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  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America
  • Fellow of the Geological Society of America

Overview

Kenneth Belitz is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research spans environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a focus on several subfields including geochemistry and petrology, environmental engineering, water science and technology, environmental chemistry, and global and planetary change.

The scientist's work covers main topics such as groundwater and isotope geochemistry, groundwater flow and contamination studies, water quality and resources studies, hydrology and watershed management studies, arsenic contamination and mitigation, radioactivity and radon measurements, and soil geostatistics and mapping.

Recent publications include:

  • Machine learning predictions of nitrate in groundwater used for drinking supply in the conterminous United States, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Pesticides and Pesticide Degradates in Groundwater Used for Public Supply across the United States: Occurrence and Human-Health Context, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Evaluation of six methods for correcting bias in estimates from ensemble tree machine learning regression models, 2021, Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Fluoride occurrence in United States groundwater, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Lithium in groundwater used for drinking-water supply in the United States, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Belitz has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Paul E. Stackelberg, Bruce D. Lindsey, Laura M. Bexfield, Peter B. McMahon, and Tyler D. Johnson.

Common publication venues for Belitz's work include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Ground Water
  • ACS ES&T Water
  • Scientific investigations report

Belitz's research integrates machine learning techniques and environmental modeling approaches, as shown in works addressing groundwater contamination prediction and bias correction in ensemble tree regression models.

The scientist has been recognized as a Fellow of the Geological Society of America.

Best Publications

  • Verification, Validation, and Confirmation of Numerical Models in the Earth Sciences

    Naomi Oreskes;Kristin Shrader-Frechette;Kenneth Belitz

  • Occurrence and concentrations of pharmaceutical compounds in groundwater used for public drinking-water supply in California.

    Miranda S. Fram;Kenneth Belitz

  • Hormones and Pharmaceuticals in Groundwater Used As a Source of Drinking Water Across the United States

    Laura M. Bexfield;Patricia L. Toccalino;Kenneth Belitz;William T. Foreman

  • Hydrodynamics of Denver Basin: Explanation of Subnormal Fluid Pressures

    Kenneth R. Belitz;John D. Bredehoeft

  • A hybrid machine learning model to predict and visualize nitrate concentration throughout the Central Valley aquifer, California, USA

    Katherine M. Ransom;Bernard T. Nolan;Jonathan A. Traum;Claudia C. Faunt

  • Elevated Manganese Concentrations in United States Groundwater, Role of Land Surface-Soil-Aquifer Connections.

    Peter B. McMahon;Kenneth Belitz;James E. Reddy;Tyler D. Johnson

  • Effects of Groundwater Development on Uranium: Central Valley, California, USA

    Bryant C. Jurgens;Miranda S. Fram;Kenneth Belitz;Karen R. Burow

  • Factors controlling the regional distribution of vanadium in groundwater.

    Michael T. Wright;Kenneth Belitz

  • Machine learning predictions of nitrate in groundwater used for drinking supply in the conterminous United States.

    Katherine Marie Ransom;Bernard T. Nolan;Paul Stackelberg;Kenneth Belitz

  • Lateral Fluid Flow in a Compacting Sand-Shale Sequence: South Caspian Basin

    John D. Bredehoeft;Rashid D. Djevanshir;Kenneth R. Belitz

  • Pesticides and Pesticide Degradates in Groundwater Used for Public Supply across the United States: Occurrence and Human-Health Context.

    Laura M. Bexfield;Kenneth Belitz;Bruce D. Lindsey;Patricia L. Toccalino

  • Cr(VI) occurrence and geochemistry in water from public-supply wells in California

    John A. Izbicki;Michael T. Wright;Whitney A. Seymour;R. Blaine McCleskey

  • Character and Evolution of the Ground-Water Flow System in the Central Part of the Western San Joaquin Valley, California

    Kenneth R. Belitz;Frederick J. Heimes

  • Assigning land use to supply wells for the statistical characterization of regional groundwater quality: Correlating urban land use and VOC occurrence

    Tyler D. Johnson;Kenneth Belitz

  • Evaluation of six methods for correcting bias in estimates from ensemble tree machine learning regression models

    Kenneth Belitz;Paul Stackelberg

  • Volatile fluxes through the Big Bend section of the San Andreas Fault, California: Helium and carbon-dioxide systematics

    Justin T. Kulongoski;David R. Hilton;Peter H. Barry;Bradley K. Esser

  • Relations of hydrogeologic factors, groundwater reduction-oxidation conditions, and temporal and spatial distributions of nitrate, Central-Eastside San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

    Matthew K. Landon;Christopher T. Green;Kenneth Belitz;Michael J. Singleton

  • Assessing the solubility controls on vanadium in groundwater, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, CA

    Michael T. Wright;Kenneth G. Stollenwerk;Kenneth Belitz

  • The hydrodynamics of the Big Horn Basin: a study of the role of faults

    J. D. Bredehoeft;K. Belitz;S. Sharp-Hansen

  • Fluoride occurrence in United States groundwater.

    Peter B. McMahon;Craig J. Brown;Tyler D. Johnson;Kenneth Belitz

  • Lithium in groundwater used for drinking-water supply in the United States

    Bruce D. Lindsey;Kenneth Belitz;Charles A. Cravotta;Patricia L. Toccalino

  • Estimation of aquifer scale proportion using equal area grids: assessment of regional scale groundwater quality

    Kenneth Belitz;Bryant C. Jurgens;Matthew K. Landon;Miranda S. Fram

  • Tritium as an indicator of modern, mixed, and premodern groundwater age.

    Bruce D. Lindsey;Bryant C. Jurgens;Kenneth Belitz

  • Numerical simulation of ground-water flow in the central part of the western San Joaquin Valley, California

    Kenneth Belitz;Steven P. Phillips;Jo Ann M. Gronberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter B. McMahon
Peter B. McMahon United States Geological Survey
Andrew G. Hunt
Andrew G. Hunt United States Geological Survey
David R. Hilton
David R. Hilton University of California, San Diego
Thomas Harter
Thomas Harter University of California, Davis
Naomi Oreskes
Naomi Oreskes Harvard University
Mark A. Engle
Mark A. Engle The University of Texas at El Paso
William T. Foreman
William T. Foreman United States Geological Survey
Wesley W. Wallender
Wesley W. Wallender University of California, Davis
Edward T. Furlong
Edward T. Furlong United States Geological Survey
John Karl Böhlke
John Karl Böhlke United States Geological Survey

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