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Barbara Bekins

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#3486

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Hydrology

#115

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#119

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Barbara Bekins's Degrees

Bachelors Environmental Science University of California, Berkeley
Masters Hydrology Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Barbara A. Bekins is a research hydrologist at the United States Geological Survey. She studies the environmental impact of a crude oil spill near Bemidji, Minnesota. She was elected a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2020 for contributions to characterizing subsurface microbial populations related to contaminant degradation.

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Barbara Bekins's Published Works

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Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments (2004) (715)
Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection (2014) (646)
High-rate injection is associated with the increase in U.S. mid-continent seismicity (2015) (428)
Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude-oil spill site: I. Geochemical evolution of the plume. (2001) (214)
A Comparison of Zero‐Order, First‐Order, and Monod Biotransformation Models (1998) (201)
Coping with earthquakes induced by fluid injection (2015) (195)
Simulation of aerobic and anaerobic biodegradation processes at a crude oil spill site (1995) (193)
Episodic fluid flow in the Nankai accretionary complex: Timescale, geochemistry, flow rates, and fluid budget (1998) (172)
Distribution of Microbial Physiologic Types in an Aquifer Contaminated by Crude Oil (1999) (162)
Mixing effects on apparent reaction rates and isotope fractionation during denitrification in a heterogeneous aquifer (2010) (137)
Progression of natural attenuation processes at a crude oil spill site: II. Controls on spatial distribution of microbial populations. (2001) (137)
Heterogeneous hydrofracture development and accretionary fault dynamics (1994) (131)
Episodic and constant flow models for the origin of low-chloride waters in a modern accretionary complex (1995) (129)
Limited occurrence of denitrification in four shallow aquifers in agricultural areas of the United States. (2008) (121)
A simplified analysis of parameters controlling dewatering in accretionary prisms (1992) (120)
Hydrologic controls on the morphology and mechanics of accretionary wedges (2002) (119)
Use of dissolved and vapor‐phase gases to investigate methanogenic degradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in the subsurface (2005) (118)
Smectite diagenesis, pore-water freshening, and fluid flow at the toe of the Nankai wedge (2001) (114)
Organic contaminant transport and fate in the subsurface: Evolution of knowledge and understanding (2015) (111)
Inverse modeling of BTEX dissolution and biodegradation at the Bemidji, MN crude-oil spill site. (2001) (105)
Crude Oil at the Bemidji Site: 25 Years of Monitoring, Modeling, and Understanding (2011) (104)
Vadose zone attenuation of organic compounds at a crude oil spill site - interactions between biogeochemical reactions and multicomponent gas transport. (2010) (102)
An evaluation of factors influencing pore pressure in accretionary complexes : Implications for taper angle and wedge mechanics (2006) (90)
Microbial populations in contaminant plumes (2000) (89)
Factors controlling nitrate fluxes in groundwater in agricultural areas (2012) (89)
Nitrogen fluxes through unsaturated zones in five agricultural settings across the United States. (2008) (79)
Progression of methanogenic degradation of crude oil in the subsurface (2005) (78)
Consolidation patterns during initiation and evolution of a plate-boundary decollement zone: Northern Barbados accretionary prism (1998) (77)
Evidence for iron‐mediated anaerobic methane oxidation in a crude oil‐contaminated aquifer (2012) (73)
Influence of kinetics on the smectite to illite transition in the Barbados accretionary prism (1994) (67)
Permeability–porosity relationships of subduction zone sediments (2008) (63)
Examining Natural Attenuation and Acute Toxicity of Petroleum-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter with Optical Spectroscopy. (2018) (53)
Fluid budgets at convergent plate margins: Implications for the extent and duration of fault-zone dilation (1999) (52)
In situ measurements of volatile aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation rates in groundwater. (2010) (51)
