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Overview

Manika Prasad is affiliated with the Colorado School of Mines in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on engineering disciplines, with significant contributions in geophysics, ocean engineering, mechanics of materials, mechanical engineering, and environmental engineering.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Seismic Waves and Analysis
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

Manika Prasad has published extensively in multiple venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • Fuel
  • Icarus

Their recent papers cover a range of geophysical and environmental engineering topics:

  • CO2 messes with rock physics, 2021, The Leading Edge
  • Effect of paramagnetic mineral content and distribution on nuclear magnetic resonance surface relaxivity in organic-rich Niobrara and Haynesville shales, 2020, Fuel
  • Carbon storage capacity of shale formations: Mineral control on CO2 adsorption, 2023, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
  • A Framework for Pore-Scale Simulation of Effective Electrical Conductivity and Permittivity of Porous Media in the Frequency Range From 1 mHz to 1 GHz, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Geophysical early warning of salt precipitation during geological carbon sequestration, 2020, Scientific Reports

Manika Prasad frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors including:

  • Rainer Zahn
  • M. C. Comas
  • Adam Klaus
  • Charles Aubourg
  • Paul E. Belanger

Best Publications

  • Specific surface area and pore‐size distribution in clays and shales

    Utpalendu Kuila;Manika Prasad

  • Elasticity of marine sediments: Rock physics modeling

    Jack Dvorkin;Manika Prasad;Akio Sakai;Dawn Lavoie

  • Nano-scale texture and porosity of organic matter and clay minerals in organic-rich mudrocks

    Utpalendu Kuila;Douglas K. McCarty;Arkadiusz Derkowski;Timothy B. Fischer

  • Elastic properties of dry clay mineral aggregates, suspensions and sandstones

    Tiziana Vanorio;Manika Prasad;Amos Nur

  • Effects of pore and differential pressure on compressional wave velocity and quality factor in Berea and Michigan sandstones

    Manika Prasad;Murli H. Manghnani

  • Total porosity measurement in gas shales by the water immersion porosimetry (WIP) method

    Utpalendu Kuila;Douglas K. McCarty;Arkadiusz Derkowski;Timothy B. Fischer

  • Effect of mineralogy on nuclear magnetic resonance surface relaxivity: A case study of Middle Bakken and Three Forks formations

    Milad Saidian;Manika Prasad

  • Measurement of Young's modulus of clay minerals using atomic force acoustic microscopy

    Manika Prasad;Malgorzata Kopycinska;Ute Rabe;Walter Arnold

  • Physical properties of carbonate fault rocks, fucino basin (Central Italy): implications for fault seal in platform carbonates

    F. Agosta;M. Prasad;A. Aydin

  • Velocity-permeability relations within hydraulic units

    Manika Prasad

  • Seismic velocities of unconsolidated sands: Part 1 — Pressure trends from 0.1 to 20 MPa

    Michael A. Zimmer;Manika Prasad;Gary Mavko;Amos Nur

  • Porosity evolution in oil-prone source rocks

    Saeed Zargari;Karen Lyn Canter;Manika Prasad

  • The Effects of Fracturing Fluids on Shale Rock Mechanical Properties and Proppant Embedment

    Ola M. Akrad;Jennifer Lynne Miskimins;Manika Prasad

  • Acoustic measurements in unconsolidated sands at low effective pressure and overpressure detection

    Manika Prasad

  • Organic maturity, elastic properties, and textural characteristics of self resourcing reservoirs

    Saeed Zargari;Manika Prasad;C Kenechukwu;Earl D. Mattson

  • Pressure and porosity influences on VP-VS ratio in unconsolidated sands

    Mike Zimmer;Manika Prasad;Gary Mavko

  • ATTENUATION MECHANISMS IN SANDS : LABORATORY VERSUS THEORETICAL (BIOT) DATA

    Manika Prasad;Rolf Meissner

  • Effect of clay and organic matter on nitrogen adsorption specific surface area and cation exchange capacity in shales (mudrocks)

    Milad Saidian;Lemuel J. Godinez;Manika Prasad

  • Dynamic elastic properties of coal

    Anyela Morcote;Gary Mavko;Manika Prasad

  • Understanding Pore-Structure And Permeability In Shales

    Utpalendu Kuila;Manika Prasad

  • Compositional Controls on Mudrock Pore-Size Distribution: An Example from Niobrara Formation

    Utpalendu Kuila;Manika Prasad;Arkadiusz Derkowski;Douglas K. McCarty

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Batzle
Michael Batzle Colorado School of Mines
Gary Mavko
Gary Mavko Stanford University
Amos Nur
Amos Nur Stanford University
André Revil
André Revil Université Savoie Mont Blanc
Tapan Mukerji
Tapan Mukerji Stanford University
Jack Dvorkin
Jack Dvorkin King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Atilla Aydin
Atilla Aydin Stanford University
Murli H. Manghnani
Murli H. Manghnani University of Hawaii at Manoa
Fabrizio Agosta
Fabrizio Agosta University of Basilicata
Carlos Torres-Verdín
Carlos Torres-Verdín The University of Texas at Austin

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