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Christenson, B.W., Mroczek, E.K., Kennedy, B.M., van Soest, T. Stewart, M.K. and Lyon, G.  Ohaaki Reservoir Chemistry: Characteristics of an Arc-type Hydrothermal System in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 115, 53-82, 2002, LBNL-48570.

Daley, T.M., Schoenberg, M., Rutqvist, J. and Nihei, K. Coupled Modeling of Time-Lapse Change in Seismic Propagation and Permeability in Fractured Reservoirs due to Fluid Injection, Paper to be presented at 2003 Fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union,  December 8-12, 2003, San Francisco, CA, LBNL-53753 (Abs.)

Dobson, P.F., Kneafsey, T.J., Hulen, J. and Simmons, A. Porosity, Permeability, and Fluid Flow in the Yellowstone Geothermal System, Wyoming. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 123, 313-324, 2003, LBNL-50044.

Dobson, P.F., Salah, S., Spycher, N., and Sonnenthal, E. Simulation of Water-Rock Interaction in the Yellowstone Geothermal System using TOUGHREACT. In Proc.2003 TOUGH Workshop (on a CD), May 12-14, Berkeley, CA, LBNL-52494, 2003.

Evans, W.C., Ingebritsen, S.E., Wicks, C.W., Mariner, R.H., Kennedy, B.M. and van Soest, M.C. Magma Intrusion Rate in the Three Sisters Area of the Central Oregon Cascades Inferred by Different Methods. Paper presented at the Geol. Soc. Am. Cordilleran Section, May 13-15, 2002, Corvallis, OR, 2002, LBNL-50642 Abs.

Evans, W.C., Mariner, R.H., Ingebritsen, S.E., Kennedy, B.M., van Soest, M.C. and Huebner, M.A. Report of Hydrologic Investigations in the Three Sisters Area of Central Oregon, Summer 2001. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4061, 2002,16 p; LBNL-50649.

Evans, W.C., Sorey, M.L., Cook, A.C., Kennedy, B.M., Shuster, D.L., Colvard, E.M., White, L.D. and Huebner, M.A. Tracing and Quantifying Magmatic Carbon. Discharge in Cold Groundwaters: Lessons Learned from Mammoth Mountain, USA. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 114, 291-312, 2002, LBNL-50610.

Foxall, B. and Vasco, D.  Inversion of Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferograms for Sources of Production-Related Subsidence at the Dixie Valley Geothermal Field. Proc. Twenty-Eighth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-173, pp. 181-187, 2003.

Gritto, R. and Majer, E.L.  Seismic Methods for Resource Exploration in Enhanced Geothermal Systems. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 27 (in print), 2003, LBNL-52967.

Gritto, R., Daley, T.M. and Majer, E.L. Integrated Seismic Studies at the Rye Patch Geothermal Reservoir, Nevada. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 431-435, 2002, LBNL-50590.

Gritto, R., Daley, T.M. and Majer, E.L. Estimating Subsurface Topography from Surface-to-Borehole Seismic Studies at the Rye Patch Geothermal Reservoir. Geothermics, 32, 275-295, 2003, LBNL-50490.

Hickman, R.G., Dobson, P.F., van Gerven, M., Sagala, B. and Gunderson, R.P.  Tectonic and Stratigraphic Evolution of the Sarulla Graben Region, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Paper accepted for publication in Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2003, LBNL-51196.

Kim, J.G. and Finsterle, S.  Application of Automatic Differentiation for the Simulation of Nonisothermal, Multiphase Flow in Geothermal Reservoirs. Proc. Twenty-Seventh Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-171, pp. 126-131, 2002.

Kiryukhin, A., Xu, T., Pruess, K. and Slovtsov, I.  Modeling of Thermo-Hydrodynamic-Chemical Processes: Some Applications to Active Hydrothermal Systems. Proc. Twenty-Seventh Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-171, pp. 140-147, 2002, LBNL-51239.

Kiryukhin, A., Xu, T., K. Pruess, K. Apps, J. and Slovtsov, I. Thermal-Hydrodynamic-Chemical (THC) Modeling based on Geothermal Field Data. Geothermics, 33 (in press), 2004.

