Publications

Rucker, D.F., 2011.  Inverse upscaling of hydraulic parameters during constant flux infiltration using borehole radar.  Advances in Water Resources 34(2):215-226. [1.4MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., G.E. Noonan, and W.J. Greenwood, 2011.  Electrical resistivity in support of geologic mapping along the Panama Canal.  Engineering Geology 117(1-2):121-133.  [3.2MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., M.H. Loke, G.E. Noonan, and M.T. Levitt, 2010.  Electrical resistivity characterization of an industrial site using long electrodes.  Geophysics 75(4):WA95-WA104.   [1.4 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., 2010.  The application of magnetic gradiometry and electromagnetic induction at a former radioactive waste disposal site.  Waste Management and Research 28 (4):364-372.  [0.7 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., 2010.  Moisture estimation within a mine heap: An application of cokriging with assay data and electrical resistivity.  Geophysics 75(1):B11-B23.  [2.5 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., M.T. Levitt, and W.J. Greenwood, 2009.  Three-dimensional electrical resistivity model of a nuclear waste disposal site.  Journal of Applied Geophysics 69:150-164.  [2.5 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., M. McNeill, A. Schindler, and G.E. Noonan, 2009.  Monitoring of a secondary recovery application of leachate injection into a heap.  Hydrometallurgy 99(3-4):238-248.  [1.2 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., A. Schindler, M.T. Levitt, and D.R., Glaser, 2009.  Three-dimensional electrical resistivity imaging of a gold heap.  Hydrometallurgy 98(3-4):267-275.    [0.8 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., D.R. Glaser, T. Osborne, and W.C. Maehl, 2009. Electrical resistivity characterization of a reclaimed gold mine to delineate acid rock drainage pathways.  Mine Water and Environment 28(2):146-157.  [0.8 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., 2009.  A coupled electrical resistivity-infiltration model for wetting front evaluation.  Vadose Zone Journal 8(2):383-388.   [0.9 MB pdf]  [MATLAB Script]

Greenwood, W.J. and D.F. Rucker, 2009.  Marine resistivity survey of the Panama Canal.  FastTimes 14(1): 43-47.  [@Fasttimes]

Rucker, D.F. and J.B. Fink, 2007.  Inorganic plume delineation using surface high resolution electrical resistivity at the BC cribs and trenches site, Hanford.  Vadose Zone Journal 6(6):946-958.  [3 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2007.  The effect of a dipping layer on the first arrival travel time from zero-offset and fixed-offset borehole radar.  Near Surface Geophysics 5(3):151-159.  [1.4 MB pdf]

Delin, K.A., S.P. Jackson, D.W. Johnson, S.C. Burleigh, R.R. Woodrow, J.M. McAuley, J.M. Dohm, F. Ip, T.P.A. Ferré, D.F. Rucker, V.R. Baker, 2005.  Environmental studies with the sensor web: Principles and Practice.  Sensors 5:103-117.  [0.8 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F., A.W. Warrick, and T.P.A. Ferré, 2005.  Parameter equivalence for the Gardner and van Genuchten soil hydraulic conductivity functions for steady vertical flow with inclusions.  Advances in Water Resources 28(7): 689-699. [0.3 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2004.  Automated Water Content Reconstruction of Zero-Offset Borehole Ground Penetrating Radar Data Using Simulated Annealing.  Journal of Hydrology 309(1-4):1-16.  [0.5 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2004.  Parameter estimation for soil hydraulic properties using zero-offset borehole radar.  Soil Science Society of America Journal 68(5):1560-1567. [0.3 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2004.  BGPR_Reconstruct: A MATLAB® ray-tracing program for nonlinear inversion of first arrival travel time data from zero-offset borehole radar.  Computers and Geosciences 30(4):767-776.  [0.5 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2004.  Correcting water content measurement errors associated with critically refracted first arrivals on zero offset profiling borehole ground penetrating radar profiles.  Vadose Zone J. 3(1):278-287. [0.8 MB pdf]

Dowman V, C.E., T.P.A. Ferré , J.P. Hoffmann, D.F. Rucker, and James B. Callegary, 2003.  Quantifying ephemeral streambed infiltration from downhole temperature measurements collected before and after streamflow.  Vadose Zone J. 2(4):595-601.   [0.4 MB pdf]

Rucker, D.F. and T.P.A. Ferré, 2003.  Near-Surface Velocity Estimation using Critically Refracted Waves with Borehole Ground Penetrating Radar.  Vadose Zone J. 2(2):p247-252.   [Abstract]  [0.3 MB pdf]

Silva, M.K., D.F. Rucker, L. Chaturvedi, 1999.  Resolution of the Long-term Performance Issues at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.  Risk Analysis, V19(5):1003-1016.  [Abstract]  [0.2 MB pdf]