MARK PERSON

NM Tech, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences

801 Leroy Place, MSEC 208

Socorro, NM 87801

phone: 575-835-6506

cell: 575-517-7578

email: mark.person@nmt.edu

 

Education

      B.A., Geology               1980           Franklin and Marshall College

      M.S., Hydrology           1983           New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

      M.S., Geology              1987           The Johns Hopkins University

      Ph.D., Geology             1990           The Johns Hopkins University

 

Employment History

      1982-1985           Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

      1985-1990           Graduate Research Assistant, The Johns Hopkins University

      1990                    Postdoctoral Fellow, Ecole des Mines de Paris

      1991-1993           Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire

      1993-1997           Assistant Professor & Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology, University of                                               Minnesota

      1997-2001           Associate Professor & Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology, University of                                               Minnesota

      2001                    Professor & Gibson Chair of Hydrogeology, University of Minnesota

      2001-2009         Professor & Boyce Chair of Geosciences, Indiana University

      2009-present    Professor, NM Tech

 

Professional Society Memberships

  1. Geological Society of America
  2. American Association of Petroleum Geologists
  3. National Water Well Association
  4. American Geophysical Union

 

Achievements, Honors, and Awards

  1. NM Tech Distinguished Research Award, 2016
  2. Editor, Geofluids (2011-2016)
  3. Herbertte Foundation Fellow, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. 2005.
  4. Fellow, Geological Society of America, 2003
  5. Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America, 1997

 

Publications 

  1. Schweinfurth, S., Hickling, N., and M. Person, 1982, Geologic map of the Allegheny Front and Hickory Creek Roadless Areas, Warren County, Pennsylvanian, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies, MF–1442–A.

 

  1. Schweinfurth, S., Hickling, N., and M. Person, 1982, Geologic map of the Clarion River Roadless Areas, Elk County, Pennsylvanian, U.S. Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Field Studies, MF–1444–A.

 

  1. Person, M., Antle, R., and D. Stephens, 1983, Evaluation of surface impoundment assessment in New Mexico, Ground Water, v. 21, p. 679–688.

 

  1. Konikow, L. and M. Person, 1985, Assessment of long–term salinity changes in an irrigated stream–aquifer system, Water Resources Research, v. 21, p. 1611–1624.

 

  1. Person, M. and L. Konikow, 1986, Recalibration and predictive reliability of a solute transport model of an irrigated stream–aquifer system, Journal of Hydrology, 87, v. p. 145–165.

 

  1. Phillips, F., Person, M., and A. Muller, 1986, A numerical lumped–parameter model for simulating the isotopic evolution of closed–basin lakes, Journal of Hydrology, v. 85, p. 73–86.

 

  1. Person, M. and G. Garven, 1989, Hydrologic constraints on the thermal evolution of the Rhine Graben, in Geophysical Monograph Series 47, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, v. 2, American Geophysical Union, A. E. Beck, G. Garven, and L. Stegna (editors),  p. 35-58.

 

  1. Person, M. and G. Garven, 1992, Hydrologic constraints on petroleum generation within continental rift basins: Theory and application to the Rhine Graben, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 76, p. 468–488.

 

  1. Garven, G., Ge, S., Person, M., and D. Sverjenski, 1993, Genesis of stratabound ore deposits in the midcontinent basins of North America. 1. The role of groundwater flow, American Journal of Science, v. 293, p. 497–568.

 

  1. Vorosmarty, C. J., Gutowski, W. J., Person, M., Chen, T.C., and D. Case, 1993, Linked Atmosphere-hydrology models at the Macroscale, (in) Macroscale Modelling of the Hydrosphere (Proceedings of the Yokohama Symposium, July, 1993), IAHS Publ. 214, p. 3-27.

 

  1. Person, M. and G. Garven, 1994, A sensitivity study of the driving forces on fluid flow during continental rift basin evolution, Geological Society of America  Bulletin, v. 106, p. 461–475.

 

  1. Rhea, L., Person, M., de Marsily, G., Ledoux, E., and A. Galli, 1994, Geostatistical Models of Secondary Petroleum within Heterogeneous Carrier Beds: A Theoretical Example, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, v. 78, p. 1679-1691.

 

  1. Day–Lewis, F., Person, M., Konikow, L. F., 1995, Documentation of MacPump: An interactive pumping test Analysis Program for the MacIntosh Computer, U.S. Geological Survey Open–File Report 95-4012, 32 p.

 

  1. Gerdes, M., Baumgartner, L., Person, M., and D. Rumble, 1995, One- and two-dimensional models of stable isotope exchange at an outcrop in the Adamello contact aureole, Southern Alps, American Mineralogists, v. 80, p. 1004-1019.

 

  1. Gerdes, M., Baumgartner, L., and Person, 1995, Permeability heterogeneity in metamorphic rocks: Implications from stochastic modeling, Geology, v. 23, p. 945-948.

 

  1. Paola, C., Alexander, C.E., Edwards, R.L., Hudleston, P. J., Ito, E., Karato, S.I., Kelts, K.R., Kleinsphen, K.L., Moskowitz, B.M., Person, M., Seyfried, W.E., Sloan, R.E., Stout, J., Teyssier, C., Tikoff, B., 1995, Geodyanmics as the center of a new Earth-Science Curriculum and the theme of a new undergraduate laboratory, Journal of Geological Education, v. 43, p. 485-491.

