Publications

Student thesis & cutting edge publications in a variety of journals

Below you will find publications written by our staff, affiliated faculty, and graduate students. Topics of the publications range from groundwater sustainability studies to Memphis aquifer studies. Studies are linked if they are open access. Otherwise, If you would like access to any of these, please reach out to us or the authors of the publication.

Table of Contents

Geochemistry Related Publications

Application of Environmental Tracers in the Memphis Aquifer and Implication for Sustainability of Groundwater Resources in the Memphis Metropolitan Area, Tennessee

Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education

By Daniel Larsen, Brian Waldron, Scott Schoefernacker, Haley Gallo, John Koban, and Elizabeth Bradshaw. 2016.

Resolving Aquifer Behavior Near a Focused Recharge Feature Based Upon Synoptic Wellfield Hydrogeochemical Tracer Results

Journal of Hydrology

By Randall Gentry, Teh-Lung Ku, Shangde Luo, Vincent Todd, Daniel Larsen, and John McCarthy. 2005.

A Report on the Results of Geochemical and Tritium - Helium-3 and SF6 Analysis of the Municipal Well Field in Memphis and Collierville, Tennessee, 2015

By Daniel Larsen, Scott Schoefernacker, and Brian Waldron. 2017.

Case Study of the Sheahan Wellfield Using 3H/3He Field Data to Determine Localized Leakage Areas

ASCE Library

By Stephanie Ivey, Randall Gentry, Dan Larsen, and Jerry Anderson. 2008.

The Geochemistry and Mixing of Leakage in a Semi-confined Aquifer at a Municipal Well Field, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

Applied Geochemistry Journal 

By Daniel Larsen, Randall W. Gentry, and D.K. Solomon. 2002. 

Inverse Application of Age-Distribution Modeling Using Environmental Tracers H-3/He-3

By Stephanie S. Ivey, Randall W. Gentry, Dan Larsen, and Jerry Anderson. 2008.

Summary of Groundwater Age-Dating Analysis of Selected Production and Monitoring Wells in Shelby County, Tennessee, 1999-2013

By Daniel Larsen and Brian Waldron. 2014.

Seismic Related Publications

Mapping an Aquitard Breach Using Shear-Wave Seismic Reflection

By Brian Waldron, James Harris, Daniel Larsen, and A. Pell. 2009. 

Update of Urban Seismic-Hazard Maps for Memphis and Shelby County, Tennessee: Geology and Vs Observations

By Chris H. Cramer, Roy B. Van Arsdale, Mahesh S. Dhar, Daniel Pyrne, and Justin Paul. 2014.

Hydrogeology Related Publications

Groundwater well optimization to minimize contaminant movement from a surficial shallow aquifer to a lower water supply aquifer using stochastic simulation-optimization modeling techniques: Strategy formulation

By Sondipon Paul, Brian Waldron, Farhad Jazaei, Daniel Larsen, Scott Schoefernacker. 2022.

Characterization of Hydraulic Properties of the Memphis Aquifer by Conducting Pumping Tests in Active Well Fields in Shelby County, Tennessee

By Sofıa Sahagun-Covarrubias, Brian Waldron, Daniel Larsen and Scott Schoefernacker. 2022.

Application of Numerical Groundwater Model to Determine Spatial Configuration of Confining Unit Breaches near a Municipal Well Field in Memphis, Tennessee

By Hugo E. Torres-Uribe, Brian Waldron, Daniel Larsen and Scott Schoefernacker. 2021.

Development of a Numerical Multi-Layered Groundwater Model to Simulate Inter-Aquifer Water Exchange in Shelby County, Tennessee

By Rodrigo Villalpando-Vizcaino, Brian Waldron, Daniel Larsen and Scott Schoefernacker. 2021.

Pre-Development Groundwater Conditions Surrounding Memphis, Tennessee: Controversy and Unexpected Outcomes

By Brian Waldron and Daniel Larsen. 2014.

Recharge Pathways and Rates for a Sand Aquifer Beneath a Loess-Mantled Landscape in Western Tennessee, U.S.A.

Daniel Larsen, John Bursi, Brian Waldron, Scott Schoefernacker, and James Eason. 2019.

Resolving Aquifer Behavior Near a Focused Recharge Feature Based Upon Synoptic Wellfield Hydrogeochemical Tracer Results

By Randall W. Gentry, Teh-Lung Ku, Shangde Luo, Vincent Todd, Daniel Larsen, and John McCarthy. 2005.

Groundwater-Surface water Interactions at the Transition of an Aquifer from Unconfined to Confined

By Lensyl Urbano, Brian Waldron, Dan Larsen, and Heather Shook. 2005.  

Aquifer Breach Related Publications

Application of Numerical Tools to Investigate a Leaky Aquitard Beneath Urban Well Fields

By Farhad Jazaei, Brian Waldron, Scott Schoefernacker, and Daniel Larsen. 2018.

Transportation Related Publications

Complete Streets: Promises and Proof

ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development

Jordan, S. and Ivey, S. In Press. Complete Streets:  Promises and Proof.  ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development.

Visualizing Equality in the New Mobility Workforce

Gender Inequalities: GIS Approaches to Gender Analysis

Ivey, S., Olson, B., and Reeb, T. (2021). Visualizing Equality in the New Mobility Workforce.In. E. Ozdenerol (ed.),Gender Inequalities: GIS Approaches to Gender Analysis.CRC Press. ISBN 9780367184735.

Large-Scale Multibaseline Phase Unwrapping: Interferogram Segmentation Based on Multibaseline Envelope-Sparsity Theorem

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 

Yu, H., Zhou, Y., Ivey, S., and Lang, Y.  (2019) Large-Scale Multibaseline Phase Unwrapping: Interferogram Segmentation based on Multibaseline Envelope-Sparsity Theorem.  IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 57(11), pp. 9308-9322.  10.1109/TGRS.2019.2926096 

Investigating Customer Satisfaction Patterns in a Community Livability Context: An Efficiency-Oriented Decision-Making Approach

Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Transportation and Development

Sarram, G. and Ivey, S. (2018). Investigating Customer Satisfaction Patterns in a Community Livability Context: An Efficiency-Oriented Decision-Making Approach, Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Transportation and Development, Pittsburgh, PA, July 2018.

Education Related Publications

Using Mid-Semester Evaluations for Increasing Success of STEM Students: A Case-Study

Journal of STEM Education 

Ivey, S., & Windsor, A. (2018). Using Mid-Semester Evaluations for Increasing Success of STEM Students: A Case-Study. Journal of STEM Education, 19(3).

 
Pre-Development Groundwater Conditions Surrounding Memphis, Tennessee: Controversy and Unexpected Outcomes