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Overview

Yousif K. Kharaka is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey based in the United States. Their professional work is connected to the fields of groundwater and petroleum geochemistry, as indicated by their published book and collaborative research efforts.

The scientist has coauthored works with colleagues such as Brian Hitchon and Jeffrey Hanor, reflecting collaboration within the domain of geosciences and related studies.

Kharaka has contributed to the literature through a book published by The Groundwater Project eBooks titled Groundwater and Petroleum - Y. Kharaka, released in 2023. This publication has been cited in several research contexts, highlighting its relevance to current groundwater and petroleum research.

Key aspects of Kharaka's scientific contributions revolve around the study of groundwater systems and petroleum interactions, although specific subfields and topics within their work are not detailed in the available data.

  • Brian Hitchon (Frequent Coauthor)
  • Jeffrey Hanor (Frequent Coauthor)

Best Publications

  • A Compilation of Rate Parameters of Water-Mineral Interaction Kinetics for Application to Geochemical Modeling

    James L. Palandri;Yousif K. Kharaka

  • SOLMINEQ.88; a computer program for geochemical modeling of water-rock interactions

    Y.K. Kharaka;W.D. Gunter;P.K. Aggarwal;E.H. Perkins

  • Gas-water-rock interactions in Frio Formation following CO2 injection: Implications for the storage of greenhouse gases in sedimentary basins

    Y.K. Kharaka;D.R. Cole;Susan D. Hovorka;W.D. Gunter

  • Aliphatic Acid Anions in Oil-Field Waters--Implications for Origin of Natural Gas

    William W. Carothers;Yousif K. Kharaka

  • Chemical Geothermometers and Their Application to Formation Waters from Sedimentary Basins

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  • Measuring permanence of CO2 storage in saline formations: the Frio experiment

    Susan D. Hovorka;Sally M. Benson;Christine Doughty;Barry M. Freifeld

  • Mantle fluids in the San Andreas fault system, California

    B.M. Kennedy;Y.K. Kharaka;Y.K. Kharaka;William C. Evans;William C. Evans;A. Ellwood;A. Ellwood

  • Hydrogen and oxygen isotope exchange reactions between clay minerals and water

    James R O'Neil;Yousif K Kharaka

  • Deep Fluids in the Continents: I. Sedimentary Basins

    Yousif K. Kharaka;J.S. Hanor

  • Geochemistry of metal-rich brines from central Mississippi Salt Dome basin, U.S.A.

    Y.K. Kharaka;A.S. Maest;W.W. Carothers;L.M. Law

  • Potential environmental issues of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers: Geochemical results from the Frio-I Brine Pilot test, Texas, USA

    Yousif K. Kharaka;James J. Thordsen;Susan D. Hovorka;H. Seay Nance

  • Changes in the chemistry of shallow groundwater related to the 2008 injection of CO2 at the ZERT field site, Bozeman, Montana

    Yousif K. Kharaka;James J. Thordsen;Evangelos Kakouros;Gil Ambats

  • CO2–rock–brine interactions in Lower Tuscaloosa Formation at Cranfield CO2 sequestration site, Mississippi, U.S.A.

    Jiemin Lu;Yousif K. Kharaka;James J. Thordsen;Juske Horita

  • Simultaneous flow of water and solutes through geological membranes—I. Experimental investigation

    Yousif K. Kharaka;Frederick A.P. Berry

  • Reactive transport modeling to study changes in water chemistry induced by CO2 injection at the Frio-I Brine Pilot

    Tianfu Xu;Yousif K. Kharaka;Christine Doughty;Barry M. Freifeld

  • Thermal decarboxylation of acetic acid: Implications for origin of natural gas

    Yousif K. Kharaka;William W. Carothers;Robert J. Rosenbauer

  • Stable carbon isotopes of HCO3− in oil-field waters—implications for the origin of CO2

    William W. Carothers;Yousif K. Kharaka

  • The U-Tube: A Novel System for Acquiring Borehole Fluid Samples from a Deep Geologic CO2 Sequestration Experiment

    Barry M. Freifeld;Robert C. Trautz;Yousif K. Kharaka;Tommy J. Phelps

  • A shallow subsurface controlled release facility in Bozeman, Montana, USA, for testing near surface CO2 detection techniques and transport models

    Lee H. Spangler;Laura M. Dobeck;Kevin S. Repasky;Amin R. Nehrir

  • SOLMNEQ: Solution-mineral equilibrium computations

    Yousif K. Kharaka;Ivan Barnes

  • Ferric iron-bearing sediments as a mineral trap for CO2 sequestration: Iron reduction using sulfur-bearing waste gas

    James L. Palandri;Yousif K. Kharaka

  • Book Review: Geothermal fluids: Chemistry and exploration techniques. by Keith Nicholson. Springer-Verlag, 1993, xv + 263p., US$89.00 (ISBN 0-387-56017-3)

    Yousif K. Kharaka

  • Petroleum formation and occurrence. A new approach to oil and gas exploration

    Yousif K. Kharaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan D. Hovorka
Susan D. Hovorka The University of Texas at Austin
David R. Cole
David R. Cole The Ohio State University
Jens Birkholzer
Jens Birkholzer Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Barry Freifeld
Barry Freifeld Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
William C. Evans
William C. Evans United States Geological Survey
Robert J. Rosenbauer
Robert J. Rosenbauer United States Geological Survey
Mark A. Engle
Mark A. Engle The University of Texas at El Paso
Tommy J. Phelps
Tommy J. Phelps Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Ben Kennedy
Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
James L. Bischoff
James L. Bischoff United States Geological Survey

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