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Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

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Earth Science

D-Index
43
Citations
8256
World Ranking
4901
National Ranking
1855

Overview

Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin is affiliated with Rice University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Engineering, with notable contributions in subfields such as Geophysics, Ocean Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Environmental Engineering.

They have published extensively on topics including:

  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Seismology and Earthquake Studies
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Geophysics and Sensor Technology
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Ajo-Franklin has contributed research articles to a variety of publication venues. Frequent outlets for their work include:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Seismological Research Letters
  • Geophysics
  • Geophysical Monograph

Some of their recent papers are:

  • On the Broadband Instrument Response of Fiber-Optic DAS Arrays, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers, 2022, Reviews of Geophysics
  • Utilizing distributed acoustic sensing and ocean bottom fiber optic cables for submarine structural characterization, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Aquifer Monitoring Using Ambient Seismic Noise Recorded With Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) Deployed on Dark Fiber, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Close Observation of Hydraulic Fracturing at EGS Collab Experiment 1: Fracture Trajectory, Microseismic Interpretations, and the Role of Natural Fractures, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors throughout their career. Regular collaborators include:

  • Verónica Rodrí́guez Tribaldos
  • Feng Cheng
  • Timothy J. Kneafsey
  • Avinash Nayak
  • Yves Guglielmi

Best Publications

  • Illuminating seafloor faults and ocean dynamics with dark fiber distributed acoustic sensing

    Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;T. Craig Dawe;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

  • Field testing of fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) for subsurface seismic monitoring

    Thomas M. Daley;Barry M. Freifeld;Jonathan Ajo-Franklin;Shan Dou

  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing Using Dark Fiber for Near-Surface Characterization and Broadband Seismic Event Detection.

    Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Shan Dou;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Inder Monga

  • Distributed Acoustic Sensing for Seismic Monitoring of The Near Surface: A Traffic-Noise Interferometry Case Study

    Shan Dou;Nate Lindsey;Nate Lindsey;Anna M. Wagner;Thomas M. Daley

  • Fiber‐Optic Network Observations of Earthquake Wavefields

    Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Eileen R. Martin;Douglas S. Dreger;Barry Freifeld

  • From Fluid Flow to Coupled Processes in Fractured Rock: Recent Advances and New Frontiers

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  • On the Broadband Instrument Response of Fiber-Optic DAS Arrays

    Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Horst Rademacher;Jonathan B. Ajo‐Franklin;Jonathan B. Ajo‐Franklin

  • Pore-scale controls on calcite dissolution rates from flow-through laboratory and numerical experiments.

    Sergi Molins;David Trebotich;Li Yang;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

  • Evaluation of mineral reactive surface area estimates for prediction of reactivity of a multi-mineral sediment

    Lauren E. Beckingham;Elizabeth H. Mitnick;Carl I. Steefel;Shuo Zhang

  • Upscaling calcium carbonate precipitation rates from pore to continuum scale

    Catherine Noiriel;Catherine Noiriel;Carl I. Steefel;Li Yang;Jonathan Ajo-Franklin

  • Utilizing Distributed Acoustic Sensing and Ocean Bottom Fiber Optic Cables for Submarine Structural Characterization

    Feng Cheng;Feng Cheng;Benxin Chi;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;T. Craig Dawe

  • High-resolution characterization of a CO2 plume using crosswell seismic tomography: Cranfield, MS, USA

    J.B. Ajo-Franklin;J. Peterson;J. Doetsch;T.M. Daley

  • Continuous active-source seismic monitoring of CO2 injection in abrine aquifer

    Thomas M. Daley;Ray D. Solbau;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Sally M. Benson

  • Measurement of accessible reactive surface area in a sandstone, with application to CO2 mineralization

    Gautier Landrot;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Li Yang;Stefano Cabrini

  • Monitoring a large volume CO2 injection: Year two results from SECARB project at Denbury’s Cranfield, Mississippi, USA

    Susan D. Hovorka;Timothy A. Meckel;Ramon H. Trevino;Jiemin Lu

  • Applying compactness constraints to differential traveltime tomography

    Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Burke J. Minsley;Thomas M. Daley

  • A 2.5D Reactive Transport Model for Fracture Alteration Simulation.

    Hang Deng;Sergi Molins;Carl Steefel;Donald DePaolo;Donald DePaolo

  • The Potential of DAS in Teleseismic Studies: Insights From the Goldstone Experiment

    Chunquan Yu;Chunquan Yu;Zhongwen Zhan;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Nathaniel J. Lindsey;Jonathan B. Ajo‐Franklin

  • Evaluation of accessible mineral surface areas for improved prediction of mineral reaction rates in porous media

    Lauren E. Beckingham;Lauren E. Beckingham;Carl I. Steefel;Alexander M. Swift;Marco Voltolini

  • Pore-scale capillary pressure analysis using multi-scale X-ray micromotography

    Charlotte Garing;Jacques A. de Chalendar;Marco Voltolini;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin

  • X-ray micro-tomography at the Advanced Light Source

    A. A. MacDowell;D. Y. Parkinson;A. Haboub;E. Schaible

  • Continuous active-source seismic monitoring of CO2 injection in a brine aquifer

    Thomas M. Daley;Ray D. Solbau;Jonathan B. Ajo-Franklin;Sally M. Benson

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas M. Daley
Thomas M. Daley Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Timothy J. Kneafsey
Timothy J. Kneafsey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Barry Freifeld
Barry Freifeld Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Patrick F. Dobson
Patrick F. Dobson Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Susan S. Hubbard
Susan S. Hubbard Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Lianjie Huang
Lianjie Huang Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jonny Rutqvist
Jonny Rutqvist Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Sally M. Benson
Sally M. Benson Stanford University
Bezalel C. Haimson
Bezalel C. Haimson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Carl I. Steefel
Carl I. Steefel Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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