Role of back diffusion and biodegradation reactions in sustaining an MTBE/TBA plume in alluvial media. (2011) (49)
Topographically driven groundwater flow and the San Andreas heat flow paradox revisited (2003) (49)
Reactive transport modeling of geochemical controls on secondary water quality impacts at a crude oil spill site near Bemidji, MN (2015) (44)
Decadal surface water quality trends under variable climate, land use, and hydrogeochemical setting in Iowa, USA (2014) (43)
A mass balance approach to investigating geochemical controls on secondary water quality impacts at a crude oil spill site near Bemidji, MN. (2014) (42)
Natural attenuation strategy for groundwater cleanup focuses on demonstrating cause and effect (2001) (42)
BIOMOC, a multispecies solute-transport model with biodegradation (1997) (37)
Crude Oil Metabolites in Groundwater at Two Spill Sites (2016) (34)
Forensic Fingerprinting of Oil-Spill Hydrocarbons in a Methanogenic Environment–Mandan, ND and Bemidji, MN (2007) (33)
Mariana serpentinite mud volcanism exhumes subducted seamount materials: implications for the origin of life (2019) (32)
Ground Water Contamination by Crude Oil near Bemidji, Minnesota (1998) (31)
Inhibition of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis in Crude Oil- and Creosote-Contaminated Groundwater (2003) (31)
Re‐evaluation of heat flow data near Parkfield, CA: Evidence for a weak San Andreas Fault (2004) (30)
Seasonal Variability in Vadose Zone Biodegradation at a Crude Oil Pipeline Rupture Site (2016) (29)
Methane oxidation in a crude oil contaminated aquifer: Delineation of aerobic reactions at the plume fringes. (2008) (28)
Loss of volatile hydrocarbons from an LNAPL oil source. (2011) (26)
Evaluation of unsaturated-zone solute-transport models for studies of agricultural chemicals (2005) (25)
Dissolution of biogenic ooze over basement edifices in the equatorial Pacific with implications for hydrothermal ventilation of the oceanic crust (2007) (25)
A critical evaluation of crustal dehydration as the cause of an overpressured and weak San Andreas Fault (2009) (24)
Percolation and transport in a sandy soil under a natural hydraulic gradient (2005) (23)
Relating subsurface temperature changes to microbial activity at a crude oil-contaminated site. (2015) (23)
Modeling consolidation and dewatering near the toe of the northern Barbados accretionary complex (2001) (21)
A Simple Method for Calculating Growth Rates of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Plumes (2005) (21)
Hydromechanics of a high taper angle, low‐permeability prism: A case study from Peru (2006) (20)
Modeling steady-state methanogenic degradation of phenols in groundwater (1993) (20)
Impacts of a large Sahelian city on groundwater hydrodynamics and quality: example of Niamey (Niger) (2016) (18)
Expedition 366 summary (2018) (17)
Hydrocarbons to carboxyl-rich alicyclic molecules: A continuum model to describe biodegradation of petroleum-derived dissolved organic matter in contaminated groundwater plumes. (2021) (16)
Weathering of Oil in a Surficial Aquifer (2018) (16)
Expedition 366 methods (2018) (14)
Toxicity Assessment of Groundwater Contaminated by Petroleum Hydrocarbons at a Well-Characterized, Aged, Crude Oil Release Site. (2018) (14)
Impacts of an ethanol‐blended fuel release on groundwater and fate of produced methane: Simulation of field observations (2013) (13)
Petroleum Fingerprinting with Organic Markers (2013) (12)
Fluid flow in sub-sea floor processes and future ocean drilling (2003) (12)
Milankovitch-scale correlations between deeply buried microbial populations and biogenic ooze lithology (2008) (12)
Data report: Permeabilities of eastern equatorial Pacific and Peru margin sediments (2006) (12)
Comparison of surficial CO2 efflux to other measures of subsurface crude oil degradation. (2014) (11)
Monitored natural attenuation forum: A panel discussion (2004) (10)
Preface – Groundwater and microbial processes (2000) (9)
Response to Commentary on Observed Methanogenic Biodegradation Progressions (2008) (9)
Reanalysis of in situ permeability measurements in the Barbados décollement (2011) (8)
Evidence of Coupled Carbon and Iron Cycling at a Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Site from Time Lapse Magnetic Susceptibility. (2017) (8)
Methanogens and Their Syntrophic Partners Dominate Zones of Enhanced Magnetic Susceptibility at a Petroleum Contaminated Site (2021) (7)
Microbial ecology of a crude oil contaminated aquifer. (2002) (7)
Reducing risk where tectonic plates collide—U.S. Geological Survey subduction zone science plan (2017) (7)
