Christopher Murray
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Biography
Meet Chris Murray (pdf, 153kb).
Research Interests
- Geostatistical analysis for environmental mapping and risk assessment
- Geostatistical modeling of sedimentary facies and petrophysical properties
- Environmental sampling design and decision analysis
- Statistical approaches to sedimentology and study of the geologic controls on subsurface fluid flow
Education and Credentials
- Ph.D., Geostatistics, Stanford University, 1992
- M.S., Geology, University of Montana, 1982
- B.A., Geology, University of Montana, 1980
Affiliations and Professional Service
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- American Geophysical Union
- Geological Society of America
- International Association for Mathematical Geology
- North American Council on Geostatistics
- SEPM (the Society for Sedimentary Geology
Awards and Recognitions
- Registered Professional Geologist, Washington (No. 1393)
- Thomas D. and Janice H. Barrow Fellowship in the Earth Sciences (1988-1992)
- Blaustein Fellowship in the Earth Sciences (1988-1992)
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship (1980-1982)
- Sigma Xi Research Award (1980)
- Watkins Fellowship (1979-1980)
- Marathon Oil Scholarship (1979-1980)
- Estwing Award for Field Geology (1979)
- National Association of Geology Teachers' Summer Field Scholarship (1979)
PNNL Publications
2009
- Last GV, ML Rockhold, CJ Murray, and KJ Cantrell. 2009. Selection and Traceability of Parameters To Support Hanford-Specific RESRAD Analyses -- Fiscal Year 2008 Status Report . PNNL-18564, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2008
- Xie YL, CJ Murray, TP Hanrahan, and DR Geist. 2008. "Data Mining on Large Data Set for Predicting Salmon Spawning Habitat." In Proceedings of The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'08), vol. 1, ed. R. Stahlbock, S. F. Crone and S. Lessmann, pp. 233-239. CSREA Press, Athens, NV.
- Geist DR, CJ Murray, TP Hanrahan, and YL Xie. 2008. "A model of the effects of flow fluctuations on fall Chinook salmon spawning habitat availability in the Columbia River." North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(6):1894-1910. doi:10.1577/M07-074.1
- Geist DR, EV Arntzen, CJ Murray, K McGrath, YJ Bott, and TP Hanrahan. 2008. "Influence of river level on temperature and hydraulic gradients in chum and fall Chinook salmon spawning areas downstream of Bonneville Dam, Columbia River." North American Journal of Fisheries Management 28(1):30-41.
- Murray CJ, and YJ Bott. 2008. Revised Geostatistical Analysis of the Inventory of Carbon Tetrachloride in the Unconfined Aquifer in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site . PNNL-18118, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Murray CJ, and YJ Bott. 2008. Spatial Analysis of Contaminants in 200 West Area Groundwater in Support of the 200-ZP-1 Operable Unit Pre-Conceptual Remedy Design. PNNL-18100, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2007
- Clement WP, and CJ Murray. 2007. "GPR Imaging of Clastic Dikes at the Hanford Site, Hanford, Washington." In Stratigraphic Analyses Using GPR, vol. Special Paper 432, ed. Baker, GS, and Jol, HM, pp. 169-181. Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO.
- Knight RJ, JD Irving, P Tercier, EJ Freeman, CJ Murray, and ML Rockhold. 2007. "A Comparison of the Use of Radar Images and Neutron Probe Data to Determine the Horizontal Correlation Length of Water Content ." In Subsurface Hydrology: Data Integration for Properties and Processes: Geophysical Monograph Series, vol. 171, ed. David W. Hyndman, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Kamini Singha, pp. 31-44. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.