Kiryukhin, A.V. Numerical Modeling as a Tool in Understanding TH (Thermo-Hydrodynamic) Processes in Geothermal Systems (Kamchatka and Kurile Islands Examples). Proc. International Groundwater Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March 25-28, 2002, 12 p. LBNL-51240.

Kneafsey, T.J., Pruess, K., O'Sullivan, M.J. and Bodvarsson, G.S. Experience in Geothermal Reservoir Simulation to Enhance Confidence in Thermohydrologic Predictions for Nuclear Waste Disposal. Paper submitted to Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management, 2002, LBNL-48124.

Lee, K.H., Kim, H.J. and Wilt, M. Efficient Imaging of Single-Hole Electromagnetic Data. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 399-404, 2002, LBNL-50010.

Lippmann, M.J. Geothermal and the Electricity Market in Central America.  Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 37-42, 2002, LBNL-50931.

Lippmann, M.J.  Time is of the Essence. Electrical Systems and Geothermal Development in the Central American Isthmus. Geothermal Resources Council Bull., 32, 38-43, LBNL-51844.

Lippmann, M.J., Truesdell, A.H., Rodr’guez, M.H. and PŽrez, A. Response of Cerro Prieto II and III to Exploitation. Geothermics, 33 (in press), 2004, LBNL-51748.

Ontoy, Y., Molling, P.. Xu, T., Spycher, N., Parini, M. and Pruess, K. Scaling of Hot Brine Injection Wells: Supplementing Field Studies with Reactive Transport Modeling. In Proc.2003 TOUGH Workshop (on a CD), May 12-14, Berkeley, CA, LBNL-52494, 2003.

Pruess, K.  Numerical Simulation of Multiphase Tracer Tests in Fractured Geothermal Reservoirs. Geothermics, 31, 475-499, 2002, LBNL-48657.

Pruess, K. Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Geothermal Systems - An Introduction in Five Lectures. Course presented at UNU Geothermal Training Programme, Reykjavik/Iceland, September 2002, LBNL-51295.

Rutqvist, J., Wu, Y.S., Tsang, C.F. and Bodvarsson, G.S. A Modeling Approach for Analysis of Coupled Multiphase Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer, and Deformation in Fractured Porous Rock. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 39, 429-442, 2002, LBNL-50138.

Shan, C. and Pruess, K. EOSN Đ A TOUGH2 Module for Noble Gases. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-52379, 2003.

Shan, C. and Pruess, K. Numerical Simulation of Noble Gases as Natural Tracers for Injection Returns and Reservoir Processes in Vapor-dominated Systems. Proc. Twenty-Eighth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-173, pp.286-293, 2003, LBNL-52110.

Schoenberg, M., Nihei, K., Daley, T.M., Rutqvist, J.and Majer, E.L. Fractured reservoirs: An analysis of Coupled Elasto-Dynamic and Permeability Changes due to Pore Pressure Variation. Paper presented at the Society of Exploration Geophysicist: Pore Pressure Workshop, Galveston, TX, May 12-17, 2002, LBNL-50697.

Shevenell, L., Garside, L., Arehart, G., van Soest, M.C. and Kennedy, B.M. Geochemical Sampling of Thermal and Nonthermal Waters in Nevada to Evaluate Potential for Resource Utilization. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 501-505, 2002, LBNL-50647.

Todaka, N., Akasaka, C., Xu, T. and Pruess, K. Modeling of Geochemical Interactions between Acidic and Neutral Fluids in the Onikobe Geothermal Reservoir. Proc. Twenty-Eighth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-173, pp. 128-135, 2003, LBNL-52002.

Todesco, M., Rutqvist, J. Chiodini, G., Pruess, K. and Oldenburg, C. Modeling of Recent Volcanic Episodes at Phlegrean Fields (Italy): Geochemical Variations and Ground Deformation. . In Proc. 2003 TOUGH Workshop (on a CD), May 12-14, Berkeley, CA, LBNL-52494, 2003.

