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2009

Dinwiddie, C.L., R.N. McGinnis, D.E. Stillman, R.E. Grimm, D.M. Hooper, and K.L. Bjella. Integrated Geophysical Examination of the CRREL Permafrost Tunnel’s Fairbanks Silt Units, Fox, Alaska. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Abstract C41A-0429, San Francisco, California, December 14–18, 2009 2009.

 

Grimm, R.E., D.E. Stillman, J.A. MacGregor, C.L. Dinwiddie, R.N. McGinnis, and D.M. Hooper. New Insights into the Electrical Properties of Ice and Permafrost. Paper presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 14–18, 2009.

 

Prikryl, J.D., R.N. McGinnis, and R.T. Green. Characterization of Karst Solutional Features using High-Resolution Electrical Resistivity Surveys. Paper presented at the 15th International Congress of Speleology (ICS 2009), Kerrville, Texas, July 2009.

2007

Prikryl, J., R. McGinnis, and R. Green.  2007.  Evaluation of Three-Dimensional Electrical Resistivity Array Types for Optimal Detection of Voids in Karstic Limestone.  Proceedings of 20th Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems,  Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, April 1–5, Denver, Colorado.

 

2006

Green, R., J. Prikryl, and R. McGinnis. 2006. Evaluating Sand and Gravel Deposits Using Geophysical Methods. Presented at the 2006 SME Annual Meeting St. Louis, MO: March 26–29.

 

Grimm, R.E., E. Heggy, S.M. Clifford, C.L. Dinwiddie, R.N. McGinnis and D.A. Farrell. 2006. Absorption and scattering in ground-penetrating radar: Analysis of the Bishop Tuff. J. Geophys. Res., 111, E06S02, doi:10.1029/2005JE002619.

 

Grimm, R.E., D.E. Stillman, E. Heggy, C.L. Dinwiddie, and R.N. McGinnis. 2006. Moderately to Poorly Welded Tuff, Bishop, California: Ground-Penetrating Radar Performance. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA: December 11–15.

 

McGinnis, R.N., C.L. Dinwiddie, D.E. Stillman, E. Heggy, and R.E. Grimm. 2006. Pyroclastic and Volcaniclastic Deposits Near Bishop, California: Geologic Controls on Near-Surface Electrical Resistivity and Radar Data. Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA: December 11–15.

 

Necsoiu, M., K.J. Smart, and D.A. Ferrill. 2006. High-resolution Ground-rupture Mapping Using SAR Data and Public Domain Interferometric Software. ASPRS 2006 Annual Conference. Reno, NV: May 1–5.

 

Sandberg, S.K., R.N. McGinnis, C.L. Dinwiddie, and R.E. Grimm. 2006. Report on Vertical Electrical Soundings (VES) and Transient Electromagnetic (TEM) Soundings Collected From the Western Desert of Egypt—November 2005. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

2005

Farrell, D.A., and S.K. Sandberg. 2005. Geophysical Characterization of the New Forrest/Duff House Region of Jamaica. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, and H. Barnes. 2005. Assessing Seawater Intrusion and Groundwater Quality Across Northeastern Antigua. In Proceedings of 14th Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference and Exposition. Barbados: October 9–14.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, and H. Barnes. 2005. Development of a Conceptual Model for Groundwater Flow and Seawater Intrusion at the Antigua Pilot Site. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, and B.L. Mayers. 2005. Development of a Conceptual Model of Groundwater Flow for the Barbados Pilot Site. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, and A. Sutherland. 2005. Jamaica Pilot Site Characterization Data Analysis. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, S. Lawrence, and S. Beckford. 2005. Characterization of a Deep Karstic Limestone Aquifer in the New Forrest/Duff House Region of Southern Jamaica. In Proceedings of 14th Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference and Exposition. Barbados: October 9–14.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, H. Barnes, J. Browne, A. Sutherland, J. Humphrey, B.L. Mayers, and J. Weller. 2005. Geophysical Characterization of Seawater Intrusion in Antigua, West Indies. In: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, Atlanta, GA: April 3–7.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, H. Barnes, A. Sutherland, J. Browne, J. Humphrey, B.L. Mayers. 2005. Application of Geophysical Surveying Techniques to Hydrologic Analyses on Antigua, West lndies. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract H21A–01. New Orleans, LA: May 23–27.

 

Ferrill, D.A., M. Necsoiu, and K.J. Smart. 2005. Earthquake-Induced Ground-Rupture Mapping with InSAR-Derived Displacement Gradiometry. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract S51D-1042. San Francisco, CA: December 4–9.

 

Green, R., R. Klar, J. Prikryl. 2005. Use of Integrated Geophysics to Characterize Paleo-Fluvial Deposits. Geo-Frontiers 2005, Austin, TX: January 24–26.

