Peer Reviewed Publications
(* indicates student author, †indicates post doc author)
My most current list of publications can be found on google scholar.
2025
Mashhadi, S.R., K. Keating, R. J. Peterson, A. O. Parra, S. Costabel, G. Beisembina, T. Hiller, D. Grombacher (2025) Hydraulic conductivity estimation by NMR data in unconsolidated geological materials: insights from SDR model calibration. Journal of Hydrology, 662, 134060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2025.134060
Keating, K., K. O’Connel, G. J. Mount, J.L. Hayes, R.A. DiBiase, S.L. Brantely, Y. Donaldson, A. Tarzona (2025) A short-term critical zone geophysics program designed to recruit, retain, and foster community amongst 1st and 2nd year undergraduates historically marginalized in geosciences. Journal of Geoscience Education, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/10899995.2025.2535029
Mashhadi, S. R., K. Keating, M. Muller Petke, T. Hiller, S Costabel, A. Ospina Parra, D. Grombacher (2025) Longitudinal to Transverse Relaxation Time Ratio (T1/T2) in Unconsolidated Geological Materials: A Perspective from 2D Borehole and Laboratory NMR Measurements. Geophysics Journal International. 242, ggaf154. https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggaf154
2023
Falzone, S., C. Schaefer, E. Siegenthaler*, K. Keating, D. Werkema, L. Slater (2023) Geophysical Signatures of Soil AFFF Contamination from Spectral Induced Polarization and Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Methods. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 260, 104268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jconhyd.2023.104268
Wunderlich*, W., M. Lang, K. Keating, W. Bandera Perez*, J. Oshun (2023) Seasonal water storage in peat-forming bofedales sustains baseflow in the Andes. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies. 47, 101394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101394
Kiple*, L., J. Ballenger*, K. Keating, A. Balachandra, T. Meldrum (2023) Automated optimization of spatial resolution for single-sided NMR. Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. 61(7), 418-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/mrc.5352
2021
Oshun, J., K. Keating, M. Lang, Y. Miraya Oscco* (2021) Interdisciplinary Water Development in the Peruvian Highlands: The Case for Including the Coproduction of Knowledge in Socio-Hydrology. Hydrology. 8(112). https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology8030112
Peng*, Y., K. Keating (2021) A laboratory study of the effect of clay, silt, and sand content on low-field NMR relaxation time distributions. In press in Geophysics.
2020
Peng*, Y, K. Keating, D.B., Myers (2020) NMR relaxation times for soil texture estimation in the laboratory: A comparison to the laser diffraction and sieve–pipette methods. European Journal of Soil Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejss.13030
Keating, K., D. Walsh, and E. Grunewald (2020) The effect of magnetic susceptibility and magnetic field strength on porosity estimates determined from low-field nuclear magnetic resonance. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2020.104096
Kelley*, M., N. Abdol, P. Soroushian, K. Keating, A. Balachandra, T. Meldrum (2020) Monitoring real-time curing of epoxies in situ using single-sided NMR. Journal of Polymer Science, 58(4), 616-623. https://doi.org/10.1002/pol.20190117
2019
Osterman*, G., M. Sugand*, K. Keating, A. Binley, and L. Slater (2019) Effect of clay content and distribution on hydraulic and geophysical properties of synthetic sand-clay mixtures. Geophysics, 84, E239-E253. https://doi.org/10.1190/geo2018-0387.1
2018
Keating, K., A. Binley, V. Bense, H. Christiansen, and R. Van Dam (2018) Combined geophysical measurements provide evidence for unfrozen water in permafrost in the Adventdalen valley in Svalbard. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 7606–7614. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017GL076508
Robinson, J., L. Slater, A. Weller, K. Keating, T. Robinson*, C. Rose, and B. Parker (2018) On permeability prediction from complex conductivity measurements using polarization magnitude and relaxation time. Water Resources Research, 54, 3436–3452. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR022034
2016
Osterman*, G., K. Keating, L. Slater, and A. Binley (2016) A comparison of SIP and NMR estimates of the characteristic hydraulic length scale for permeability estimation of sandstones. In press in Water Resources Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018472
Falzone*, S., and K. Keating (2016) The NMR relaxation response of unconsolidated sediments during drainage and imbibition. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.11.0153
Falzone*, S. and K. Keating (2016) Algorithms for removing the standing water signal from SNMR infiltration surveys. Geophysics, 81(4), WB97-WB107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2015-0386.1
Falzone*, S., and K. Keating (2016) A laboratory study to determine the effect of partially saturated conditions on NMR relaxation rates. Near Surface Geophysics, 14(1), 57-69. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2016001
2015
Behroozman†, A., K. Keating, and E. Auken (2015) A review of the principles and applications of the NMR technique for near surface characterization. Surveys in Geophysics, 36(1), 27-85.http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10712-014-9304-0
Patel*, M., K. Savaram*, K. Keating, and H. He (2016) Rapid transformations of biomass molecules to metal free catalysts via short microwave irradiation, 1, 18-28.
Swanson*, R. D., A. Binley, K. Keating, S. France, G. Osterman*, G., F. D. Day‐Lewis, and K. Singha, (2015), Anomalous solute transport in saturated porous media: Relating transport model parameters to electrical and nuclear magnetic resonance properties. Water Resources Research, 51, 1264-1283. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015284
2014
Keating, K. (2014) The effect of grain size and surface area on the NMR response of water-saturated glass bead packs. Near Surface Geophysics, 12(2), 243-254. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2013064
Dlublac*, K., R. Knight, and K. Keating (2014) A numerical study of the relationship between NMR relaxation and permeability in sands and gravels. Near Surface Geophysics 12(2), 219-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/1873-0604.2013042
2013
Keating, K. and S. Falzone* (2013) Relating nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation time distributions to void-size distributions for unconsolidated sand packs. Geophysics. 78(6), D461–D472. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2012-0461.1
Parsekian†, A., G. Grosse, J. O. Walbrecker†, M. Mueller-Petke, K. Keating, L. Lui†, B. M. Jones, R. Knight (2013) Detecting unfrozen sediments below thermokarst lakes with surface nuclear magnetic resonance. Geophysical Research Letters, 40, 1-6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/grl.50137
Swanson*, R., K. Singha, F. D. Day-Lewis, A. Binley, K. Keating, and R. Haggerty (2012) Direct geoelectrical evidence of mass transfer at the laboratory scale. Water Resources Research, 48, W10543. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012WR012431
2012 and before
Keating, K., and R. Knight (2012) The effect of spatial variation in surface relaxivity on nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation rates. Geophysics, 77, E365-E377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2011-0462.1
Keating, K., and R. Knight (2010) A laboratory study of the effect of Fe(II)-bearing minerals on NMR relaxation measurements. Geophysics, 75(3) F71-F82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.3386573
Keating*, K., R. Knight, and K. Tufano* (2008) Nuclear magnetic resonance relaxation measurements as a means of monitoring iron mineralization processes. Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L19405. http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2008GL035225
Keating*, K., and R. Knight (2008) A laboratory study of the effects of magnetite on NMR relaxation rates. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 66(3-4), 188-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2007.09.001
Keating*, K., and R. Knight, (2007) A Laboratory study to determine the effects of iron-oxides on proton NMR measurements. Geophysics, 72(1), E27-E32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/1.2399445