 

  1. Person, M. and L. Baumgartner, 1995, New Evidence for Long–Distance Fluid Migration within the Earth's Crust, Reviews of Geophysics, U.S. Report to the IUGG – Contributions in Hydrology, v. 33, p. 1083-1091.

 

  1. Person, M., Toupin, D., and Eadington, P. J., 1995, One–dimensional models of groundwater flow, sediment thermal history, and petroleum generation within continental rift basins, Basin Research, v. 7, p. 81-96.

           

  1. Wieck, J., Person, M.,  and L. Strayer, 1995, A New Finite Element Model for Simulating Fault Block Motion and Hydrothermal Fluid Flow within Rifting Basins, Water Resources Research, v. 31, p. 3241-3258.

 

  1. Person, M., Raffensperger, J., Ge. S., and G. Garven, 1996, Basin-Scale Hydrogeological Modeling, Reviews of Geophysics, 34, 61-87.

 

  1. Toupin, D., Person, M., Eadington, P., Morin, P., and Warner, D., 1997, Petroleum Hydrogeology of the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 81, p. 577-603.

 

  1. Baumgartner, L. P., Gerdes, M. L., Person, M. A., and Roselle, G. T., 1997, Porosity and permeability of carbonate rocks during contact metamorphism, (in) Fluid Flow and Transport in Rocks: Mechanisms and Effects, Bjorn Jamtveit and Bruce Yardley (eds.), Chapman and Hall, London.

 

  1. Goff, K., Lewis, M., Person, M., Konikow, L. F., 1998, Simulated effects of changes in irrigation practices on the quantity and quality of water in the Arkansas River Valley in Colorado, Ground Water, v. 36, p. 67-76.

 

  1. Taylor, J. and Person, M., 1998, Capture Zone Delineation on Island Aquifer Systems, Ground Water. 36, p. 722-730.

 

  1. Person, M., Taylor, J. and S. L. Dingman, 1998, Sharp-Interface Models of Salt Water Intrusion and Well Head Delineation on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, Ground Water, v. 36, p. 731-742.

 

  1. Gerdes, M., Baumgarnter, L. P., and M. Person, 1999, Convective flow through heterogeneous country rocks during contact metamorphism, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 103, p. 23,983-24,003.

 

  1. Mailloux, B., Person, M., Strayer, P., Hudleston, P.J., Cather, S., Dunbar, N., 1999, Tectonic and Stratigraphic Controls on the Hydrothermal Evolution of the Rio Grande Rift, Water Resources Research, v. 35(9), p. 2641-2659.

 

  1. Walvoord, M., Pegram, P., Phillips, F., Person, M., and Keif, T., 1999, Hydrogeology of Cerro Negro Intrusion: Implications for the transport and preservation of deep subsurface bacteria, Water Resources Research, v 35(5), p. 1409-1424.

 

  1. Bekele, Elise, Person, Mark, de Marsily, Ghislain, 1997, Petroleum migration pathways and chargeconcentration; a three-dimensional model; discussion, AAPG Bulletin, 83 (6), p. 1015-1019, illus. incl. sketch maps, 6 refs, 1999. For reference to original see Hindle, Andrew D., AAPG Bull., Vol. 81, No. 9, p. 1451-1481.

 

  1. Tseng, Hsin-Yi, Person, Mark, Onstott, T. C., 1998, Hydrogeologic constraint on the origin of deep subsurface microorganisms within a Triassic basin, Water Resources Research, 34 (5), p. 937-948.

 

  1. Person, M., Goodwin, L.B., Rawlings, G., and S. Connell, 2000, The evolution of fault-zone permeatility and groundwater flow patterns within the Albuquerque Basin of the Rio Grande Rift, NM, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, p. 565-568.

 

  1. Swenson, J.B. and Person, 2000, The role of basin-scale transgression and sediment compaction in stratigorm copper mineralization: implications from White Pine, Michigan, USA, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 69-70, p. 239-342.

 

  1. Lampe, C., Person, M., Nöth, S. and W. Ricken, 2001. Episodic fluid flow within continental rift basins - some insights from field data and mathematical models, Geofluids, v. 1, p. 37-41.

 

  1. Beleke, E., Person, M. A., Rostron, B. J., and R. Barnes, 2002, Modeling secondary oil migration with core-scale data: Viking Formaion, Alberta Basin, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 86, no. 1, p. 55-74.

 

  1. York, J. P., Person, M., and Gutowski, W. J., York, J. P., Person, M., and Gutowski, W. J., 2002, Putting Aquifers into Atmospheric simulations models, an example from the Mill Creek watershed, Northeastern Kansas, Advances in Water Resources, v. 25(2), p. 221 - 238.

 

  1. Gutowski, W.J., Vörösmarty, C.J., Person, M., Ötles, Z., Fekete, B., York, J.A., 2002, Coupled Land-Atmosphere Simulation Program (CLASP): Calibration and validation, Geophys. Res., v. 107, D16, p. 1-17.

 

  1. Lampe, C. and Person, 2002, Advective cooling within sedimentary rift basins–application to the Upper Rhinegraben (Germany), Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 19; 3, p. 361-375.

