Technical Publications of Dr. Silliman

Peer-Reviewed Publications: Technical Work

Silliman, S.E., C. Hamlin, P. Crane, and M. Boukari,  “International Collaborations and Incorporating the Social Sciences in Research in Hydrology and Hydrologic Engineering”, Accepted subject to minor revision, Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, 2007 (revised pdf can be viewed at www.nd.edu/~silliman/Development/benin/SillimHydComrevised.pdf).

Silliman, S.E., M. Boukari, P. Crane, F. Azonsi, and C.R. Neal, “Observations on Element Concentrations of Groundwater in Central Benin”, Journal of Hydrology, 335(3-4), 374-388, 2007 (dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.12.005).

Petruzzi, N.M. and S.E. Silliman, “A sampling device for collection of ground water bacteria under natural gradient flow”, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 26(1), 85-91, Winter, 2006.

Dunn, A.M., S.E. Silliman, S. Dhamwichukorn, and C.F. Kulpa, “Demonstration of Microbial Transport into the Capillary Fringe via Advection from Below the Water Table”, Journal of Hydrology, 306(1-4), 50-58, 2005.

Nicholl, S.; Talley, J. W., and Silliman, S., “Model verification of TPD-MS for estimation of release energy values for PAHs on mineral sorbents.” J. of Env. Chem.& Tox. Vol. 23, No. 11, 203-208, 2004.

Berkowitz, B., S.E. Silliman and A.M. Dunn, “Impact of the capillary fringe on local flow, chemical migration, and microbiology”, Vadose Zone Journal, 3, 534-548, 2004.

Dunn, A., and S.E. Silliman, “Air and Water Entrapment in the Vicinity of the Water Table: A laboratory study on heterogeneous sands”, Ground Water, 41(6), 729-734, 2003.

Silliman, S.E., B. Berkowitz, J. Simunek, and M. th. van Genuchten, “Fluid Flow and Chemical Migration Within the Capillary Fringe”, Ground Water, 40(1), 76-84, 2002.

Silliman, S.E., R. Dunlap, M. Fletcher and M.A. Schneegurt, “Bacterial transport in heterogeous porous media: Observations from laboratory experiments”, Water Resources Research, 37(11), 2699-2708, 2001.

Silliman, S.E., “Laboratory study of chemical transport to wells within heterogeneous porous media”, Water Resources Research, 37(7), 1883-1892, 2001.

Silliman, S.E., and L. Zheng, “Comparison of observations from a laboratory model with stochastic theory: Initial analysis of hydraulic and tracer experiments”, Transport in Porous Media, 42(1/2), 85-107, 2001.

Cole, B.E., and S.E. Silliman, “Utility of simple models for capture zone delineation in heterogeneous unconfined aquifers”, Ground Water, 38(5), 665-672, 2000.

Silliman, S.E., and B. Berkowitz, “Sampling for the variogram within fractured media containing multiple fracture sets”, Mathematical Geology, 32(5), 543-560, 2000.

Zheng, L., and S.E. Silliman, “Estimating the variance and integral scale of the transmissivity field using head residual increments”, Water Resources Research, 36(5), 1353-1358, 2000.

Silliman, S.E. and G. Mantz, “The Effect of Measurement Error on Estimating the Hydraulic Gradient in Three-Dimensions”, Ground Water, 38(1), 114-120, 2000.

Berkowitz, B., H. Scher, and S. Silliman, “Anomalous transport in laboratory-scale, heterogeneous porous media”, Water Resources Research, 36(1), 149-158, 2000. {Correction appeared 36(5), 1371, 2000.}

Zheng. L. and S. Silliman, “Estimating the theoretical semivariogram from finite numbers of measurements”, Water Resources Research, 36(1), 361-367, 2000.

Silliman, S.E. and G. Mantz, “Incorporating data related uncertainty in the definition of wellhead capture zones”, in Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Drinking Water Risk Assessment and Management, IAHS Publication No. 260, 53-56, 2000.

Silliman, S.E., and L. Ketchum, Jr., “Student involvement in water development / treatment in rural settings”, in Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Drinking Water Risk Assessment and Management, IAHS Publication No. 260, 171-173, 2000.

Silliman, S.E., J. Fein, and P. Johnson, “Hydrogeology”, in “Research: From the Core to the Crust”, Geotimes, 44(7), 38-39, 1999.

Silliman, S.E., L. Zheng, and P. Conwell, “The use of laboratory experiments for the study of conservative solute transport in heterogeneous porous media”, Hydrogeology Journal, 6, 166-177, 1998.

Silliman, S.E., and S. Caswell, “Observations of measured hydraulic conductivity in two artificial, confined aquifers with boundaries”, Water Resources Research, 34(9), 2203-2213, 1998.

Silliman, S.E., and C. Frost, “Monitoring of the hydraulic gradient using a three-point estimator”, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 124(6), 517-523, 1998.

Conwell, P.M., S.E. Silliman, and L. Zheng, “Design of a piezometer network for estimation of the variogram of the hydraulic gradient: The role of the instrument”, Water Resources Research, 33(11), 2489-2494, 1997.

