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Wang, P, Q Shi, Y Shi, KK Clark, GD Stucky, and AA Keller. 2008. Magnetic Permanently Confined Micelle Arrays for Treating Hydrophobic Organic Compound Contamination. J Amer. Chem. Soc., in press

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Zhang, W, AA Keller, X Wang. 2008. Analytical Modeling of PAH Loading and Transport via Road Runoff in an Urban Region of Beijing, China. Water Resources Research , in press.


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Wang, P, Keller, AA. 2008. Partitioning of hydrophobic pesticides within a soil–water–anionic
surfactant system. Water Research (), doi:10.1016/j.watres.2008.10.052

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Wang, P, Keller, AA. 2008. Soil particle-size dependent partitioning behavior of pesticides within water-soil-
cationic surfactant systems, Water Research, 42:3781–3788, doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.07.008

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Wang, P, Q Shi, H Liang, D Steuerman , G Stucy, AA Keller. 2008. Enhanced Environmental Mobility of Carbon Nanotubes in the Presence of Humic Acid and Their Removal from Aqueous Solution. Small, in press.

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Zheng, Y, and AA Keller. 2008. Stochastic Watershed Water Quality Simulation for TMDL Development – A Case Study in the Newport Bay Watershed. JAWRA, in press

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Wang, P, AA Keller. 2008. Particle-Size Dependent Sorption
and Desorption of Pesticides within
a Water-Soil-Nonionic Surfactant
System, Env. Sci. Tech., Env. Sci. Tech. 42(9): 3381–3387, doi: 10.1021/es702732g

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Wang, P, AA Keller. 2008. Partitioning of hydrophobic organic compounds
within soil–water–surfactant systems. Water Research, 42:2093 – 2101, doi:10.1016/j.watres.2007.11.015

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Wang, P, AA Keller. 2008. Adsorption of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds onto a Hydrophobic Carbonaceous Geosorbent in the Presence of Surfactants. Env. Chem. & Tox., 27(6):1237-43.

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Wang, P, AA Keller. 2007. AgInput: an agricultural nutrient and pesticide source model. Environmental Modeling & Assessment. DOI: 10.1007/s10666-007-9133-3

AgInput Model

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Chen, M, AA Keller, Z Lu. 2007. Stochastic analysis of transient three-phase flow in heterogeneous porous media. Stoch Environ Res Risk Assess. DOI 10.1007/s00477-007-0198-y

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Zheng, Y, Keller, AA. 2007. Uncertainty assessment in watershed-scale water quality modeling and management: 2. Management objectives constrained analysis of uncertainty (MOCAU). Water Resour. Res., 43(8):W08408, doi:10.1029/2006WR005346.

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Zheng, Y, Keller, AA. 2007. Uncertainty assessment in watershed-scale water quality modeling and management: 1. Framework and application of generalized likelihood uncertainty estimation (GLUE) approach. Water Resour. Res., 43(8):W08407, doi:10.1029/2006WR005345.

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Keller, A.A., Cavallaro, L. 2008. Assessing the US Clean Water Act 303(d) listing process for determining impairment of a waterbody. Journal of Environmental Management, 86:699–711, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.12.013

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Keller, A.A., V. Broje, K. Setty. 2007. Effect of Advancing Velocity and Fluid Viscosity on the Dynamic Contact Angle of Petroleum Hydrocarbons. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 58(1-2):201-206, doi: 10.1016/j.petrol.2006.12.002

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Broje, V. and A. A. Keller. 2007. Effect of Operational Parameters on the Recovery Rate of an Oleophilic Drum Skimmer. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 148:136–143, doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2007.02.017

Willis, M. and AA Keller. 2007. A framework for assessing the impact of land use policy on community exposure to air toxics. J. Environ. Mgmt., 83(2):213–227, doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.03.011

LUAIRTOX - Land Use Air Toxics Estimator for Planning

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Broje, V.and A. A. Keller. 2007. Interfacial interactions between hydrocarbon liquids and solid surfaces used in mechanical oil spill recovery. J. Colloid & Interface Science, 305:286–292, doi:10.1016/j.jcis.2006.09.078

Broje, V. and A. A. Keller. 2006. Improved Mechanical Oil Spill Recovery Using an Optimized Geometry for the Skimmer Surface. Environ. Sci. Tech. 40(23):7914-7918

Keller, A. A. and M. Auset. 2006. A review of visualization techniques of biocolloid transport processes at the pore scale under saturated and unsaturated conditions. Adv. in Water Resources, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.05.013

M. Auset and A. A. Keller. 2006. Pore-scale visualization of colloid straining and filtration in saturated porous media using micromodels.Water
Resour. Res., 42, W12S02, doi:10.1029/2005WR004639.

