Derek Elsworth教授，美国工程院院士。1987年国际岩石力学学会罗恰勋章获得者，2010年和2011年分别获美国岩石力学协会工程实例研究奖和基础研究奖。现担任美国岩石力学学会基础研究委员会主席，美国国家科学院岩土工程和地质工程委员会委会，美国能源部地热开发委员会委员，国际岩石力学学会地下实验室委员会委员和锦屏深部地下实验室国际咨询委员会委员。发表学术论文近600余篇，其中SCI收录290余篇。H-index是44，有44篇论文引用率在44次以上。到2019年3月，总共被引用（ISI）6070次，他引5228次。发表学术著作1部，会议文集2部。任《Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering》期刊（Elsevier出版）副主编和《Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources》期刊（Springer出版）主编。
研究方向:计算力学、流体在孔隙介质里流动与运移以及岩石力学，并将其研究成果应用于采矿工程、地热开发、非常规天然气开采、地震、核废物处理及CO2地质封存、火山喷发等领域
著作：Coupled Processes in Subsurface Deformation, Flow and Transport，2010
编辑：Rock Mechanics in the National Interest, 2011
编辑：CO2 Storage in Carboniferous Formations
近三年发表学术论文
1.Wang, D.-J., Tang, H., Elsworth, D., Wang, C. (2019) Fracture evolution in artificial bedded rocks containing a structural flaw under uniaxial compression. Eng. Geol. Vol. 250, pp. 130-141.
2.Wang, C., Elsworth, D., Fang, Y. (2019) Ensemble shear strength, stability, and permeability of mixed mineralogy fault gouge recovered from 3D granular models. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 124.
3.Husain, T., Elsworth, D., Voight, B., Mattioli, G., Jansma, P. (2019) Morphologic variation of an evolving lava dome controlled by the extursion of finite yield strength magma. J. Volc. and Geotherm. Res. Vol. 370. pp. 51-64.
4.Wei, M., Liu, Y., Liu, J., Elsworth, D., Zhao, F. (2019) Micro-scale investigation on coupling of gas diffusion and mechanical deformation of shale. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 175. pp. 961-970.
5.Wei, M., Liu, J., Elsworth, D., Li, S., Zhou, F. (2019) Influence of gas adsorption induced non-uniform deformation on the evolution of coal permability. Int. J. R. Mech. and Min. Sci. Vol. 114. pp. 71-78.
6.Im, K.J., Marone, C.J., Elsworth, D. (2019) The transition from steady frictional sliding to inertia-dominated instability with rate and state friction. J. Mech. and Phys. of Solids. Vol. 122. pp. 116-125. f
7.Sampath, K.H.S.M., Perera, M.S.A., Elsworth, D., Ranjith, P.G., Matthai, S.K., Rathnaweera, T., Zhang, G. (2019) Effect of coal maturity on CO2-based hydraulic fracturing process in coal seam gas reservoirs. Fuel. Vol 236. pp. 179-189.
8.Fang, Y., Elsworth, D., Ishibashi, T., Zhang, F. (2018) Permeability evolution and frictional stability of fabricated fractures with specifed roughness. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 123. pp. 9355-9375.
9.Ishibashi, T., Elsworth, D., Fang, Y., Riviere, J., Madara, B., Asanuma, H., Watanabe, N., Marone, C. (2018) Friction-stability-permeability evolution of a fracture in granite. Water Resour. Res., Vol. 54.
10.Sang, G., Liu, S, Zhang, R., Elsworth, D., He, L. (2018) Nanopore characterization of mine roof shales by SANS, nitrogen adsorption and mercury intrusion: impact on water adsorption/retention behavior. Int. J. Coal Geol. Vol 200. pp. 173-185.
11.Song, C., Elsworth, D. (2018) Strengthening mylonitized soft-coal reservoirs by microbial mineralization. Int. J. Coal Geol. Vol 200. pp. 166-172.
