Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Falzone*, S. and K. Keating (2012) The effect of iron concentration and grain size on NMR relaxation in partially saturated sand packs. In prep for Vadose Zone.

Keating, K. (2012) The effect of surface area and grain size of glass bead packs on NMR relaxation rates. In prep for Near Surface Geophysics.

Parsekian, A., G. Grosse, J. O. Walbrecker, M. Mueller-Petke, K. Keating, L. Lui, B. M. Jones, R. Knight (2012) Detecting unfrozen sediments below thermokarst lakes with surface nuclear magnetic resonance. submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.

Keating, K. and S. Falzone* (2012) Relating NMR relaxation time distributions to pore size distributions for unconsolidated sands. submitted to Geophysics.

Swanson*, R., K. Singha, F. D. Day-Lewis, A. Binley, K. Keating, and R. Haggerty (2012) Direct Geoelectrical Evidence of Mass Transfer at the Laboratory Scale. Water Resources Research, 48, W10543, doi:10.1029/2012WR012431.

Keating, K., and R. Knight (2012) The effect of spatial variation in surface relaxivity on nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation rates. Geophysics, 77, E362, doi: 10.1190/geo2011-0462.1.

Keating*, K., and R. Knight (2010) A laboratory study of the effect of Fe(II)-bearing minerals on NMR relaxation measurements. Geophysics, 75(3) F71-F82, doi:10.1190/1.3386573.

Keating, K., R. Knight, and K. Tufano* (2008) Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation measurements as a means of monitoring iron mineralization processes. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L19405, doi:10.1029/2008GL035225.

Keating*, K., and R. Knight (2008) A laboratory study of the effects of magnetite on NMR relaxation rates. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 66(3-4), 188, doi:10.1016/j.jappgeo2007.09.001.

Keating*, K., and R. Knight, (2007) A laboratory study to determine the effects of iron-oxides on proton NMR measurements. Geophysics, 72(1), E27, doi:10.1190/1.2399445.


Conference Abstracts (2008 to present):

Parsekian, A.,  J. O. Walbrecker, M. Muller-Petke, G. Grosse, B. Jones, K. Keating, L. Liu and R. Knight (2012) Application of SNMR to study unfrozen sediments below lakes in permafrost regions. MRS Workshop, Hannover.

Keating, K (2012) A laboratory study to determine the effect of surface roughness and grain diameter on NMR relaxation rates of glass bead packs. MRS Workshop, Hannover.

Falzone*, S. and K. Keating (2012) Laboratory measurements to explore the link between surface area, surface relaxivity, and NMR relaxation time in partially water saturation porous media.  SEG-AGU Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Boise, ID.

Walsh, D. O., E. D. Grunewald, K. Keating, A. B. Sanderlin, S. J. Vogt, B. A. Bergin, S. L. Codd, T. P. A. Ferré, A. Hinnell, J. Butler, E. Reboulet, S. Knobbe, R. Knight (2012) Long-term Monitoring of Hydrological Changes in the Near Surface Via Surface NMR and Borehole NMR.  SEG-AGU Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Boise, ID.

Falzone*, S. and K. Keating (2012) Laboratory measurements to explore the link between surface area, surface relaxivity, and NMR relaxation time in partially water saturation porous media.  SEG-AGU Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Boise, ID.

Falzone*, S., and K. Keating (2012) Isolating the individual effects of surface relaxivity and surface-area-to-volume ratio on transient imbibition curves. SAGEEP, Tucson, AZ.

Johnson, C. D., J. W. Lane K. Keating, S. Falzone*, and D. O. Walsh (2012) Use of Borehole and Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods at Haddam Meadows State Park, Connecticut. SAGEEP, Tucson, AZ.

Keating. K., K. Williams, D. Ntarlagiannis, L. Slater (2012) Monitoring in situ Bioremediation at the Rifle, Colorado IFRC site with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements. SAGEEP, Tucson, AZ.

Swanson*, R., K. Singha, F. Day-Lewis, R. Haggerty, K. Keating, A. Binley, and J. Clifford(2011) Direct Geoelectrical Evidence of Mass Transfer at the Lab scale. 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Keating, K., and J. Halsey* (2011) The Effect of the Presence and Density of Shewanella oneidensis on Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Measurements. 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Falzone*, S., K. Keating, and A. Parsekian (2011) A Comparison of 1D Vertical Water Content Estimates Using Surface Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Ground Penetrating Radar in the New Jersey Pinelands. 2011 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA.

Hao*, N., R. K. Chen, S. Moysey, D. Dean, D. Ntarlagiannis, and K. Keating (2011) Resolving biological-IP mechanisms using micron-scale atomic force microscope measurements and column SIP data. Second International Workshop on Induced Polarization in Near-Surface Geophysics. Golden, CO.

Keating, K., and S. Falzone* (2011) A Laboratory Study to Explore the Relationship between Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements and Water Saturation. Novel Methods for Subsurface Characterization: from Theory to Practice, Cape Cod, MA.

Keating, K. (2011) The Interpretation of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Measurements in Near-Surface Geophysics. 2011 NGWA Ground Water Summit and Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Falzone*, S., and K. Keating (2011) Exploring the link Between water content and nuclear magnetic relaxation times in partially saturated sands. 2011 NGWA Ground Water Summit and Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Keating, K. (2011) Interpreting nuclear magnetic resonance data in inhomogeneous, water- saturated, unconsolidated material. SAGEEP, Charleston, SC.

Falzone*, S., and K. Keating (2010) A Laboratory study to determine the effect of partially saturated conditions on NMR relaxation. Abstract H23C-1206 presented at 2010 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, California.

Keating, K (2010) The effect of inhomogeneous surface relaxivity on nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation rates. SEG International Exposition and Eightieth Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Keating, K., and R. Knight (2009) A laboratory study of the influence of iron(II) bearing minerals on the nuclear magnetic resonance measurement. Eos Trans. AGU, 89(53), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract NS43B-1192.

Keating*, K., and R. Knight (2008) Random walk simulations of the nuclear magnetic resonance response to changes in iron mineralogy. AGU Chapman Conference, Portland, Maine.

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Publications

Left Top: Cactus garden at Stanford University. Left Bottom: NMR measurements in progress in the laboratory. Right: Surface nuclear magnetic resonance measurements in progress in Cape Cod.