Selected publications

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In preparation

1. Mechanisms for seismicity occurrence at the Decatur, Illinois, CO₂ injection site: A coupled multiphase flow and geomechanics perspective

Josimar A. Silva, Mansour K. Rokrok, Nori Nakata, Michael Fehler, Scott Frailey, Ruben Juanes

2. Modeling CO₂ storage in a Gulf of Mexico reservoir using coupled flow and geomechanics

Josimar A. Silva, Lluis Salo, Joseph Patterson, and Ruben Juanes

3. Crustal deformation and fault geometry control slow slip occurrence: the Guerrero Gap, Mexico.

Josimar A. Silva, William B. Frank, Michel Campillo, and Ruben Juanes

Sample Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Revisiting the classical experiment in earthquake control at the Rangely oil field, Colorado, 1970, using a coupled flow and geomechanical Model

Josimar A. Silva, Hannah Byrne, Andreas Plesch, John H. Shaw, Ruben Juanes; Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; 2021; https://doi.org/10.1785/0120210020

2. The groundbreaking experiment in earthquake control at Rangely, Colorado, revisited

Hannah Byrne, Josimar A. Silva, Andreas Plesch, John H. Shaw, Ruben Juanes; Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL088257; 2020; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL088257

3. Impact of confining stress on capillary pressure behavior during drainage through rough fractures

Josimar A. Silva, Peter K. Kang, Zhibing Yang, Luis Cueto-Felgueroso, Ruben Juanes; Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 7424–7436; 2019; https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082744

4. Modeling scattering and intrinsic attenuation of crosswell seismic data in the Michigan Basin

Josimar A. Silva, Oleg V. Poliannikov, Michael Fehler, Roger Turpening; Geophysics, 83:3, WC15-WC27; 2018; https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2017-0448.1