Michael J. Friedel, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Visiting and Adjunct Professor
email: mfriedel@usgs.gov; telephone: 303.236.7790
Refereed Reports

Government  Manuscripts - USGS and USBM

 

1.      Friedel, M.J., 1990, Bureau of Mines signal processing software - Concepts, expressions, and Tutorial. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Information Circular 9242, 40 pp. (computer software)

2.      Friedel, M.J., J.A. Jessop, R.E. Thill, and D.L. Veith, 1990, Electromagnetic investigation of abandoned mines in the Galena, KS Area. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 9303, 20 pp.

3.      Friedel, M.J. and R.E. Thill, 1990, Stress determination in rock using the Kaiser Effect. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 9286, 20 pp.

4.      Friedel, M.J., 1991, Modeling in situ copper leaching in an unsaturated setting, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 9386, 22 pp.

5.      Friedel, M.J. and R.E. Thill, 1991, Rayleigh wave assessment of damage and integrity of mine structures. U.S. Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigation 9389, 13 pp.

6.      Friedel, M.J., J.A. Jessop, and R.E. Thill, 1991, Delineation of fractures In igneous rock masses using common offset radar reflection. U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 9424, 19 pp

7.      Atkins, L.A., R.B. Dix, J.L. Ellenberger, M.J. Friedel and J.T. McLendon, J.T., 1992, Bureau of Mines Drilling Guidelines for Groundwater Protection. U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report, 15 pp

8.      Nieber, J.L, Friedel, M.J., and H.M. Munir, 1993, VARSAT2D: Finite-element analysis of variably saturated 2-dimensional flow, U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9373, 35 pp. (computer model)

9.      Tweeton, D.R., Hanson, J.C., Friedel, M.J., Dahl, L.J, D.O. Lee, R.J. Wayland, and B.K. Sternberg, 1994, A field test of electromagnetic geophysical techniques for locating simulated in situ mining lixiviant, U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 9505, 35 pp.

10.  Scott, D.F., M.J. Friedel, M.J. Jackson, and E. Williams, 1995, Use of Tomographic imaging as a tool to identify areas of high stress in remnant ore pillars in deep underground mines. U.S. Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar: Mechanics and Mitigation of Violent Failure in Coal and Hard Rock mines, of Coal Pillar Behavior, U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication, 01-95, Coeur d’ Alene, ID; Price, UT, Norton, Va; May, pp. 323-335.

11.  Westman, E., M.J. Friedel, M.J. Jackson, and E. Williams, 1995, Imaging coal structure stress distribution with seismic tomography.  U.S. Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminar: Mechanics and Mitigation of Violent Failure in Coal and Hard Rock Mines, of Coal Pillar Behavior, U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 01-95, Coeur d’ Alene, ID; Price, UT, Norton, Va; May, pp.101-119.

12.  Friedel, M.J., 1995, Spatial variability of flow and transport properties at the Mineral Park mine-waste impoundment, U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 84-95, 21 pp.

13.  Friedel, M.J., 1995, SWHT: Simultaneous Water and Heat Transfer, U.S. Bureau of Mines, Open File Report 85-95, 28 pp. (computer model)

14.  Friedel, M. J., 2000, Documentation and verification of VST2D: a model for simulating transient, variably saturated, water-heat-solute Transport in heterogeneous, anisotropic, ground-water systems, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4105, 125 pp. (computer model)

15.  Friedel, M.J., 2004, Stochastic modeling of the effects that Sulphur Gulch Reservoir may have on Colorado River quantity and salinity near Grand Junction, Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey, Science Investigation Report 2004-5253, 62 p. (computer model)

16.  Elliot, J., M.E. Smith, M.J. Friedel, and D. Litke. 2005, Post-fire hydrologic hazards study for the 2002 Hayman, Coal Seam, and Missionary Ridge wildfires, Colorado, U.S. Geological Survey, Science Investigations Report 2004-5300, 125 p.

17.  Friedel, M.J., and J.I. Linard, 2008, Initial sediment transport model of the mining-affected Aries River basin, Romania, USGS Open File Report, 2008-1171, 23 p. (computer model)

18.  Friedel, M.J., and J.A. Tindall, 2008, Reconnaissance study of water quality in the mining-affected Aries River basin, Romania, USGS Open File Report, 2008-1176, 36 p.

19.  Friedel, M.J., 2008, Hydrologic model calibration strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa, USGS Open File Report, 2008-1173, 13 p.

20.  Friedel, M.J., 2008, Hydrologeology of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa, USGS Open File Report, 2008-1136, 43 p.

21.  Friedel, M.J., 2008, Inventory and review of existing PRISM hydrogeologic data for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa, USGS Open File Report, 2008-1138, 51 p.

22.  Friedel, M.J., 2008, Environmental stratification and water-quality monitoring design, Mauritania, Africa, USGS Open File Report, 2008 -1137, 13 p.

23.  Johnson, R.H., and Friedel, M.J., 2009, Factoring uncertainty into restoration modeling of in-situ leach uranium mines: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1024, 25 p.

 

            Fact Sheets - U.S. Geological Survey

 

1.      Friedel, M. J., 1998, Upper Illinois River Basin, National Water Quality Assessment study unit, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet, FS-072-98, 4 pp.

2.      Friedel, M.J., 2004, Simulated effects of the proposed Sulphur Gulch reservoir operations on Colorado River quantity and quality near Grand Junction, Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey Fact sheet, FS 2005-3031, 4 p.

 



 

 

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