List of references about hydraulic fractures, and other related topics

 

Here are some papers about hydraulic fracturing that I wrote

Murdoch, L.C., D. Wilson, K. Savage, W. Slack, and J. Uber. Alternative Methods for Fluid Delivery and Recovery. USEPA/625/R-94/003, 1995.

 

Murdoch, L.C. Hydraulic and impulse fracturing for low permeability soils, Chapter in Petroleum Contaminated Low Permeability Soil, American Petroleum Institute Publication 4631, 1995.

       

      Chen, J-L, Al-Abed, Bryndzia, and Murdoch, L.C. Effects of cation transport and partitioning during a field test of electroosmosis. Water Resources Research, in press.

       

      Siegrist R.L., K. S. Lowe , L.C. Murdoch, T.L. Case, and D. A. Pickering. 1999. In situ oxidization by fracture emplaced reactive solids. Jour of Environ. Eng. ,v. 125, n. 5, 429-440.

       

      Chen, J-L. and Murdoch, L.C. In-situ electroosmosis between horizontal electrodes: a field test. submitted to J. Geotech. Eng., in press.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. and J-L. Chen. Effects of conductive fractures during in situ electroosmosis: Journal of Hazardous Materials, 55, 239-262, 1997.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Forms of hydraulic fractures created during a field test in fine-grained glacial drift, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology, 28, 23-35, 1995.

       

      Vesper, S. L.C. Murdoch, S. Hayes, and W. Davis-Hoover. Slow-release oxygen sources for bio-remediation in soils. Journal Hazardous Materials, 36, 265-274, 1994.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Hydraulic fracturing of soil during laboratory experiments: methods and observations, Geotechnique, 43(2), 255-265, 1993.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Hydraulic fracturing of soil during laboratory experiments: propagation, Geotechnique, 43(2), 266-276, 1993.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Hydraulic fracturing of soil during laboratory experiments: theoretical analysis, Geotechnique, 43(2), 277-287, 1993.

       

      Du, Y., A, Aydin, and L.C. Murdoch. Incremental growth of a shallow hydraulic fracture at a waste remediation site, Oakbrook, Illinois from inversion of elevation changes. Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 30(7), 1273-1279, 1993.

       

      Wang, Stodt, Steirman and Murdoch. Mapping hydraulic fractures using a borehole-to-surface electrical resistivity method. Geoexploration. 28, 1991.

       

      Siegrist, R.L., K.S. Lowe, L.C. Murdoch, and A.M. Struse. In situ chemical treatment using hydraulic fracturing to emplace Fe methal and KMnO4 reactive solids. Proceedings of the Conference on Abiotic In Situ Technologies for Groundwater Remediation. Aug. 31-Sept 2, 1999, Dallas, Texas.

       

      Murdoch, L.C., W. Slack, R. Siegrist, S. Vesper, T. Meiggs, Hydraulic fracturing advances. Civil Engineering, May 1997, 10A-12A.

       

      Murdoch, L.C., W. Slack, R. Siegrist, S. Vesper, T. Meiggs , Advanced hydraulic fracturing methods to create in situ reactive barriers. Proceedings of the International Containment Technology Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 9-12, 1997, St. Petersburg, FL

       

      Chen, J.-L., and Murdoch, L. Field demonstration of in situ electroosmosis between horizontal electrodes. Proceedings ASCE 1997 Annual Convention, Minneapolis, Minn, Jan. 1997.

       

      Wolf, A. And L.C. Murdoch. A field test of air flow to a hydraulic fracture, NGWA Outdoor Action Conference, Las Vegas, NV, May 1993.

       

      Du, Y., A. Aydin, and L.C. Murdoch. Incremental growth of a shallow hydraulic fracture. 34th Symposium on Rock Mechanics, Madison, WI, June 27-30, 1993.

       

      Davis-Hoover, W., S. Vesper and L.C. Murdoch, Delivery techniques and enhancement of bioremediation for in situ restoration of contaminated subsurface soils. Subsurface Restoration Conference, Dallas, TX, June 21-24, 1992.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Some recent developments in delivery and recovery: hydraulic fracturing and directional drilling, ETEX’92, Washington, D.C., 1992.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. In situ delivery and recovery of liquids to facilitate corrective actions, Chapter 5 in RCRA Corrective Action and Stabilization Technologies, USEPA, EPA/625/R-92/014, October, 1992.

       

      Murdoch, L.C., M. Kemper, and A. Wolf. Hydraulic fracturing to improve delivery and recovery. Air and Waste Management Association Conference, Cincinnati, OH, Feb. 1992.

       

      Schroeder, S., D. Mckenzie, and L.C. Murdoch, Soil vapor extraction from hydraulic fractures in glacial till: initial field testing in Chicago, Illinois. Air and Waste Management Conference, Kansas City, MO, June 21-26, 1992.

       

      Davis-Hoover, W., L.C. Murdoch, and S. Vesper. Hydraulic fracturing to improve nutrient and oxygen delivery for in situ bioremediation. First International Symposium on In Situ and On-site Bioreclamation, San Diego, CA, April, 1991.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. G. Losonsky, I. Klich, and P. Cluxton. Hydraulic fractures to increase fluid flow. Contaminated Soil ‘90, ed. F. Arendt, M. Hinsenfeld, and W.J. van der Brink, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherlands, 1087-1094, 1990.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. Increased permeability of soils by hydraulic fracturing--a field test, Proceedings of 21st Ohio River Valley Soils Seminar, October, 26, 1990.

       

      Murdoch, B. Patterson, G. Losonsky, B. Harrar. A review of innovative technologies for delivery and recovery for the remediation of hazardous waste sites. Final report EPA/600/S2-89/066, 1989.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. A field test of hydraulically fracturing glacial till. Proceedings of 15th Annual USEPA Research Symposium, Cincinnati, OH, 1989.

       

       

      Method and system for bioremediation of contaminated soil using innoculated support spheres. S.C. Hunt, T.O. Meiggs, L.C. Murdoch, W.W. Slack. Patent 5,733,067 issued 31 March 1998

       

      Oxidative particle grouts for in situ ground water treatment. R.L. Seigrist. and L.C. Murdoch. US Patent. 09/071,659

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      • Seigrist, R. L., K.S. Lowe, L.C. Murdoch, W.W. Slack, T.C. Houk. X-231A demonstration of in situ remediation of DNAPL compounds in low permeability media by soil fracturing with thermally enhanced mass recovery and reactive barrier destruction. DOE document ORNL/TM-13534, March 1998.

       

      Murdoch, L.C. G. Losonsky, P. Cluxton, B. Patterson, I. Klich, B. Braswell. The feasibility of hydraulically fracturing soil to improve remedial actions. NTIS Report PB91-181818, 1991.

       

      Murdoch, L.C., G. Holzhausen, and J-C. Roegiers. Innovative delivery and recovery systems: hydraulic fracturing, EPA 68-03-3379, 207 p., 1987.

 

 

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