 

  1. Filby, S. Locke, S. Person, M. Winter, T., Rosenberry, D. O. Nieber, J., Gutowski, W.J., and E. Ito, 2002, Mid-Holocene Hydrologic Model of the Shingobee Watershed, Minnesota, Quaternary Research, 58(3), p. 246-254.

 

  1. Person, M., Dugan, B., Swenson, J.B., Urbano, L., Sttot, C., Taylor, J., Willett, M., 2003, Pleistocene hydrogeology of the Atlantic continental shelf, New England, GSA Bulletin, v. 115. p. 1324-1343.

 

  1. Swenson, J., Person, M., Woodruff, L., and Cannon, W., 2003, Hydrologic models of main-stage copper sulfide mineralization within the Allouez Basin of the Midcontinent Rift System, Geofluids Journal, v. 3, p. 1-22.

 

  1. Urbano, L.D., Person, M., Kelts, K., and J. S. Hanor, 2004, Transient groundwater impacts on the development of paleo-climatic lake records in semi-arid environments, Geofluids, v. 4, 1-10.

 

  1. Zhang Y., Person, C. Paola, C. W. Gable, X.-H. Wen, J. M. Davis (2005), Geostatistical analysis of an experimental stratigraphy, Water Resources Research, 41, W11416, doi:10.1029/2004WR003756.

 

  1. Zhang Y., M. Person, E. Merino, M. 2005, Hydrologic and geochemical controls on soluble benzene migration in sedimentary basins, Geofluids, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 83-105. 

 

  1. Zhang Y., Person, E. Merino, M. Szpakiewcz, 2005 Evaluation of soluble benzene migration in the Uinta Basin, Geofluids, Volume 5, Issue 2, Page 106-123. 

 

  1. Zhang Y., C. W. Gable, Person (2006), Equivalent hydraulic conductivity of an experimental stratigraphy: Implications for basin-scale flow simulations, Water Resources Research, 42, W05404, doi:10.1029/2005WR004720.

 

  1. Person, M. Cohen, D., Sabin, A, Unruh, J. Gable, C., and G. Zyvoloski, 2006, Isotope Exchange and Transport in the Coso Geothermal System, Geothermal Resources Council, GRC Annual Meeting 2006,Geothermal Resources-Securing Our Energy Future, Volume 1,GRC Transactions, Volume 30.  

 

  1. Bense V. F., Person (2006), Faults as conduit-barrier systems to fluid flow in siliciclastic sedimentary aquifers, Water Resources Research, 42, W05421, doi:10.1029/2005WR004480.

 

  1. Cohen, D. Person, , Daannen, R Locke, S, Dahlstrom, D Zabielski, V, Winter, T.C. Rosenberry, D.O., Wright, H, Emi Ito et al., 2006, Groundwater-supported evapotranspiration within glaciated watersheds under conditions of climate change, Journal of Hydrology, v. 320(3-4), p. 484-500.

 

  1. Marksamer, Andee J., A.Person, F. Day-Lewis, J.W. Lane, D. Cohen, B. Dugan ,K. Henk, and M.Willett. Integrating Geophysical, Hydrochemical, and Hydrologic Data to Understand the Freshwater Resources on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. In Hyndman, D.W., F. D. Day-Lewis, and K. Singha (eds.) Data Integration in Subsurface Hydrology, AGU Water Resources Monograph, 2007, DOI: 10.129/172GM12, 17 p.

 

  1. Person, M, Roy, P., Wright, H., Ito, E, Winter, T, Rosenberry, D., Gutowski, W., Cohen, D., Morin, P., 2007, Hydrologic Response of the Crow Wing Watershed, Minnesota  to Mid-Holocene Climate Change, Geological Society of America Bulletin, 119(3-4), p.363-376.

 

  1. Person, M. (Rapporteur) , L.P. Baumgartner, B. Bos, J. Connolly, J.-P. Gratier, F. Gueydan, S.A. Miller, C.L. Rosenberg, J. Urai, B.W.D. Yardley, (2007), Group 4 Report: Fluids, Geochemical Cycles, and Mass Transport in Fault Zones, Chp. 14, Mark Handy. Handy, M.R., G. Hirth, and N. Hovius, eds. 2007. Tectonic Faults: Agents of Change on a Dynamic Earth. Dahlem Workshop Report 95. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press 28 p.

 

  1. Person M., J. McIntosh, V. Bense, V. H. Remenda, 2007, Pleistocene hydrology of North America: The role of ice sheets in reorganizing groundwater flow systems, Rev. Geophys., 45, RG3007, doi:10.1029/2006RG000206

 

  1. Person, M. Mulch, A. Teyssier, C. and Y. Gao , 2007, Isotope transport and exchange within metamorphic core complexes, Am J Sci 2007 307: 555-589.

 

  1. Person, M., Banerjee, A., Hofstra, D., Sweetkind, D., and Y. Gao, 2008, Hydrologic Models of Modern and Fossil Geothermal Systems withinin the Great Basin: Implications for Carlin-Type Gold Mineralization, Geosphere, vol. 4, no. 5, pp.888-917, Oct 2008

 

  1. You, Y. and Person, 2008, Role of pore pressure generation in sediment transport within half-grabens Basin Research, v. 20(3), p. 419-429.

