Michael J. Friedel, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Visiting and Adjunct Professor

email: mfriedel@usgs.gov; telephone: 303.236.7790

Publications

Journal Articles

Friedel, M.J., and Tindall, J.A., in-review, Assessment of soil and water pollution in the mining affected Aries River Basin, Romania, Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume x, number x, pp.xx-xx.

Friedel, M.J., in-review, Hypothesis testing for borehole leakage in the High Plains Aquifer by inverse methods: Hydrogeology, volume x, number x, pp.x-x.

Friedel, M.J., 2008, Regularized Joint Inverse Estimation of extreme rainfall events in ungaged coastal basins of El Salvador, Natural Hazards Journal, volume 46, number 1, p. 15-34.

 
Friedel, M.J., Smith, M.E., Erazo, A.M., and Litke, D., 2008, Probable flood predictions in ungaged coastal basins of El Salvador, Special Issue: Methodologies in Hydrologic Modeling, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, volume 13, issue 4, pp. 321-332.

Figureoa*, M., Tindall, J.A., and Friedel. M.J., 2007, Comparison of 18Od composition of water extracted from suction lysimeters, centrifugation, and azeotropic distillation, Journal Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 184, number 1-4, pp. 63-75.  

Liu*, L., Friedel, M.J., and  Tindall, J.A.,  2007, Biodegradation of PAHs and PCBs in soils and sludges, Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 181, 1-4 281-296.  

Liu*, L., Tindall, J.A., Friedel, M.J. and Zhang, W.,  2007, Biodegradation of organic chemicals in soil/water microcosms system: model development, Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 178, numbers 1-4, pp. 131-143. 

Friedel, M.J., 2006.  Reliability in estimating urban groundwater recharge through the vadose zone: managing sustainable development in arid and semiarid regions.  In: Tellam, J.H., Rivett, M.O., and Israfilov, R.G. (eds), Urban groundwater management and sustainability. NATO Science Series, IV. Earth and Environmental Sciences, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, vol. 74, 169-182.

Friedel, M. J., 2006, Urbanization effects on ecological integrity in the Upper Illinois River Basin, USA. In: Baba, A., Howard, K.W.F., and Gunduz, O. (eds), 2006, Groundwater and Ecosystems, NATO Science Series, IV. Earth and Environmental Sciences – vol. 70, Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 71-92 http://www.springer.com/geosciences/book/978-1-4020-4737-4?detailsPage=toc

Friedel, M. J., 2006, Predictive streamflow uncertainty in relation to calibration-constraint information, model complexity, and model bias, International Journal of River Basin Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 1-15.

Tindall, J.A., Weeks, E.P., Friedel, M.J., and Nutt, A., 2005.  Part 2: A field study of enhanced remediation of toluene in the vadose zone via a nitrate-rich nutrient solution, Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 168, issue 1-4, pp. 359-389.

Tindall, J.A., Friedel, M.J., Szmajter, R.J., and Cuffin, S.M., 2005.  Part 1: Enhanced Bioremediation of Toluene in the Unsaturated Zone of A Shallow Unconfined Aquifer, Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 168, issue 1-4, pp. 325-357.

Stearns*, M., Tindall, J.A., Cronin, G., Friedel, M.J., and Berquist E., 2005.  Effects of Coal-Bed Methane Discharge Waters on the Vegetation and Soil Ecosystem in Powder River Basin, Wyoming, Journal of Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, volume 167, issue 1-4, pp. 33-57.  

Friedel, M. J., 2005, Coupled inverse modeling of vadose zone water, heat, and solute transport: calibration constraints, parameter nonuniqueness, and predictive uncertainty, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 312/1-4, pp. 148-175.

Scott, D.F., Williams, T.J., Friedel, M.J., and Denton, D.K., 1999, Seismic tomography as a stool for measuring stress in mines, Mining Engineering, Vol. 51, Number 1, pp. 77-80.

Scott, D.F., Williams, T.J., Friedel, M.J., and Denton, D.K., 1997, Relative stress conditions in an underground pillar, Homestake Mine, Lead, SD, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, Vol. 34, Number 3, pp. 653-654.

Friedel, M.J., Scott, D.F., and Williams, T.J., 1996, Temporal imaging of mine-induced stress changes using seismic tomography, Journal of Engineering Geology, Vol. 46, pp. 131-141.

Friedel, M.J., Scott, D.F., Jackson, M.J., and Williams, T.J., 1996, 3-D tomographic imaging of anomalous conditions in a gold mine, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 1-17.

Friedel, M.J., Jackson, M.J., and Olson, M.S., 1996, Tomographic imaging of coal pillar behavior: observations and implications. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Science, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 279-290.

Friedel, M.J., Jackson, M.J., Scott, D., and Williams, T.J., 1995, 3-D tomographic imaging of anomalous conditions in a deep silver mine, Journal of Applied Geophysics, Vol. 34, No.1, pp. 1-21.

Friedel, M.J., 1993, Scale-Dependence in the hydrologic design of in situ copper leaching operations. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration Transactions; Vol. 294, pp 1918-1926.

Hanson, J.C., Tweeton, D.R., Friedel, M.J., and Dahl, L., 1993, Fluid detection using electromagnetic geophysics. Geophysics: The Leading Edge. Vol.12, no. 9, pp. 930-937.

Friedel, M.J. and Schmidt, R.D., 1992, Effect of unsaturated conditions on the hydrology of in situ copper leaching, Mining Engineering, v. 44, no. 8, p. 1029-1036.

Friedel, M.J., and Roessler, K.S., 1991, Seismic signal analysis. Computer File; Mining Magazine, January, 2 p.

Friedel, M.J., and Thill, R.E., 1991, U.S. Bureau of Mines Research on the Kasier Effect for determining stress in rock, Journal of Acoustic Emission, Vol. 10, no. 1-2, pp. S77-S89.

 

Web Hosting Companies