12.Zhi, S., Elsworth, D., Wang, J., Gan, Q., Liu, S. (2018) Hydraulic fracturing for improved nutrient delivery in microbially-enhanced coalbed-methane (MECBM) production. J. Nat. Gas Sci. and Eng. Vol. 56. pp. 222-232.
13.Shi, R., Liu, J., Wei, M., Elsworth, D., Wang, X. (2018) Mechanistic analysis of coal permeability evolution data under stress-controlled conditions. Int. J. R. Mech. and Min. Sci. Vol. 110. pp. 36-47.
14.Yang, F., Dong, X., Amann-Hildenbrand, A., Fathi, E., Elsworth, D. (2018) Petrophysics and fluid transport in shales and tight reservoirs. Geofluids. Vol. 2018. Article ID **.
15.Zhou, S., Hao, S.W., Elsworth, D. (2018) Magnitude and variation of the critical power law exponent and its physical controls. Physica A. Vol. 510. pp. 552-557.
16.Wang, G., Wang, K., Wang, S., Elsworth, D., Jiang, Y. (2018) An improved permeability evolution model and its application in fractured sorbing media. J. Nat. Gas Sci. and Eng. Vo. 56. pp. 222-232.
17.Song, H., Jiang, Y., Elsworth, D., Zhao, Y., Wang, J., Liu, B. (2018) Scale effects and strength anisotropy in coal. Int. J. Coal Geol. Col. 195. pp 37-46.
18.Fan, K., Li, Y., Elsworth, D., Dong, M., Yin, C., Li, Y., Chen, Z. (2018) Three stages of methane adsorption capacity affected by moisture content. Fuel, Vol. 231. Pp. 352-360.
19.Wei, M., Liu, J., Elsworth, D., Wang, E. (2018) Triple porosity modelling for the simulation of multiscale flow mechanisms in shale reservoirs. Geofluids.
20.Fang, Y., Elsworth, D., Wang, C., Jia, Y. (2018) Mineralogical controls on frictional strength, stability and shear permeability evolution of fractures. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 123.
21.Fan, K., Dong, M., Elsworth, D., Li, Y., Yin, C., Li, Y. (2018) A dynamic pulse pseudo-pressure method to determine shale matrix permeability at representative reservoir conditions. Int. J. Coal. Geol. Vol. 193. pp. 61-72.
22.Wang, J., Elsworth, D., Denison, M.K. (2018) Hydraulic fracturing with leakoff in a pressure-sensitive dual porosity medium. Int. J. R. Mechs. Min. Sci. Vol. 107, pp. 55-68.
23.Hu, Y., Gan, Q., Hurst, A., Elsworth, D. (2018) Evolution of permeability in sand injectite systems. Int. J. R. Mechs. Min. Sci. Vol. 106, pp. 176-189.
24.Zhao, Y., Zhu, G., Zhang, C., Liu, S., Elsworth, D., Zhang, T. (2018) Pore-scale reconstruction and simulation of non-Darcy flow in synthetic porous rocks. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 123.
25.Wang, J., Elsworth, D. (2018) Role of proppant distribution on the evolution of hydraulic fracture conductivity. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 166, pp. 249-262.
26.Cui, G., Zhao, Y., Liu, J., Wei, M., Elsworth, D. (2018) A Gaussian Decomposition Method and its application to the prediction of shale gas production. Fuel. Vol. 224. pp. 331-347.
27.Jia, Y., Lu, Y., Elsworth, D., Fang, Y., Tang, J. (2018) Surface characteristics and permeability enhancement of shale fractures due to water and supercritical carbon dioxide fracturing. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 165, pp. 284-297. f
28.Zhao, X., Wang, T., Elsworth, D., He, Y., Zhou, W., Zhuang, L., Zeng, J., Wang, S. (2018) Controls of natural fractures on the texture of hydraulic fractures in rock. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng., Vol. 165, pp. 616-626.
29.Liu, L., Zhu, W., Wei, C., Elsworth, D., Wang, J. (2018) Microcrack-based geomechanical modelling of rock-gas interaction durng supercricical CO2 fracturing. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 64, pp. 91-102.