Zheng, Y., and A. A. Keller. 2006. Understanding parameter sensitivity and its management implications in watershed-scale water quality modeling, Water Resour. Res., 42, W05402, doi:10.1029/2005WR004539.

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Chen, M, AA Keller, D Zhang, Z Lu and GA Zyvoloski. 2006. Stochastic Analysis of Transient Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Media. Water Resources Research, 42, W03425, doi:10.1029/2005WR004257.

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Robinson, TH, A Leydecker, AA Keller, JM Melack. 2005. Santa Barbara Coastal Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER): Nutrient concentrations in coastal streams and variations with landuse in the Carpinteria Valley, California. California and the World Ocean '02. ASCE, pp. 811-823 , (doi 10.1061/40761(175)72)

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Harrison, L, Jackson,M, Pettifor, G, Purpus, L,
Splenda, J, White, S, Frew, J and AA Keller. 2005.
Evaluation of the Impact of and Management Strategies for Diazinon and Chlorpyrifos in Newport Bay. California and the World Ocean '02. ASCE, pp. 1158-1163, doi:10.1061/40761(175)103

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Keller, AA, L Cavallaro and C Ryals, 2005. Determination of Impairment of a Waterbody. EPRI Report, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA.

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Auset, M, AA Keller, F Brissaud, V Lazarova. 2005. Intermittent filtration of bacteria and colloids at pore and column scales. Water Resources Research, 41(9), W09408 10.1029/2004WR003611

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Delmas, M, AA Keller, 2005. Free riding in Environmental Voluntary programs: the case of the U.S. EPA WasteWise program. Policy Sciences 38, 91-106

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Keller, AA & D. Griset, 2005. Stormwater Runoff Management and Synergistic Water Quality Planning related to Proposed Major Projects in the 2004 Regional Transportation Plan, California Dept. of Transportation, Sacramento, CA.

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Keller, AA & Y Zheng, 2005. Approaches for Estimating the Margin of Safety in a Total Maximum Daily Load Calculation: Theoretical and Practical Considerations. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. EPRI Report #1005473

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Broje, V & AA Keller, 2005. Materials Selection for Oil Spill Recovery in Marine Environments. Conference Proceedings of International Oil Spill Conference, April 2005, Orlando, FL

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MM Mitani, AA Keller, OC Sandall, RG Rinker, 2005. Mass Transfer of Ozone using a Microporous Diffuser Reactor System. Ozone Science & Engineering, 27:45-51

M Chen, D Zhang, A. Keller, and Z Lu, 2004. Stochastic Analysis of Steady-State Two-Phase Flow in Heterogeneous Media by Combining Karhunen-Loeve Expansion and
Perturbation Method. Water Resources Research, 41(1): W01006, doi: 10.1029/2004WR003412

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Robinson, TH, A Leydecker, AA Keller, JM Melack, 2005. Steps towards modeling nutrient export in Coastal Californian streams in a Mediterranean Climate. Agricultural Water Management J., 77(1-3): 144-158

Keller, AA & S Sirivithayapakorn, 2004. Transport of colloids in unsaturated porous media: Explaining large scale behavior based on pore scale mechanisms. Water Resources Research, 40:W12403, doi:10.1029/2004WR003315,

Keller, AA & Y Zheng, 2004. Evaluation of Potential Water Quality Impacts from Different Future Growth Scenarios in the SCAG Area. Southern California Association of Governments, Los Angeles, CA.

Keller, AA, S Sirivithayapakorn, C Chrysikopoulos. 2004. Early breakthrough of Colloids and Bacteriophage MS2 in a water saturated sand column. Water Resources Research 40(8):W08304, doi:10.1029/2003WR002676

AA Keller, Y Zheng and TH Robinson. 2004. Determining Critical Water Quality Conditions
For Inorganic Nitrogen in Dry Semi-urbanized Watersheds. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. 40(3):721-735.

