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William F. Waite is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Environmental Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. Their scholarly work intersects with topics such as methane hydrates, hydrocarbon exploration, atmospheric gas dynamics, and geologic interactions related to CO2 sequestration.

The scientist's main topics of research include:

  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • NMR Spectroscopy and Applications

Waite has contributed to several academic publications, with a collection of recent papers highlighting their involvement in studies on methane hydrate behavior, gas reservoir characterization, and geomechanical processes. Notable publications include:

  • "An international code comparison study on coupled thermal, hydrologic and geomechanical processes of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments," 2020, Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • "Timescales and Processes of Methane Hydrate Formation and Breakdown, With Application to Geologic Systems," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • "Pressure coring a Gulf of Mexico deep-water turbidite gas hydrate reservoir: Initial results from The University of Texas-Gulf of Mexico 2-1 (UT-GOM2-1) Hydrate Pressure Coring Expedition," 2020, AAPG Bulletin
  • "Hydrate Formation on Marine Seep Bubbles and the Implications for Water Column Methane Dissolution," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • "High concentration methane hydrate in a silt reservoir from the deep-water Gulf of Mexico," 2020, AAPG Bulletin

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • AAPG Bulletin
  • Marine and Petroleum Geology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans
  • Interpretation

Collaborations feature prominently in Waite's research. Coauthors often working closely with them include:

  • Junbong Jang
  • Peter B. Flemings
  • Stephen C. Phillips
  • Yongkoo Seol
  • Kehua You

Best Publications

  • PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDRATE-BEARING SEDIMENTS

    William F. Waite;J.C. Santamarina;D.D. Cortes;Brandon Dugan

  • Methane gas hydrate effect on sediment acoustic and strength properties

    William J. Winters;William F. Waite;D. H. Mason;L. Y. Gilbert

  • Methane hydrate formation in partially water-saturated Ottawa sand

    William F. Waite;William J. Winters;D. H. Mason

  • Hydrate morphology: Physical properties of sands with patchy hydrate saturation

    S. Dai;J.C. Santamarina;William F. Waite;T.J. Kneafsey

  • Physical properties and rock physics models of sediment containing natural and laboratory-formed methane gas hydrate

    William J. Winters;Ingo A. Pecher;William F. Waite;David H. Mason

  • Simultaneous determination of thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity and specific heat in sI methane hydrate

    William F. Waite;Laura A. Stern;S. H. Kirby;William J. Winters

  • Hydro-bio-geomechanical properties of hydrate-bearing sediments from Nankai Trough

    J.C. Santamarina;Shifeng Dai;M. Terzariol;Jeonghwan Jang

  • Estimating pore-space gas hydrate saturations from well log acoustic data

    Myung W. Lee;William F. Waite

  • India National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02 Summary of Scientific Results: Gas hydrate systems along the eastern continental margin of India

    Timothy S. Collett;Ray Boswell;William F. Waite;Pushpendra Kumar

  • Elastic wave speeds and moduli in polycrystalline ice Ih, sI methane hydrate, and sII methane-ethane hydrate

    M. B. Helgerud;M. B. Helgerud;M. B. Helgerud;William F. Waite;S. H. Kirby;A. Nur

  • Introduction to Physical Properties and Elasticity Models

    Jack Dvorkin;Michael B. Helgerud;William F. Waite;William F. Waite;Stephen H. Kirby

  • Permeability variation and anisotropy of gas hydrate-bearing pressure-core sediments recovered from the Krishna–Godavari Basin, offshore India

    Jun Yoneda;Motoi Oshima;Masato Kida;Akira Kato

  • Thermal Conductivity Measurements in Porous Mixtures of Methane Hydrate and Quartz Sand

    W. F. Waite;B. J. deMartin;B. J. deMartin;S. H. Kirby;J. Pinkston

  • Physical properties of sediment from the Mount Elbert Gas Hydrate Stratigraphic Test Well, Alaska North Slope

    William J. Winters;Michael Walker;Robert Hunter;Timothy S. Collett

  • Physical property changes in hydrate-bearing sediment due to depressurization and subsequent repressurization

    William F. Waite;Timothy J. Kneafsey;William J. Winters;D. H. Mason

  • Methane hydrate-bearing seeps as a source of aged dissolved organic carbon to the oceans

    John W. Pohlman;James E. Bauer;William F. Waite;Christopher L. Osburn

  • An international code comparison study on coupled thermal, hydrologic and geomechanical processes of natural gas hydrate-bearing sediments

    M.D. White;T.J. Kneafsey;Y. Seol;W.F. Waite

  • Archie's Saturation Exponent for Natural Gas Hydrate in Coarse-Grained Reservoirs

    Ann E. Cook;William F. Waite

  • Permeability anisotropy and relative permeability in sediments from the National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02, offshore India

    Sheng Dai;Jongchan Kim;Yue Xu;William F. Waite

  • India National Gas Hydrate Program Expedition 02 summary of scientific results: Evaluation of natural gas-hydrate-bearing pressure cores

    Ray Boswell;Jun Yoneda;William F. Waite

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy S. Collett
Timothy S. Collett United States Geological Survey
Stephen H. Kirby
Stephen H. Kirby United States Geological Survey
Jun Yoneda
Jun Yoneda National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Laura A. Stern
Laura A. Stern United States Geological Survey
Amos Nur
Amos Nur Stanford University
Carolyn D. Ruppel
Carolyn D. Ruppel United States Geological Survey
Timothy J. Kneafsey
Timothy J. Kneafsey Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ray Boswell
Ray Boswell United States Department of Energy
Myung W. Lee
Myung W. Lee United States Geological Survey
John W. Pohlman
John W. Pohlman United States Geological Survey

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