Associate Professor, Hydrogeology
Department of
Geosciences, UMass-Amherst
B.S., Env. Geosciences, Michigan State University, 1997
M.S., Hydrogeology, Michigan State University, 1999
Ph.D., Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology,
2004
Curriculum Vitae
Contact: dboutt <at> geo.umass.edu, (413) 545-2724
Research Interests:
- Coupling between fluid flow and deformation in
geologic materials
- Linkages between micromechanical properties of
porous and fractured media and macro-scale properties
- Interactions between physical, chemical, and
human processes in near-surface hydrologic environments
- Modeling of coupled processes in geologic materials
Recent Publications:
- Doan, M.L., Conin, M., Henry, P., Wiersberg, T., Boutt, D.F., Buchs, D., Saffer, D., McNeill, L., and D. Cukur., Quantification of Free Gas in the Kumano Forearc Basin detected from Borehole Physical Properties: IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyt., 12, Q0AD06, doi:10.1029/2010GC003284.
- *Weider, K. and D.F. Boutt, Heterogeneous water table response to climate revealed by 60 years of ground water data, Geophys. Res. Lett., VOL. 37, L24405, doi:10.1029/2010GL045561, 2010.
- *Cook, J.B., Goodwin, L.B., and D.F. Boutt, Systematic diagenetic changes in the grain-scale morphology and permeability of a quartz-cemented quartz arenite, AAPG Bulletin, BLTN10-009, In Press, 2010.
- McNeil, L, Saffer, D.M., Byrne, T., Araki, E., and IODP Expedition 319 Scientists (D.F. Boutt), IODP Expedition 319, NanTroSEIZE Stage 2: First IODP Riser Drilling Operations and Observatory Installation Towards Understanding Subduction Zone Seismogenesis, Scientific Drilling, 10, p 4-13.
- Lin, W., et al. (2010), Present-day principal horizontal stress orientationsin the Kumano forearc basin of the southwest Japan subduction zone determined from IODP NanTroSEIZE drilling Site C0009, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L13303, doi:10.1029/2010GL043158.
- Boutt, D.F., Mabee, S.B., and *J.P. Diggins, A field study of the factors controlling the depth of ground water flow systems in crystalline fractured rock terrain, Hydrogeology Journal, 2010, Published Online September 7th, DOI: 10.1007/s10040-010-0640-y.
- Boutt, D.F., Cook, B.K., and J.R. Williams, A coupled fluid-solid model for problems in geomechanics: application to sand production, International Journal of Analytical and Numerical Methods in Geomechanics. published online: 2 AUG 2010 | DOI: 10.1002/nag.938,
Recent Courses Taught:
- Hydrogeology (Geosci 587)
- Advanced Hydrogeology (Geosci 687)
- Hydrogeology Seminar (Geosci 787)
- The Earth (Geosci 101)
- The Earth Honors Section (Geosci H01)
- Earth Modeling (Geosci 591E)
- Fluids in Geologic Processes (Geosci 591F)
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