Eric Sonnenthal

Publications

Lu, G., E. L. Sonnenthal, and G.S. Bodvarsson. Implications of halide leaching on chlorine-36 studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Water Resour. Res. (under revision).

Dobson, P.F., T.J. Kneafsey, E.L. Sonnenthal, N.F. Spycher, and J.A. Apps. Experimental and numerical simulation of dissolution and precipitation: Implications for fracture sealing at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, in press.

Liu, J., E. Sonnenthal, and G.S. Bodvarsson. Modeling of porewater chloride data to calibrate flow and transport processes in the unsaturated Zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, in press.

Spycher, N, E. Sonnenthal, and J. Apps. Prediction of fluid flow and reactive transport around potential nuclear waste emplacement tunnels at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, in press.

Xu, T., E. Sonnenthal, and G.S. Bodvarsson, Numerical analysis of calcite deposition and infiltration-percolation flux in unsaturated fractured rock. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, in press.

Bodvarsson, G.S., H.H. Liu C.F. Ahlers, Y.S. Wu, and E.L. Sonnenthal, 2001. Parameterization and upscaling in modeling flow and transport at Yucca Mountain, In: Conceptual Models of Flow and Transport in the Fractured Vadose Zone. Chapter 11. National Academy of Sciences, National Academy Press, Wash. D.C., 335-365.

Xu, T., Sonnenthal, E., Spycher, N., Pruess, K., Brimhall, G., and App, J.A., 2001. Modeling multiphase fluid flow and reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated fractured rocks: 2. Applications to supergene copper enrichment and hydrothermal flows, American Journal of Science, 301:34-59.

Kneafsey, Timothy J., John A. Apps and Eric L. Sonnenthal, 2001 Tuff dissolution and precipitation in a boiling, unsaturated fracture. In: 2001 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference: Las Vegas, NV.

Bodvarsson, G.S., Finsterle, S., Liu, H.H., Oldenburg, C.M., Pruess, K., Sonnenthal, E., Wu, Y-S. 2000. Flow and Transport Modeling of Subsurface Systems, Chapter 5 of Vadose Zone Science and Technology Solutions. B.B. Loomy and F.W. Falta, eds. Battelle Press: Columbus, Ohio.

Sonnenthal, E.L. and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1999, Constraints on the hydrology of the unsaturated zone and infiltration at  Yucca Mountain, Nevada from three-dimensional models of chloride and strontium geochemistry, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38:107-156.

Sonnenthal, E.L. and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998. Percolation flux estimates from geochemical and thermal modeling. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, American Nuclear Society, 130-132.

Wu, Y.S., C. F. Ahlers, C. Haukwa, A. Ritcey,  E. Sonnenthal, and  G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998. The 3-D UZ  site-scale model - calibrations and predictions. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on High-Level Radioactive Waste Management, American Nuclear Society, 44-46.

Sonnenthal, E.L. and A.R. McBirney, 1998, The Skaergaard Layered Series. Part IV. Reaction-transport simulations of foundered blocks. Journal of Petrology, 39:633-661.

Sonnenthal E.L. and P.J. Ortoleva, 1994. Numerical simulation of overpressured compartments in sedimentary basins. In: Basin Compartments and Seals, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 61, 403-416.

Sonnenthal E.L., Maxwell J.M., Qin C., and Ortoleva P.J., 1992.  Mechano-chemistry of compartmented basins. Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, 1055-1058.

Sonnenthal E.L., 1992. Geochemistry of dendritic anorthosites and associated pegmatites in the Skaergaard Intrusion, East Greenland: Evidence for metasomatism by a chlorine-rich fluid. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 52:209-230.

McBirney A.R. and E.L. Sonnenthal, 1990. Metasomatic processes in the Skaergaard Intrusion: preliminary observations. Chemical Geology, 88:245-260.

Roy, D.M., E. Sonnenthal and R. Prave, 1985. Hydrotalcite observed in mortars exposed to sulfate solutions. Cement and Concrete Research 15:912-916.

