Research & Publications

AVI has long recognized the critical importance of validating scientific methods for water and environmental resource applications.  In the interest of bettering the general understanding of  these issues, AVI has authored several papers on a range of technical and remediation issues.  A bibliography is provided below, with links to each document (currently under construction).

May 1996; AVI awarded a certificate of Honorable Mention for presentation and scientific excellence for a talk entitled "Hydrocarbon Fate and Transport: When are 1-D Solute Transport Calculations Valid?"  The 1996 annual convention of the Association of American Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), San Diego, California.

• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., 1994, Characterization of flow parameters controlling soil vapor extraction: Ground Water, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 239-247.
• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., 1994, The Effect of Soil Characteristics on Free-Phase Hydrocarbon Recovery Rates: Proceedings of the Petroleum Hydrocarbon and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water; November 2-5, 1994, Houston, Texas, NGWA, API.
• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., Panday, S., 1995. Air Sparging: A Case Study in Characterization, Field Testing, and Modeling Design. Proceedings of the Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Organic Chemicals in Ground Water: Prevention, Detection and Restoration, Houston, Nov. 1995.
• Beckett, G.D., Benson, D.A, 1996. Diffusion Limited Soil Vapor Extraction: Geologic and Bed Thickness Controls. AAPG Annual Convention, San Diego, California, May 1996.
• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., Wiedlin, M.P., 1996. Hydrocarbon Fate and Transport Predictions: When Are One-dimensional Solute Transport Calculations Valid? AAPG Annual Convention, San Diego, California, May 1996.
• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., 1997. Hydrocarbon Fate and Transport Predictions: When Are One-dimensional Solute Transport Calculations Valid? (Updated). AEHS West Coast Annual Convention, Oxnard, California, March 1997.
• Huntley, D., Beckett, G.D., 1997. The Life and Times of LNAPL Pools. An investigation into the lifespan and time-dependent magnitude of dissolved-phase impacts from free-phase hydrocarbon pools. AEHS West Coast Annual Convention, Oxnard, California, March 1997.
• Beckett, G.D., Lundegard, P.D., 1997. Practically Impractical - The Limits of LNAPL Recovery and Relationship to Risk. Conference Proceedings of the 1997 Petroleum Hydrocarbons & Organic Chemicals in Ground Water. Houston, Texas, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association & American Petroleum Institute.
• Huntley, D., Beckett, G.D., 1997. Persistence of LNAPL Sources and Relation to Risk. Conference Proceedings of the 1997 Petroleum Hydrocarbons & Organic Chemicals in Ground Water. Houston, Texas, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association & American Petroleum Institute.
• Beckett, G.D., Huntley, D., 1998. Soil Properties and Design Factors Influencing Free-phase Hydrocarbon Cleanup. January 1998, Environmental Science and Technology.
• Huntley, D., Beckett, G.D., 1999. Relationship Between Risk Reduction and LNAPL Recovery. Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Petroleum Hydrocarbons & Organic Chemicals in Ground Water. Houston Texas, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association & American Petroleum Institute.
• Peargin, T.R., Wickland, D.C., Beckett, G.D., 1999. Evaluation of Short Term Multi-phase Extraction Effectiveness for Removal of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids from Groundwater Monitoring Wells. Conference Proceedings of the 1999 Petroleum Hydrocarbons & Organic Chemicals in Ground Water. Houston Texas, sponsored by the National Ground Water Association & American Petroleum Institute.
• Lundegard, P.D., Beckett, G.D., 1999. Impracticability of LNAPL Recover - Implications for Site Management. Battelle 2nd International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds; May 2000 (under review).