Prof. Santamarina explores the scientific foundations of geomaterial behavior and subsurface processes using particle-level and pore-scale experiments, combined with numerical methods and high-resolution process monitoring systems. This conceptual and experimental framework is advancing the study of phenomena and the development of solutions in energy geotechnology with contributions to: resource recovery (petroleum, methane hydrates), energy geo-storage, efficiency and conservation, and energy waste (carbon geological storage, fly ash and nuclear waste).
Selected Publications
Laboratory Strategies for Hydrate Formation in Fine-Grained Sediments L. Lei, J. C. Santamarina Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, (2018)
The hydraulic conductivity of sediments: A pore size perspective X. W. Ren, J. C. Santamarina Engineering Geology, vol. 233, (2018)
Revised Soil Classification System for Coarse-Fine Mixtures J. H. Park, J. C. Santamarina Geotech Geoenviromental Engineering, vol. 143, (2017)
CO2 Breakthrough – Caprock Sealing Efficiency and Integrity for Carbon Geological Storage D. N. Espinoza, J. C. Santamarina International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, vol. 66, (2017)
Maximum Recoverable Gas from Hydrate Bearing Sediments by Depressurization M. Terzariol, G. Goldsztein, J. C. Santamarina Energy, (2017)
Mudcake Growth: Model and Implications Q. Liu, J. C. Santamarina J. Petrol. Science and Engineering v. 162, (2017)
A Constitutive Mechanical Model for Gas Hydrate Bearing Sediments Incorporating Inelastic Mechanisms M. Sánchez, X. Xuerui Gai, J.C. Santamarina Computers and Geotechnics, vol. 84, (2017)
Capillary pressure across a pore throat in the presence of surfactants J. Jang, Z. Sun, J.C. Santamarina Water Resources Research, vol. 53, (2017)
