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PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

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** indicates supervised student

  1. Becker, M. W., Cason**, F. M., & Hagedorn, B. Locating Potential Groundwater Pathways in a Fringing Reef Using Continuous Electrical Resistivity Profiling. Hydrology, 10(11), 206., 2023.
     

  2. Becker, M. W., Harris, B. & Pevzner, R. Characterization of Aquifer Poroelastic Response to Impulse and Oscillatory Well Pressure using Distributed Acoustic Sensing. Geophysical Res. Lett., 2022GL100904, 2022.
     

  3. Fang, J., Y. Yang, Z. Shen, E. Biondi, X. Wang, E. F. Williams, M. W. Becker, D. Eslamian, and Z. Zhan, Directional Sensitivity of DAS and Its Effect on Rayleigh‐Wave Tomography: A Case Study in Oxnard, California, Seismological Res. Lett., 2022.
     

  4. Hawkins**, A. J., D. B. Fox, D. L. Koch, M. W. Becker, and J. W. Tester Predictive Inverse Model for Advective Heat Transfer in a Short-circuited Fracture: Dimensional Analysis, Machine Learning, and Field Demonstration, Water Resour. Res, 2020, e2020WR027065.
     

  5. Becker, M. W., T. I. Coleman, and C. C. Ciervo**, Distributed Acoustic Sensing as a Distributed Hydraulic Sensor in Fractured Bedrock, Water Resour. Res, 56(9), e2020WR028140, 2020.
     

  6. Hagedorn, B., M. W. Becker, and N. J. Silbiger, Evidence of freshened groundwater below a tropical fringing reef, Hydrogeology Journal, DOI: 10.1007/s10040-020-02191-1, 2020.
     

  7. Medina, R., C. Pham, M. H. Plumlee, A. Hutchinson, M. W. Becker, and P. J. O'Connell**, Distributed Temperature Sensing to Measure Infiltration Rates Across a Groundwater Recharge Basin, Groundwater, DOE: 10.1111/gwat.13007, 2020.
     

  8. Becker, M.W. and T Coleman. Distributed Acoustic Sensing of Strain at Earth Tide Frequencies. Sensors, 19(9), 2019.
     

  9. DiNapoli, R. J., C. P. Lipo, T. Brosnan**, T. L. Hunt, S. Hixon, A. E. Morrison, and M. W. Becker, Rapa Nui (Easter Island) monument (ahu) locations explained by freshwater sources, PloS one, 14(1), 2019.
     

  10. Becker, M., C. Ciervo**, and T. Coleman**, Laboratory testing of low-frequency strain measured by distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), in SEG Technical Program Expanded Abstracts 2018, edited, pp. 4963-4966, Society of Exploration Geophysicists, doi:doi:10.1190/segam2018-2997900.1, 2018.
     

  11. Brosnan**, T., M. W. Becker, and C. P. Lipo, Coastal groundwater discharge and the ancient inhabitants of Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile, Hydrogeology Journal, doi:10.1007/s10040-018-1870-7, 2018.
     

  12. Becker, M. W., T. Coleman, C. Ciervo**, M. Cole**, and M. Mondanos, Fluid pressure sensing with fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS), The Leading Edge, 2017.

  13. Guihéneuf, N., O. Bour, A. Boisson, T. Le Borgne, M. W. Becker, B. Nigon, M. Wajiduddin, S. Ahmed, and J. C. Maréchal, Insights about transport mechanisms and fracture flow channeling from multi-scale observations of tracer dispersion in shallow fractured crystalline rock, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 206(Supplement C), 18-33, 2017.

  14. Becker, M., C. Ciervo**, M. Cole**, T. Coleman, and M. Mondanos, Fracture hydromechanical response measured by fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing at milliHertz frequencies, Geophysical Research Lett., 44(14), 7295-7302, 2017.

  15. Schuite, J., L. Longuevergne, O. Bour, N. Guihéneuf, M. W. Becker, M. Cole**, T. J. Burbey, N. Lavenant, and F. Boudin, Combining periodic hydraulic tests and surface tilt measurements to explore in situ fracture hydromechanics, J. of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 2017.

  16. Hawkins**, A. J., M. W. Becker, and G. P. Tsoflias, Evaluation of inert tracers in a bedrock fracture using ground penetrating radar and thermal sensors, Geothermics, 67, 86-94, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.01.006, 2017.

  17. Hawkins**, A. J., D. B. Fox, M. W. Becker, and J. W. Tester, Measurement and simulation of heat exchange in fractured bedrock using inert and thermally degrading tracers, Water Resources Research, doi:10.1002/2016WR019617, 2017.

  18. Tsoflias, G. P., C. Perll, M. Baker, and M. W. Becker, Cross-Polarized GPR Imaging of Fracture Flow Channeling, J. Earth Sci., 26(6), 776-784, doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0612-1, 2015.

  19. Fiori, A., and Becker, M. W., Power law breakthrough curve tailing in a fracture: The role of advection: Journal of Hydrology, v. 525, p. 706-710, 2015.

  20. Guiltinan**, E., and M. W. Becker, Measuring well hydraulic connectivity in fractured bedrock using periodic slug tests, Journal of Hydrology, 521, 100-107, doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.11.066, 2015.

  21. Babonis**, G. S., and Becker, M. W., Use of Multifrequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Support Regional-Scale Groundwater Potential Maps, Remote Sensing of the Terrestrial Water Cycle, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, p. 383-395, 2014.

