Publications

Peer-reviewed Journal Papers

* Students I advised

In Review

H. Lu, L. Saló-Salgado, R. Juanes: Lithological Controls on the Permeability of Geologic Faults: Surrogate Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis. Submitted for publication. Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2511.09674

B. Littlejohn*, L. Saló-Salgado, A. Plesch, J.H. Shaw: Integrated Geologic and Socio-Economic Evaluation of Potential Underground Hydrogen Storage Sites in the Los Angeles Basin. Submitted for publication.

Published

[10] H. Lu, L. Saló-Salgado, Y. Marzouk, R. Juanes: Uncertainty Quantification of Fluid Leakage and Fault Instability in Geologic CO2 Storage. Water Resources Research, 61(10), e2024WR039275, 2025. DOI: 10.1029/2024WR039275
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[9] L. Saló-Salgado, J. A. Silva, L. Lun, C. M. Rogers, J. S. Davis, R. Juanes: Assessing CO2 Migration Within Faults During Megatonne-Scale Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage in Offshore Texas. Water Resources Research, 61(5), e2024WR037059, 2025. DOI: 10.1029/2024WR037059
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[8] L. Saló-Salgado, O. Møyner, K.-A. Lie, R. Juanes: Three-Dimensional Simulation of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Sequestration using MRST. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 14(1), 34-48, 2024. DOI: 10.46690/ager.2024.10.06
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[7] M. Haugen, L. Saló-Salgado, K. Eikehaug, B. Benali, J.W. Both, E. Storvik, O. Folkvord, R. Juanes, J.M. Nordbotten, M.A. Fernø: Physical variability in meter-scale laboratory CO2 injections in faulted geometries. Transport in Porous Media, 151, 1169-1197, 2024.
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-023-02047-8

[6] L. Saló-Salgado, M. Haugen, K. Eikehaug, M. Fernø, J. M. Nordbotten, R. Juanes: Direct comparison of numerical simulations and experiments of CO2 injection and migration in geologic media: Value of local data and forecasting capability. Transport in Porous Media, 151, 1199-1240, 2024. DOI: 10.1007/s11242-023-01972-y
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[5] J. A. Silva, L. Saló-Salgado, J. Patterson, G. R. Dasari, R. Juanes: Assessing the viability of CO2 storage in offshore formations of the Gulf of Mexico at a scale relevant for climate-change mitigation. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 126(6), 103884, 2023.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2023.103884
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[4] L. Saló-Salgado, J.S. Davis, and R. Juanes: Fault permeability from stochastic modeling of clay smears, Geology, 51(1), 2023.
DOI: 10.1130/G50739.1
Links: [Publisher version (OA)][Supplement: Description of PREDICT][Code]

[3] J.A. Gili, R. Ruiz-Carulla, G. Matas, J. Moya, A. Prades, J. Corominas, N. Lantada, M.A. Núñez-Andrés, F. Buill, C. Puig, J. Martínez-Bofill, L. Saló, and O. Mavrouli: Rockfalls: analysis of the block fragmentation through field experiments, Landslides, 19, 1009-1029, 2022.
DOI: 10.1007/s10346-021-01837-9.
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[2] L. Saló, J. Corominas, N. Lantada, G. Matas, A. Prades, and R. Ruiz-Carulla: Seismic energy analysis as generated by impact and fragmentation of single-block experimental rockfalls, Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 123(6), 1450-1478, 2018. DOI: 10.1029/2017JF004374.
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Other: Featured in Journal Cover

[1] L. Saló, T. Frontera, X. Goula, L.G. Pujades, and A. Ledesma: Earthquake static stress transfer in the 2013 Valencia Gulf (Spain) seismic sequence, Solid Earth, 8, 857-882, 2017. DOI: 10.5194/se-8-857-2017.
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Other WRITING

L. Saló-Salgado: Numerical Modeling of Geologic Carbon Dioxide Storage in Faulted Siliciclastic Settings, PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2024. URI: https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153718. Direct link: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/153718

L. Saló-Salgado, A. Acocella, I. Arzuaga García, S. El Mousadik, and A. Zvinavashe: Managing up: How to communicate effectively with your PhD adviser, Nature, 2021. DOI: 10.1038/d41586-021-03703-z.
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