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Sex: Male

Education:

  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA, Ph.D. Earth and Env’t Science (Hydrology)
  • University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA, MS Geology (Hydrogeology), 2002
  • University of the Philippines, Diliman, BS Geology, 1999

Field of Specialization:

Surface Water-Ground Water Interactions at Various Spatial Scales using Field Methods and Modeling, Applied Hydrogeophysics and Thermal Remote Sensing, Heterogeneity and and Architecture of Fluvial Deposits, Applications of environmental and artificial tracers, Multiphysics Transport Phenomena, Rivers/ Lakes/ Aquifers/ Caves and Karst, Hydrogeology and Hydrology

Researches:

Cardenas, M. B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) Driving while under the influence: pumping-driven circulation under the influence of regional groundwater flow
A New Focus on Groundwater?Seawater Interactions (Proceedings of Symposium HS1001 at IUGG2007, Perugia, July 2007) Ward Sanford, Christian Langevin, Maurizio Polemio & Pavel Povinec, (eds.) IAHS Publ. 312

Lawler, D., Cardenas, M.B., Old, G., Sear, D., (2009) Geomorphology and Sediments of the Hyporheic Zone
The Hyporheic Handbook: A handbook on the groundwater-surface water interface and hyporheic zone for environment managers, UK Environment Agency

Cardenas, M.B., Zlotnik, V.A., (2003) A simple constant-head injection test for stream bed hydraulic conductivity estimation
Ground Water Volume 41, No. 6

Cardenas, M.B., Zlotnik, V.A., (2003) Three-dimensional model of modern channel bend deposits
Water Resources Research Volume 39, No. 6

Cardenas, M.B., Wilson, J.L., Zlotnik, V.A., () Impacts of heterogeneity, bed forms, and stream curvature on subchannel hyporheic exchange
Water Resources Research Volume 40, No. 10.1029/20

Cardenas, M.B., (2010) The thermal skin effect of pipes in streambeds and its implications on groundwater flux estimation using diurnal temperature signals
Water Resources Research Volume 46, No. W03536,

Cardenas, M.B., Wilson, J.L., (2006) Comment on Flow resistance and bed form geometry in a wide alluvial channel (by Shu-Qing Yang, Soon-Keat Tan and Siow-Ying Lim)
Water Resources Research Volume 42

Sawyer, A.H., Cardenas, M.B., Buttles, J., (2011) Hyporheic exchange due to channel-spanning logs
Water Resources Research Volume 47

Francis, B.A., Francis, L.K., Cardenas,M.B., (2010) Water table dynamics and groundwater-surface water interactions during filling and draining of a large fluvial island due to dam-induced river stage fluctuations
Water Resources Research Volume 46, No. W07513,

Swanson, T.E., Cardenas, M.B., (2010) Diel heat transport within the hyporheic zone of a pool-riffle-pool sequence of a losing stream and evaluation of models for fluid flux estimation using heat
Limnology and Oceanography Volume 5, No. 4, doi:10

Cardenas, M. B., P. B. Zamora, F. P. Siringan, M. R. Lapus, R. S. Rodolfo, G. S. Jacinto, M. L San Diego-McGlone, C. L. Villanoy, O. Cabrera, and M. I. Senal,, (2010) Linking regional sources and pathways for submarine groundwater discharge at a coral reef by simultaneous resistivity, 222Rn, and salinity measurements
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 37, No. L16401, do

Cardenas, M.B., Jiang, X.W., (2010) Groundwater flow, transport and residence times through topography-driven basins with depth-decaying permeability and porosity
Water Resources Research Volume 46

Cardenas, M. B., (2010) Lessons from and assessment of Boussinesq aquifer modeling of a large fluvial island in a dam-regulated river
Advances in Water Resources Volume 33, No. 11

Chaudhary, K., Cardenas, M.B., Deng, W., Bennett, P.C., (2011) The role of eddies inside pores in the transition from Darcy to Forchheimer flows
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 38