  22. Carturan, L., Baroni, C., Becker, M., Bellin, A., Cainelli, O., Carton, A., Casarotto, C., Dalla Fontana, G., Godio, A., Martinelli, T., Salvatore, M. C., and Seppi, R., Decay of a long-term monitored glacier: Careser Glacier (Ortles-Cevedale, European Alps): The Cryosphere, v. 7, no. 6, p. 1819-1838, 2013.

  23. Becker, M., and A. Bellin, A reservoir model of tracer transport for karstic flow systems. Hydrogeology Journal  21(5): 1011-1019, 2013.

  24. Becker, M.W., B. Bauer**, and A. Hutchinson.  Measuring Artificial Recharge with Fiber Optic Distributed Temperature Sensing. Groundwater 51 no. 5: 670-678, 2013.

  25. Castagna**, M., M. W. Becker, and A. Bellin, Joint estimation of transmissivity and storativity in a bedrock fracture, Water Resour. Res., 47, 2011.

  26. Becker, M.W., and G. Tsoflias, Comparing flux-averaged and resident concentration in a fractured bedrock using GPR, Wat. Resour. Res. 46: W09518, doi:09510.01029/02009WR008260, 2010.

  27. Tsoflias, G. and M.W. Becker, Ground penetrating radar response to fracture fluid salinity:  Why lower frequencies are favorable for resolving salinity changes, Geophysics, 73 (J25), DOI:10.1190/1.2957893, 2008.

 

University at Buffalo

  1. Becker, M.W. and Jiang, Z., Flux-based contaminant transport in a GIS environment,  J. Hydrol., 343(3-4): 203-210, 2007.

  2. Rabideau, A. J., J. R. Craig, W. Silavisesrith, K. Fredrick*, D. M. Flewelling, I. Jankovic, M. W. Becker, K. Bandilla, and L. S. Matott , Analytic-element modeling of supraregional groundwater flow: Concepts and tools for automated model configuration, J. Hydrologic Eng., 12, 83-96, 2007.

  3. (Invited) Fredrick, K. C., M. W. Becker, L. S. Matott, A. Daw, K. Bandilla, and D. M. Flewelling, Development of a numerical groundwater flow model using SRTM elevations, Hydrogeology J., 10.1007/s10040-006-0115-3, 2006.

  4. Becker, M. W., Potential for satellite remote sensing of ground water, Ground Water, 44, 306-318, 2006.

  5. Becker, M.W., A. Daw*, Influence of Lake Morphology and Clarity on Water Skin Temperature as Measured by EOS ASTER, Remote Sensing of Environment,99, 288-294, 2005.

  6. Rabideau, A.J., S. Mattot, I. Jankovic, J. Craig, M.W. Becker, Influence of numerical precision on the calibration of AEM-based groundwater flow models, Environmental Geology, 48 (1), 57-67, 2005.

  7. Talley, J.*, G.S. Baker, M.W. Becker, and N. Beyrle, Four dimensional mapping of tracer channelization in subhorizontal bedrock fractures using surface ground penetrating radar, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32 (doi:10.1029/2004GL021974), 2005.

  8. Fredrick, K.*, M.W. Becker, D. Flewelling, W, Silavisesrith, Enhancement of Aquifer Vulnerability Indexing using the Analytic Element Method, Environmental Geology, 45(8), 1054-1061, 2004.

  9. Becker, M.W., T. Georgian, H. Ambrose*, J. Harder*, K. Fredrick*, Estimating ground-water discharge using stream temperature and velocity, J. Hydrology, 96 (1-4), 221-233, 2004.

  10. Becker, M.W., S.A. Collins*, D.W. Metge, R.W. Harvey, and A.M. Shapiro, Effect of cell physicochemical characteristics and motility on bacterial transport in groundwater, J. of Contaminant Hydrology, 69 (3-4), 195-213, 2004.

  11. Becker, M.W, J.W. Schuetz*, An introduction to ground-water modeling using Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), J. Geoscience Educ, 2003, 51(5), p. 506-511.

  12. Becker, M.W., D. Metge, S. Collins*, A. Shapiro, R. Harvey, Bacterial Transport Experiments in Fractured Crystalline Bedrock, Ground Water, 41(5), 682-689, 2003.

  13. Becker, M., Pelc, M., Mazurchuk, R., and Spernyak, J., Magnetic resonance imaging of dense and light non-aqueous phase liquid in a rock fracture, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(12), 1646, doi:10.1029/2003GL017375,2003.

  14. Becker, M.W., The effect of tracer buoyancy on tracer experiments conducted in fractured crystalline bedrock, Geophys. Res. Lett, 30(3), 1116, doi:10.1029/2002GL016480,2003.

  15. Becker, M.W, A. M. Shapiro, Interpreting tracer breakthrough tailing from different forced-gradient tracer experiment configurations in fractured bedrock, Water Resour. Res., 39(1), 1024, doi:10.1029/2001Wr001190,2003.

  16. Becker, M.W., and T. B. Coplen, Deuterated water as a conservative artificial ground-water tracer, Hydrogeology Journal, 9(5), 512-516, 2001.

  17. Becker, M.W., and A. M. Shapiro, Tracer transport in fractured crystalline rock: Evidence of non-diffusive breakthrough tailing, Water Resour. Res., 36(7), 1677-1686, 2000.

  18. Becker, M.W. and R. J. Charbeneau, First passage time mathematical models for groundwater tracer tests conducted in uniform and radially convergent flow, J. Contaminant. Hydrol., 40 (4), 299-310, 2000.

  19. Becker, M.W, P.W. Reimus, and P. Vilks, Transport and attenuation of carboxylate-modified-latex micro­spheres in fractured rock laboratory and field tracer tests, Ground Water, 37(3), 387-395, 1999.

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