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Peter Eichhubl is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and earth sciences, with a particular focus on geophysics and mechanical engineering.

The main fields of study for Eichhubl include:

  • Engineering
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these fields, Eichhubl's work addresses several subfields, notably:

  • Geophysics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Geology

The research topics covered by Eichhubl encompass:

  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Rock Mechanics and Modeling
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering

Eichhubl has contributed to several recent publications, including:

  • Hydrogen Storage Assessment in Depleted Oil Reservoir and Saline Aquifer, 2022, Energies
  • Poroelastic models for fault reactivation in response to concurrent injection and production in stacked reservoirs, 2020, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment
  • Mineral precipitation as a mechanism of fault core growth, 2020, Journal of Structural Geology
  • Origin of low salinity, high volume produced waters in the Wolfcamp Shale (Permian), Delaware Basin, USA, 2020, Applied Geochemistry
  • Opening-mode fracturing and cementation during hydrocarbon generation in shale: An example from the Barnett Shale, Delaware Basin, West Texas, 2022, AAPG Bulletin

Frequent coauthors working alongside Eichhubl include:

  • Owen Callahan
  • András Fall
  • Shuvajit Bhattacharya
  • Mahdi Haddad
  • Elizabeth A. Horne

Publications by Eichhubl commonly appear in these venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Report of investigations/Report of investigations - University of Texas at Austin. Bureau of Economic Geology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • Natural fractures in shale: A review and new observations

    Julia F. W. Gale;Stephen E. Laubach;Jon E. Olson;Peter Eichhubl

  • Geological and mathematical framework for failure modes in granular rock

    Atilla Aydin;Ronaldo I. Borja;Peter Eichhubl

  • Authigenic carbonate formation at hydrocarbon seeps in continental margin sediments: A comparative study

    Thomas H. Naehr;Peter Eichhubl;Victoria J. Orphan;Martin Hovland

  • A 48 m.y. history of fracture opening, temperature, and fluid pressure: Cretaceous Travis Peak Formation, East Texas basin

    S. P. Becker;Peter Eichhubl;Stephen E Laubach;Robert M Reed

  • Evolution of a hydrocarbon migration pathway along basin-bounding faults: Evidence from fault cement

    James R. Boles;Peter Eichhubl;Grant Garven;Jim Chen

  • Dilation bands: A new form of localized failure in granular media

    Xavier Du Bernard;Peter Eichhubl;Atilla Aydin

  • Structural and diagenetic control of fluid migration and cementation along the Moab fault, Utah

    Peter Eichhubl;Nicholas C. Davatzes;Stephen P. Becker

  • Pure and shear-enhanced compaction bands in Aztec Sandstone

    Peter Eichhubl;John N. Hooker;Stephen E. Laubach

  • Structural diagenesis

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  • Testing the basin-centered gas accumulation model using fluid inclusion observations: Southern Piceance Basin, Colorado

    András Fall;Peter Eichhubl;Stephen P. Cumella;Robert J. Bodnar

  • Paleo-fluid flow and deformation in the Aztec Sandstone at the Valley of Fire, Nevada—Evidence for the coupling of hydrogeologic, diagenetic, and tectonic processes

    Peter Eichhubl;W. Lansing Taylor;David D. Pollard;Atilla Aydin

  • Natural hydraulic fracturing of tight-gas sandstone reservoirs, Piceance Basin, Colorado

    András Fall;Peter Eichhubl;Robert J. Bodnar;Stephen E. Laubach

  • Connecting microstructural attributes and permeability from 3D tomographic images of in situ shear-enhanced compaction bands using multiscale computations

    WaiChing Sun;José E. Andrade;John W. Rudnicki;Peter Eichhubl

  • Hydrogen Storage Assessment in Depleted Oil Reservoir and Saline Aquifer

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  • Geomechanical analysis of fluid injection and seismic fault slip for the Mw4.8 Timpson, Texas, earthquake sequence

    Zhiqiang Fan;Peter Eichhubl;Julia F. W. Gale

  • Structural evolution of fault zones in sandstone by multiple deformation mechanisms: Moab fault, southeast Utah

    Nicholas C. Davatzes;Peter Eichhubl;Atilla Aydin

  • Direct simulation of supercritical gas flow in complex nanoporous media and prediction of apparent permeability

    Christopher J. Landry;Maša Prodanović;Peter Eichhubl

  • Focused fluid flow along faults in the Monterey Formation, coastal California

    Peter Eichhubl;James R. Boles

  • Submarine landslides in the Santa Barbara Channel as potential tsunami sources

    H. G. Greene;L. Y. Murai;P. Watts;N. A. Maher

  • Chemical and Hydrodynamic Mechanisms for Long-Term Geological Carbon Storage

    Susan J Altman;Behdad Aminzadeh;Matthew T. Balhoff;Phillip C. Bennett

  • Structural control of fluid flow: offshore fluid seepage in the Santa Barbara Basin, California

    P Eichhubl;P Eichhubl;H.G Greene;H.G Greene;T Naehr;N Maher

  • Rates of fluid flow in fault systems; evidence for episodic rapid fluid flow in the Miocene Monterey Formation, coastal California

    Peter Eichhubl;James R. Boles

  • Structure, petrophysics, and diagenesis of shale entrained along a normal fault at Black Diamond Mines, California—Implications for fault seal

    Peter Eichhubl;Peter S. D'Onfro;Atilla Aydin;John Waters

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen E. Laubach
Stephen E. Laubach The University of Texas at Austin
Maša Prodanović
Maša Prodanović The University of Texas at Austin
Jon E. Olson
Jon E. Olson The University of Texas at Austin
Atilla Aydin
Atilla Aydin Stanford University
James R. Boles
James R. Boles University of California, Santa Barbara
Matthew T. Balhoff
Matthew T. Balhoff The University of Texas at Austin
Robert J. Bodnar
Robert J. Bodnar Virginia Tech
Steven L. Bryant
Steven L. Bryant University of Calgary
Grant Garven
Grant Garven Tufts University
Cliff Frohlich
Cliff Frohlich The University of Texas at Austin

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