Quantitative Hydrogeology Research Group
The highest goodness is like water. Water benefits all things and does not compete.
It stays in the lowly places which others despise. Therefore it is near The Eternal. - Lao Tzu (6th Century BC)
上善若水，水善利万物而不争，处众人之所恶，故几于道。- 老子 （公元前6世纪）
Media Coverage
Oct-11-2023
Dr. Yipeng Zhang is the Co-PI of the $ 2 million grant awarded by Environment Protection Agency to investigate the enhanced aquifer recharge for Southern Oklahoma.
March-9-2023
Newly published study comparing the runoff between Barton Spring/Onion Creek and Pedernales River highlights importance of Barton Spring/Onion Creek Watershed to Colorado River
Oct-21-2021
NSF-funded Research Work on Freshwater of Tropical Islands is Featured in the News of Geological Society of America
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211012154744.htm
Research Interest
Managed Aquifer Recharge for Karst Aquifers
Coupling Processes of Rock Deformation and Groundwater Flow
Induced Seismicity due to Hazardous Waste Fluid Injection
Basin Scale Numerical Modeling
Ice Sheet and Groundwater Interaction
Paleohydrology
Seawater Intrusion
from Zhang et al. (2022) in preparation (surrogate model for seawater intrusion process of Biscayne Aquifer, Miami, Florida)
from Zhang et al. (2021) (Impact of Rising Sea Level on Tropical Island Aquifers, the Bahamas, Southeast Florida)
from Zhang et al. (2018) (Hydromechanical Impact of Continental Glaciation Loading on the Pore Pressure Evolution, Brine Migration, and Earthquake Triggering across North America)
from Zhang et al. (2016) (Relation between Waste Fluid Reinjection and Induced Seismicity in Permian Basin, Southeast New Mexico)
from Zhang et al. (2013) (Generic Study of Waste Fluid Reinjection on Induced Seismicity of Midcontinent US)
Publication
Journal Articles (6)
1) Zhang, Y., Person, M., Voller, V., Cohen, D., McIntosh, J., & Grapenthin, R. Hydromechanical Impacts of Pleistocene Glaciations on Pore Fluid Pressure Evolution, Rock Failure, and Brine Migration within Sedimentary Basins and the Crystalline Basement (2018). Water Resources Research. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2017WR022464
2) Zhang, Y., Edel, S. S., Pepin, J., Person, M., Broadhead, R., Ortiz, J. P., ... & Evans, J. P. (2016). Exploring the potential linkages between oil‐field brine reinjection, crystalline basement permeability, and triggered seismicity for the Dagger Draw Oil field, southeastern New Mexico, USA, using hydrologic modeling. Geofluids, 16(5), 971-987. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gfl.12199
3) Zhang, Y., Person, M., Rupp, J., Ellett, K., Celia, M. A., Gable, C. W., ... & Elliot, T. (2013). Hydrogeologic controls on induced seismicity in crystalline basement rocks due to fluid injection into basal reservoirs. Groundwater, 51(4), 525-538. https://ngwa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gwat.12071
4) Bandilla, K. W., Celia, M. A., Elliot, T. R., Person, M., Ellett, K. M., Rupp, J. A., ... & Zhang, Y. (2012). Modeling carbon sequestration in the Illinois Basin using a vertically-integrated approach. Computing and Visualization in Science, 15(1), 39-51. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00791-013-0195-2
5) Micallef, A., Person, M., Berndt, C., Bertoni, C., Cohen, D., Dugan, B., ... Zhang, Y. & Thomas, A. T. (2021). Offshore freshened groundwater in continental margins. Reviews of Geophysics, 59(1), e2020RG000706. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2020RG000706
6) Zhang, J., Wang, D., Guo, J., Ren, Y., Tian, H., Wang, H., Tong, X., Zhang, Y., Shi, J., Chang, Q. & Xiang, Z. (2023). Petrogenesis of the ca. 2.5 Ga dioritic-TTG and granitic gneisses from the Huai'an Complex and its implications for crustal evolution and tectonic settings of the North China Craton. Lithos, 107104. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0024493723000889
Conference Papers (7)
1) Zhang, Y., Mayer, A., Gulley, J., & Martin, J. (2021) Impact of Transient Climate Patterns on the Mixing between Freshwater Lens and Seawater in an Island-Lake-Aquifer System Under Different Sea Level Rise Scenarios, Yipeng Zhang, 2021, GSA Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2021AM/webprogram/Paper370157.html
2) Zhang, Y., Person, M., & Voller, V. R. (2015). Hydromechanical Analysis Associated with Laurentide Ice Sheet Glaciations. In Paper Poster Presented at Annual American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Abstract), San Francisco, California, December 14-18. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AGUFM.T23B2936Z/abstract
3) Person, M., Zhang, Y., Mozley, P., Broadhead, R., Bilek, S., & Edel, S. (2015). Pore pressure evolution and induced seismicity within the Permian Basin, Southeast New Mexico USA. In Paper Poster Presented at Annual American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Abstract), San Francisco, California, December 14-18. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015AGUFM.T13E..03P/abstract
4) ZHANG, Y. (2014, October). FAILURE ANALYSIS OF THE LAKE HOWE BLOWOUT STRUCTURE, WILLISTON BASIN. In 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2014AM/webprogram/Paper243926.html
5) Zhang, Y., & Saffer, D. M. (2013). Long Term Observations of Subsurface Pore Pressure in the Kumano Basin and Upper Accretionay Wedge along the NanTroSIEZE Transect, offshore Japan. In Paper Poster Presented at Annual American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Abstract), San Francisco, California, December 5-9. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AGUFM.T31G2598Z/abstract
6) Zhang, Y., Person, M., Rupp, J., Celia, M., Gable, C., Bowen, B., Mozley, P., Evans, J., & Thomas, D. (2012). Is Hazardous Waste Injection into Basal Aquifers a Good Idea? In Paper Poster Presented at Annual American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Abstract), San Francisco, California, December 5-9. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AGUFM.H11C1192Z/abstract
7) Zhang, Y., Person, M., Gable, C., Celia, M., Nordbotten, J., Bandilla, K., Elliot, T., Rupp, J., Ellett, K., Bowen, B., Pickett, W., & Woolsey, E. (2010). Multi-layer, sharp-interface models of pore pressure buildup within the Illinois Basin due to basin-wide CO2 injection. In Paper Poster Presented at Annual American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (Abstract), San Francisco, California, December 5-9. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011AGUFM.H33B1315Z/abstract