Eric Sonnenthal

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
87 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Eric Sonnenthal is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Geochemistry and Petrology and Geophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, Eric Sonnenthal has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 60 papers in Environmental Engineering, 19 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology and 18 papers in Geophysics. Recurrent topics in Eric Sonnenthal's work include Groundwater flow and contamination studies (45 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (38 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (17 papers). Eric Sonnenthal is often cited by papers focused on Groundwater flow and contamination studies (45 papers), CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions (38 papers) and Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (17 papers). Eric Sonnenthal collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iceland and United Kingdom. Eric Sonnenthal's co-authors include Nicolas Spycher, Tianfu Xu, Karsten Pruess, Edda S. Aradóttir, Hannes Jónsson, Christoph Wanner, Jonny Rutqvist, Liange Zheng, Guoxiang Zhang and G. Björnsson and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Eric Sonnenthal

81 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Eric Sonnenthal 1.8k 634 609 550 466 87 2.8k
James Palandri 1.4k 0.8× 405 0.6× 479 0.8× 751 1.4× 335 0.7× 17 2.4k
René Lefebvre 1.7k 1.0× 569 0.9× 622 1.0× 426 0.8× 1.1k 2.4× 132 3.5k
Einar Gunnlaugsson 1.9k 1.1× 537 0.8× 688 1.1× 893 1.6× 626 1.3× 44 3.1k
Josep M. Soler 1.7k 1.0× 412 0.6× 485 0.8× 307 0.6× 475 1.0× 94 2.9k
Leslie Smith 1.5k 0.9× 472 0.7× 280 0.5× 497 0.9× 393 0.8× 38 2.2k
John A. Apps 2.7k 1.5× 861 1.4× 689 1.1× 479 0.9× 150 0.3× 53 3.4k
Ian Hutcheon 1.1k 0.6× 363 0.6× 691 1.1× 439 0.8× 403 0.9× 66 2.0k
Christine Doughty 2.6k 1.5× 1.2k 1.9× 445 0.7× 528 1.0× 187 0.4× 114 3.2k
Liange Zheng 1.9k 1.1× 826 1.3× 924 1.5× 269 0.5× 106 0.2× 89 3.0k
Susan Hovorka 3.3k 1.9× 1.4k 2.2× 813 1.3× 720 1.3× 176 0.4× 141 4.1k

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All Works

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Dobson, Patrick, et al.. (2025). A review of Geological Thermal Energy Storage for seasonal, grid-scale dispatching. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 218. 115761–115761. 4 indexed citations
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Shervais, John W., Jonathan Glen, Dennis L. Nielson, et al.. (2023). Geothermal play fairway analysis, part 1: Example from the Snake River Plain, Idaho. Geothermics. 117. 102865–102865. 4 indexed citations
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Kiryukhin, A. V., et al.. (2018). Geysers Valley CO2 Cycling Geological Engine (Kamchatka, Russia). Geofluids. 2018. 1–16. 4 indexed citations
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Spier, C. L., William T. Stringfellow, Eric Sonnenthal, Mark E. Conrad, & Terry C. Hazen. (2011). The distribution of hydrocarbons in surface and deepwater plumes during the MC252 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Sonnenthal, Eric, et al.. (2011). A modeling and numerical algorithm for thermoporomechanics in multiple porosity media for naturally fractured reservoirs. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Hazen, Terry C., Boris Faybishenko, Harry R. Beller, et al.. (2011). Comparison of Field Groundwater Biostimulation Experiments Using Polylactate and Lactate Solutions at the Chromium-Contaminated Hanford 100-H Site. AGUFM. 2011. 1 indexed citations
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Christensen, John N., Eric Sonnenthal, Stephen T. Brown, et al.. (2009). Using Cr Isotopic Measurements with Reactive Transport Modeling to Monitor Stimulated Bio-containment at the 100H Test Site, Hanford, Washington. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2009. 1 indexed citations
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Sonnenthal, Eric, et al.. (2006). Feedback of coupled thermal-hydrological-chemical processes on flow in unsaturated fractured rock: Application in seepage modeling studies. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Dobson, Patrick, et al.. (2006). Temporal changes in noble gas compositions within the Aidlin sector ofThe Geysers geothermal system. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 3 indexed citations
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Sonnenthal, Eric, Tianfu Xu, & Gudmundur S. Bödvarsson. (2005). Reply to "Commentary: Assessment of past infiltration fluxes through Yucca Mountain on the \nbasis of the secondary mineral record-is it a viable methodology?", by Y.V. Dublyansky and S.Z. \nSmirnov. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 3 indexed citations
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Birkhölzer, Jens, Jonny Rutqvist, Eric Sonnenthal, et al.. (2005). Geomechanical/Geochemical Modeling Studies Conducted within the International DECOVALEX Project. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 2 indexed citations
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Birkhölzer, Jens, et al.. (2005). MOTIVATION, DESCRIPTION, AND SUMMARY STATUS OF GEOMECHANICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL MODELING STUDIES IN TASK D OF THE INTERNATIONAL DECOVALEX-THMC PROJECT. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas).
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Xu, Tianfu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, & Karsten Pruess. (2004). TOUGHREACT User's Guide: A Simulation Program for Non-isothermal Multiphase Reactive geochemical Transport in Variable Saturated Geologic Media. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 36 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, & Karsten Pruess. (2003). Using toughreact to model reactive fluid flow and geochemical transport in hydrothermal systems. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Tianfu, Eric Sonnenthal, Nicolas Spycher, & Karsten Pruess. (2003). TOUGHREACT: a new code of the TOUGH Family for Non-Isothermal multiphase reactive geochemical transport in variably saturated geologic media. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 15 indexed citations
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Sonnenthal, Eric, Nicolas Spycher, & Tianfu Xu. (2003). Linking reaction, transport, and hydrological parameters in unsaturated fractured rock: toughreact implementation and application. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Guoping, Eric Sonnenthal, & Gudmundur S. Bödvarsson. (2002). Implications of halide leaching on chlorine-36 studies at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Water Resources Research. 39(12). 6 indexed citations
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Sonnenthal, Eric, Nicolas Spycher, John A. Apps, & Ardyth M. Simmons. (1998). Thermo-hydro-chemical Predictive analysis for the drift-scale predictive heater test,. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 1 indexed citations
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Bodvarsson, G.S., et al.. (1997). A site scale model for modeling unsaturated zone processes atYucca Mountain, Nevada. University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas). 2 indexed citations

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