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Overview

Thomas Dewers is affiliated with Sandia National Laboratories in the United States. Their research primarily spans engineering and environmental science, with a focus on ocean engineering, civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, mechanics of materials, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Soil and Unsaturated Flow
  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research

Thomas Dewers has contributed to multiple publication venues, notably:

  • Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Abstracts with Programs - Geological Society of America
  • Computers and Geotechnics
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Dewers include:

  • Mechanical behavior of frozen soils: Experimental investigation and numerical modeling, 2021, Computers and Geotechnics
  • Mechanical characterization of low modulus polymer-modified calcium-silicate-hydrate (C-S-H) binder, 2021, Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Underground energy-related product storage and sequestration: site characterization, risk analysis and monitoring, 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • Chemo-mechanical Alterations Induced From CO2 Injection in Carbonate-Cemented Sandstone: An Experimental Study at 71 °C and 29 MPa, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • An overview of underground energy-related product storage and sequestration, 2022, Geological Society London Special Publications

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Alex Rinehart
  • Peter S. Mozley
  • Edward Matteo
  • John Stormont
  • Zhidi Wu

Thomas Dewers has also contributed to published book materials. One such work is titled "Impact of Depositional and Diagenetic Heterogeneity on Multiscale Mechanical Behavior of Mancos Shale New Mexico and Utah USA," published in 2020 by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information.

Best Publications

  • Particle size and energetics of gouge from earthquake rupture zones

    Brent Wilson;Thomas Dewers;Ze'ev Reches;James Brune

  • The Role of Chemistry in Fracture Pattern Development and Opportunities to Advance Interpretations of Geological Materials

    Stephen E. Laubach;R. H. Lander;L.J. Criscenti;Lawrence M. Anovitz

  • Evaluation of CO2 Storage Mechanisms in CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery Sites: Application to Morrow Sandstone Reservoir

    William Ampomah;Robert Balch;Martha Cather;Dylan Rose-Coss

  • Gouge Formation by Dynamic Pulverization During Earthquake Rupture

    Ze ' ev Reches;Thomas A. Dewers

  • Pore-scale Simulation of Mixing-induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitation and Dissolution in a Microfluidic Pore Network.

    Hongkyu Yoon;Albert J. Valocchi;Charles J. Werth;Thomas Dewers

  • Hydrogeologic Controls on Induced Seismicity in Crystalline Basement Rocks Due to Fluid Injection into Basal Reservoirs

    Yipeng Zhang;Mark Person;John Rupp;Kevin Ellett

  • Pore networks in continental and marine mudstones: Characteristics and controls on sealing behavior

    Jason E. Heath;Jason E. Heath;Thomas A. Dewers;Brian J.O.L. McPherson;Robin Petrusak

  • SURVEY OF ARCHAEAL DIVERSITY REVEALS AN ABUNDANCE OF HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA IN A LOW-SALT, SULFIDE- AND SULFUR-RICH SPRING

    Mostafa S. Elshahed;Fares Z. Najar;Bruce A. Roe;Aharon Oren

  • Rate laws for water‐assisted compaction and stress‐induced water‐rock interaction in sandstones

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  • A coupled reaction/transport/mechanical model for intergranular pressure solution, stylolites, and differential compaction and cementation in clean sandstones

    T. Dewers;P. Ortoleva

  • Role for Fe(III) minerals in nitrate-dependent microbial U(IV) oxidation.

    John M. Senko;Yasser Mohamed;Thomas A. Dewers;Lee R. Krumholz

  • Interseismic fault strengthening and earthquake-slip instability: Friction or cohesion?

    Sankar K. Muhuri;Thomas A. Dewers;Thurman E. Scott;Ze'ev Reches

  • Solubility of excess alumina in hydrous granitic melts in equilibrium with peraluminous minerals at 700–800 °C and 200 MPa, and applications of the aluminum saturation index

    Antonio Acosta-Vigil;David London;George B. Morgan;Thomas A. Dewers

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

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

  • Effect of oxidation rate and Fe(II) state on microbial nitrate-dependent Fe(III) mineral formation.

    John M. Senko;Thomas A. Dewers;Lee R. Krumholz

  • Pore-scale and continuum simulations of solute transport micromodel benchmark experiments

    M. Oostrom;Y. Mehmani;P. Romero-Gomez;Y. Tang

  • Pore-lining phases and capillary breakthrough pressure of mudstone caprocks: Sealing efficiency of geologic CO2 storage sites

    Jason E. Heath;Jason E. Heath;Thomas A. Dewers;Brian J.O.L. McPherson;Martin B. Nemer

  • Three-dimensional pore networks and transport properties of a shale gas formation determined from focused ion beam serial imaging

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  • Barite deposition resulting from phototrophic sulfide-oxidizing bacterial activity

    John M. Senko;Brian S. Campbell;James R. Henriksen;Mostafa S. Elshahed

  • Dissolution of Corundum and Andalusite in H2O-Saturated Haplogranitic Melts at 800°C and 200 MPa: Constraints on Diffusivities and the Generation of Peraluminous Melts

    Antonio Acosta-Vigil;David London;Thomas A. Dewers;George B. Morgan

  • Effect of CO2–brine–rock interaction on fracture mechanical properties of CO2 reservoirs and seals

    Jonathan R. Major;Peter Eichhubl;Thomas A. Dewers;Jon E. Olson

  • Force of crystallization during the growth of siliceous concretions

    Thomas Dewers;Peter Ortoleva

  • CO2 charged brines changed rock strength and stiffness at Crystal Geyser, Utah: Implications for leaking subsurface CO2 storage reservoirs

    D. Nicolas Espinoza;Hojung Jung;Jonathan R. Major;Zhuang Sun

  • Dissolution of Quartz, Albite, and Orthoclase in H2O-Saturated Haplogranitic Melt at 800 C and 200 MPa: Diffusive Transport Properties of Granitic Melts at Crustal Anatectic Conditions

    Antonio Acosta-Vigil;David London;George B. Morgan;Thomas A. Dewers

  • Nonlinear dynamical aspects of deep basin hydrology; fluid compartment formation and episodic fluid release

    T. Dewers;P. Ortoleva

  • Influences of clay minerals on sandstone cementation and pressure solution

    Thomas Dewers;Peter Ortoleva

  • Implications of replacement for reaction transport modeling

    Enrique Merino;Thomas Dewers

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