Peter Eichhubl's research combines the fields of fault and fracture mechanics and low-temperature geochemistry addressing deformation mechanisms of the upper crust, structural control of mass and heat transfer in sedimentary basins, effects of chemical mass transfer on the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of fractures and faults, and the chemical interaction between fluids and minerals. Dr. Eichhubl's research is of applied interest to geothermal and fossil energy resources and underground storage of hydrogen and CO2. Fundamental aspects of the research have implications for the seismic and aseismic deformation of the Earth's upper crust and for the interaction of subsurface fluids with the atmosphere and biosphere.
Ph.D.
in Geology, University of California Santa Barbara, 1997
M.S.
in Geology, University of Vienna, Austria, 1989
Fault and fracture mechanics, reservoir geomechanics, diagenesis and low-temp. geochemistry, fluid flow and transfer processes in sedimentary basins, deformation mechanisms of the upper crust, structural control of mass and heat transfer in sedimentary basins, effects of chemical mass transfer on the mechanical and hydraulic behavior of fractures and faults, chemical interaction between fluids and minerals, induced seismicity/fault slip, subsurface hydrogen storage, geothermal systems
Chair,
GSC membership committee, UT Jackson School of Geosciences (2020 - 2021)
Senior Technical Advisor,
BEG (2019 - 2021)
Member,
Strategic planning, JSG (2015 - 2018)
Associate Editor, AAPG Bulletin,
AAPG (2013 - 2016)
JSG Energy Theme leader,
JSG (2011 - 2018)
Editorial Board Member,
Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences (2007 - 2020)
Managing Editor, Chair of Publication Board,
Bureau of Economic Geology (2007 - Present)
Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin,
Geological Society of America (2006 - Present)
Personal Research Page
GeoH2
Research consortium on geological hydrogen storage
