335 Brackett Hall
Clemson, SC 29634-0919
864.656.5015
jcastle@clemson.edu
Professional Registration: Professional Geologist, Pennsylvania, 1995, No. PG-001555-G
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His current research activities focus on environmental aspects of sediments in terms of physical, chemical, and biological processes. He investigates constructed wetland systems for treating impaired waters for beneficial reuse, including produced waters from oil and gas operations and scrubber waters from coal-burning power plants. His research includes applying results from studies of modern natural and experimental systems to understanding processes operating on the scale of geologic time, especially processes related to past and future changes in global climate. His other recent research activities focus on unconventional hydrocarbon resources (heavy oil, gas shales, and tight gas), reservoir characterization, and natural gas storage.
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GEOL 313 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
GEOL 375 Bahamian Field Study (See http://www.ces.clemson.edu/eees/geo375/)
GEOL 806 Aquifer Characterization
GEOL 814 Environmental Sedimentology
Kanagy, L.E., Johnson, B.M., Castle, J.W., and Rodgers J.H., Jr., “Design and performance of a pilot-scale hybrid constructed wetland treatment system for natural gas storage produced water,” Bioresource Technology 99, 1877-1885, 2008.
Kanagy, L.E., Johnson, B.M., Castle, J.W., and Rodgers J H., Jr., “Hydrosoil conditions in a pilot-scale constructed wetland treatment system for natural gas storage produced waters,” Environmental Geosciences 15, 105-114, 2008.
Johnson, B.M., Kanagy, L.E., Rodgers J.H., Jr., and Castle, J.W., “Chemical, physical, and risk characterization of natural gas storage produced waters,” Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 191, 33-54, 2008.
Johnson, B.M., Kanagy, L.E., Rodgers J.H., Jr., and Castle, J.W., “Feasibility of a pilot-scale hybrid constructed wetland treatment system for simulated natural gas storage produced waters,” Environmental Geosciences 15, 91-104, 2008.
Rodgers J.H., Jr., and Castle, J.W., “Constructed wetland treatment systems for efficient and effective treatment of contaminated waters for reuse,” Environmental Geosciences 15, 1-8, 2008.
Castle, J.W., Bruce, D.A., Falta, R.W., and Murdoch, L.C., “Manufactured caverns in carbonate rock,” United States Patent No. US 7,156,579, 2007.
Molz, F.J., Kozubowski, T.J., Podgorski, K., and Castle, J.W., “A generalization of the fractal/facies model,” Hydrogeology Journal 15, 809-816, 2007.
Poterala, S.F., and Castle, J.W., “Stratigraphic investigation of braided stream deposits (Pleistocene) from the Upper Piedmont of South Carolina,” South Carolina Geology 45, 17-23, 2007.
Mikhailova, E.A., Post, C.J., Magrini-Bair, K., and Castle, J.W., “Pedogenic carbonate concretions in the Russian chernozem,” Soil Science 171, 981-991, 2006.
Brame, S.E., Castle, J.W., Fuwami, O.K., and Falta, R.W., “History matching of heavy oil production for comparing new approaches to generating reservoir property distributions, West Coalinga Field, California,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Paper No. 93469, 8 p., 2006.
Castle, J.W., and Byrnes, A.P., “Petrophysics of Lower Silurian sandstones and integration with the tectonic-stratigraphic framework, Appalachian Basin, U.S.A.,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 89, 41-60, 2005.
Castle, J.W., Molz, F.J., Lu, S., and Dinwiddie, C.L., “Sedimentology and fractal-based analysis of permeability data, John Henry Member, Straight Cliffs Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Utah, U.S.A.,” Journal of Sedimentary Research 74, 270-284, 2004.
Castle, J.W., Bruce, D.A., Brame, S.E., Brooks, D.A., Falta, R.W., and Murdoch, L.C., “Design and feasibility of creating gas-storage caverns by using acid to dissolve carbonate rock formations,” Society of Petroleum Engineers Paper No. 91436, 10 p., 2004.
Dinwiddie, C.L., Molz, F.J., and Castle, J.W., “A new small drillhole minipermeameter probe for in situ permeability measurement: fluid mechanics and geometrical factors,” Water Resources Research 39, no. 7, 1178, DOI:10.1029/2001WR001179, 2003.
Bridges, R.A., and Castle, J.W., “Local and regional tectonic control on sedimentology and stratigraphy in a strike-slip basin: Miocene Temblor Formation of the Coalinga area, California, U.S.A.,” Sedimentary Geology 158, 271-297, 2003.
Molz, F.J., Dinwiddie, C.L., Murdoch, L.C., and Castle, J.W., “Small drill-hole gas mini-permeameter probe,” United States Statutory Invention Registration No. US H2052 H, 2002.
Lu, S., Molz, F.J., Fogg, G.E., and Castle, J.W., “Combining stochastic facies and fractal models for representing natural heterogeneity,” Hydrogeology Journal 10, 475-482, 2002.
Castle, J.W., “Appalachian Basin stratigraphic response to convergent-margin structural evolution,” Basin Research 13, 397-418, 2001.
Castle, J.W., “Foreland-basin sequence response to collisional tectonism,” Geological Society of America Bulletin 113, 801-812, 2001.
Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence (2007)
Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence (2005)
Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Best Poster Award (co-author), American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Section (2005)
Clemson University Research Foundation Certificate of Excellence in Research (2005)
Board of Trustees Award for Faculty Excellence (2003)
A.I. Levorsen Memorial Best Oral Presentation Award, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Eastern Section (1991)