Scientific Reports

Sonnenthal E., C. Haukwa, and N. Spycher, 2001. Thermal-Hydrologic-Chemical Effects on Unsaturated Zone Flow and Geochemistry. In: J. Wang,  A. Unger, J. Liu, Y-S. Wu, J. Hinds, C. Haukwa, E. Sonnenthal, C-F. Tsang, J. Rutqvist, G.S. Bodvarsson.  2001. "Unsaturated Zone Flow." In Chapter 3 of Supplemental Science and Performance Analyses, Consisting of Volume 1, Scientific Bases and Analyses, REV 00. BSC: Las Vegas, Nevada. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA.

Sonnenthal E., N. Spycher,  and C. Haukwa, 2001. Thermal-Hydrologic-Chemical Effects on Seepage and Potential Seepage Chemistry. In: S. Finsterle, C.F. Ahlers, G. Li, C-F. Tsang, Y. Tsang, E.L. Sonnenthal, J. Rutqvist, G.S. Bodvarsson. 2001. In Chapter 4 of Supplemental Science and Performance Analyses, Consisting of Volume 1, Scientific Bases and Analyses, REV 00. BSC: Las Vegas, Nevada. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA.

Sonnenthal E. and Spycher N., 2001. Drift-Scale Coupled Processes (Drift-Scale Test and THC Seepage) Models, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA, Berkeley, California.

Spycher N., E. Sonnenthal, and D. Jolley, 2001. Composition of Liquid and Gas Entering Drifts. In: Nowak J., Jolley D., Spycher N., Metcalf R., Mariner P., Loch A. In-Drift Physical and Chemical, Environment, Chapter 6, Supplemental Science and Performance Analyses, Volume 1, Scientific Bases and Analyses,  REV 00. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA.

Sonnenthal, E. L., 2000. Ambient Geochemistry and Models. In: Unsaturated Zone Process Model Report, CRWMS M&O.

Sonnenthal, E. L., 2000. Drift-Scale Thermal-Hydrological-Chemical Processes and Models. In: Unsaturated Zone Process Model Report, CRWMS M&O.

Sonnenthal, E. L., 2000. Drift-Scale Thermal-Hydrological-Chemical Processes and Models. In: Near-Field Environment Process Model Report, CRWMS M&O.

Sonnenthal, E. and N. Spycher, 2000. Drift Scale Coupled Processes (Drift Scale Test and THC Seepage) Models, Analysis/Model Report (CRWMS M&O 2000, N0120/U0110).

Sonnenthal, E. and N. Spycher, 1999. Evaluation of near-field rock treatment during construction (LADS Feature #22). LBNL Alternative Waste Emplacement Model.

Sonnenthal, E., N. Spycher, and J. Apps, 1999.  Interpretative analysis of the thermo-hydro-chemical processes of the Drift Scale Test, Chapter 3. In: Tsang, Y., J.T. Birkholzer, E.L. Sonnenthal, N. Spycher, J. Apps, J. Peterson, and K. Williams. Yucca Mountain Drift Scale Test Progress Report, LBNL-42538, p. 3-1 - 3-56.

Sonnenthal, E., N. Spycher, J. Apps, and A. Simmons, Numerical modeling of coupled thermo-hydro-chemical processes for the in-situ thermal tests at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Dynamics of Fluids in Fractured Rocks: Concepts and Recent Advances, in Honor of Paul A. Witherspoon's 80^th Birthday. February 10-12, 1999, p. 234-237.

Bodvarsson, G.S., H.H. Liu C.F. Ahlers, Y.S. Wu, and E.L. Sonnenthal, 1999. Parameterization and upscaling in modeling flow and transport at Yucca Mountain, Presented at NRC/NAS workshop on ÒConceptual Modles of Flow and Transport in the Fractured Vadose Zone,Ó Irvine, CA,  LBNL-43467, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.