 

Moseley, L., D. Farrell, S. Sandberg, B. Mayers, H.E. Barnes, and A. Sutherland. 2005. Overview of the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and Development Project to Support Sustainable Management of Coastal Karst Aquifers in the Caribbean. In Proceedings of 14th Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference and Exposition. Barbados: October 9–14.

 

Prikryl, J.D., R.V. Klar, and R.T. Green. 2005. Use of Electrical Resistivity Imaging to Characterize Karst Features in Cretaceous Limestones of Central and South-Central Texas. Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), 18th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: April 3–7.

 

Sandberg, S.K., D. Farrell, N. Varley, B. Mayers, H. Barnes, L. Wooller, and R. MacNeil. 2005. Using Electromagnetic Soundings to Determine Fresh and Saline Water Relationships on Barbados, Antigua, and Socorro Islands. Eos Trans. AGU, 86(18), Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract H13C–05. New Orleans, LA: May 23–27.

 

Sutherland, A., D. Farrell, and S. Sandberg. 2005. Application of Geophysical Techniques to the Hydrologic Characterization of the Lower Rio Cobre Basin, St. Catherine's, Jamaica. In: Proceedings of 14th Annual Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association Conference and Exposition. Barbados: October 9–14.

 

2004

Farrell, D., S. Sandberg, B. Mayers, A. Sutherland, H. Barnes, and J. Nurse. 2004. Characterization and Modeling of Seawater Intrusion in an Aquifer Along the West Coast of Barbados. In: Proceedings of the 2004 Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems, p. 1261. Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. Colorado Springs, CO: February 22–26.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, H. Barnes, A. Sutherland, and B.L. Mayers. 2004. Antigua Pilot Site Characterization, Part 1: Field Report. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D., B. Mayers, S. Sandberg, and L. Moseley. 2004. Assessing Seawater Intrusion along the West Coast of Barbados Using Integrated Hydrological and Geophysical Studies. Coastal Zone Management Meeting, Barbados: January 30.

 

Gonzalez, S.H., C.L. Dinwiddie, R.E. Grimm, E. Heggy, D.Y. Wyrick, D.A. Ferrill, S.M. Clifford. 2004. Electrical conductivity of the Bishop Tuff, Bishop, CA: Implications for ground-penetrating radar performance, Eos Transactions, AGU Fall Meeting Supplement, 85(46), Abstract GP11A–0826, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA: December 13–17.

 

Green, R.T., N. Franklin, and J.D. Prikryl. 2004. Constraining Conceptual Models of Groundwater Flow Using Results from an Electrical Resistivity Survey. Proceedings of 2004 Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP) Conference. Colorado Springs, CO.

 

Sutherland, A., S.K. Sandberg, D.A. Farrell, B.L. Mayers, and H. Barnes. 2004. Jamaica Pilot Site Characterization Field Report. Technical Report. Project on Regional Evaluation of Saltwater Intrusion of Coastal, Carbonate Aquifers on Caribbean Islands.

 

2003

Farrell, D.A., and S.K. Sandberg. 2003. Electrical Resistivity Studies of Fortymile Wash, Nye County, Nevada. Technical Report for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under Contract NRC-02-02-012. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

 

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, B.L. Mayers, A. Sutherland, and H. Barnes. 2003. Barbados Pilot Site Characterization, Part 2: Data Interpretation. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Farrell, D., B.L. Mayers, L. Moseley, S. Sandberg, J. Mwansa, A. Sutherland, and H. Barnes. 2003. Geophysical Imaging of Seawater Intrusion Into Karst Limestones to Support Groundwater Modeling Along the West Coast of Barbados. Presented at the Sixth Conference of the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of West Indies, Jamaica: March 18–20.

 

Green, R.T. 2003. Geophysical survey to determine the depth and lateral extent of the Leona Aquifer in the Leona River Floodplain, South of Uvalde, Texas. Southwest Research Institute. Conducted for the Edwards Aquifer Authority.

 

Green, R.T. 2003. Geophysical Characterization of Karst Media. Annual Spring Meeting of the Texas Speleological Society, Boerne, Texas, May 3, 2003.

 

Murphy, K.R., J.A. Stamatakos, B.E. Hill, and M.B. Gray. 2003. Geophysical evidence for two distinct Miocene and Quaternary slip rates on the Bare Mountain fault, Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.

 

2002

Farrell, D.A., S.K. Sandberg, B.L. Mayers, A. Sutherland, and H. Barnes. 2002. Barbados Pilot Site Characterization, Part 1: Field Report. Technical Report. San Antonio, Texas: Southwest Research Institute.

