Publications

Partial List of References

Steefel, C. I., & Hu, M. (2022). Reactive transport modeling of mineral precipitation and carbon trapping in discrete fracture networks. Water Resources Research, 58(9), e2022WR032321.

Hu, M., Steefel, C.I. (2021) Microscale mechanical-chemical modeling of granular salt: Insights for creep. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. doi: 10.1029/2021JB023112

Steefel, C.I. and Yang, L. (2021) Secondary magnesite formation from forsterite under CO2 sequestration conditions via coupled heterogeneous nucleation and crystal growth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 311: 29.42. 

Steefel, C.I. and C. Tournassat (2021) A model for discrete fracture-clay rock interaction incorporating electrostatic effects on transport.  Computational Geosciences 25 (1): 395-410. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-020-10012-3.

Tournassat, C., C. Steefel, T. Gimmi (2020) Solving the Nernst‐Planck equation in heterogeneous porous media with finite volume methods: Averaging approaches at interfaces.  Water Resources Research https://DOI.org/10.1029/2019WR026832.

Tournassat, C.M., Steefel, C.I. (2019) Modeling diffusion processes in the presence of a diffuse layer at charged mineral surfaces. A benchmark exercise. Computational Geosciences. 1-18. https://DOI.org/10.1007/s10596-019-09845-4.

Steefel, C.I. (2019) Reactive transport at the crossroads. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 85: 1-26.

Soler, J. M., Steefel, C. I., Gimmi, T., Leupin, O. X., & Cloet, V. (2019). Modeling the ionic strength effect on diffusion in clay. The DR-A experiment at Mont Terri. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 3: 442-451.

Li, Q., C.I. Steefel, Y-S Jun (2017) Deciphering calcium carbonate precipitation associated with CO2 attack on cement using reactive transport modeling. Environmental Science and Technology 51: 10861-10871, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00594.

Beckingham, L.E., C.I. Steefel, Alexander M. Swift, Marco Voltolini, Li Yang, Lawrence Anovitz, Julie M. Sheets, David R. Cole, Timothy J. Kneafsey, Elizabeth H. Mitnick, Shuo Zhang, Gautier Landrot, Jonathan Ajo-Franklin, Donald DePaolo, Saeko Mito, Ziqiu Xue (2017) Evaluation of accessible mineral surface areas for improved prediction of mineral reaction rates in porous media.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 205:  31-49.

Steefel, C.I., L. Beckingham, G. Landrot (2015) Micro-continuum approaches for modeling pore-scale geochemical processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 80: 217-246.

Tournassat, C., C.I Steefel (2015) Ionic transport in nano-porous clays with consideration of electrostatic effects. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 80: 287-329.

Rasouli, P., C.I. Steefel, K.U. Mayer, M. Rolle (2015) Benchmarks for multicomponent diffusion and electrochemical migration. Computational Geosciences 19: 523-533. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-015-9481-z.

Molins, S., Trebotich, D., Yang, L., Ajo-Franklin, J.B., Ligocki, T.J., Shen, C., Steefel, C.I. (2014) Pore-scale controls on calcite dissolution rates from flow-through laboratory and numerical experiments. Environmental Science and Technology, DOI: 10.1021/es5013438.

Steefel, C.I., L. Beckingham, G. Landrot (2015) Micro-continuum approaches for modeling pore-scale geochemical processes. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 80: 217-246.

Rasouli, P., C.I. Steefel, K.U. Mayer, M. Rolle (2015) Benchmarks for multicomponent diffusion and electrochemical migration. Computational Geosciences 19: 523-533. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-015-9481-z.

Steefel, C.I., Appelo, C.A.J., Arora, B., Jacques, D., Kalbacher, T., Kolditz, O., Lagneau, V., Lichtner, P.C., Mayer, K.U., Meeussen, J.C.L., Molins, S., Moulton, D., Shao, H., Šimůnek, J., Spycher, N., Yabusaki, S.B., Yeh, G.T. (2015) Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation, Computational Geosciences 19: 445-478. DOI: 10.1007/s10596-014-9443-x

Steefel, C.I., Druhan, J.L., Maher, K. (2014), Modeling coupled chemical and isotopic equilibration rates. Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 10: 208-217.

Molins, S., D. Trebotich, C. I. Steefel, and C. Shen (2012) An investigation of the effect of pore scale flow on average geochemical reaction rates using direct numerical simulation. Water Resources Research 48, W03527, DOI:10.1029/2011WR011404. 

Steefel, C.I., K. Maher, 2009, Fluid-rock interaction: A reactive transport approach. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry 70: 485-532, DOI: 10.2138/rmg.2009.70.11.

Maher, K., C.I. Steefel, A.F. White, and D.A. Stonestrom, 2009, The role of reaction affinity and secondary minerals in regulating chemical weathering rates at the Santa Cruz Soil Chronosequence, California, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 73, 2804–2831.

Maher, K., C.I. Steefel, D. DePaolo, B. Viani, 2006, The mineral dissolution rate conundrum: Insights from reactive transport modeling of U isotopes and pore fluid chemistry in marine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70: 337-363.

Steefel, C.I, D. DePaolo, and P.C. Lichtner, 2005, Reactive transport modeling: An essential tool and a new research approach for the Earth sciences, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 240: 539-558.

Steefel, C.I., Carroll, S., Zhao, P., and Roberts, S. (2003), Cesium migration in Hanford sediment: A multi-site cation exchange model based on laboratory transport experiments. J. of Contaminant Hydrology 67, 219-246.

Giambalvo, E.R., Steefel, C.I., Fisher, A.T., Rosenberg, N.D., and Wheat, C.G. (2002) Effect of fluid-sediment reaction on hydrothermal fluxes of major elements, eastern flank of the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Geochimica et. Cosmochimica Acta 66, 1739-1757.

Steefel, C.I. and MacQuarrie, K.T.B. (1996) Approaches to modeling reactive transport in porous media. In Reactive Transport in Porous Media (P.C. Lichtner, C.I. Steefel, and E.H. Oelkers, eds.), Reviews in Mineralogy 34, 83-125.

Steefel, C.I., and Lasaga, A.C. (1994) A coupled model for transport of multiple chemical species and kinetic precipitation/dissolution reactions with application to reactive flow in single phase hydrothermal systems. American Journal of Science 294, 529-592.

Steefel, C.I., and Lichtner, P.C. (1994) Diffusion and reaction in rock matrix bordering a hyperalkaline fluid-filled fracture. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 58, 3592-3612.

Steefel, C.I. and Van Cappellen, P. (1990) A new kinetic approach to modeling water-rock interaction: The role of nucleation, precursors, and Ostwald ripening. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 54, 2657-2677.

Steefel, C.I. and Lasaga, A.C. (1990) The evolution of dissolution patterns: Permeability change due to coupled flow and reaction. In Chemical Modeling of Aqueous Systems II (eds. D. Melchior and R.L. Bassett), ACS Symposium Series No. 416, American Chemical Society, Washington, 212-225.