keywords
- groundwater, fluid injection and reservoir induced earthquakes, impact of climate change on groundwater, surface water and groundwater interaction, permafrost hydrogeology
- Contact Info
Ge, Shemin Professor
Positions
- Professor, Geological Sciences
- Chair, Geological Sciences
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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chapter
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journal article
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The Role of Frozen Soil in Groundwater Discharge Predictions for Warming Alpine Watersheds.
Water Resources Research.
1599-1615.
2018
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A Possible Causative Mechanism of Raton Basin, New Mexico and Colorado Earthquakes Using Recent Seismicity Patterns and Pore Pressure Modeling.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth.
8051-8065.
2017
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Streamflow Changes in the Vicinity of Seismogenic Fault After the 1999 Chi–Chi Earthquake.
Pure and Applied Geophysics.
2017
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Evaluating the effectiveness of induced seismicity mitigation: Numerical modeling of wastewater injection near Greeley, Colorado.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth.
6569-6582.
2017
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Contrasting hydrogeologic responses to warming in permafrost and seasonally frozen ground hillslopes.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2017
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Induced seismicity: the potential hazard from shale gas development and CO2 geologic storage.
Geosciences Journal.
137-148.
2016
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Numerical Modeling of a Soil-Borehole Thermal Energy Storage System.
Vadose Zone Journal.
2016
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Analysis of groundwater flow in mountainous, headwater catchments with permafrost.
Water Resources Research.
9564-9576.
2015
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High-rate injection is associated with the increase in US mid-continent seismicity.
Science.
1336-1340.
2015
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Coping with earthquakes induced by fluid injection.
Science.
830-831.
2015
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Groundwater flow and its effect on salt dissolution in Gypsum Canyon watershed, Paradox Basin, southeast Utah, USA.
Hydrogeology Journal.
1403-1419.
2014
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Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection.
Science.
448-451.
2014
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Insights into water level response to seismic waves: A 24 year high- fidelity record of global seismicity at Devils Hole.
Geophysical Research Letters.
74-80.
2014
- A book review for Permafrost Hydrology By Ming-ko Woo. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2013
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Groundwater modeling of the Silver Bell Mountains, Arizona, USA.
Environmental Earth Sciences.
1933-1941.
2012
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Coupled fluid flow and deformation modeling of the frontal thrust region of the Kumano Basin transect, Japan: Implications for fluid pressures and decollement downstepping.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
n/a-n/a.
2012
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Comment on "Evidence that the 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake Could Not Have Been Induced by the Zipingpu Reservoir" by Kai Deng, Shiyong Zhou, Rui Wang, Russell Robinson, Cuiping Zhao, and Wanzheng Cheng.
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America.
3117-3118.
2011
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A new analytical solution of topography-driven flow in a drainage basin with depth-dependent anisotropy of permeability.
Water Resources Research.
2011
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Exchange of groundwater and surface-water mediated by permafrost response to seasonal and long term air temperature variation.
Geophysical Research Letters.
n/a-n/a.
2011
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An analytical study on stagnation points in nested flow systems in basins with depth-decaying hydraulic conductivity.
Water Resources Research.
2011
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Constraining fault-zone hydrogeology through integrated hydrological and geoelectrical analysis.
Hydrogeology Journal.
1057-1067.
2010
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Simultaneous rejuvenation and aging of groundwater in basins due to depth-decaying hydraulic conductivity and porosity.
Geophysical Research Letters.
n/a-n/a.
2010
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Can climate change cause the Yellow River to dry up?.
Water Resources Research.
2010
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Effect of exponential decay in hydraulic conductivity with depth on regional groundwater flow.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2009
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Did the Zipingpu Reservoir trigger the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake?.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2009
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Groundwater in the Tibet Plateau, western China.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2008
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Characterization of the shallow groundwater system in an alpine watershed: Handcart Gulch, Colorado, USA.
Hydrogeology Journal.
103-121.