Cardenas, M.B., Wilson, J.L., (2006) The influence of ambient groundwater discharge on exchange zones induced by current?bedform interactions
Journal of Hydrology Volume 331, No. doi:10.101

Cardenas, M.B., (2006) Interactive comment on "Quantifying biologically and physically induced flow and tracer dynamics in permeable sediments by F.J. Meysman et al.
Biogeosciences Discussions Volume 3

Nowinski, J.D., Cardenas, M.B., Lightbody, A.F, (2011) Evolution of hydraulic conductivity in the floodplain of a meandering river due to hyporheic transport of fine materials
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 38

Cardenas, M.B., Markowski, M.S., (2011) Geo-electrical imaging of hyporheic exchange and mixing of river water and groundwater in a large regulated river
Environmental Science and Technology Volume 1, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M. B., Jiang, H.S., (2011) Wave-driven porewater and solute circulation through rippled elastic sediment under highly transient forcing, Limnology and Oceanography:
Fluids and Environments Volume 1

Sawyer, A.H., Cardenas, M.B., Buttles, J., (2012) Heat exchange in hyporheic zones formed by channel -spanning logs
Water Resources Research Volume 48

Cardenas, M.B., Lagmay, A.M.F., Andrews, B.J., Rodolfo, R.S., Cabria, H.B., Zamora, P.B., Lapus, M.R., (2012) Terrestrial smokers: thermal springs due to hydrothermal convection of groundwater connected to surface
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 39

Wang, L., Cardenas, M.B., Deng, W., Bennett, P.C., (2012) Theory for dynamic longitudinal dispersion in fractures and rivers with Poiseuille flow
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 39

Gerecht, K. E., Cardenas, M.B., Guswa, A.J., Sawyer, A.H., Swanson, T.E., Nowinski, J.D., (2011) Enhanced hyporheic flow and heat transport in the bed and bank of a large regulated river
Water Resources Research Volume 47, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M. B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) Hydrodynamics of coupled flow above and below a sediment-water interface with triangular bed forms: underflow case
Advances in Water Resources,doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.06.009, 2007 Volume 30

Cardenas, M. B., Slottke, D.T., Ketcham, R.A., Sharp, J.M. Jr., (2007) Navier-Stokes flow and transport simulations using real fractures shows heavy tailing due to eddies,
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 34

Cardenas, M. B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) Dunes, turbulent eddies, and interfacial exchange with permeable sediments
Water Resources Research Volume 43

Cardenas, M. B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) The effects of current-bedform induced fluid flow on the thermal regime of sediments
Water Resources Research Volume 43

Cardenas, M. B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) Exchange across a sediment-water interface with ambient groundwater dischargerge
Journal of Hydrology Volume 346, No. 3-4

Cardenas, M.B., Wilson, J.L., (2007) The thermal regime of sediments in channels und, 112, 20er gaining and losing
Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences Volume 112, No. doi:10.102

M. B. Cardenas, M.B. et al, (2000) Vegetation controls on soil moisture distribution in the Valles Caldera, New Mexico
Ecohydrology, doi:10.1002/eco.11 Volume 1, No. 3

Cardenas, M.B., Harvey, J.W., Packman, A.I., Scott, D.T., (2008) Ground-based thermography of fluvial systems at low and high discharge reveals complex thermal heterogeneity driven by flow variation and bioroughness
Hydrological Processes Volume 22

Cardenas, M. B., Gooseff, M.N., (2008) Comparison of hyporheic flow under ice-free and ice-covered channels based on linked surface-ground-water simulations
Water Resources Research, doi:10.1029/2007WR006506 Volume 44

Cardenas, M.B., (2008) Surface-ground water interface geomorphology leads to scaling of residence times
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 35

Cardenas, M. B., (2008) Three-dimensional vortices in single pores and their effects on transport
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 35

Cardenas, M.B., Cook, P., H. Jiang, P., (2008) Traykovski, Constraining denitrification in permeable wave-influenced marine sediment using linked hydrodynamic and biogeochemical modeling
Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 275, No. 1-2