Field‐scale observations of a transient geobattery resulting from natural attenuation of a crude oil spill (2017) (7)
6. Pore Pressure and Fluid Flow in the Northern Barbados Accretionary Complex: A Synthesis (2007) (7)
Hydrogeology Program Planning Group Final Report (2002) (6)
Sustainability of natural attenuation of nitrate in agricultural aquifers (2010) (6)
Examining the Extraction Efficiency of Petroleum‐Derived Dissolved Organic Matter in Contaminated Groundwater Plumes (2019) (6)
Comparing zero- and first-order approximations to the Monod model (1997) (6)
Limited Occurrence of Denitrifi cation in Four Shallow Aquifers in Agricultural Areas of the United States (2013) (6)
Long-term natural attenuation of crude oil in the subsurface (2011) (5)
Biological Effects of Hydrocarbon Degradation Intermediates: Is the Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Analytical Method Adequate for Risk Assessment? (2020) (5)
Heterogeneous hydrofracture development and accretionary fault dynamics: Comment and Reply (1994) (5)
Fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in the subsurface near Cass Lake, Minnesota (2010) (4)
Coupled Biogeochemical Modeling of Ground Water Contamination at the Bemidji Minnesota Crude Oil Spill Site (1999) (4)
Assessment of natural attenuation of contamination from three source areas in the East Management Unit, Dover Air Force Base, Kent County, Delaware (1998) (4)
Geophysical mapping of plume discharge to surface water at a crude oil spill site: Inversion versus machine learning (2019) (4)
Inhibition of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis in Crude Oil- and Creosote-Contaminated Groundwater (2004) (3)
A Direct‐Push Freezing Core Barrel for Sampling Unconsolidated Subsurface Sediments and Adjacent Pore Fluids (2018) (3)
Weathering of Oil in a Surficial Aquifer, Bemidji, MN (2017) (3)
Extent and Persistence of Secondary Water Quality Impacts after Enhanced Reductive Bioremediation (2015) (3)
Site U1498 (2017) (2)
Site U1492 (2017) (2)
Relative contributions of microbial and infrastructure heat at a crude oil-contaminated site. (2018) (2)
Site U1496 (2017) (2)
Indications of Coupled Carbon and Iron Cycling at a Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Site from Time-Lapse Magnetic Susceptibility (MS) Profiles (2015) (2)
Hydrologic Controls on Losses of Individual Components of Crude Oil in the Subsurface (2011) (1)
Rebuttal to Comment on "Examining Natural Attenuation and Acute Toxicity of Petroleum-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter with Optical Spectroscopy". (2018) (1)
Site U1497 (2017) (1)
Sites U1493, 1494, and U1495 (2018) (1)
Modeling solute-transport and biodegradation with BIOMOC (1998) (1)
Measured versus predicted recharge and bromide transport through a sandy soil in the San Joaquin Valley, California (2003) (1)
Impacts of Enhanced Reductive Bioremediation on Post-Remediation Groundwater Quality (2015) (1)
Use of Temperature and Surface Gas Flux as Novel Measures of Microbial Activity at a Crude Oil Spill Site (2012) (1)
Evidence for Anaerobic Methane Oxidation Under Iron-Reducing Conditions in a Crude-Oil Contaminated Aquifer (2008) (1)
Site U1491 (2017) (1)
Data report: permeability, porosity, and frictional strength of core samples from IODP Expedition 366 in the Mariana forearc (2019) (1)
Inhibition of Acetoclastic Methanogenesis by Crude Oil from Bemidji , Minnesota (1999) (1)
IODP Expedition 366 Magnetic susceptibility (section half) (2020) (0)
Decadal stream water quality trends under varying climate, land use, and hydrogeochemical setting in, Iowa, USA (2015) (0)
IODP Expedition 368X Piece log (2020) (0)
2004 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer Named (2003) (0)
HYDROGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION OF FLOW INTO AND THROUGH UNNAMED LAKE, BEMIDJI, MN (2020) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 Magnetic remanence (SRM-discrete) (2020) (0)
Spatial trends of potential denitrification below the root zone in an agricultural setting, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA (2004) (0)
TOXICITY ASSESSMENT OF CRUDE OIL CONSTITUENTS AND BREAKDOWN PRODUCTS IN THE PETROLEUM-IMPACTED GROUNDWATERS AT A BIODEGRADATION AND NATURAL ATTENUATION LEGACY SITE NEAR BEMIDJI MINNESOTA (2017) (0)
Possible Causes of Decreasing Benzene Concentrations in an Oil-Contaminated Aquifer (2010) (0)
LONG-TERM TRENDS IN VADOSE ZONE GAS CONCENTRATIONS AND FLUXES AS INDICATORS OF CHANGING SOURCE ZONE CRUDE OIL COMPOSITION AND DEGRADATION RATES (2020) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 RGB channels (calculated from core photos) (2020) (0)