Todesco, M., Rutqvist, J., Pruess, K. and Oldenburg, C.  Multi-Phase Fluid Circulation and Ground Deformation: A New Perspective on Bradyseismic Activity at the Phlegrean Fields. Proc. Twenty-Eighth Workshop on Geothermal Reservoir Engineering, Stanford Geothermal Program Report SGP-TR-173, pp. 190-198, 2003.

Truesdell, A.H., Lippmann, M.J., Rodr’guez, M.H. and PŽrez, A.  Influence of Reservoir Processes on Gas in Cerro Prieto Steam. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 27 (in print), 2003, LBNL-52642.

Urzua, L., Powell, T., Cumming, W.B. and Dobson, P.  Apacheta, a New Geothermal Prospect in Northern Chile. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 65-69, 2002, LBNL-50457.

van Soest, M.C., Kennedy, B.M, Evans, W.C. and Mariner, R.H. Helium Isotope Composition in Springs of the Three Sisters Region, Central Oregon, USA.  EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, 8294), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract V51C-1028, 2002, LBNL-50645 Abs.

van Soest, M.C., Kennedy, B.M, Evans, W.C. and Mariner, R.H. Mantle Helium and Carbon Isotopes in Separation Creek Geothermal Springs, Three Sisters Area, Central Oregon: Evidence for Renewed Volcanic Activity or a Long-Term Steady-State System. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 26, 361-366, 2002, LBNL-50646.

Vasco, D.W., Karasaki, K. and Nakagome, O.  Monitoring Production Using Surface Deformation: The Hijiori Test Site and the Okuaizu Geothermal Field, Japan.  Geothermics, 31, 303-342, 2002, LBL-51174.

Vasco, D.W., Wicks, C., Jr., Karasaki, K. and Marques, O.  Geodetic Imaging: Reservoir Monitoring Using Satellite Interferometry.  Geophysical Journal International, 149, 555-571, 2002, LBL-46464.

Webb, S.W. and Pruess, K. Evaluation of FickŐs Law for Modeling Trace Gas Diffusion in Porous Media. Transport in Porous Media, 51, 327-341, 2003, LBNL-51363.

Wu, Y. S. An Approximate Analytical Solution for Non-Darcy Flow in Fractured Media. Water Resources Research, 38, 5/1-5/7, 2002, LBNL-48197.

Wu, Y. S. Numerical Simulation of Single-Phase and Multiphase Non-Darcy Flow in Porous and Fractured Reservoirs. Transport in Porous Media, 49, 209-240, 2002, LBNL-45855.

Wu, Y. S., K. Zhang, K., Ding, C., Pruess, K. and Bodvarsson, G.S. An Efficient Parallel-Computing Scheme for Modeling Nonisothermal Multiphase Flow and Multicomponent Transport in Porous and Fractured Media. Advances in Water Resources, 25, 243-261, 2002, LBNL-47937.  

Xu, T., Pruess, K. and Brimhall, G.  Modeling Reactive Geochemical Transport in Natural Fractured Rock Systems over Geologic Time. Proc. International Groundwater Symposium, Berkeley, CA, March 25-28, 2002, 16 p., LBNL-49062.

Xu, T., Sonnenthal, E., Spycher, N. and Pruess, K. UserŐs Guide of TOUGHREACT: A Program for Non-Isothermal Multiphase Reactive Geochemical Transport in Variably Saturated Geologic Media. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-52342, 2002.

Xu, T., Sonnenthal, E., Spycher, E. and Pruess, K. TOUGHREACT: A New Code of the TOUGH Family for Non-Isothermal Multiphase Reactive Geochemical Transport in variability. In Proc. 2003 TOUGH Workshop (on a CD), May 12-14, Berkeley, CA, LBNL-52494, 2003.

Xu, T., Sonnenthal, E., Spycher, N. and Pruess, K.  Using TOUGHREACT to Model Reactive Fluid Flow and Geothermal Transport in Hydrothermal Systems. Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, 27 (in print), 2003, LBNL-53643.