Spycher, N., E. Sonnenthal, and J. Apps, 1999. Interpretive Analysis of the Thermo-Hydrological-Chemical Aspects of the Single Heater Test,Chapter 4. In: Tsang, Y.W.; Tsang, Y., J. Apps, B. Freifeld, M.Q. Hu, J. Peterson, E. Sonnenthal, and N. Spycher,  Yucca Mountain Single Heater Test Final Report, LBNL-42537, p. 4-1 -4-74.

Spycher, N., E. Sonnenthal, C.F. Ahlers and T. Xu, 1999, TOUGHREACT v2.1 Software Qualification Report. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Sonnenthal, E.L. and G.S. Bodvarsson, Geochemical constraints on flow processes at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Earth Sciences Division Annual Report 1997, LBNL-42452, p. 77-78.

Sonnenthal, E. L. and N. Spycher, 1998. Preliminary studies of thermo-hydro-chemical effects of repository heating, Chapter 14 of Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Edited Bodvarsson, G.S., E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4.

Sonnenthal, E. L., 1998. Simulation of water-gas-rock interaction in the ambient system, Chapter 16 of Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Edited by Bodvarsson, G.S., E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4.

Bodvarsson, G.S, E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, eds., 1998. Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4;  Berkeley, California: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Haukwa, C.,  Y. S. Wu, E. L. Sonnenthal, A. C. Ritcey, W. Zhang, M. Cushey, J. J. Hinds, R. Hedegaard, L. H. Pan and G. S. Bodvarsson, 1998, Updated 3-D mountain scale flow model with thermal effects, Milestone Level 4: SP4CKMM4.

Hedegaard, R., C.F. Ahlers, T.M. Bandurraga, M. Cushey, C. Haukwa, J. Hinds, H.H. Liu, A.C. Ritcey, E. Sonnenthal and Y.S. Wu, 1999. UZ Processes, Chapter 6 of Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Edited by Bodvarsson, G.S., E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4.

Felmy, A.R., D.R. Cole, D.A. Dixon, R.J. Glass, T.M. Johnson, W. Klein, P.C. Lichtner, W.B. Lindquist, G.A. Newman, B.E. Rittman, J.R. Rustad, E.L. Sonnenthal, N. C. Sturchio, D.W. Vasco, Y-S. Wu, and D.A. Yuen, 1998. SUBSURFACE TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Fluid and Contaminant Transport in Terrestrial Systems: Accelerated Progress in Quantitative Analysis, DOE.

Mishra, A.K., J. Hinds, E.L. Sonnenthal, and C. Haukwa, 1998. PTn flow and transport modeling, Chapter 12 of Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Edited by Bodvarsson, G.S., E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4.

Ritcey, A.C., E.L. Sonnenthal, Y.S. Wu, C. Haukwa, R. Hedegaard, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998. Summary of model predictions for the enhanced characterization of the repository block, Chapter 19 of Unsaturated Zone Flow and Transport Modeling of Yucca Mountain, Nevada Fiscal Year 1998 Report, Edited Bodvarsson, G.S., E.L Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP3CKLM4.

Ritcey, A.C., E.L. Sonnenthal, Y.S. Wu, C. Haukwa, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998, Final predictions of ambient conditions along the east-west cross drift using the 3-D UZ site-scale model. Level 4 Milestone SP33ABM4.

Wu, Y.S. ,C. Haukwa, J.J. Hinds, A.C. Ritcey, H.H. Liu, L.H. Pan, M. Cushey, W. Zhang, A.K. Mishra, E.L. Sonnenthal, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998, Letter Report: PTn and CHn lateral flow model. Level 4 Milestone SP3CKFM4.

Wu, Y.S., A.C. Ritcey, C.F. Ahlers, J.J. Hinds, A.K. Mishra, C. Haukwa, T.M. Bandurraga, H.H. Liu, E.L. Sonnenthal, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1998, A 3-D site-scale model for abstraction in TSPA-VA. Level 4 Milestone SLX01LB3.

Xu, T., E. Sonnenthal, N. Spycher, K. Pruess, and G. Brimhall, 1998. Coupled modeling of non-isothermal multi-phase flow, solute transport and reactive chemistry in porous and fractured media: 2. Model applications. LBNL-42051.