Cardenas, M.B., Wilson,J.L., Haggerty, R., (2008) Residence time of bedform-driven hyporheic exchange
Advances in Water Resources Volume 31, No. 10

Cardenas, M.B., (2008) The effect of river bend morphology on flow and timescales of surface water-groundwater exchange across pointbars
Journal of Hydrology Volume 362, No. 1-2

Sawyer, A.H., Cardenas, M.B., (2009) Hyporheic flow and residence time distributions in heterogeneous cross-bedded sediment
Water Resources Research Volume 45

Sawyer, A.H., Cardenas, M.B., Bomar, A., Mackey, M, (2009) Impact of dam operations on hyporheic exchange in the riparian zone of a regulated river
Hydrological Processes Volume 15

Dunckel, A.E., Cardenas, M.B., Sawyer, A.H., Bennett, P.C., (2009) High-resolution in-situ thermal imaging of microbial mats at El Tatio Geyser, Chile shows coupling between community color and temperature
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 36, No. L23403,

Cardenas, M.B., Slottke, D.T., Ketcham, R.A., Sharp, J.M. Jr., (2009) Effects of inertia and directionality on flow and transport in a fracture
Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth Volume 114, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M.B., (2009) A model for lateral hyporheic flow based on valley slope and channel sinuosit
Water Resources Research Volume 45, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M.B., (2009) Stream-aquifer interactions and hyporheic exchange in gaining and losing sinuous streams
Water Resources Research Volume 45, No. W06429

Cardenas, M. B., (2009) Direct simulation of a pore-level continuum scale for Fickian dispersion through dense cubic packed spheres with vortices
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Jiang, X.W., Wan, L., Cardenas, M.B., Ge, S., Wang, X.S., (2010) Simultaneous rejuvenation and aging of groundwater in topography-driven basins due to depth-decaying poromechanical properties
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 37, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M.B., (2010) The thermal skin effect of pipes in streambeds and its implications on groundwater flux estimation using diurnal temperature signals
Water Resources Research Volume 46, No. doi:10.102

Francis, B.A., Francis, L.K., Cardenas,M. B., (2010) Water table dynamics and groundwater-surface water interactions during filling and draining of a large fluvial island due to dam-induced river stage fluctuations
Water Resources Research Volume 46, No. doi:10.102

Cardenas, M. B., Neale, C.M.U., Jaworowski, C., Heasler, H., (2011) High-resolution mapping of river-hydrothermal water mixing: Yellowstone National Park
International Journal of Remote Sensing Volume 32, No. 10

Cardenas, M.B., (2007) Potential contribution of topography-driven regional groundwater flow to fractal stream chemistry: residence time distribution analysis of Toth flow
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 34, No. L05403, do

Zlotnik, V.A., Cardenas, M.B., Toundykov, D., (2011) Effects of multi-scale depth-dependent anisotropy on hyporheic and regional groundwater flow
Ground Water Volume 49, No. 4

Andrews, B.J., Cardenas, M. B., Bennett, P.C.,, (2011) Quantification of non-isothermal turbulent mixing processes with high spatio-temporal resolution thermal imaging, Breitenbush Hot Springs, Oregon
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Volume 12, No. doi:10.102

Swanson, T.E., Cardenas, M.B., (2011) Ex-Stream: A MATLAB® program for calculating fluid flux through sediment-water interfaces based on steady and transient temperature profiles
Computers and Geosciences Volume 37, No. doi:10.101

Senal, M.I.S., Jacinto, G.S., San Diego-McGlone, M.L., Siringan, F.P., Zamora, P.B., Soria, Z.L., Cardenas, M.B., Villanoy, C., Cabrera, O., (2011) Nutrient inputs from submarine groundwater discharge in Santiago Reef Flat, Bolinao, Northwestern Philippines
Marine Pollution Bulletin Volume 63, No. 5-12

