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Development of a Reactive Transport Model for Field‐Scale Simulation of Microbially Induced Carbonate Precipitation by Minto, James M., Lunn, Rebecca J., El Mountassir, Gráinne

“…Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a promising technique that could be used for soil stabilization, for permeability control in porous and…”
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Rock fracture grouting with microbially induced carbonate precipitation by Minto, James M., MacLachlan, Erica, El Mountassir, Gráinne, Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…Microbially induced carbonate precipitation has been proposed for soil stabilization, soil strengthening, and permeability reduction as an alternative to…”
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Microscale Analysis of Fractured Rock Sealed With Microbially Induced CaCO3 Precipitation: Influence on Hydraulic and Mechanical Performance by Tobler, Dominique J., Minto, James M., El Mountassir, Gráinne, Lunn, Rebecca J., Phoenix, Vernon R.

“…Microbially induced CaCO3 precipitation (MICP) has shown great potential to reduce permeability in intact rocks as a means to seal fluid pathways in subsurface…”
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‘Microbial mortar’-restoration of degraded marble structures with microbially induced carbonate precipitation by Minto, James M., Tan, Qian, Lunn, Rebecca J., El Mountassir, Gráinne, Guo, Hongxian, Cheng, Xiaohui

“…•Microbial mortar can successfully restore degraded marble.•Reagent transport evolved with each treatment cycle.•Micro-continuum flow simulation of 3D X-ray…”
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Flow estimation solely from image data through persistent homology analysis by Suzuki, Anna, Miyazawa, Miyuki, Minto, James M., Tsuji, Takeshi, Obayashi, Ippei, Hiraoka, Yasuaki, Ito, Takatoshi

“…Topological data analysis is an emerging concept of data analysis for characterizing shapes. A state-of-the-art tool in topological data analysis is persistent…”
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Transport and Fate of Ureolytic Sporosarcina pasteurii in Saturated Sand Columns: Experiments and Modelling by Sang, Guijie, Lunn, Rebecca J., El Mountassir, Grainne, Minto, James M.

“…Abstarct Despite a broad application of ureolytic bacteria in many bioremediation and biocementation processes, very limited studies have reported their…”
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Contributions of 3D Printed Fracture Networks to Development of Flow and Transport Models by Suzuki, Anna, Minto, James M., Watanabe, Noriaki, Li, Kewen, Horne, Roland N.

“…Conventional experiments using natural rock samples have trouble in observing rock structures and controlling fracture properties. Taking advantage of 3D…”
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Subcore Scale Fluid Flow Behavior in a Sandstone With Cataclastic Deformation Bands by Romano, Carla R., Zahasky, Christopher, Garing, Charlotte, Minto, James M., Benson, Sally M., Shipton, Zoe K., Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…Accurate determination of petrophysical and multiphase flow properties in sandstones is necessary for reservoir characterization, for instance for carbon…”
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Applications of Microbial Processes in Geotechnical Engineering by El Mountassir, Grainne, Minto, James M, van Paassen, Leon A, Salifu, Emmanuel, Lunn, Rebecca J

“…Over the last 10-15 years, a new field of "biogeotechnics" has emerged as geotechnical engineers seek to find ground improvement technologies which have the…”
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Permeability and Mineralogy of the Újfalu Formation, Hungary, from Production Tests and Experimental Rock Characterization: Implications for Geothermal Heat Projects by Willems, Cees, Cheng, Chaojie, Watson, Sean, Minto, James, Williams, Aislinn, Walls, David, Milsch, Harald, Burnside, Neil, Westaway, Rob

“…Hundreds of geothermal wells have been drilled in Hungary to exploit Pannonian Basin sandstones for district heating, agriculture, and industrial heating…”
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Micro-continuum modelling of injection strategies for microbially induced carbonate precipitation by Minto, James M., El Mountassir, Grainne, Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…Microbially induced carbonate precipitation is a promising technique for ground improvement. In order for MICP to progress from a lab-scale process to a…”
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Multiscale pore structure analysis of nano titanium dioxide cement mortar composite by Shafaei, Davood, Yang, Shangtong, Berlouis, Leonard, Minto, James

“…The effects of nano-Ti O2 (NT) on the multiscale pore system and morphology of cement mortars were studied by X-ray computed tomography (X-CT), scanning…”
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Meter-scale MICP improvement of medium graded very gravelly sands: Lab measurement, transport modelling, mechanical and microstructural analysis by Sang, Guijie, Lunn, Rebecca J., El Mountassir, Grainne, Minto, James M.

“…Microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a promising biogrouting method for ground improvement. Most studies to date have focused on MICP…”
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Treatment of fractured concrete via microbially induced carbonate precipitation: From micro-scale characteristics to macro-scale behaviour by Turner, Ronald, Castro, Gloria M., Minto, James, El Mountassir, Grainne, Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…•Each MICP cycle in realistic concrete fracture networks shows – an order of magnitude reduction in permeability.•MICP treatment re-attaches large sections of…”
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Improving non-uniform gravelly sand using microbially induced carbonate precipitation: An outdoor cubic-meter scale trial by engineering contractors by Sang, Guijie, Lunn, Rebecca J., El Mountassir, Grainne, Minto, James M., McLachlan, Erica, Bradley, David, Henderson, Kenneth

“…Soil improvement using microbially induced carbonate precipitation (MICP) remains largely confined to the laboratory, with only a very small number of…”
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In-situ X-ray micro-CT quantitative analysis and modelling the damage evolution in granite rock by Hu, Qinxin, Yang, Shangtong, Xi, Xun, Shipton, Zoe K., Minto, James, Hu, Xiaofei

“…Micro-cracking of rock is important mechanism in underground engineering and subsurface energy extraction. Understanding and modeling microcrack evolution and…”
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Automated high accuracy, rapid beam hardening correction in X-Ray Computed Tomography of multi-mineral, heterogeneous core samples by Romano, Carla, Minto, James M., Shipton, Zoe K., Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…X-ray Computed Tomography scanning is an innovative procedure that allows representing the internal structure of samples. Among its several purposes, X-ray CT…”
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X-ray CT and multiphase flow characterization of a ‘bio-grouted’ sandstone core: The effect of dissolution on seal longevity by Minto, James M., Hingerl, Ferdinand F., Benson, Sally M., Lunn, Rebecca J.

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Extreme capillary heterogeneities and in situ fluid compartmentalization due to clusters of deformation bands in sandstones by Romano, Carla R., Garing, Charlotte, Minto, James M., Benson, Sally M., Shipton, Zoe K., Lunn, Rebecca J.

“…•Clusters of deformation bands create extreme multiphase flow capillary barriers.•These extreme capillary barriers lead to storage reservoir…”
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Microscale Analysis of Fractured Rock Sealed With Microbially Induced CaCO 3 Precipitation: Influence on Hydraulic and Mechanical Performance by Tobler, Dominique J., Minto, James M., El Mountassir, Gráinne, Lunn, Rebecca J., Phoenix, Vernon R.

“…Microbially induced CaCO 3 precipitation (MICP) has shown great potential to reduce permeability in intact rocks as a means to seal fluid pathways in…”
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