30.Liu, W., Rostami, J., Elsworth, D., Ray, A. (2018) Application of composite indices for improving joint detection capabilities of instrumented roof bolt drills in underground mining and construction. R. Mech. and R. Eng. pp. 1-12.
31.Husain, T., Elsworth, D., Voight, B., Mattioli, G., Jansma, P. (2018) Influence of conduit flow mechanics on magma rheology and the growth style of lava domes. Geophys. J. Int..
32.Zhang, S., Liu, J., Wei, M., Elsworth, D. (2018) Coal permeability maps under the influence of multiple coupled processes. Int. J. Coal Geol., Vol. 187, pp. 71-82.
33.Fang, Y., Elsworth, D., Cladouhos, T.T. (2018) Reservoir permeability mapping using microearthquake data. Geothermics. Vol. 72, pp. 83-100.
34.Cui, G., Liu, J., Wei, M., Shi, R., Elsworth, D. (2018) Why shale permeability changes under variable effective stresses: new insights. Fuel. Vol. 213, pp. 55-71.
35.Im, K.J., Elsworth, D., Fang, Y. (2018) The influence of preslip sealing on the permeability evolution of fractures and faults. Geophys. Res. Let., Vol. 45.
36.Wang, J., Elsworth, D., Wu, Y., Liu, J., Zhu, W., Liu, Y. (2018) The influence of fracturing fluids on fracturing processes: a comparison between water, oil and sc-CO2. R. Mech. and R. Eng., Vol. 51, pp. 299-313.
37.Cui, G., Liu, J., Wei, M., Feng, X., Elsworth, D. (2018) Evolution of permeability during the process of shale gas extraction. J. Nat. Gas Sci. and Eng.. Vol. 49, pp. 94-109.
38.White, M., Fu, P., McClure, M., Danko, G., Elsworth, D., Sonnenthal, E., Kelkar, S., Podgorney, R. (2018) A suite of benchmark and challenge problems for enhanced geothermal systems. Geomech. Geophys Geo-energ. Geo-resour.. Vol. 3, No. 2. pp. 189-198.
39.Im, K.J., Elsworth, D., Marone, C., Leeman, J. (2017) The impact of frictional healing on stick-slip recurrence interval and stress drop: implications for earthquake scaling. J. Geophys. Res.. Vol. 122.
40.Tong, S., Dong, Y., Zhang, Q., Elsworth, D., Liu, S. (2017) Quantitative analysis of nanopore structural characteristics of lower Paleozoic shale, Chongqing (southwestern China): combining FIB-SEM and NMR cryoporometry. Engy. & Fuels. Vol. 31, No. 12. pp. 13317-13328.
41.Zhang, F., Fang, Y., Elsworth, D., Wang, C., Yang, X. (2017) Evolution of friction and permeability in a propped fracture under shear. Geofluids. Vol. 2017, 13 pp.
42.Sang, G., Elsworth, D., Liu, S., Harpalani, S. (2017) Characterization of swelling modulus and effective stress coefficient accommodating sorption-induced swelling in coal. Energy and Fuels. Vol. 31, No. 9. pp 8843-8851.
43.Wang, C., Elsworth, D., Fang, Y. (2017) Influence of weakening minerals on the ensemble strength and slip stability of faults. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 122. pp 7090-7110.
44.Hao, S., Yang, H., Elsworth, D. (2017) An accelerating precursor to predict “time-to-failure” in creep and volcanic eruptions. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res. Vol. 343. pp. 252-262.
45.Zhang, Q., Dong, Y., Liu, S., Elsworth, D., Zhao, Y. (2017) Shale pore characterization using NMR cryoporometry with octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane as the probe liquid. Energy and Fuels. Vol. 31, No. 7. pp 6951-6959.
46.Zhao, Y., Xue, S., Han, S., Cheng, Z., Liu, S., Elsworth, D., He, L., Cai, J. Liu, Y., Chen, D. (2017) Effects of microstructure on water imbibition in sandstones using X-ray computed tomography and neutron radiography. J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 122, pp. 4963-4981.