 

  1. Bense V. F., A. Person, K. Chaudhary, Y. You, N. Cremer, S. Simon (2008), Thermal anomalies indicate preferential flow along faults in unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L24406, doi:10.1029/2008GL036017

 

  1. Bense V. F., A. Person (2008), Transient hydrodynamics within intercratonic sedimentary basins during glacial cycles, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04005, doi:10.1029/2007JF000969.

 

  1. *Cohen, D., $Person , Wang, P. Gable, C. Hutchinson, D., Marksamer, A. Dugan, B. Kooi, H. Groen, K., Lizarralde, D. and R. L. Evans, Origin and Extent of Fresh Paleowaters Beneath the Atlantic Continental Shelf, 2009, Groundwater, Volume 48 Issue 1, p. 143 – 158. $Corresponding author.

 

  1. Person, M. Banerjee, A., Rupp, J., Medina, Lichtner, P., Gable, C., Pawar, R. Celia, M., McIntosh, J., and V.  Bense, 2009, Assessment of Basin-Scale Hydrologic Impacts of CO2 Sequestration, Illinois Basin, International Greenhouse Gas Journal, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.04.004.

 

  1. Banerjee, A. Person, M., Hofstra, A., Sweetkind, D., Cohen, D., Unruh, J., Zyvoloski, G., Gable, C. W., Crossey L., and K. Karlestrom, 2011, Fault Controlled Helium Transport and Fluid-Rock Isotope Exchange In the Great Basin, USA, Geology, v. 39;195-198

 

  1. DeFoor, W. Person, M., Larsen, H.C., Lizarralde, D. Cohen, D. and B. Dugan, 2011, Ice sheet–derived submarine groundwater discharge on Greenland’s continental shelf, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2011WR010536

 

  1. Schegel, M., Zheng, Z., McIntosh, J, Ballentine, C., and Person, 2011, Constraining the timing of microbial methane generation in an organic-rich shale using noble gases,Illinois Basin, USA, Chemical Geology Volume 287, Issues 1-2, p. 27-40.

 

  1. McIntosh, J., Schlegel, J., Person, M. , 2011, Glacial impacts on hydrologic processes in sedimentary basins: evidence from natural tracer studies, Geofluids, DOI:  10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00344.x
  1. Person, M., McIntosh, J., Iverson, N., Neuzil, C.E. and Bense, V., 2012. Geologic isolation of nuclear waste at high latitudes: the role of ice sheets. Geofluids, 12(1), pp.1-6.

 

  1. Person, M. Butler, D., Gable, C. W., Villamil, T., Waverek, D., and D. Schelling, 2012, Hydrodynamic stagnation zones: A new play concept for the Llanos Basin, Colombia, Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 96 no. 1 p. 23-41.

 

  1. Person , Hofstra, A., Sweetkind, D, Stone, W., Cohen, D., Gable, C, Banerjee, A. 2012, Analytical and numerical models of hydrothermal fluid flow at fault intersections, Geofluids, v. 12, 312–326.

 

  1. Person, M., Marksamer, A. J., P. Sauer, K. Brown, D. Bish, L. Litch, B. Dugan, N. Krothe, and M. Willett, 2011, Use of a Vertical δ18O Profile to Constrain Hydraulic Properties and Recharge Rates Across a Glacio-Lacustrine Unit, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA, Hydrogeology Journal, DOI 10.1007/s10040-011-0795-1

 

  1. Person, M. Bense, V., Cohen, D., Banerjee, A. 2012, Models of ice-sheet hydrogeologic interactions: a review, Geofluids, doi: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00360.x

 

  1. Iverson, N. and Person, M., 2012, Glacier-bed geomorphic processes and hydrologic conditions relevant to nuclear waste disposal. Geofluids, in press (expected publication date: February, 2012), doi: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00355.x

 

  1. Siegel, J. Dugan, B. Person, , DeFoor,  W., Lizzaralde, D., Miller, N., 2012, Geophysical Evidence of a Late Pleistocene Glaciation and Paleo-Ice Stream on the Atlantic Continental Shelf Offshore Massachusetts, USA, Marine and Petroleum Geology, v. 303-306, p. 63-74.

 

  1. Zhang, Y., Person, M., Rupp, J., Ellet, K., Celia, M.A., Gable, C.W., Bowen, B., Evans, J., Bandilla, K., Mozley, P.S., Dewers, T., and Elliot, T., 2013, Hydrogeologic controls on induced seismicity in crystalline basement rocks due to fluid injection into basal reservoirs: Groundwater, 51, Issue 4, p. 525–538.

 

  1. Post, V. Groen, J., Kooi, H. Person, M., Ge, S. 2013, Review: Offshore fresh groundwater reserves – A global phenomenon, Nature, v. 504, p. 71-84, doi:10.1038/nature12858.