Jiang, X.W., Wan, L., Cardenas,M.B., Ge, S., Wang, X.S., (2010) Simultaneous rejuvenation and aging of groundwater in topography-driven basins due to depth-decaying poromechanical properties
Geophysical Research Letters Volume 37, No. doi:10.102

Papers Presented:

  • The effects of river dynamics on river-aquifer interactions, University of the Philippines-National Institute of Geological Sciences
  • The surface water-groundwater interface: crossing boundaries, University of Pittsburgh, Dept. of Geology and Planetary Science
  • The surface water-groundwater interface: crossing boundaries, University of Virginia, Dept. of Environmental Sciences
  • The surface water-groundwater interface: crossing boundaries, University of Wyoming, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
  • The surface water-groundwater interface: crossing boundaries, University of Texas at Austin, Dept. of Geological Sciences
  • Flumes, finite-elements, field observations, Fourier-series and fractals: fundamental linkages in hyporheic zone research, Geological Society of America Annual Conference-
  • Integrating turbulent flow, biogeochemical and poromechanical processes in rippled coastal sediment, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Detection and characterization of local to regional groundwater inputs to rivers, lakes and oceans with electrical imaging, Americal Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Flumes, finite-elements, field observations, Fourier-series and fractals: fundamental linkages in hyporheic zone research, Geological Society of America Annual Conference
  • Multiphysics modeling of processes along sediment-water interfaces: towards fundamental understanding and mechanistic predictions, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Dynamics of fluids, solutes, and heat along sediment-water interfaces: a multiphysics modeling study, Gordon Research Conference on Permeable Sediments Plenary Lecture
  • Undersanding surface water-ground water interactions from bedforms to basin using high-fidelity models, University of Nevada-Reno, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences
  • Complex surface water-ground water interactions revealed, University of Texas at Austin, Inst. of Geophysics- Texas, USA
  • Exchange across the surface water-ground water interface from bedforms to bends to basins, University of Lancaster
  • Power-law scaling of residence times: the geomorphological signature of ground water-surface water connection at nested scales, University of the Philippines-Diliman, National Institute of Geological Sciences
  • Power-law scaling of residence times: the geomorphological signature of ground water-surface water connection at nested scales, Geological Society of America Annual Conference
  • Understanding processes in streambeds with reductive models and high-resolution data, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Surface water-groundwater interactions across scales, University of Minnesota St. Anthony Falls Laboratory/ National Center for Earth Surface Dynamics-
  • Constraining denitrification in permeable coastal sediment using linked biogeochemical and hydrodynamic models, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Marine Science Institute
  • Power-law scaling of residence times: the geomorphological signature of ground water-surface water connection at nested scales, University of the Philippines-Diliman, National Institute of Geological Sciences
  • Towards the ?hyporheic meter?-predicting hyporheic exchange from bedforms to bars to bends, European Geosciences Union, Vienna, Austria-
  • Effects of dam and on groundwater - surface ater interactions, University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Fluid dynamic interactions near sediment - water interfaces in aquatic and coastal environments, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting
  • Constraining denitrification in permeable coastal sediment using linked biogeochemical and hydrodynamic models, Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
  • The familiar as a frontier: persistent transient stream-groundwater interactions, Geological Society of America Annual Conference
  • Coastal sediment as bio-geo-reactors powered by waves, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Effects of inertia and directionality on flow and transport in a fracture, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
  • Time-averaged versus transient forcing by waves of porewater circulation and transport in permeable sediment, American Geophysical Union/American Society of Limnology and Oceanography/ The Oceanography Society Ocean Sciences Joint Meeting
  • The surface water -ground water continuum: hydraulics, biogeochemistry and geophysics, University of California - Berkeley
  • Coastal sediment as bio-geo-reactors powered by waves, Texas A $ M University River Corridor Restoration Conference 2011
  • River-aquifer connectivity as a restoration target :what, why and how, River Corridor Restoration Conference 2011(EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland)
  • Groundwater inputs into the coastal ocean:large scale patterns, local dynamics, and implications on material and energy budgets, University of Texas-Marine Science Institute