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  • 1999 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)

Overview

Kenneth E. Bencala is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their professional work is situated primarily within this federal scientific agency, which is known for conducting research related to natural resources and environmental science.

In 1999, Kenneth E. Bencala was named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), a recognition typically awarded to individuals who have made significant scientific contributions to the Earth and space sciences.

Best Publications

  • Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool‐and‐riffle stream: A transient storage model

    Kenneth E. Bencala;Roy A. Walters

  • The Effect of streambed topography on surface-subsurface water exchange in mountain catchments

    Judson W. Harvey;Kenneth E. Bencala

  • RETENTION AND TRANSPORT OF NUTRIENTS IN A THIRD-ORDER STREAM IN NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA: HYPORHEIC PROCESSES'

    Frank J. Triska;Vance C. Kennedy;Ronald J. Avanzino;Gary W. Zellweger

  • Hydrological controls on dissolved organic carbon during snowmelt in the Snake River near Montezuma, Colorado

    G. M. Hornberger;K. E. Bencala;D. M. McKnight

  • Hydrologic connectivity between landscapes and streams: Transferring reach- and plot-scale understanding to the catchment scale

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Steven M. Wondzell

  • Sorption of dissolved organic carbon by hydrous aluminum and iron oxides occurring at the confluence of deer creek with the Snake River, Summit County, Colorado

    Diane M. McKnight;Kenneth E. Bencala;Gary W. Zellweger;George R. Aiken

  • Evaluating the Reliability of the Stream Tracer Approach to Characterize Stream‐Subsurface Water Exchange

    Judson W. Harvey;Brian J. Wagner;Kenneth E. Bencala

  • Response characteristics of DOC flushing in an alpine catchment

    Elizabeth W. Boyer;Elizabeth W. Boyer;George M. Hornberger;Kenneth E. Bencala;Diane M. McKnight

  • Iron photoreduction and oxidation in an acidic mountain stream.

    D. M. Mcknight;B. A. Kimball;K. E. Bencala

  • Retention and Transport of Nutrients in a Third-Order Stream: Channel Processes

    Frank J. Triska;Vance C. Kennedy;Ronald J. Avanzino;Gary W. Zellweger

  • Channel water balance and exchange with subsurface flow along a mountain headwater stream in Montana, United States

    R. A. Payn;R. A. Payn;M. N. Gooseff;B. L. McGlynn;K. E. Bencala

  • Hillslope hydrologic connectivity controls riparian groundwater turnover: Implications of catchment structure for riparian buffering and stream water sources

    Kelsey G. Jencso;Brian L. McGlynn;Michael N. Gooseff;Kenneth E. Bencala

  • Simulation of solute transport in a mountain pool‐and‐riffle stream with a kinetic mass transfer model for sorption

    Kenneth E. Bencala

  • The relationship between soil heterotrophic activity, soil dissolved organic carbon (DOC) leachate, and catchment‐scale DOC export in headwater catchments

    P.D. Brooks;Diane M. McKnight;K.E. Bencala

  • Assessment of metal loads in watersheds affected by acid mine drainage by using tracer injection and synoptic sampling: Cement Creek, colorado, USA

    Briant A Kimball;Robert L Runkel;Katherine Walton-Day;Kenneth E Bencala

  • A Perspective on Stream-Catchment Connections

    Kenneth E. Bencala

  • Interactions of solutes and streambed sediment: 2. A dynamic analysis of coupled hydrologic and chemical processes that determine solute transport

    Kenneth E. Bencala

  • Hyporheic zone hydrological processes

    Kenneth E Bencala

  • Characterization of transport in an acidic and metal-rich mountain stream based on a lithium tracer injection and simulations of transient storage

    Kenneth E. Bencala;Diane M. McKnight;Gary W. Zellweger

  • Colloid formation and metal transport through two mixing zones affected by acid mine drainage near Silverton, Colorado

    Laurence E Schemel;Briant A Kimball;Kenneth E Bencala

Frequent Co-Authors

Diane M. McKnight
Diane M. McKnight University of Colorado Boulder
Michael N. Gooseff
Michael N. Gooseff University of Colorado Boulder
Steven M. Wondzell
Steven M. Wondzell US Forest Service
Brian L. McGlynn
Brian L. McGlynn Duke University
Robert L. Runkel
Robert L. Runkel United States Geological Survey
Frank J. Triska
Frank J. Triska United States Geological Survey
Elizabeth W. Boyer
Elizabeth W. Boyer Pennsylvania State University
George M. Hornberger
George M. Hornberger Vanderbilt University
Judson W. Harvey
Judson W. Harvey United States Geological Survey
Thorsten Wagener
Thorsten Wagener University of Potsdam

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