. Niemi, F. Fagerlund, T. Illangasekare, and R. L. Detwiler (2013), Dissolution of dense non-aqueous phase liquids in vertical fractures: effect of finger residuals and dead-end pools, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.03.006.
• Elkhoury, J. E., P. Ameli, and R.L. Detwiler (2013), Dissolution and deformation in fractured carbonates caused by flow of CO₂-rich brine under reservoir conditions, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.02.023.
• Zafarani, A. and R. L. Detwiler (2013), An efficient time-domain approach for simulating Pe-dependent transport through fracture intersections, Advances in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2012.11.011.
• Breen, S. J., C.R. Carrigan, D. J. LaBrecque, and R. L. Detwiler (2012), Bench-scale experiments to evaluate electrical resistivity tomography as a monitoring tool for geologic CO₂ sequestration, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.04.009.
• Shin, M., V.M. Vieira, P.B. Ryan, R.L. Detwiler, B. Sanders, K. Steenland, S.M. Bartell (2011), Environmental Fate and Transport Modeling for Perfluorooctanoic Acid Emitted from the Washington Works Facility in West Virginia, Environmental Science & Technology, 45(4), 1435-1442, doi: 10.1021/es102769t.
• Morris, J.P., R. L. Detwiler, S.J. Friedmann, O.Y. Vorobiev, Y. Hao (2011), The large-scale geomechanical and hydrogeological effects of multiple CO2 injection sites on formation stability, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, doi: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.07.006.
• Sanders, B.F., J.E. Schubert, and R.L. Detwiler (2010), ParBreZo: A parallel, unstructured grid, Godunov-type, shallow-water code for high-resolution flood inundation modeling at the regional scale, Advances in Water Resources, 33(12), 1456-1467, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.07.007.
• Detwiler, R.L. (2010), Permeability alteration due to mineral dissolution in partially saturated fractures, Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, 115, doi:10.1029/2009JB007206.
• Detwiler, R. L., H. Rajaram, and R. J. Glass (2009), Interphase mass transfer in variable aperture fractures: Controlling parameters and proposed constitutive relationships, Water Resources Research, 45, W08436, doi:10.1029/2008WR007009.
• Detwiler, R.L. (2008), Experimental observations of coupled geochemical alteration and mechanical deformation in rough-walled fractures, Journal of Geophysical Research, 113, B08202, doi:10.1029/2008JB005697. doi:10.1029/2008JB005697.
• Detwiler, R.L. and H. Rajaram (2007), Predicting dissolution patterns in variable aperture fractures: Development and evaluation of an enhanced depth-averaged computational model, Water Resources Research, 43, W04403, doi:10.1029/2006WR005147.
• Detwiler, R.L., H. Rajaram, and R.J. Glass (2005), Satiated relative permeability of variable aperture fractures, Physical Review E, 71, 031114. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.71.031114.
• Glass, R.J., H. Rajaram, and R.L. Detwiler (2003), Immiscible displacements in rough-walled fractures: Competition between roughening by random aperture variations and smoothing by in-plane curvature, Physical Review E, 68, 061110. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.68.061110.
• Detwiler, R.L., R.J. Glass, and W.B. Bourcier (2003), Experimental observations of fracture dissolution: The role of Peclet number on evolving aperture variability, Geophysical Research Letters, 30(12), 1648. doi:10.1029/2003GL017396.
• Detwiler, R.L., S.W. Mehl, W.W. Cheung, and H. Rajaram (2002), Comparison of an algebraic multigrid algorithm to two iterative solvers used for modeling groundwater flow and transport, Ground Water, 40(3), 267-272. doi:10.1111/j.1745-6584.2002.tb02654.x.
• Detwiler, R.L., H. Rajaram, and R.J. Glass (2002), Experimental and simulated solute transport in a partially-saturated, variable-aperture fracture, Geophysical Research Letters, 29(8), 113:1-4, doi:10.1029/2001GL013508.
• Detwiler, R.L., H. Rajaram, and R.J. Glass (2001), Nonaqueous-phase-liquid dissolution in variable-aperture fracture: Development of a depth-averaged computational model with comparison to a physical experiment, Water Resources Research, 37(12), 3115-3130, doi:10.1029/2000WR000161.
• Nicholl, M.J. and R.L. Detwiler (2001), Simulation of flow and transport in a single fracture: Macroscopic effects of underestimating local head loss, Geophysical Research Letters, 22(3), 4355-4358, doi:10.1029/2001GL013647.
• Glass, R.J., H. Rajaram, M.J. Nicholl, and R.L. Detwiler (2001), The interaction of two fluid phases in fractured media, Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Science, 6(3), 223-235, doi:10.1016/S1359-0294(01)00086-3.
• Detwiler, R.L., H. Rajaram, and R.J. Glass (2000), Solute transport in variable aperture fractures: An investigation of the relative importance of Taylor dispersion and macrodispersion, Water Resources Research, 36(7), 1611-1625, doi:10.1029/2000WR900036.
• Nicholl, M.J., H. Rajaram, R.J. Glass, and R.L. Detwiler (1999), Saturated flow in a single fracture: Evaluation of the Reynolds equations in measured aperture fields, Water Resources Research, 35(11), 3361-3373, doi:10.1029/1999WR900241.
• Detwiler, R.L., S.E. Pringle, and R.J. Glass (1999), Measurement of fracture aperture fields using transmitted light: An evaluation of measurement errors and their influence on simulations of flow and transport through a single fracture, Water Resources Research, 35(9), 2605-2617, doi:10.1029/1999WR900164.