Jens Birkholzer
Scientist

Hydrogeology Department

Research Area Leader: Coupled Processes & Stochastic Hydrology

Phone:
510-486-7134
Fax:
510-486-5686
Email: jtbirkholzer@lbl.gov

 

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Jens Birkholzer

Selected Publications

  • RUTQVIST, J., BARR, D., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., FUJISAKI, K., KOLDITZ, O., LIU, Q., FUJITA, T., WANG, W., ZHANG, C. (2008): A comparative simulation study of coupled THM processes and their effect on fractured rock permeability around nuclear waste repositories, accepted for publication in Journal of Environmental Geology.
  • ZHOU, Q., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., Tsang, C.-F. (2008): A Semi-Analytical Solution for Large-Scale Injection-Induced Pressure Perturbation and Leakage in a Laterally Bounded Aquifer-Aquitard System, accepted for publication in Transport in Porous Media.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., ZHOU, Q., TSANG, C.-F. (2008): Large-scale impact of CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers: a sensitivity study on the pressure response in stratified systems, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2008.08.002 (in press, available online).
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2008), Recent Advances in Nuclear Waste Isolation through Simulations with the TOUGH Code, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 164, pp. 153-154.
  • KOWALSKY, M.B., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., PETERSON, J., FINSTERLE, S., MUKHOPADHYAY, S., TSANG, Y.W. (2008): Joint Inversion of Ground-Penetrating Radar and Thermal-Hydrological Data from a Large-Scale Heater Test, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 164, pp. 169-179.
  • CORTIS, A., BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2008): Continuous Time Random Walk Analysis of Solute Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 44, W06414, doi:10.1029/2007WR006596.
  • ZHOU, Q., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., Tsang, C.-F., Rutqvist, J. (2008): A Method for Quick-Assessment of CO2 Storage Capacity in Closed and Semi-Closed Porous Formations, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2, pp. 626-629, doi: 10.1016/j.ijgcc.2008.02.004.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., HALECKY, N., WEBB, S.W., PETERSON, P.F., BODVARSSON, G.S. (2008): A Modeling Study Evaluating the Thermal-Hydrological Conditions in and Near Waste Emplacement Tunnels at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 147-164.
  • DANKO, G., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., BAHRAMI, D. (2008): Coupled In-Rock and In-Drift Hydrothermal Model Study for Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 110-128.
  • RUTQVIST, J., BARR, D., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., CHIJIMATSU, M., KOLDITZ, O., LIU, Q., ODA, Y., WANG, W., ZHANG, C. (2008): Results from an International Simulation Study on Coupled Thermal, Hydrological, and Mechanical (THM) Processes near Geological Nuclear Waste Repositories, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 163(1), pp. 101-109.
  • RUTQVIST, J., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., TSANG, C.-F. (2008): Coupled Reservoir-Geomechanical Analysis of Potential for Fault Slip and Fracturing Associated with CO2 Injection in a Multi-Layered Reservoir-Caprock Systems, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, doi: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2007.4.006.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., TSANG, C.-F. (2008): Introduction to Special Issue on Site Characterization for CO2 Geological Storage, Journal of Environmental Geology, 54(8), pp. 1579-1581.
  • TSANG, C.-F., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., RUTQVIST, J. (2008): A Comparative Review of Hydrologic Issues Involved in Injection Storage of CO2 and in Injection Disposal of Liquid Waste, Journal of Environmental Geology, 54(8), pp. 1723-1737.
  • MUKHOPADHYAY, S., TSANG, Y.W., BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2007): Estimation of Field-Scale Thermal Conductivities of Unsaturated Rocks from In Situ Temperature Data, Water Resources Research, 43, W09418.
  • RUTQVIST, J., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., CAPPA, F., TSANG, C.-F. (2007): Estimating Maximum Sustainable Injection Pressure during Geological Sequestration of CO2 using Coupled Fluid Flow and Geomechanical Fault-Slip Analysis, Energy Conversion and Management Journal, 48(6), pp. 1798-1807.