Cole, B., and S. Silliman, “Capture zones for passive wells in heterogeneous unconfined aquifers”, Ground Water, 35(1), 1997.

Cole, B. and S. Silliman, “Estimating the horizontal gradient in heterogeneous, unconfined aquifers: Comparison of three-point schemes”, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Spring, 84-91, 1996.

Silliman, S.E., “The importance of the third dimension on transport through saturated porous media: Case study based on transport of particles”,  Jour. of Hyd., 179, 181-196, 1996.

Silliman, S.E., “Sample support in a single fracture: Considering the definition and control of the support of a water sample”, Geophys. Res. Letters, 22(11), 1145-1147, 1995.

Silliman, S.E., J. Ramirez, and R.L. McCabe, “Quantifying downflow through creek sediments using temperature time series: One dimensional solution incorporating measured surface temperature”, Jour. of Hyd., 167, 99-119, 1995.

Silliman, S.E., “Particle transport through two-dimensional, saturated porous media: influence of physical structure of the medium”, Jour. of Hyd., 167, 79-98, 1995.

Silliman, S.E., C.C. Cady, and K. Snyder, “Application of a UV-Curing resin to hydrodynamic studies in porous media”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., American Chemical Society, 33(8), 1997-2001, 1994.

Dronfield, D., and S.E. Silliman, “Velocity dependence of dispersion for transport through a single fracture of variable roughness”, Water Resources Research, 29(10), 3477-3484, 1993.

Cady, C.C., S.E. Silliman, and E. Shaffern, “Variation in aperture estimate ratios from hydraulic and tracer tests in a single fracture”, Water Resources Research, 29(9), 2975-2982, 1993.

Silliman, S.E., and D.F. Booth, “Analysis of time-series measurements of sediment temperature for identification of gaining vs. losing portions of Juday Creek, Indiana”, Journal of Hydrology, 146, 131-148, 1993.

Robinson, R. S. Silliman, and C. Cady, “Identifying fracture interconnections between boreholes using natural temperature profiling: II. Application to a fractured dolomite”, The Log Analyst, 34(1), 69-77, 1993.

Preston, S.D., V.J. Bierman, Jr., and S.E. Silliman, “Impact of flow variability on error in the estimation of tributary mass loads”, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 118(3), 402-419, 1992.

Silliman, S.E. and A.L. Wright, “Generation of random fields characterized by discrete regions of constant value”, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 45, 293-311, 1991.

Silliman, S.E., “The influence of grid geometry on structure present within discrete random fields”, Journal of Hydrology, Vol. 113, 171-191, 1990.

Silliman, S.E. and C.E. Neuzil, “Borehole determination of formation thermal conductivity using a thermal pulse from injected fluid”, Journal of Geophysical Research, 95 (86), 8697-8704, 1990.

Silliman, S. and D. Higgins, “An analytical solution for steady state flow between aquifers through an open well”, Ground Water, 28(2), 184-191, 1990.

Silliman, S.E., “An interpretation of the difference between aperture estimates derived from hydraulic and tracer tests in a single fracture”, Water Resources Research, 25(10), 2275-2283, 1989.

Silliman, S.E. and R. Robinson, “Identifying fracture interconnections between boreholes using natural temperature profiling: I. Conceptual basis”, Groundwater, 27(3), 393-402, 1989.

Preston, S.D., V.J. Bierman, Jr. and S.E. Silliman, “An evaluation of methods for the estimation of tributary mass loads”, Water Resources Research, 25(6), 1379-1389, 1989.

Silliman, S.E. and A.L. Wright, “Stochastic analysis of high-permeability paths in the subsurface”, Water Resources Research, 24(11), 1901-1910, 1988.

Silliman, S.E. and R. Deuell, “Observations regarding comparison of hydraulic and chemical tracer tests”, Proceedings of the 4th Canadian/American Conference on Hydrogeology, Hitchon and Bachu (ed.), National Water Well Association, 1988.

Silliman, S.E., L. Konikow and C. Voss, “Laboratory investigation of longitudinal dispersion in anisotropic porous media”, Water Resources Research, 23(11), 2145-2151, 1987.

Silliman, S.E. and E.S. Simpson, “Laboratory evidence of the scale effect on solute transport”, Water Resources Res., 23(8), 1667-1673, 1987.

Hsieh, P.A., J.V. Tracy, C.E. Neuzil, J.D. Bredehoeft and S.E. Silliman, “A transient laboratory method for determining the hydraulic properties of ‘tight’ rocks -- I. Theory”, Int. Journal of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci. and Geomech., 18(3), 245-252, 1981.

Neuzil, C.E., C. Cooley, S.E. Silliman, J.D. Bredehoeft and P.A. Hsieh, “A transient laboratory method for determining the hydraulic properties of ‘tight’ rocks -- II. Applications”, Int. Journal of Rock Mech. and Min. Sci. and Geomech., 18(3), 253-258, 1981.