UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS INSTITUTE FOR GEOPHYSICS

The bulk of UTIG's budget comes from external funding - grants from the NSF, NASA, and private industry. The UTIG structure is nimble and can respond rapidly to natural disasters and other research opportunities. UTIG is one of three units in the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. As a research institute, research is not constrained by the academic calendar, which gives scientists the flexibility to work on projects that require quick turnarounds or several months in the field... UT GeoFluids is a leader in the development of forward evolutionary geomechanical models that couple porous fluid flow with deposition and complex geologic loading. We have advanced our fundamental understanding on how salt advance perturbs pressure and stress in nearby sediments, and, in return, how overpressure affects the evolution of a salt system (Fig. 2). We have studied how pressure and stress evolve in fold and thrust belt systems, both in the wedge and footwall..

Also known as: University of Texas, UT GeoFluids, UTIG

Primary location: Austin United States