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Eric Sonnenthal is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Engineering. Within these broader categories, their work addresses environmental engineering, geophysics, and mechanics of materials, along with topics in renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental chemistry.

The scientist's research interests are reflected in various main topics:

  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Geothermal Energy Systems and Applications
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Eric Sonnenthal has published papers in a range of peer-reviewed journals and publication venues, including:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geothermics
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Nature Communications
  • Scientific Reports

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Constraining maximum event magnitude during injection-triggered seismicity," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "The environmental controls on efficiency of enhanced rock weathering in soils," 2023, Scientific Reports
  • "Microbial U Isotope Fractionation Depends on the U(VI) Reduction Rate," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Understanding controls on hydrothermal dolomitisation: insights from 3D reactive transport modelling of geothermal convection," 2020, Solid Earth
  • "Effect of brine salinity on the geological sequestration of CO2 in a deep saline carbonate formation," 2020, Greenhouse Gases Science and Technology

Sonnenthal frequently collaborates with a consistent group of co-authors, including:

  • Patrick Dobson
  • Peter Nico
  • J. Torquil Smith
  • Timothy J. Kneafsey
  • Rungroj Benjakul

The diversity of topics and venues illustrates a research profile rooted in both theoretical and applied environmental and geological sciences, particularly with a strong focus on subsurface processes and energy systems.

Best Publications

  • TOUGHREACT-A simulation program for non-isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media: Applications to geothermal injectivity and CO2 geological sequestration

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • TOUGHREACT Version 2.0: A simulator for subsurface reactive transport under non-isothermal multiphase flow conditions

    Tianfu Xu;Nicolas Spycher;Eric Sonnenthal;Guoxiang Zhang

  • Expanding the role of reactive transport models in critical zone processes

    Li Li;Kate Maher;Alexis Navarre-Sitchler;Jennifer Druhan

  • TOUGHREACT User's Guide: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive geochemical Transport in Variable Saturated Geologic Media

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Multidimensional reactive transport modeling of CO2 mineral sequestration in basalts at the Hellisheidi geothermal field, Iceland

    Edda S.P. Aradóttir;Eric L. Sonnenthal;Grímur Björnsson;Hannes Jónsson

  • Integrated multicomponent solute geothermometry

    N. Spycher;L. Peiffer;E.L. Sonnenthal;G. Saldi

  • TOUGHREACT User's Guide: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive geochemical Transport in Variable Saturated Geologic Media

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Approaches to modeling coupled thermal, hydrological, and chemical processes in the drift scale heater test at Yucca Mountain

    E. Sonnenthal;A. Ito;N. Spycher;M. Yui

  • Formulation and sequential numerical algorithms of coupled fluid/heat flow and geomechanics for multiple porosity materials

    Jihoon Kim;Eric L. Sonnenthal;Jonny Rutqvist

  • Fluid flow and reactive transport around potential nuclear waste emplacement tunnels at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

    N.F. Spycher;E.L. Sonnenthal;J.A. Apps

  • TOUGHREACT User's Guide: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive Geochemical Transport in Variably Saturated Geologic Media, V1.2.1

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Seawater δ7Li: A direct proxy for global CO2 consumption by continental silicate weathering?

    Christoph Wanner;Eric L. Sonnenthal;Xiao-Ming Liu;Xiao-Ming Liu

  • TOURGHREACT: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal MultiphaseReactive Geochemical Transport in Variably Saturated GeologicMedia

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Experimental and numerical simulation of dissolution and precipitation: implications for fracture sealing at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

    Patrick F Dobson;Timothy J Kneafsey;Eric L Sonnenthal;Nicolas Spycher

  • Optimized multicomponent vs. classical geothermometry: Insights from modeling studies at the Dixie Valley geothermal area

    L. Peiffer;Christoph Wanner;N. Spycher;E.L. Sonnenthal

  • Coupled THM Modeling of Hydroshearing Stimulation in Tight Fractured Volcanic Rock

    A. P. Rinaldi;J. Rutqvist;E. L. Sonnenthal;T. T. Cladouhos

  • Modeling Multiphase Non-Isothermal Fluid Flow and Reactive Geochemical Transport in Variably Saturated Fractured Rocks: 2. Applications to Supergene Copper Enrichment and Hydrothermal Flows

    Tianfu Xu;Eric Sonnenthal;Nicholas Spycher;Karsten Pruess

  • Geochemistry of dendritic anorthosites and associated pegmatites in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland: Evidence for metasomatism by a chlorine-rich fluid

    Eric L. Sonnenthal

  • Development and evaluation of a thermodynamic dataset for phases of interest in CO2 mineral sequestration in basaltic rocks

    Edda S.P. Aradóttir;Eric L. Sonnenthal;Hannes Jónsson

  • Constraints on the hydrology of the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, NV from three-dimensional models of chloride and strontium geochemistry

    Eric L Sonnenthal;Gudmundur S Bodvarsson

  • Metasomatic replacement in the Skærgaard Intrusion, East Greenland: Preliminary observations☆

    Alexander R. McBirney;Eric L. Sonnenthal

  • Multiphase Reactive Transport Modeling of Seasonal Infiltration Events and Stable Isotope Fractionation in Unsaturated Zone Pore Water and Vapor at the Hanford Site

    Michael J. Singleton;Eric L. Sonnenthal;Mark E. Conrad;Donald J. DePaolo

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicolas Spycher
Nicolas Spycher Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Patrick F. Dobson
Patrick F. Dobson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Timothy J. Kneafsey
Timothy J. Kneafsey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Tianfu Xu
Tianfu Xu Jilin University
Carl I. Steefel
Carl I. Steefel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Karsten Pruess
Karsten Pruess Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson
Gudmundur S. Bodvarsson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Mark E. Conrad
Mark E. Conrad Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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