 

  1. Howald T, Person M, Campbell A, Lueth V, Hofstra A, Sweetkind D, Gable CW,  Banerjee A, Luijendijk E,  Crossey L, Karlstrom K, Kelley S, and Phillips F, 2015. Evidence for Long-Time Scale ( > 103 years) Changes in Hydrothermal Activity Induced by Seismic Events, Geofluids, 15,(1-2) 252–268

 

  1. Pepin J, Person M, Phillips F, Kelley S, Timmons S, Witcher J, and Gable C, 2014, Deep Fluid Circulation within Crystalline Basement Rocks and the Role of Hydrologic Windows in the Formation of the Truth or Consequences, New Mexico Low-Temperature Geothermal System, Geofluids, doi: 10.1111/gfl.12111.

 

  1. Siegel J, Person M, Dugan B, Cohen D, Lizarralde D, Gable C, 2014, Influence of late Pleistocene glaciations on the hydrogeology of the continental shelf offshore Massachusetts, USA Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, doi: 1002/2014GC005569, p. 1-20.

 

  1. Person M, 2014, Book Review: Frontiers in Geofluids, by B. Yardley, C. Manning and G. Garven. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, 2011. No. of pages: viii +318 pp. Price: UK£55.00. ISBN 978-1-4443-3330-5 (hardback), Geological Journal, 49: 534–536 (2014).

 

  1. Jordan, A, Stauffer, P, Zyvoloski, G, Person, M. MacCarthy J, and Anderson, D, 2014, Uncertainty in Prediction of Radionuclide Gas Migration from Underground Nuclear Explosions, Vadose Zone J. doi:10.2136/vzj2014.06.0070.

 

  1. Person M, Kelley S, Kelley R, Karra S, Harp D, Witcher J, Bielicki J, Sutulas G, Middleton R, Pepin J, 2015, Hydrogeologic Windows: Detection of Blind and Traditional Geothermal Play Fairways in Southwestern New Mexico Using Conservative Element Concentrations and Advective-Diffusive Solute Transport, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, v. 39, p. 751-759.

 

  1. Zhang, S. Edel, J. Pepin, M. Person, et al., “Exploring the potential linkages between oil‐field brine reinjection, crystalline basement permeability, and triggered seismicity for the Dagger Draw Oil field, doi: 10.1111/gfl.12199

 

  1. Person M, Wilson JW, Morrow N, Post V, 2016, Continental Shelf Freshwater Water Resources and Improved Oil Recovery by Low-Salinity Water Flooding, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, AAPG Bulletin, 101(1), pp.1-18.

 

  1. Kelley, S, Person M, Kelley, and Pepin J, 2016, Flow-temperature geothermal resources in Acoma Basin and Lucero Uplift, Eastern Cibola and Western Valcenica Counties, NM,  New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook, 67th Field Conference, Geology of the Belen Area, v. 67,  263-274.

 

  1. Person, M., Kelley, S., Kelley, R., Karra, S., Harp, D., Witcher, J., Bielicki, J., Sutula, G., Middleton, R. and Pepin, J.D., 2015. Hydrogeologic Windows: Detection of Blind and Traditional Geothermal Play Fairways in Southwestern New Mexico Using Conservative Element Concentrations and Advective-Diffusive Solute Transport. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, pp.751-759.

 

  1. Neuzil, C. E. and Person (2017), Reexamining ultrafiltration and solute transport in groundwater, WRR, 53, 4922–4941

 

  1. Zhang, Y., Person, M., Voller, V., Cohen, D., McIntosh, J. and Grapenthin, R., 2018. Hydromechanical impacts of Pleistocene glaciations on pore fluid pressure evolution, rock failure, and brine migration within sedimentary basins and the crystalline basement. Water Resources Research, 54(10), pp.7577-7602.

 

  1. Ortiz, J.P., Person, M.A., Mozley, P.S., Evans, J.P. and Bilek, S.L., 2019. The Role of Fault‐Zone Architectural Elements on Pore Pressure Propagation and Induced Seismicity. Groundwater, 57(3), pp.465-478

 

  1. Louis, S., Luijendijk, E., Dunkl, I. and Person, M., 2019. Episodic fluid flow in an active fault. Geology. 47 (10): 938-942.

 

  1. Grapenthin, R., Kelley, S., Person, M. and Folsom, M., 2019. Decadal‐scale aquifer dynamics and structural complexities at a municipal wellfield revealed by 25 years of InSAR and recent groundwater temperature observations. Water Resources Research, 55(12), pp.10636-10656.

 

  1. Micallef, A., Person, M., Haroon, A., Weymer, B. A., Jegen, M., Schwalenberg, K., et al. (2020). 3D characterisation and quantification of an offshore freshened groundwater system in the Canterbury Bight. Nature Communications, 11, 1372.

 

  1. Manzoor, Q., Martin-Nagle, R., Oster, J., Lamizana Diallo, B., Voutchkov, N., KooOshimma S., Edeltraud G., DeSouza, M., Person, M., et al., 2020, UN-Water, 2020: UN-Water Analytical Brief on Unconventional Water Resources. Geneva, Switzerland.

 

  1. Stroujkova, A., Gorman, E., Avendano, S.T., Horne, M., Person, M.A., Hubbard, P., Salerno, J., Carrigan, C.R., Harp, D.R. and Stauffer, P.H., 2020. Using SF6 and Xe to monitor gas migration through explosion‐generated fracture networks. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 125(5), p.e2019JB018992.