Auset, M & AA Keller. 2004. Pore scale processes that control dispersion of colloids in saturated porous media. Water Resources Research,40(3):W03503, doi:10.1029/2003WR002800

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Martinez, J & Keller, AA, 2002. Development of supported polymeric liquid membrane technology for aqueous MTBE mitigation, EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, and California Energy Commission, Sacramento, CA: 2002. EPRI Report #1006577

 

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Kram ML & AA Keller, 2003. Complex NAPL Site Characterization using Fluorescence Part 3: Detection Capabilities for Specific Excitation Sources. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 13(2):135-148

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Kram ML & AA Keller, 2003. Complex NAPL Site Characterization using Fluorescence Part 2: Analysis of Soil Matrix Effects on the Excitation/Mission Matrix. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 13(2):119-134

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Kram ML, AA Keller, SM Massick, LE Laverman, 2003. Complex NAPL Site Characterization using Fluorescence, Part 1: Selection of Excitation Wavelength Based on NAPL Composition. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 13(2):103-118

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S Sirivithayapakorn & AA Keller, 2003. Transport of colloids in unsaturated porous media: A pore scale observation of processes during the dissolution of air-water interface. Water Resources Research, 39(12):1346, doi:10.1029/2003WR002487

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AA Keller & M Chen, 2003. Effect of Spreading Coefficient on Three-Phase Relative Permeability of NAPL. Water Resources Research, 39(10): 1288, doi:10.1029/2003WR002071

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Yi Zheng & AA Keller, 2003. Effect of the temporal scale of precipitation on water quality simulation: application to the Santa Clara River watershed. AWRA 2003 Intl Congress on Watershed Mgmt for Water Supply Systems, New York, NY

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S Sirivithayapakorn, AA Keller. 2003. Transport of colloids in saturated porous media: A pore scale observation of the size exclusion effect and colloid acceleration, Water Resources Research, 39(4): 1109, doi:10.1029/2002WR001583

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TH Robinson, A Leydecker, JM Melack, AA Keller. 2002. Nutrient concentrations in southern Californian streams related to landuse. Coastal Water Res., AWRA 2002 Specialty Conf.. Am. Water Res. Assoc. TPS-02-1: 339-343.

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ML Kram, AA Keller, J Rossabi, L Everett. 2001. DNAPL Characterization Methods and Approaches Part 2: Cost Comparisons. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 22(1):46-61.

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ML Kram, AA Keller, J Rossabi, L Everett. 2001. DNAPL Characterization Methods and Approaches Part 1: Performance Comparisons. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 21(1):67-76.

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MM Mitani, AA Keller, CA Bunton, RG Rinker, OC Sandall. 2002. Kinetics and Products of Reactions of MTBE with Ozone and Ozone/Hydrogen Peroxide in Water. Journal of Hazardous Materials, B89:197-202.

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AA Keller, M Chen. 2002. Seasonal variation in bioavailability of residual NAPL in the vadose zone, in Proceedings of the International Groundwater Symposium IAHR, March 25-28, 2002 in Berkeley, CA, USA.

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MM Mitani, AA Keller, SJ Golden, R Hatfield, and AK Cheetham. 2001. Low Temperature Catalytic Decomposition and Oxidation of MTBE. Applied Catalysis-B, Environmental, 34:87-95.

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AA Keller, PA Holden, A Wilson. 2001. Modelling the seasonal variation in bioavailability of residual NAPL in the vadose zone, in Int. Assoc. of Hydrological Sciences, Groundwater Quality 2001, Sheffield, UK.

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AA Keller, BG Bierwagen. 2001. Hydrophobic Hollow Fiber Membranes for treating MTBE-contaminated water. Environ. Sci. Tech., 35(9): 1875-1879.

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Bierwagen, BG, AA Keller, 2001. Measurement of Henry’s Law Constant for Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) using Solid-Phase Microextraction. Environ. Toxicol. & Chemistry, 20(8):1625–1629.

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AA Keller, LF Fernandez. 2001. Beyond MTBE: Applying the Precautionary Principle to Gasoline Additives, in ACS Symposium Series No. 799, Oxygenates in Gasoline: Environmental Aspects, ed. AF Diaz, DL Drogos. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC. (ISBN: 0-8412-3760-3).

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Kram, ML, SH Lieberman, J Fee, AA Keller, 2001. Use of LIF for Real-Time In-Situ Mixed NAPL Source Zone Detection, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 21(1):67-76.

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Fernandez, LF, AA Keller, 2000. Cost Benefit Analysis of MTBE and Alternative Gasoline Formulations. Environmental Science and Policy, 3:173-188.

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Kram, ML, S Sirivithayapakorn, M Joy, E Lory, AA Keller, 2000. MTBE Remediation using Hollow Fiber Membrane and Spray Aeration Vacuum Extraction Technologies. Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center Report CR 00-004-ENV.

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AA Keller. 2000. Peer Review of the Watershed Analysis Risk Management Framework (WARMF). An Evaluation of WARMF For TMDL Applications by Independent Experts Using USEPA Guidelines. Electric Power Research Institute TR-1000252, Palo Alto, CA.

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Keller, AA, OC Sandall, RG Rinker, MM Mitani, B Bierwagen, MJ Snodgrass, 2000. An Evaluation of Physicochemical Treatment Technologies for Water Contaminated with MTBE. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, 20(3):114-134.