Wu, Y.S., A.C. Ritcey, C.F. Ahlers, C. Haukwa, J.J. Hinds,  E.L. Sonnenthal, A.K. Mishra, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1997, Providing base-case flow fields for TSPA-VA:  Evaluation of uncertainty of present-day infiltration rates using the 3-D Site-Scale UZ flow model: Level 4 Milestone SLX01LB1.

Sonnenthal, E., J. Birkholzer, C. Doughty, T. Xu, J. Hinds, and G. Bodvarsson, 1997, Post-emplacement site-scale thermohydrology with consideration of drift-scale processes. Level 4 Milestone SPLE2M4.

Sonnenthal, E.L. and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1997, Modeling the chloride geochemistry in the unsaturated zone,  In: The site-scale unsaturated zone model of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the viability assessment, G.S. Bodvarsson, T.M. Bandurraga, and Y.S. Wu,  eds., Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Milestone, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-40376.

Sonnenthal, E.L., D.J. DePaolo, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1997, Modeling the strontium geochemistry and isotopic ratio in the unsaturated zone, In: The site-scale unsaturated zone model of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the viability assessment, G.S. Bodvarsson, T.M. Bandurraga, and Y.S. Wu,  eds., Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Milestone, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-40376.

Sonnenthal, E.L., C.F. Ahlers, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1997, Fracture and fault properties for the UZ site-scale flow model, In: The site-scale unsaturated zone model of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the viability assessment, G.S. Bodvarsson, T.M. Bandurraga, and Y.S. Wu,  eds., Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Milestone , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-40376.

Bandurraga, T.M., Y.S. Wu, A.C. Ritcey, E. Sonnenthal, C.F. Ahlers, C. Haukwa, and G.S. Bodvarsson, March 28, 1997.  UZ site-scale model calibration, FY97, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Level 4 Milestone SP924UDM4, Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Report.

Bodvarsson, G.S., T.M. Bandurraga, C. Haukwa, E.L. Sonnenthal, and Y.S. Wu, 1997, Summary of the unsaturated zone site-scale model for the viability assessment, In: The site-scale unsaturated zone model of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the viability assessment, G.S. Bodvarsson, T.M. Bandurraga, and Y.S. Wu,  eds., Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project Milestone, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-40376.

Hinds, J.J., R.W. Zimmerman, G.S. Bodvarsson, Y.S. Wu, E.L. Sonnenthal, A.C. Ritcey, and C.F. Ahlers, Three-Dimensional Unsaturated Zone Modeling: In: Project Integrated Safety Analysis, 1997.

Wang, J.S.Y., P. Cook, R. Trautz, A. James, S. Finsterle, E. Sonnenthal, R. Salve, and G. Hesler, 1997, Drift seepage test and niche moisture study: Phase 1 progress report on data interpretation and model predictions, Level 4 Milestone SPC31DM4.

Wu, Y.S., A.C. Ritcey, E.L. Sonnenthal, T.M. Bandurraga, C. Haukwa, J.P. Fairley, G. Chen, J.H. Li, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1997, Incorporation of perched water data into the UZ site-scale model. Yucca Mountain Project Milestone SP24UCM4.

Sonnenthal, E., S. Finsterle, and G.S. Bodvarsson, 1996. Submodel of percolation flux at the repository. In: Development and Calibration of the 3D Site-Scale Unsaturated Zone Model of Yucca Mountain, 432-462.

Fairley, J. and E. Sonnenthal, 1996. Preliminary conceptual model of flow pathways based on 36Cl and other environmental isotopes. In: Development and Calibration of the 3D Site-Scale Unsaturated Zone Model of Yucca Mountain, 380-431.

Sonnenthal E. and Ortoleva P., 1991. Simulation of a deep, shale-bound overpressured compartment. Annual Report of the Gas Research Institute. 254-267.

Sonnenthal E. and Ortoleva P., 1991. Computer simulation of basin compartmentation via a reaction-transport-mechanical model. Quarterly Report of the Gas Research Institute. 57-77.