Mapping Crude Oil Plume Discharge through Lake Sediments using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Geophysics, Direct Measurements, and Machine Learning (2019) (0)
A DOM Odyssey: The Tale of Molecular Transformations in an Aquifer near Bemidji, MN (2017) (0)
SAGEEP 2017 papers with only a paragraph abstract (2017) (0)
Paper / Crude Oil at the Bemidji Site : 25 Years of Monitoring , Modeling , and Understanding by (2015) (0)
Effects of Subsurface Microbial Ecology on Geochemical Evolution of a Crude-Oil Contaminated Aquifer (2001) (0)
Case Studies in Groundwater Contaminant Fate and Transport (2018) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 Magnetic susceptibility (whole round) (2020) (0)
Groundwater contamination by pesticides and their metabolites: intrinsic properties and hydrodynamic constraints (2011) (0)
In Situ Magnetic Susceptibility Variations at Two Contaminated Sites: Brandywine, MD and Bemidji, MN (2017) (0)
Influence of kinetics on the smectite to illite transition in the Barbados a 1⁄2 1⁄2 retionary prism (2007) (0)
Connecting Wastewater Injection and Seismicity through Pore Pressure (2014) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 Magnetic remanence (spinner) (2020) (0)
ARE CRUDE OIL METABOLITES EMERGING CONTAMINANTS (2016) (0)
ASSESSING THE LONG-TERM TOXICITY OF CRUDE-OIL IMPACTED WATERS; THE ROLE OF SECONDARY CONTAMINANTS AND THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF HYDROCARBON DEGRADATION PRODUCTS (2020) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 Thin section images (2020) (0)
IODP Expedition 366 Towed magnetometer (2020) (0)
Field-scale evidence for biogeophysical signatures resulting from natural attenuation of a well characterized crude oil spill (2012) (0)
Methanogenic and Methanotrophic Heterogeneity at a Crude Oil Spill Site (2004) (0)
Temperature Modeling of an Oil-Contaminated Aquifer with Heat from microbial degradation (2016) (0)
A Direct-Push Sample-Freezing Drive Shoe for Collecting Sediment Cores with Intact Pore Fluid, Microbial, and Sediment Distributions (2015) (0)
Draft Hydrogeology Program Planning Group Final Report Contributors : (2003) (0)
Multidisciplinary Investigations to Understand and Mitigate the Effects of Induced Seismicity (2014) (0)
A DIRECT-PUSH FREEZING DRIVE SHOE FOR COLLECTING SEDIMENT CORE SAMPLES WITH INTACT PORE FLUID, MICROBIAL, AND SEDIMENT DISTRIBUTIONS (2018) (0)
INVESTIGATING IRON MINERAL TRANSFORMATIONS AT A HYDROCARBON CONTAMINATED SITE FROM TEMPORAL MEASUREMENTS OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY OF MINERAL PACKETS SUSPENDED IN WELLS (2020) (0)
BYPASSING OF THE AQUEOUS PHASE BY METHANE GAS PRODUCED DURING CRUDE OIL BIODEGRADATION (2014) (0)
Temporal Evolution of a Crude Oil LNAPL Source Zone (2018) (0)
Draft Hydrogeology Program Planning Group Final Report (2002) (0)
THE LEGACY OF SPILLED OIL AND FUEL IN GROUNDWATER: SOURCE ZONE PERSISTENCE AND PLUME GROWTH (2017) (0)
Nitrogen fluxes through unsaturated zones in five agricultural settings across the USA (2006) (0)
Book review: Earthquakes and water (2012) (0)
Impact of Ethanol on Natural Attenuation of BTEX: Development of Models for Evaluating Field Experiments and Their Implications (2010) (0)
Exploring the Possible Role That Solid Phase LNAPL Biodegradation End Products Have on Electrical Biogeophysical Signatures (2013) (0)
Sites U1493, U1494, and U1495 (2017) (0)
Effects of variable climate, land use, and hydrogeochemical setting on decadal surface water quality trends, Iowa, USA (2013) (0)
Coupled Vapour Phase and Dissolved Gas Analysis to Elucidate Physical and Geochemical Processes in Reactive Zones (2003) (0)
Modeling Fluid Flow and Microbial Reactions in the Peru Accretionary Complex (2002) (0)
REPORT : PERMEABILITIES OF EASTERN EQUATORIAL PACIFIC AND PERU MARGIN SEDIMENTS 1 (2005) (0)
Iron Mineral Transformations At A Hydrocarbon Contaminated Long-Term Research Site Inferred From Magnetic Susceptibility (2019) (0)
Microbial Ecology of the Vadose Zone in the Vicinity of Residual Crude-Oil Contamination (2001) (0)
Self Potential as an indicator of biogeochemical transformations during active hydrocarbon biodegradation processes (2015) (0)
Biodegradation of a petroleum-derived groundwater plume reveals the compositional continuum of dissolved organic matter (2019) (0)
decollement zone: Northern Barbados accretionary prism Consolidation patterns during initiation and evolution of a plate-boundary (2013) (0)

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