 

Green, R.T., and H.L. McKague. 2002. Geophysical Tools for Geotechnical and Environmental Problems, Noon Seminar/Raba-Kistner, San Antonio, TX: November 15.

 

Hill, B.E., and J. Stamatakos. 2002. Evaluation of geophysical information used to detect and characterize buried volcanic features in the Yucca Mountain Region. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.

 

La Femina, P.C., C.B. Connor, J.A. Stamatakos, and D.A. Farrell. 2002. Imaging an Active Normal Fault in Alluvium by High-Resolution Magnetic and Electromagnetic Surveys. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, 8(3): 193–207.

 

2001

Dodson, J.M., R.A. Young, and K.J. Smart. 2001. An overview of ray trace modeling with an example from the Wichita Mountain Front in southern Oklahoma. Shale Shaker 52(3): 65–73.

 

Farrell, D.A., P. La Femina, J. Winterle, M. Hill, D. Sims, M. Smith, W. Illman, R. Green, S. Sandberg, N. Rogers. 2001. Summary of Geophysical Field Investigations to Constrain the Geologic Structure and Hydrologic Characteristics of Fortymile Wash Essential for Assessing the Performance of the Proposed High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41C-0303, San Francisco, CA: December 10–14.

 

2000

Farrell, D., P. Le Femina, A. Armstrong, S. Sandberg, and N. Rogers. 2000. Constraining Hydrogeologic Models Using Geophysical Techniques: Case Study Fortymile Wash and Amargosa Desert, Southern Nevada. In: Proceedings of the 2000 Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems. Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society. Arlington, VA: February 20–24.

 

Ghosh, A., and S.M. Hsiung. 2000. Acoustic Emission as an Indicator of Macrofailure of Rock. Pacific Rocks 2000: Rock around the Rim, the Fourth North American Rock Mechanics Symposium. Seattle, WA: July 31–August 3.

 

Hsiung, S.M., A. Ghosh, A.H. Chowdhury, and J. Lankford. 2000. Acoustic Emission Technique for Damage Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Structures. Fourteenth Engineering Mechanics Conference (EM2000) of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

 

Sandberg, S.K., and C.B. Connor. 2000. Electromagnetic and Magnetic Surveys of Active Lava Tubes on Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Eos Trans. AGU, 81(48), Fall Meet. Suppl., Invited Abstract GP51A-07. San Francisco, CA: December 15–19.

 

1999

Dinwiddie, C.L., N.A. Foley, and F.J. Molz, III. 1999. In-well hydraulics of the electromagnetic borehole flowmeter. Ground Water 37(2): 305–315.

 

Farrell, D.A., C.B Connor, P.C. La Femina and R.W. Fedors. 1999. Geophysical and Hydrogeological Studies along a Fault Zone. Eos Trans. AGU, Joint Assembly Supplement, Abstract U32A–17. Boston, MA: May 31–June 4.

 

Sandberg, S.K., C.B. Connor, C.B., P.C. La Femina, J.A. Saballos, and W. Strauch. 1999. Transient Electromagnetic Anomalies at the New Cerro Negro Vents, Nicaragua, Following the August 1999 Eruption. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V21C–11, San Francisco, CA.

 

1998

La Femina, P.C., C.B. Connor, and L.Connor. 1998. The All-terrain Bicycle Geomagnetic Mapping System (ATBGMS): A Real-time Visualization System for Geophysical Mapping. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP22B–04, San Francisco, CA: December 6–10.

 

1997

Connor, C.B., S. Lane-Magsino, J.A. Stamatakos, R.H. Martin, P.C. LaFemina, B.E. Hill, and S. Lieber. 1997. Magnetic surveys help reassess volcanic hazards at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Eos Trans. AGU, 78(7), pp. 77–78.

 

Stamatakos, J.A., C.B. Connor, and R.H. Martin. 1997. Quaternary Basin Evolution and Basaltic Volcanism in Southern Crater Flat, Nevada, from Detailed Ground Magnetic Surveys of the Little Cones. Journal of Geology, 105: pp. 319–330.

 

Stamatakos, J.A., C.B. Connor, B.E. Hill, S.L. Magsino, D.A. Ferrill, K.P. Kodama, and P.S. Justus. 1997. The Carrara Fault in Southwestern Nevada Revealed From Detailed Gravity and Magnetic Results: Implications for Seismicity, Volcanism, and Tectonics Near Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract S22C–01, San Francisco, CA: December 8–12.

 

1989

Ziaie, F., S.S. Peng, and S.M. Hsiung. 1989. Experimental study of line electrode method to detect underground cavities. A.W. Chewer, ed. In: Proceedings of the 30th Rock Mechanics Symposium, p. 369–376.

 

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