 

  1. Petrie, E.S., Bradbury, K.K., Cuccio, L., Smith, K., Evans, J.P., Ortiz, J.P., Kerner, K., Person, M. and Mozley, P., 2020. Geologic characterization of nonconformities using outcrop and whole-rock core analogues: hydrologic implications for injection-induced seismicity. Solid Earth Discussions, pp.1-25. 

Prior Research Support (2015-1998)

Year

Project Title

Granting Agency

Amount

2019-2022

Collaborative Research: Exploring the linkages between Sea-Level Change, Sediment Transport and Geomorphology on Coastal Freshwater

NSF-Frontiers in Earth Scineces

$2,100,000

2018-2021

Can Electromagnetic Surveys Image Deep Crystalline Basement Flow Systems in Extensional Terrains?

 

NSF-Hydrologic Sciences

$267,805

 

2017-2020

Evolution of Crustal Paleoflow Systems

Keck Foundation

$210,544

2015 – 2017

Hydrologic connection between basal aquifers and crystalline basement in fault zones: Implications for induced seismicity

 

USGS Hazards

$157,548

2014-2016

The Hydromechanical Wild Card: The Role of Ice Sheets in Crustal Stress Changes, Anomalous Pore Pressures Generation and Seismicity within the Midcontinent Region of North America

 

NSF-Hydrologic Sciences

$174,650

2016-2020

 

Topographically-driven meteoric groundwater – an important geomorphic agent’ (MARCAN)

 

European Union

$38,031

 

2014-2015

Assessment of Geothermal Resources of the Socorro and La Jencia Basins, New Mexico using High Resolution Hydrothermal Models 

 

Department of Energy Geothermal Program Office

$135,000

2013-2018

 Energize New Mexico: Assessment of Geothermal Resources and Sustainability

 

 NSF-EPSCOR

$750,000

2013-2015

The Hydromechanical Wild Card: The Role of Ice Sheets in Crustal Stress Changes, Anomalous Pore Pressures Generation and Seismicity within the Midcontinent Region of North America

 

National Science Foundation Hydrologic Sciences Program

$175,000

2012-2013

Geothermal Resource Assessment for the City of Truth or Consequences

 

State of NM

$50,000

2010-2011

Assessment of NM Geothermal Resources:

Phase II Web Site Development

 

NM EMNRD

$50,000

2009-2011

Analytical-Numerical Sharp-Interface Model of CO2 Sequestration & Application to Illinois Basin

 

Department of Energy NETL

$970,000

2009-2011

Collaborative Research: Continental Smokers; valuating mantle-to-surface hydrologic connections, CO2 flux, geomicrobiology, and water quality in continental rifts

 

National Science Foundation Hydrologic Sciences Program

$50,000

2008-2011

Collaborative Research: Stratigraphic Controls on Freshwater Beneath the Continental Shelf

 

National Science Foundation Ocean Sciences Program

 

$350,000

2009-2011

A Geothermal District Heating System on the NM Tech Campus, (M. Person PI; co-PIs: Gary Axen, Andy Campbell, Nigel Blaney, Richard Chamberlain, Marshall Reiter, Tom Keift, Corey Leclerc, James Witcher, Carl Gable, Yvonne Manzano-Brown, and Pete Sanchez)

 

Department of Energy Geothermal Program Office

$1,989,193

2008-2010

Collaborative Research: Time-Dependent Hydrothermal Convection within the Great Basin Nevada, M. Person PI; Carl Gable, Albert Hofstra co-PIs.

 

National Science Foundation Hydrologic Sciences Program

$284,274

2009-2011

Analytical-Numerical Sharp-Interface Model of CO2 Sequestration & Application to Illinois Basin, (M. Person PI; co-PIs Michael Celia, John Rupp, Brenda Bowen)

 

Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory

$891,000

2010

Geothermal Energy for New Mexico Tech: Assessment and Exploratory Drilling, DE-FG36-04GO14342, M. Person & #P. Kyle, PIs.

Department of Energy Geothermal Program Office

$472,399

2009-2011

Collaborative Research: Continental Smokers; evaluating mantle-to-surface hydrologic connections, CO2 flux, geomicrobiology, and water quality in continental rifts, Laura Crossey, PI, M. Person co-PI

National Science Foundation Hydrologic Sciences Program

$50,000

2009-2010

Ice-Sediment Hydrologic and Geomechanical Interactions; State of Science Review

Nuclear Waste Management Agency, Canada

$250,000

2006-2008

Mechanisms Producing Variation in Lake Salinity in Dune Environments: Nebraska, Sand Hills (Person, co-PI; Zoltnik, PI)

 

National Science Foundation

 

$75,000

2006-2008

Faults as conduit-barrier systems: Tracing fluid migration along faults in the Lower Rhine Embayment

 

National Science Foundation

$350,000

2006-2007

Coso Hot Springs, Analysis of Hydrogology

Department of Navy

$91,000

 

 

2002-2007

Hydrothermal fluid flow and Ore Formation in the Great Basin, Nevada (PI)

 

USGS

$135,000

2004-

2007

Collaborative Research: Pleistocene hydrology of the Atlantic continental shelf

 

National Science Foundation

$261,649

2001-2003

The role of fluids in the cooling of metamorphic core complexes (co-PI)