2008
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An investigation of regional tectonic strain on water levels in Devils Hole, Death Valley National Park, Nevada.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2007
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Modeling of the effects of propagating thrust slip on pore pressures and implications for monitoring.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters.
454-464.
2007
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Analysis of strain-induced ground-water fluctuations at Devils Hole, Nevada.
Geofluids.
319-333.
2006
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Hydrodynamic response of subduction zones to seismic activity: A case study for the Costa Rica margin.
Tectonophysics.
167-187.
2006
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Modeling seismically induced deformation and fluid flow in the Nankai subduction zone.
Geophysical Research Letters.
2005
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A one-dimensional analytically based approach for studying poroplastic and viscous consolidation: Application to Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea.
Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth.
2003
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The Permeability of the Elkhorn Fault Zone, South Park, Colorado.
Groundwater.
321-332.
2003
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Fluid flow in sub-sea floor processes and future ocean drilling.
Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union.
145-152.
2003
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Three-dimensional numerical simulation of fluid flow and heat transport within the Barbados Ridge accretionary complex.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
2003
- The effects of salt evolution, structural development, and fault propagation on Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic oil migration: A two-dimensional fluid-flow study along a megaregional profile in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin. AAPG Bulletin. 1945-1966. 2001
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Solute dispersion in rock fractures by Non-Darcian Flow.
Geophysical Research Letters.
3983-3986.
2001
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The effect of allochthonous salt evolution and overpressure development on source rock thermal maturation: a two-dimensional transient study in the northern Gulf of Mexico Basin.
Petroleum Geoscience.
281-290.
2001
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Hydrodynamic response to strike- and dip-slip faulting in a half-space.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
25513-25524.
2000
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Anomalously high porosities in the proto-decollement zone of the Barbados Accretionary Complex: Do they indicate overpressures?.
Geophysical Research Letters.
1993-1996.
2000
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Numerical Modeling of Perched Water Under Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Groundwater.
498-504.
1999
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A new conceptual model for fluid flow in discrete fractures: An experimental and numerical study.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
13049-13059.
1999
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Estimation of groundwater velocity in localized fracture zones from well temperature profiles.
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research.
93-101.
1998
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A New Analytical Treatment of Airflow to Inlet Wells in Soil Vapor Extraction Systems.
Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation.
133-136.
1998
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The effect of surface geometry on fracture permeability: A case study using a sinusoidal fracture.
Geophysical Research Letters.
813-816.
1998
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An assessment of along-strike fluid and heat transport within the Barbados Ridge Accretionary Complex: Results of preliminary modeling.
Geophysical Research Letters.
3085-3088.
1997
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A governing equation for fluid flow in rough fractures.
Water Resources Research.
53-61.
1997
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A Semianalytical Solution of One-Dimensional Advective-Dispersive Solute Transport Under an Arbitrary Concentration Boundary Condition.
Groundwater.
501-503.
1996
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Effect of Horizontal Heat and Fluid Flow on the Vertical Temperature Distribution in a Semiconfining Layer.
Water Resources Research.
1449-1453.
1996
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An Analytical Evaluation for Airflow to Inlet Wells in Vapor Extraction Systems Under Leaky Conditions.
Water Resources Research.
743-748.
1996
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A theoretical model for thrust-induced deep groundwater expulsion with application to the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
13851-13868.
1994
- GENESIS OF STRATABOUND ORE-DEPOSITS IN THE MIDCONTINENT BASINS OF NORTH-AMERICA .1. THE ROLE OF REGIONAL GROUNDWATER-FLOW. American Journal of Science. 497-568. 1993
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Hydromechanical modeling of tectonically driven groundwater flow with application to the Arkoma Foreland Basin.
Journal of Geophysical Research.
9119-9119.
1992
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The Role of Frozen Soil in Groundwater Discharge Predictions for Warming Alpine Watersheds.
Water Resources Research.
1599-1615.
2018
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 1990
- M.A., Johns Hopkins University 1987
- M.S., University of British Columbia (Canada) 1985
- B.S., Wuhan University (China) 1982
awards and honors
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
- China Country
- South Korea Country