Welcome to the UF³ Home Page

UF³ is Utah Faults, Fluids, and Fractures - a consortium of researchers at Utah State University and the University of Utah who conduct research on one or more aspects of fault development, fluid flow in fractured or faulted rocks, structural analysis applied to hydrogeologic problems, and mathematical modelling of structures and fluid flow. Our work integrates geology, hydrogeology, mechanics, and probability to solve problems on the flow of fluids in rocks at a variety of scales. We collaborate with the petroleum and mining industry, government labs and geologic surveys, and researchers at other universities to investigate how fluids move through faulted and fractured rocks, and how faults evolve.
Funding for our work comes from the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Geological Survey, Industry, the Petroleum Research Fund, and State Geological Surveys.
This page is the entry way to the brief overview of the research, who we are, and our publications. Please email us at jpevans@cc.usu.edu, or cforster@mines.utah.edu if you need more information. In addition, our group can provide short- term, cost-effective support research or analysis in a variety of applications.

The Research

Highlights of our current projects include:
- Three-dimensional hydrogeology and structure of the fault zones
- Analysis of an exhumed, faulted hydrocarbon reservoir
- Influence of normal faults in carbonates on fluid flow
- Hydrogeology of complexly deformed sedimentary rocks, Park City area, Utah
- Normal faults in Greenland
- Geodynamics & fluid pressure in the Cook Inlet fold & fault belt, Alaska