- Last GV, CJ Murray, DA Bush, EC Sullivan, ML Rockhold, RD Mackley, and BN Bjornstad. 2007. "Standardization of Borehole Data to Support Vadose Zone Flow and Transport Modeling." Vadose Zone Journal 6(4):906-912. doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0175
- Matzke BD, LL Nuffer, RO Gilbert, JE Hathaway, LH Sego, BL Roberts, JE Wilson, ST Dowson, NL Hassig, CJ Murray, BA Pulsipher, and SA McKenna. 2007. Visual Sample Plan Version 5.0 User’s Guide . PNNL-16939, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Murray CJ, AL Ward, and J Wilson. 2007. "Influence of Clastic Dikes on Vertical Migration of Contaminants at the Hanford Site ." Vadose Zone Journal 6(4):959-970. doi:10.2136/vzj2007.0004
- Murray CJ, YJ Bott, and MJ Truex. 2007. Geostatistical Analyses of the Persistence and Inventory of Carbon Tetrachloride in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site. PNNL-16509, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2006
- Scheibe TD, Y Fang, CJ Murray, EE Roden, J Chen, YJ Chien, SC Brooks, and SS Hubbard. 2006. "Transport and biogeochemical reaction of metals in a physically and chemically heterogeneous aquifer." Geosphere 2(4):220-235.
- Truex MJ, MJ Nimmons, CD Johnson, PE Dresel, and CJ Murray. 2006. Screening of Potential Remediation Methods for the 200-ZP-1 Operable Unit at the Hanford Site . PNNL-15954, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Ward AL, ME Conrad, WD Daily, JB Fink, VL Freedman, GW Gee, GM Hoversten, JM Keller, EL Majer, CJ Murray, MD White, SB Yabusaki, and ZF Zhang. 2006. Vadose Zone Transport Field Study: Summary Report . PNNL-15443, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2005
- Murray CJ, GV Last, and MJ Truex. 2005. Review of Geophysical Techniques to Define the Spatial Distribution of Subsurface Properties or Contaminants. PNNL-15305, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Peterson RE, EJ Freeman, PD Thorne, MD Williams, JW Lindberg, CJ Murray, MJ Truex, SB Yabusaki, JP McDonald, VR Vermeul, and JM Zachara. 2005. Contaminants of Potential Concern in the 300-FF-5 Operable Unit: Expanded Annual Groundwater Report for Fiscal Year 2004. PNNL-15127, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2004
- Chen J, S Hubbard, Y Rubin, CJ Murray, EE Roden, and EL Majer. 2004. "Geochemical Characterization Using Geophysical Data and Markov Chain Monte Carlo Methods: A Case Study at the South Oyster Bacterial Transport Site in Virginia." Water Resources Research Vol. 40(No. 12):W12412.
- Hampton MA, CT Blay, and CJ Murray. 2004. "Carbonate Sediment Deposits on the Reef Front Around Oahu, Hawaii." Marine Georesources & Geotechnology 22(1-2):65-102.
- Murray CJ, YJ Chien, and PD Thorne. 2004. A Geostatistical Analysis of Historical Field Data on Tritium, Technetium-99, Iodine-129, and Uranium. PNNL-14618 , Rev. 0, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Wildung RE, SMW Li, CJ Murray, KM Krupka, YL Xie, NJ Hess, and EE Roden. 2004. "Technetium Reduction in Sediments of a Shallow Aquifer Exhibiting Dissimilatory Iron Reduction Potential ." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 49(1):151-162.
2003
- Murray CJ, AL Ward, and JL Wilson, III. 2003. Influence of Clastic Dikes on Vertical Migration of Contaminants in the Vadose Zone at Hanford. PNNL-14224, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Musslewhite CL, M Mcinerney, H Dong, TC Onstott, M Green-Blum, DJP Swift, S MacNaughton, DC White, CJ Murray, and YJ Chien. 2003. "The Factors Controlling Microbial Distribution and Activity in the Shallow Subsurface ." Geomicrobiology Journal 20(3):245 - 261.
- Scheibe TD, CJ Murray, YL Xie, MD Williams, CR Cole, VR Vermeul, and MP Bergeron. 2003. "Temporal and Spatial Weighting of Head and Concentration Observations for a Large-Scale Transient Inverse Model." In Proceedings of Modflow and More 2003: Understanding through Modeling, pp. 610-614. Colorado School of Mines, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Golden, CO.