47.Ma, C., Elsworth, D., Dong, C., Lin, C., Luan, G., Chen, B., Liu, X., Muhammad, J.M., Muhammad, A.Z., Shen, Z., Tian, F. (2017) Controls of hydrocarbon generation on the development of expulsion fractures in organic-rich shale: based n the Paleogene Shahejie formation of the Jiyang depression, Bohai Bay, east China. Marine and Petrol. Geol. Vol. 86. pp. 1406-1416.
48.Liu, J., Yao, Y., Elsworth D., Liu, D., Cai, Y., Dong, L. (2017) Vertical heterogeneity of the shale reservoir in the Lower Silurian Longmaxi Formation: a case study of Well-WQ2 in the Northeastern Sichuan Basin, SW China. Minerals, Vol. 7, No. 151.
49.Im, K.J., Elsworth, D., Guglielmi, Y., Mattioli, G. (2017) Geodetic imaging of thermal deformation in geothermal reservoirs – production, depletion and fault activation. J. Volc. Geotherm. Res. Vol. 338. pp. 78-91. f
50.Zhang, R., Liu, S.M., Bahadur, J., Elsworth, D., Wang, Y., Hu, G.L., Liang, Y.N. (2017) Changes in pore structure of coal caused by coal-to-gas bioconversion. Nature Scientific Reports. Vol. 7, No. 3840.
51.Li, X., Feng, Z., Han, G., Elsworth, D., Marone, C., Saffer, D., Cheon, D.S. (2017) Permeability evolution of propped artificial fractures in Green River Shale. R. Mech. and R. Eng. Vol. 50, No. 6. pp. 1473-1485.
52.Li, J., Yao, Y., Liu, D., Elsworth, D. (2017) Experimental evaluation of CO2 enhanced recovery of adsorbed-gas from shale. Int. J. Coal. Geol. Vol. 179. pp. 211-218.
53.Liang, S., Elsworth, D., Fu, X., Li, X., Yao, Q. (2017) Influence of stratigraphic conditions on the deformation characteristics of oil/gas wells piercing longwall pillars and mining optimization. Energies, 10, 775.
54.Liang, S., Elsworth, D., Li, X.H., Fu, X.H, Sun, B., Yao, Q.L (2017) Key strata characteristics controlling the integrity of deep wells in longwall mining areas. Int. J. Coal Geol. Vol. 172, pp. 31-42.
55.Li, X., Wang, J., Elsworth, D. (2017) Stress redistribution and fracture propagation during restimulation of gas shale reservoirs. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 154, pp. 150-160.
56.Fang, Y., Elsworth, D., Wang, C., Ishibashi, T., Fitts, J.P. (2017) Frictional stability-permeability relationships for fractures in shales. J. Geophys. Res. , Vol. 122, pp. 1760-1776.
57.Cai, J.C., Ghanbarian, B., Xu, P., Elsworth, D., Wang, M.R., Zhang, Z.E., Wood, D. (2017) Virtual special issue: Advanced theoretical and numerical approaches and applications to enhanced gas recovery. J. Nat. Gas Sci. Eng., Vol. 37, pp. 579-583.
58.Wang, T., Hu, W.R., Elsworth, D., Zhou, W., Zhou, W.B., Zhao, X.Y., Zhao, L.Z. (2017) The effect of natural fractures on hydraulic fracture propagation in coal seams. J. Pet. Sci. and Eng. Vol. 150, pp. 180-190.
59.Fang, Y., Wang, C., Elsworth, D., Ishibashi, T. (2017) Seismicity-permeability coupling in the behaviour of gas shales, CO2 storage and deep geothermal energy. Geomech. Geophys Geo-energ. Geo-resour.. Vol. 3, No. 2. pp. 189-198.
60.Elsworth, D., Spiers, C.J., Niemeijer, A.R. (2016) Understanding induced seismicity. Science 354 (6318) pp. 1380–1381.
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