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Overview

Stephen H. Hickman is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily lies at the intersection of engineering and earth and planetary sciences, with a notable focus on geophysics and ocean engineering. The subfields covered also include mechanical engineering, artificial intelligence, and sociology and political science.

The scientist's research topics encompass seismic waves and analysis, seismology and earthquake studies, drilling and well engineering, hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis, oil and gas production techniques, earthquake and tectonic studies, and rock mechanics and modeling.

Recent papers published by Stephen H. Hickman include the following:

  • Strength Recovery in Quartzite Is Controlled by Changes in Friction in Experiments at Hydrothermal Conditions up to 200°C, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Science Center, 2020, Fact sheet
  • PROPOSED MINNESOTA WELLBORE RE-ENTRY TO MEASURE STRESS ORIENTATIONS AND GEOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES FOR EARTHQUAKE HAZARD CHARACTERIZATION, 2022, Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Laboratory Experiments Examining the Effect of Thermal and Mechanical Processes on Hydraulic Transmissivity Evolution, 2023, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • DSDP Leg 78B, Hole 395A - Well Logging Data, 2020, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Stephen H. Hickman has collaborated frequently with several co-authors including D. A. Lockner, N. M. Beeler, R. D. Hyndman, Matthew H. Salisbury, and Alan Ballard. These collaborations reflect intersections in multiple research topics linked to geophysics and engineering.

The scientist has published in various venues, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Fact sheet
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Best Publications

  • Introduction to Special Section: Mechanical Involvement of Fluids in Faulting

    Stephen Hickman;Richard Sibson;Ronald Bruhn

  • Low strength of deep San Andreas fault gouge from SAFOD core

    David A. Lockner;Carolyn A. Morrow;Diane E. Moore;Stephen H. Hickman

  • Stress‐induced borehole elongation: A comparison between the four‐arm dipmeter and the borehole televiewer in the Auburn Geothermal Well

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  • Stress orientations and magnitudes in the SAFOD pilot hole

    Stephen Hickman;Mark D. Zoback

  • Coping with earthquakes induced by fluid injection

    Arthur F. McGarr;Barbara Bekins;Nina Burkardt;James W. Dewey

  • Healing of microcracks in quartz: Implications for fluid flow

    Susan Louise Brantley;Brian Evans;Stephen H. Hickman;David A. Crerar

  • Pore fluid pressure, apparent friction, and Coulomb failure

    N. M. Beeler;R. W. Simpson;S. H. Hickman;D. A. Lockner

  • Kinetics of pressure solution at halite‐silica interfaces and intergranular clay films

    Stephen H. Hickman;Brian Evans

  • Stress in the Lithosphere and the Strength of Active Faults

    Stephen H. Hickman

  • Stress measurements at depth in the vicinity of the San Andreas Fault: Implications for the magnitude of shear stress at depth

    Mark D. Zoback;Hiroaki Tsukahara;Stephen Hickman

  • Scientific Drilling Into the San Andreas Fault Zone

    mark Zoback;Stephen Hickman;William Ellsworth

  • Mineralogical characterization of protolith and fault rocks from the SAFOD Main Hole

    John G. Solum;Stephen H. Hickman;David A. Lockner;Diane E. Moore

  • In situ study of the physical mechanisms controlling induced seismicity at Monticello Reservoir, South Carolina

    Mark D. Zoback;Stephen Hickman

  • A Simple Stick-Slip and Creep-Slip Model for Repeating Earthquakes and its Implication for Microearthquakes at Parkfield

    N. M. Beeler;D. L. Lockner;S. H. Hickman

  • Introduction to special section: Preparing for the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth

    Stephen Hickman;Mark D. Zoback;William Ellsworth

  • Hydraulic Fracturing Stress Measurements at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, and Relationship to the Regional Stress Field

    J. M. Stock;J. H. Healy;S. H. Hickman;M. D. Zoback

  • Permeability Versus Depth in the Upper Oceanic Crust' In Situ Measurements in DSDP Hole 504B, Eastern Equatorial Pacific

    Roger N. Anderson;Mark D. Zoback;Stephen H. Hickman;Robin L. Newmark

  • Scientific Drilling Into the San Andreas Fault Zone —An Overview of SAFOD's First Five Years

    Mark Zoback;Stephen Hickman;William Ellsworth

  • In situ stress, natural fracture distribution, and borehole elongation in the Auburn Geothermal Well, Auburn, New York

    Stephen H. Hickman;John H. Healy;Mark D. Zoback

  • Experimental pressure solution in halite: the effect of grain/interphase boundary structure

    Stephen H. Hickman;Brian Evans

  • Chapter 10 Growth of Grain Contacts in Halite by Solution-transfer: Implications for Diagenesis, Lithification, and Strength Recovery

    Stephen H. Hickman;Brian Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark D. Zoback
Mark D. Zoback Stanford University
William L. Ellsworth
William L. Ellsworth Stanford University
David A. Lockner
David A. Lockner United States Geological Survey
Diane E. Moore
Diane E. Moore United States Geological Survey
Steven E. Ingebritsen
Steven E. Ingebritsen United States Geological Survey
Wendy M. Calvin
Wendy M. Calvin University of Nevada Reno
Arthur F. McGarr
Arthur F. McGarr United States Geological Survey
James W. Evans
James W. Evans Iowa State University
Barbara A. Bekins
Barbara A. Bekins United States Geological Survey
Clifford H. Thurber
Clifford H. Thurber University of Wisconsin–Madison

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