  • LEWICKI, J.L., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., TSANG, C.-F. (2007): Natural and Industrial Analogues for Leakage of CO2 from Storage Reservoirs – Identification of Features, Events, and Processes and Lessons Learned, Journal of Environmental Geology, 52(3), pp. 457-467.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., WEBB, S.W., HALECKY, N., PETERSON, P.F., BODVARSSON, G.S. (2006): Evaluating the Moisture Conditions in the Fractured Rock at Yucca Mountain – The Impact of Natural Convection in Heated Emplacement Drifts, Vadose Zone Journal, 5, pp. 1172-1193.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2006): Estimating Liquid Fluxes in Thermally Perturbed Fractured Rocks Using Measured Temperature Profiles, Journal of Hydrology, 327, pp. 496-515.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2006): A Temperature-Profile Method for Estimating Flow in Geologic Heat Pipes, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 85, pp. 89-117.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., ZHANG, Y. (2006): The Impact of Fracture-Matrix Interaction on Thermal-Hydrological Conditions in Heated Fractured Rock, Vadose Zone Journal, 5, pp. 657-672.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., MUKHOPADHYAY, S., TSANG, Y.W. (2004): The Impact of Preferential Flow on the Vaporization Barrier above Waste Emplacement Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Nuclear Technology, 148, pp. 138-150.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., MUKHOPADHYAY, S., TSANG, Y.W. (2004): Modeling Seepage into Heated Waste Emplacement Tunnels in Unsaturated Fractured Rock, Vadose Zone Journal, 3, pp. 819-836.
  • ZHOU, Q., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., JAVANDEL, I., JORDAN, P. (2004): Modeling Three-Dimensional Groundwater Flow and Advective Contaminant Transport at a Heterogeneous Mountainous Site in Support of Remediation Strategy, Vadose Zone Journal, 3, pp. 884-900.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., HO, C.K. (2003): A Probabilistic Analysis of Episodic Preferential Flow into Superheated Fractured Rock, Journal of Hydrology, 284, pp. 151-173.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (2003): Penetration of Liquid Fingers into Superheated Fractured Rock, Water Resources Research, 39(4), pp. 9-1 through 9-21.
  • TSANG, C.F., TSANG, Y.W., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., MORENO, L. (2001): Dynamic Channeling of Flow and Transport in Saturated and Unsaturated Hetereogeneous Media, American Geophysical Union (AGU) Geophysical Monograph, 42 “Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock”, eds. T. Nicholson and T.C. Rasmussen.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., TSANG, Y.W. (2000): Modeling the Thermal-Hydrologic Processes in a Large-scale Underground Heater Test in Partially Saturated Fractured Tuff, Water Resources Research, 36(6), pp. 1431 -1447.
  • WANG, J.S.Y., TRAUTZ, R.C., COOK, P.J., FINSTERLE, S., JAMES, A.L., BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (1999): Field Tests and Model Analyses of Seepage into Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1 - 3), pp. 323-348.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., LI, G., TSANG, C.F., TSANG, Y.W. (1999): Modeling Studies and Analysis of Seepage into Drifts at Yucca Mountain, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1-3), pp. 349-384.
  • TSANG, Y.W., BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (1999): Predictions and Observations of the Thermal-hydrologic Conditions in the Single Heater Test, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 38 (1-3), pp. 385-426.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., TSANG, C.F. (1997): Solute Channeling in Unsaturated Heterogeneous Porous Media, Water Resources Research, 33(10), pp. 2221-2238.
  • RUBIN, H., DVEYRIN, D., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., ROUVÉ, G. (1997): Advection and Dispersion of Contaminant in a Permeable Medium Embedding Fractures in which Advection Velocity is Comparatively Slow, Journal of Hydrology, 179, pp. 135-162.
  • RUBIN, H., SOLIMAN, A.M., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., ROUVÉ, G. (1996): Transport of a Tracer Slug in a Fractured Permeable Formation, Journal of Hydrology, 176, pp. 153-180.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T. (1994): Numerische Untersuchungen zur Mehrkontinuumsmodellierung von Stofftransportvorgängen in Kluftgrundwasserleitern, Mitteilungen Inst. für Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, RWTH Aachen, Academia Verlag St. Augustin, Band 93.
  • RUBIN, H., BIRKHOLZER, J.T., ROUVÉ, G. (1994): Contaminant Transport in Fractured Permeable Formations, presented as a chapter in “Trends in Hydrology”, Ed. J. Menon, Council of Scientific Research Integration.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., RUBIN, H., DANIELS, H., ROUVÉ, G. (1993): Contaminant Advection and Spreading in a Fractured Permeable Formation: Part 2. Numerical Simulation, Journal of Hydrology, 144, pp. 35-58.
  • BIRKHOLZER, J.T., RUBIN, H., DANIELS, H., ROUVÉ, G. (1993): Contaminant Advection and Spreading in a Fractured Permeable Formation: Part 1. Parametric Evaluation and Analytical Solution, Journal of Hydrology, 144, pp. 1-33.