 

National Science Foundation

$6,477

2002-2003

Determination of Effective Hydrogeological Parameters using Jurassic Tank Experimental Stratigraphy

 

DOE-IGPP

$75,000

2001-2002

Computer modeling of regional groundwater flow and BTEX migration in sedimentary basins of the  Colorado Plateau

 

Department of Energy

$70,000

2001-

2002

Assessment of long-term variations in soil moisture and regional groundwater flow patterns across the Snake River Aquifer System

 

Department of Energy

$95,000

 

 

 

1998-2001

Chemical and Physical Consequences of Magma Injection in Submarine Hydrothermal Systems: Insights from Mathematical Modeling

 

National Science Foundation

$191,000

1998-2001

Regional Hydrologic Simulation Model to Study Aquifer-Atmosphere Interactions on Interannual–Decadal Time Scales

NASA

$250,000

 

1998-2001

Collaborative Research: Salinity of Groundwaters in Continental Sedimentary Basins as a Record of Quaternary Paleoclimatic Conditions (Person, PI; Hanor, Co-PI)

 

National Science Foundation

$110,647

2000

Three-Dimensional Modeling of Saltwater Upconing on Nantucket Island, MA

 

Wannacomet Water Company

$53,000

1999-2001

Mathematical modeling of BTEX migration within Sedimentary Basins in the Four Corners Region, USA

 

Department of Energy

$88,000

1998

Mathematical models of Petroleum Generation and Migration within the Midcontinent Rift, USA

 

Department of Energy

$23,500

2000-2003

The Role of Aquifers in Paleoclimatic Reconstructions of Glaciated Watersheds (Person, PI; Ito & Wright, Co-PIs)

 

National Science Foundation

$284,935

1999-2000

 Three-Dimensional Physical and Numerical Modeling of Groundwater Flow and Solute Mass Transport Through Naturally Heterogeneous Porous Media at the Basin Scale

 

Department of Energy

$21,000

1995-1997

Hydrologic models of potassium metasomatism within the Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico

 

National Science Foundation

$58,000

1996-1998

Brine and oil migration within the Papuan Fold Belt: Insights from Mathematical Modeling & Fluid Inclusion Data

 

Petroleum Research Fund, ACS

$50,000

1994-1996

Geostatistical Models of Petroleum Migration within the Alberta Basin, Canada

Petroleum Research Fund, ACS

 

$50,000

1993-1998

A Graduate Training and Research Program in GEOFLUIDS

National Science Foundation

$537,500

 

Courses Taught at NM Tech

Hyd 547, Hydrologic Modeling. Introduced students to finite difference program (MODFLOW) and finite element modeling methods using MATLAB. Semester Project focused on determination of well head delineation zone for Nantucket Island, North Pasture well field.  Purchased Modflow graphical User Interface GMS and Visual Modflow for this class ($6000 start up funds).

 

Erth 440, Physical Hydrology, Fundamentals of hydrological flow and transport will be presented. Precipitation, runoff processes, and flood generation. Capillarity, unsaturated flow, and infiltration. Laws of flow in porous media, hydraulic storage, and flow to wells. Laboratory and field exercises that demonstrate and implement fundamental concepts of the hydrological cycle. Distance Education Students are exempt from lab participation.

 

Erth 441, Hydrogeology,  Hydrogeologic controls on the occurrence, movement, and chemical and isotopic composition of groundwater. Hydrogeologic properties. Groundwater recharge and stream/aquifer interaction. Groundwater in different geological, climate, and physiographic regimes.

 

Hyd510, Quantitative Methods, Introduction to analytical and numerical methods used in the hydrologic sciences. Review test of algebra and calculus, including multivariate calculus. Solutions to ordinary differential equations and partial differential equations using finite difference and finite element methods.

 