- Vermeul VR, MP Bergeron, CR Cole, CJ Murray, WE Nichols, TD Scheibe, PD Thorne, SR Waichler, and YL Xie. 2003. Transient Inverse Calibration of the Site-Wide Groundwater Flow Model (ACM-2): FY03 Progress Report . PNNL-14398, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Xie YL, CJ Murray, GV Last, and RD Mackley. 2003. Mineralogical and Bulk-Rock Geochemical Signatures of Ringold and Hanford Formation Sediments . PNNL-14202, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2002
- Murray CJ, HJ Lee, and MA Hampton. 2002. "Geostatistical mapping of effluent-affected sediment distribution on the Palos Verdes Shelf." Continental Shelf Research 22:881-897.
- Bredt PR, CC Ainsworth, FJ Brockman, DM Camaioni, OB Egorov, AR Felmy, YA Gorby, JW Grate, MS Greenwood, BP Hay, NJ Hess, TL Hubler, JP Icenhower, SV Mattigod, BP McGrail, PD Meyer, CJ Murray, PD Panetta, DM Pfund, D Rai, Y Su, SK Sundaram, WJ Weber, and JM Zachara. 2002. Science to Support DOE Site Cleanup: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Environmental Management Science Program Awards -- Fiscal Year 2002 Mid-Year Progress Report. PNNL-13928, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Geist DR, TP Hanrahan, EV Arntzen, GA McMichael, CJ Murray, and YJ Chien. 2002. "Physicochemical charateristics of the hyporheic zone affect redd site selection of chum salmon and fall chinook salmon in the Columbia River." North American Journal of Fisheries Management 22(4):1077-1085.
- Hampton MA, H Karl, and CJ Murray. 2002. "Acoustic profiles and images of the Palos Verdes Margin: Implications concerning deposition from the White's Point outfall." Continental Shelf Research 22(6-7):841-857.
2001
- Murray CJ. 2001. "Sampling and Data Analysis for Environmental Microbiology." Chapter 15 in Manual of Environmental Microbiology, 2nd ed., ed. CJ Hurst; et al, pp. 166-178 ASM Press, Washington DC.
- Balkwill D, J Chen, M Deflaun, F Dobbs, H Dong, JK Fredrickson, M Fuller, M Green, T Ginn, T Griffin, W Holben, S Hubbard, W Johnson, PE Long, B Mailloux, E Majer, M Mcinerney, CJ Murray, T Onstott, T Phelps, TD Scheibe, D Swift, D White, and F Wobber. 2001. "Breakthroughs in field-scale bacterial transport." Eos 82(38):417, 423-425.
- Bredt PR, FJ Brockman, DM Camaioni, AR Felmy, JW Grate, BP Hay, NJ Hess, PD Meyer, CJ Murray, DM Pfund, Y Su, EC Thornton, WJ Weber, and JM Zachara. 2001. Science To Support DOE Site Cleanup: The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Environmental Management Science Program Awards. PNNL-13564, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Cole CR, MP Bergeron, CJ Murray, PD Thorne, SK Wurstner, and PM Rogers. 2001. Uncertainty Analysis Framework - Hanford Site-Wide Groundwater Flow and Transport Model. PNNL-13641, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Murray CJ, GV Last, and YJ Chien. 2001. Enhanced Site Characterization of the 618-4 Burial Ground. PNNL-13656, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Truex MJ, CJ Murray, CR Cole, RJ Cameron, MD Johnson, RS Skeen, and CD Johnson. 2001. Assessment of Carbon Tetrachloride Groundwater Transport in Support of the Hanford Carbon Tetrachloride Innovative Technology Demonstration Program. PNNL-13560, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Geist DR, J Jones, CJ Murray, and DD Dauble. 2000. "Suitability criteria analyzed at the spatial scale of redd clusters improved estimates of fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) spawning habitat use in the Hanford Reach, Columbia River." Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 57(8):1636-1646.
- Michael D, PE Dresel, CJ Chou, CJ Murray, RO Gilbert, and BA Pulsipher. 2000. "Rethinking Groundwater Monitoring at the Hanford Site." Remediation 10(2):19-44.
1999
- Rockhold ML, CJ Murray, and MJ Fayer. 1999. "Conditional simulation and upscaling of soil hydraulic properties." In Characterization and Measurement of the Hydraulic Properties of Unsaturated Porous Media, vol. 2, ed. M. Th. van Genuchten, F. J. Leij, and L. Wu, pp. 1391-1401. University of California Press, Riverside, CA.