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Keller, AA, MJ Blunt and PV Roberts. 1999. Behavior of Dense Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids in fractured porous media under two-phase flow conditions. Transport in Porous Media, 38: 189-203.

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Keller, AA, S Sirivithayapakorn, M Kram, 1999. Remediation of MTBE Contaminated Water and Soil. Remediation Journal, 10(1):55-68.

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Keller, AA, ML Kram.1999. Use of Laser Induced Fluorescence to Detect DNAPL and Fluorophore Mixtures In-Situ. Proceedings of the XXVIII IAHR Congress, Graz, Austria.

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Keller, AA, LF Fernandez. 1999. Cost Benefit Considerations for the Introduction of Gasoline Additives such as MTBE. Proceedings of the International Congress on Ecosystem Health, Sacramento, CA.

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Keller, AA, 1999. Health & Environmental Assessment of MTBE; The California Perspective. Proceedings of 1999 American Water Works Association Annual Conference, Chicago, IL.

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Keller, AA, B Bierwagen, S Sirivithayapakorn, M Kram, 1999. Advances in groundwater treatment to remove MTBE, Proceedings of the 31st Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Technomic Publishing.

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Gravender, J, A Killmer, J Frew, AA Keller, 1999. ISO 14001 From a Corporate Perspective. Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Keller, AA, MJ Blunt and PV Roberts. 1999. Effect of fracture aperture variations on dispersion of contaminants, Water Resources Research, 35(1): 55-63.

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Keller, AA, LF Fernandez, S Hitz, H Kun, A Peterson, B Smith, M Yoshioka. 1998. An Integral Cost-Benefit Analysis of Gasoline Formulations Meeting California Phase II Reformulated Gasoline Requirements. UC TSR&TP Report to the Governor of California.

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Keller, AA, OC Sandall, RG Rinker, MM Mitani, B Bierwagen, MJ Snodgrass. 1998. Cost and Performance Evaluation of Treatment Technologies for MTBE-Contaminated Water. UC TSR&TP Report to the Governor of California.

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Keller, AA, J Froines, C Koshland, J Reuter, I Suffet, J Last. 1998. Health & Environmental Assessment of MTBE, Summary and Recommendations. UC TSR&TP Report to the Governor of California.

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Keller, AA. 1998. High resolution, non-destructive measurement and characterization of fracture apertures, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 35(8): 1037-1050.

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Keller, AA 1998. Steam injection to displace DNAPLs from fractured media, in Int. Assoc. of Hydrological Science (IAHS-AISH) Pub. 250, Oxfordshire, UK.

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Keller, AA and ML Kram. 1998. Use of fluorophore/DNAPL mixtures to detect DNAPLs in-situ, in Physical, Chemical and Thermal Technologies: Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Batelle Press, Columbus, Ohio.

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Keller, AA and RA Goldstein. 1998. Impact of carbon storage through restoration of drylands on the global carbon cycle, Environmental Management, 22(5): 757-766

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Keller, AA. 1997. High resolution CAT imaging of fractures in consolidated materials, Int. J. Rock Mech. Min. Sci., 34(3/4):358-375.

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Keller, AA, MJ Blunt and PV Roberts. 1997. Micromodel observation of the role of oil layers on multiphase flow, Transport in Porous Media, 26: 277-297.

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Keller, A. A., 1996. Single and Multiphase Flow and Transport in Fractured Porous Media, Ph. D. dissertation, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.

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Keller, AA and Werth, C. 1996. Modeling the oceanic storage of fossil fuel emissions, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 212:132, FUEL, Part 1 Aug. 25

 

Keller, A. A. 1996. Editorial essay on The CO2 Fertilization Factor and the "Missing" Carbon Sink, Climatic Change, 33, 63-68.

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Keller, AA, Roberts, PV and P. K. Kitanidis. 1995. Prediction of single phase transport parameters in a variable aperture fracture, Geophysical Research Letters, 22:11, 1425-1428.

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Keller, AA and RA Goldstein. 1995. Ocean transport and storage of carbon emissions, Climatic Change, 30: 367-395.

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Keller, AA and RA Goldstein. 1994. Propagation of uncertainty in carbon emission scenarios through the global carbon cycle, World Resource Review, 6: 304-315.

 

Keller, AA and RA Goldstein. 1994. The human effect on the global carbon cycle: response functions to analyze management strategies, World Resource Review, 6: 63-87.

 

Contributing author to Future Emissions and Concentrations of Carbon Dioxide: Key Ocean/Atmosphere/Land Analyses, CSIRO Aust. Div. Atmos. Res., Tech. Paper No. 31, 1994