Graduate Thesis Completed

      Masters

  1. Toupin, D., 1993, Hydrologic controls on petroleum generation within the Cooper and Eromanga Basins, Australia. (University of New Hampshire)
  2. Wieck, J., 1993, On the role of normal fault motion in episodic groundwater flow within actively rifting basins. (University of New Hampshire)
  3. Bekele, E., 1994, Three-dimensional models of petroleum migration within the Paris Basin, France (University of New Hampshire).
  4. Edwin L. Batchelder, 1994, Transient hydrothermal circulation at the mid ocean ridge at 9°46' North on the East Pacific Rise (University of New Hampshire)
  5. Stratton French, 1994, A quasi–three dimensional analysis of two–phase flow in phreatic aquifers (University of New Hampshire)
  6. James Taylor, 1994, Effects of variable–density flow on wellhead delineation, University of New Hampshire (University of New Hampshire)
  7. Lee Rhea, 1994, A geostatistical study of the effects of permeability Heterogeneities on separate–phase petroleum migration using discrete–interface approach (University of New Hampshire)
  8. Karin Goff, 1996, Simulated effects of changes in irrigation practices on the quantity and quality of water in the Arkansas River Valley in Colorado (University of Minnesota)
  9. Brian Mailloux, 1997, Tectonic controls on the hydrothermal evolution of the Rio Grande Rift (University of Minnesota)
  10. Sheryl Filby, 2001, Holocene Hydrologic Model of the Shingobee Watershed, Minnesota (University of Minnesota)
  11. Roy, Prasenjit, 2005, Hydrologic Response of the Crow Wing Watershed, Minnesota to Mid-Holocene Climate Change (Indiana University)
  12. Andee Marksammer, 2007, Pleistocene hydrogeology of the Atlantic Continental Shelf, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts (Indiana University).
  13. Yao You, 2008, Role of pore pressure generation in sediment transport within half-grabens (Indiana University)
  14. Todd Engelder, 2008, Role of fault geometry and kinematics on the distribution of sediment facies within half grabens (Indiana University)
  15. Kuldeep Chauderay, 2008, Late Quaternary Aquifer Salinization within the Murray Basin, Australia.
  16. Cathy Goetz, 2010, Drawdown patterns resulting from pumping wells in leaky perched aquifer systems
  17. Whitney DeFoor, 2011, Paleohydrologic models of freshwater emplacement on the Atlantic continental shelf off Martha’s Vineyard
  18. Yipeng Zhang, 2013, Hydrogeologic Controls on Induced Seismicity in Crystalline Basement Rocks Due to Fluid Injection into Basal Reservoirs
  19. Trevor Howald, 2013, Evidence for Long-Time Scale ( > 103 years) Changes in Hydrothermal Activity Induced by Seismic Events
  20. David Butler, 2014, Effects of meso-scale deformation features at the reservoir-cap rock interface: Implications for carbon sequestration, 2014.
  21. Jeff Pepin, 2014, Sustainability Assessment of the Truth or Consequences, NM Geothermal, Resource
  22. John Ortiz, 2017, The role of fault-zone architectural elements and basal altered zones on pore pressure propagation and induced seismicity
  23. Matt Folsom, 2017, Deep resistivity imaging of the central Rio Grande Rift using 3D Inversion Models of Magnetotelluirc Data with Implications for Hydrologic and Geothermal Processes

 

            MSc Women: 6/23; Minorities: 2/23; International: 2/23

 

      Ph.D.

  1. Bekele, E., 1999, The role of aquifer heterogeneties and pore pressures in long range oil migration within the Alberta Basin (University of Minnesota). Current Position: Hydrologist CSIRO

 

  1. York, J., 2000, Atmosphere-aquifer interactions; Insights from coupled mathematical modeling (University of Minnesota).

 

  1. John Swenson, 2001, Groundwater flow and sediment transport in evolving sedimentary basins (University of Minnesota). Current Position: Professor, University of Minnesota-Duluth

 

  1. Lensyl Urbano, 2001, Hydrgeologic controls on limnological records of climate change within semi-arid basins (University of Minnesota).

 

  1. Zhang, Ye, 2005, Effective Hydrogeological Parameters using Jurassic Tank Experimental Stratigraphy (Indiana University) Current Position: Professor, University of Wyoming

 

  1. Amlan Banerjee, Hydrologic models of Carlin-Type Gold Deposits, Nevada (Indiana University). Current Position, Visiting Professor Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

 

  1. Amy Jordan, 2015, Flow and Transport Models for Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty  Monitoring and Nuclear Waste Disposal Applications

 

                        Phd, Women: 4/7; Minority, 2/7; International, 1/7

 

      Postdoctoral Fellows

 

  1. Yongli Gao, Hydrothermal fluid flow and fluid Rock Isotope Exchange within the Shuswap Metamorphic Core Complex (Indiana University): Current Position: Professor, East Tennesse State University.

 

  1. Victor Bense, Hydrogeology of Faults in Poorly Consolidated Sediments (Indiana University) Current Position: Professor, University of East Anglia, UK

 

  1. Amlan Banerjee, Hydrogeology of Great Basin Geothermal Systems, (NM Tech) Current Position: Visiting Professor Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta

 

Graduate Students Currently Advising

 

Current Phd students 

 

Dolan Lucero, BS Geology, University of Utah 

Navis Sazeed. BS Disaster Science, University of Dhaka 

 

 Current Masters of Science Students

 

Natalie Camile, BS Geology, University of Wyoming 

Elizabeth Evenocheck, BS Geology, Winona State University 

 

Invited Colloquium Speaker

 

2017

Portland State University

Oregon State University

 

2016

Colorado School of Mines

 

2014

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

2009

University of Arizona

National Academy of Committee on Hydrologic Sciences

 

2005

Boston University

University of Lausanne

 

2003

Iowa State University

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

 

2002

Free University of Amsterdam

University of Kentucky

Ohio State University

 

2001

University of Michigan

 

2000

University of Alberta

University of Indiana

 

1999

University of Massachusetts

Western Michigan

Laval University

 

1998

University of Wisconsin*

Argon National Labs*

University of Nebraska*

Michigan State University*

 

1997

Stanford University*

University of California-Santa Cruz*

Duke University*

Princeton University*

Sandia National Labs*

University of California-Davis*

University of Nevada-Reno*

University of Utah*

University of Arizona*

University of New Mexico*

University of Texas-Austin*

Baylor University*

Rice University*

Louisiana State University*

University of Alabama*

RPI*

New Mexico Tech*

 

1995

New Mexico Tech

University of Wyoming

University of Colorado

 

1994

Dartmouth University

University of Virginia