Bense, V.F., T. Read, G. Ferguson and H. Kooi (under review), Permafrost degradation as a crucial control on the intensification of groundwater cycling,Geophysical Rersearch Letters
Bense, V.F. (under revision), Steady-state thermal regimes around thaw lakes: a numerical modelling evaluation,Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
Bense, V.F., G. Ferguson and H. Kooi (2009), Evolution of shallow groundwater flow systems in
areas of degrading permafrost, Geophysical Rersearch Letters, 36, L22401, doi:10.1029/2009GL039225 [PDF] - Elected as an AGU Editor's Highlight
Bense, V.F., and M. Person (2008), Transient hydrodynamics within inter-cratonic sedimentary basins during glacial cycles, J. Geophys. Res., 113, F04005, doi:10.1029/2007JF000969 [PDF]
Person, M., J. McIntosh, V.
Bense, and V. H. Remenda (2007), Pleistocene
hydrology of North America: The role of ice sheets in reorganizing
groundwater flow systems, Rev. Geophys., 45,
RG3007, doi:10.1029/2006RG000206 [PDF]
Fluid flow along faults in unconsolidated aquifers
Bense,
V.F., S.E. Loveless, and T. Gleeson (in preparation), Fault zone hydrogeology,Reviews of Geophysics
Bense,
V.F., M.A. Person, K. Chaudhary, Y. You, N.
Cremer, and S.Simon (2008), Thermal anomalies as indicator
of preferential flow along faults in an unconsolidated sedimentary
aquifer system, Geophysical Research Letters, 35, L24406, doi:10.1029/2008GL036017 [PDF]
Bense, V.F., and M.A. Person (2006), Faults as
conduit-barrier systems to fluid flow in siliciclastic sedimentary
aquifers, Water Resources Research, 42,
W05421, doi:10.1029/2005WR004480 [PDF]
Bense, V.F. and R.T. Van Balen (2004), The impact
of
clay-smearing and fault relay on groundwater flow patterns in the Lower
Rhine Embayment, Basin
Research, 16, 397-411, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2004.00238.x [PDF]
Bense, V.F., E.H. van den Berg, and R.T. van Balen (2003), Deformation
mechanisms and
hydraulic properties of fault zones in unconsolidated sediments; the
Roer Valley
Rift System, the Netherlands.Hydrogeology Journal,
11, 319-332,
doi: 10.1007/s10040-003-0262-8 [PDF]
Bense, V.F., R.T. van Balen, and J.J. De Vries (2003), The
impact of faults on the hydrogeological conditions in
the Roer Valley Rift
System: an overview, Netherlands Journal
of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw, 82(1),
41-53 [PDF]
van den Berg, E.H., V.F.
Bense, and W. Schlager (2003), Assessing textural variation
in laminated sands using
digital image analysis of thin sections, Journal
of Sedimentary Research, 73 (1),
133-143
Bense, V.F. and R.T. Van Balen (2003), Hydrogeological
aspects of fault zones on
various scales in the Roer Valley Rift System, Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 78-79, 317-320 [PDF]
Groundwater temperature as tracer for groundwater flow, surface warming, groundwater-surface water interaction
Ferguson, G., and V.F. Bense (2010), Uncertainty in 1D heat-flow analysis to estimate groundwater discharge to a stream, Ground Water, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2010.00735.x [PDF]
Bense, V., and H. Beltrami (2007), Impact of horizontal groundwater
flow and localized deforestation on the development of shallow
temperature anomalies, J. Geophys. Res.,
112, F04015,
doi:10.1029/2006JF000703. [PDF]
Bense, V.F. and H. Kooi (2004), Temporal and spatial variations of shallow subsurface temperature as a record of lateral variations in groundwater flow, J. Geophys Res., 109, B04103,
doi:10.1029/2003JB002782. [PDF]
CO2 Sequestration
Person, M.A,
Banerjee, A., Rupp, J., Medina, C., Lichtner, P. Gable, C., Pawar, R.,
Celia, M., MacIntosh, J. Bense, V.F. (2010), Assessment of Basin-Scale Hydrologic Impacts of CO2 Sequestration, Illinois Basin, International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, doi:10.1016/j.ijggc.2010.04.004
In Dutch
Kooi, H., en V.F. Bense (2005) Temperatuurmetingen in
grondwaterwaarnemingsbuizen rond pompstation Vlierden (NB); een
onderzoek naar de herkomst van het onttrokken grondwater. Rapportage in
opdracht van Brabant Water NV, 13 p.
