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Paul A. Hsieh is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with an emphasis on several subfields including Geophysics, Geochemistry and Petrology, Environmental Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Groundwater flow and contamination studies, earthquake and tectonic studies, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Notable recent publications by Paul A. Hsieh encompass a range of topics related to groundwater systems and hydrogeology. These include:

  • Modeling Groundwater Inflow to the New Crater Lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i (2020), published in Ground Water
  • Post Audit of Simulated Groundwater Flow to a Short-Lived (2019 to 2020) Crater Lake at Kīlauea Volcano (2021), published in Ground Water
  • A Borehole Test for Chlorinated Solvent Diffusion and Degradation Rates in Sedimentary Rock (2022), published in Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation
  • Aqueous geochemistry of waters and hydrogeology of alluvial deposits, Pinnacles National Park, California (2022), published in Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World
  • Groundwater dynamics at Kīlauea Volcano and vicinity, Hawaiʻi (2021), published in USGS professional paper

Paul A. Hsieh has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • S. E. Ingebritsen
  • James P. Kauahikaua
  • A. F. Flinders
  • Eileen Poeter
  • Richelle M. Allen-King

The scientist has published in several venues with repeated contributions to Ground Water, as well as works appearing in Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, Antarctica A Keystone in a Changing World, USGS professional paper, and Orthopaedic Proceedings.

In addition to journal articles, Paul A. Hsieh has authored a book titled Graphical Construction of Groundwater Flow Nets published by The Groundwater Project eBooks in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Review of flow rate estimates of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

    Marcia K. McNutt;Rich Camilli;Timothy J. Crone;George D. Guthrie

  • A Transient Laboratory Method for Determining the Hydraulic Properties of "Tight"Rocks-I, Theory

    P.A. Hsieh;J.V. Tracy;C.E. Neuzil;J.D. Bredehoeft

  • Determination of Aquifer Transmissivity From Earth Tide Analysis

    Paul A. Hsieh;John D. Bredehoeft;John M. Farr

  • Fundamentals of Rock Mechanics

    Paul A. Hsieh

  • A reservoir analysis of the Denver earthquakes: A case of induced seismicity

    Paul A. Hsieh;John D. Bredehoeft

  • A transient laboratory method for determining the hydraulic properties of ‘tight’ rocks—II. Application

    C.E. Neuzil;C. Cooley;Stephen E. Silliman;J.D. Bredehoeft

  • Field Determination of the Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor of Anisotropic Media: 2. Methodology and Application to Fractured Rocks

    Paul A. Hsieh;Shlomo P. Neuman;Gary K. Stiles;Eugene S. Simpson

  • Field Determination of the Three‐Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor of Anisotropic Media: 1. Theory

    Paul A. Hsieh;Shlomo P. Neuman

  • VS2DI-A graphical software package for simulating fluid flow and solute or energy transport in variably saturated porous media

    P.A. Hsieh;W.L. Wingle;R.W. Healy

  • Deformation‐Induced Changes in Hydraulic Head During Ground‐Water Withdrawal

    Paul A. Hsieh

  • Response of well aquifer systems to Earth tides: Problem revisited

    Paul A. Hsieh;John D. Bredehoeft;Stuart A. Rojstaczer

  • Hydrothermal fluid flow and deformation in large calderas: Inferences from numerical simulations

    Shaul Hurwitz;Lizet B. Christiansen;Paul A. Hsieh

  • A New Formula for the Analytical Solution of the Radial Dispersion Problem

    Paul A. Hsieh

  • How good are estimates of transmissivity from slug tests in fractured rock

    Allen M. Shapiro;Paul A. Hsieh

  • Identifying fracture‐zone geometry using simulated annealing and hydraulic‐connection data

    Frederick D. Day-Lewis;Paul A. Hsieh;Steven M. Gorelick

  • Guide to the Revised Ground-Water Flow and Heat Transport Simulator: HYDROTHERM - Version 3

    Kenneth L. Kipp;Paul A. Hsieh;Scott R. Charlton

  • Characterizing a ground water basin in a New England mountain and valley terrain

    Claire R. Tiedeman;Daniel J. Goode;Paul A. Hsieh

  • Scale effects in fluid flow through fractured geologic media

    Paul A. Hsieh

  • Seasonal seismicity at western United States volcanic centers

    L.B. Christiansen;S. Hurwitz;M.O. Saar;S.E. Ingebritsen

  • User's guide to Model Viewer, a program for three-dimensional visualization of ground-water model results

    Paul A. Hsieh;Richard B. Winston

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen M. Shapiro
Allen M. Shapiro United States Geological Survey
Steven E. Ingebritsen
Steven E. Ingebritsen United States Geological Survey
Shaul Hurwitz
Shaul Hurwitz United States Geological Survey
Shlomo P. Neuman
Shlomo P. Neuman University of Arizona
William C. Evans
William C. Evans United States Geological Survey
Marcia McNutt
Marcia McNutt National Academy of Sciences
David R. Shelly
David R. Shelly United States Geological Survey
Warren W. Wood
Warren W. Wood Michigan State University
Walter D. Mooney
Walter D. Mooney United States Geological Survey
Soroosh Sorooshian
Soroosh Sorooshian University of California, Irvine

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