Geophysics Program

Selected Publications
Gerardo W. Gross, Emeritus Professor of Geophysics



Gerry Gross measuring the dielectric response of ice with a General Radio capacitance bridge, circa 1977. Photo courtesy New Mexico Tech ArchivesPhoto: Gerry Gross measuring the dielectric response of ice with a General Radio capacitance bridge, circa 1977. Courtesy New Mexico Tech Archives.

Gross, G.W.  2003. Nitrates in Ice: Uptake; Dielectric Response by the Layered Capacitor Method. Can. J. Phys., 81, 439-450.  Abstract. Full-text PDF available at http://cjp.nrc.ca (electronic subscription or pay-per-view) or request a reprint from the author (email grossgw@nmt.edu). Tutorial.

Gross, G.W. and R.K. Svec. 1997. Effect of Ammonium on Anion Uptake and Dielectric Relaxation In Laboratory Grown Ice Columns, J. Phys. Chem., 101, 6282-6284.

Gross, G.W., R.K. Svec, and P.Y. Whung. 1994. Dielectric response of ice grown from dilute sulfate solutions, Antarctic Journal of the United States, 29(5), 75-76.

Bowman, R.S., G.W. Gross, and R.L. Liddle.  1993.  Evaluation of tracers for hydrologic studies at Yucca Mountain.  p. 179-183  In D.D. Evans and T.J. Nicholson (eds.) Proc. Workshop on Flow and Transport Through Unsaturated Fractured Rock, 7-10 January, 1991, Tucson, AZ.

Svec, R.K., G.W. Gross, Whung, Saltzman, and Alley. Dielectric response of ice grown from dilute sulfate solutions, measured with linear blocking layers, paper presented at the Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 6, 1993.

Hendrickx, J.M.H., R.S. Bowman, G. Gross, F.M. Phillips, and J.L. Wilson.  1992.  Flow and transport through the vadose zone.  In Proc. First Latin American Hydrogeology Congress, 16-21 October 1992, Merida, Venezuela.

Svec, R.K. and G.W. Gross. Dielectric spectroscopy of ice with blocking layers, paper presented at the Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 7, 1992.

Bowman, R.S., G.W. Gross, R.L. Liddle, and J.B. Kool.  1990.  Study of hydrologic properties to include the use of tracers.  Report no. 1 to the U.S. Geological Survey, contract no. 14-08-0001-22637.  554 p.

Recent Experimental Work on Solute Redistribution at the Ice/Water Interface (with A.L. Gutjahr and K. Caylor), "Actes du Colloque", 1987.

Grants (current and completed)
PI (with R.S. Bowman).  Sorption and transport of tritium and anionic tracers in tuff.  1988-1990.  USGS, $175,080.


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