Bense, V.F., Ruimtelijke en temporele variaties van ondiepe
grondwatertemperatuur als tracer voor grondwaterstroming rondom de
Peelrandbreuk nabij Uden, Stromingen 10 (4), 23-36,
2004. [PDF]
Bense, V.F., Hydrologische karakterisering van breukzones
in Zuidoost-Nederland, Stromingen 8 (3), 17-30,
2002. [PDF]
Selected conference
abstracts
H. Beltrami, D. Nitoiu, V. Bense, L. Kellman, J. Fidel
González-Rouco, H. Kooi , M. Montoya, A. Diochon, G. Ferguson,
and M. B. Stevens, Borehole climatology: In search of the long-term subsurface thermal signature of deforestation events, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly 2008 [PDF]
Bonte, M., Geris, J., Post, V.E.A., Bense, V.F., van Dijk,
H., Mapping
groundwater-surface water
interactions and associated geological faults using temperature
profiling, International Association of Hydrologists
Conference 2007, Lisbon, Portugal
Bense, V.F., Person, M.A., Chaudary, K., You, Y., Cremer,
N. and Simon, S., Thermal anomalies along fault zones in the
Lower Rhine Embayment as an indicator of preferential flow paths,
GSA Annual Meeting October 2007, Denver, Colorado
Bense, V.F., M.A. Person, P. Sauer, L.N. Plummer, N.
Cremer, and S.Simon, Tracing preferential fluid flow along
fault zones in the unconsolidated sediments of the Lower Rhine Embayment,
Invited talk, GSA Annual Meeting October 2007,
Denver, Colorado
Bense, V.F. and Beltrami, H.,The impact of
horizontal groundwater flow and
localized deforestation on the development of shallow
temperature anomalies, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol.
9, 09251, 2007
Bense, V.F., and M.A. Person, The impact of
ice-sheet mechanical loading and permafrost during glacial cycles on
fluid
flow patterns in inter-cratonic sedimentary basins, paper
presented
at 2006 Annual Meeting, Geol. Soc. of Am., Philadelphia, Pa.
Nelson, G., Bense, V.F., Person, M.A., Gable, C., Sauer,
Peter, and Plummer, L. Niel, Tracing fluid flow along faults
in unconsolidated sedimentary aquifers in the Lower Rhine Embayment,
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7,
p. 430
Bense, V.F. and R.T. Van Balen, The Impact of
Faults on Groundwater Flow Patterns in the Lower
Rhine Embayment, Germany, AAPG International Conference and
Exhibition, Paris, France, September
2005
Bense, V.F. and M.A. Person, Modeling Faults as
Conduit-Barrier Systems to Fluid Flow in Siliciclastic
Sedimentary Reservoirs, AAPG International Conference and
Exhibition, Paris, France, September 2005
Bense, V.F. and H. Kooi, Modeling of the seasonal
fluctuations of shallow groundwater temperatures to
constrain detailed groundwater flow patterns around a fault zone,
Abstracts of the IUGG 2003 conference
in Sapporo, p. A.198, 2003
Bense, V.F., T.J. Jackson, A.J. Wickel, and C.T. Swift, Multiscale
L-band observations of soil moisture
using the scanning low frequency microwave radiometer (SLFMR) during
the SGP97 hydrology experi-
ment, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 1 (2), 353, 1999