Publications are listed by type, year and alphabetically by author. My ResearchGate account or Google Scholar may be slightly more up to date. Please email if there are any you can’t access otherwise.
In Prep/In Review/Preprint
A Deep Learning-Accelerated Data Assimilation and Forecasting Workflow for Commercial-Scale Geologic Carbon Storage. Tang, H., Fu, P., Sherman, C. S., Zhang, J., Hamon, F., Azzolina, N. A., Burton-Kelly, M., and Morris, J. P. arXiv:2105.09468. RG.
Burton-Kelly, M. and J. H. Hartman, 2014. Comparing size of morphospace occupation among extant and cretaceous fossil freshwater mussels using Elliptical Fourier Analysis. PeerJ PrePrints 2:e626v1. PJ
Peer-Reviewed
Lu, D., S. L. Painter, N. A. Azzolina, M. Burton-Kelly, T. Jiang, and C. Williamson. 2022. Accurate and Rapid Forecasts for Geologic Carbon Storage via Learning-Based Inversion-Free Prediction. Frontiers in Energy Research 9:1-12. 10.3389/fenrg.2021.752185.
Dalkhaa, C., T. Jiang, M. Burton-Kelly, M. Scharenberg, V. Smith, J. Walker, A. Duguid, M. R. Heinrichs, N. W. Bosshart, and J. A. Sorensen. 2021. A simulation study of carbon storage with active reservoir management. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology. RG. Wiley.
Burton-Kelly, M., N. A. Azzolina, K. C. Connors, W. D. Peck, D. V. Nakles, and T. Jiang. 2021. Risk‐based area of review estimation in overpressured reservoirs to support injection well storage facility permit requirements for CO2 storage projects. Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology 0:1-20. 10.1002/ghg.2098. RG.
Sanguinito, S., H. Singh, E. Myshakin, A. Goodman, R. Dilmore, T. Grant, D. Morgan, G. Bromhal, P. Warwick, S. Brennan, P. Freeman, C. Ozgen Karacan, C. Gorecki, W. Peck, M. Burton-Kelly, N. Dotzenrod, S. Frailey, and R. Pawar. 2020. Methodology for estimating the prospective CO2 storage resource of residual oil zones at the national and regional scale. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 96:103006. SD. RG.
Wildgust, N., K. M. Leroux, B. W. Botnen, D. J. Daly, M. D. Jensen, N. S. Kalenze, M. E. Burton-Kelly, C. Dalkhaa, T. E. Doll, and C. D. Gorecki. 2019. Pre-feasibility study of CCS in western Nebraska. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 84:1-12. SD. RG.
Azzolina, N.A., N.W. Bosshart, M.E. Burton-Kelly, J.A. Hamling, and W.D. Peck. 2018. Statistical analysis of pulsed-neutron well logs (PNLs) in monitoring injected carbon dioxide (CO2). International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 75:125-133. RG.
Peck, W. D., N. A. Azzolina, J. Ge, N. W. Bosshart, M. E. Burton-Kelly, C. D. Gorecki, A. J. Gorz, S. C. Ayash, D. V. Nakles, and L. S. Melzer. 2018. Quantifying CO2 storage efficiency factors in hydrocarbon reservoirs: A detailed look at CO2 enhanced oil recovery. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 69:41—51. SD, RG
Jin, L., J. A. Sorensen, S. B. Hawthorne, S. A. Smith, L. J. Pekot, N. W. Bosshart, M. E. Burton-Kelly, D. J. Miller, C. B. Grabanski, C. D. Gorecki, E. N. Steadman, and J. A. Harju. 2016. Improving oil transportability using CO2 in the Bakken unconventional system—A laboratory investigation. SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering-Reservoir Engineering. OP.
Burton-Kelly, M.E. and J.M. Erickson. 2010. A new occurrence of Protichnites Owen, 1852, in the Late Cambrian Potsdam Sandstone of the St. Lawrence Lowlands. The Open Paleontology Journal 3:1-13. PDF 1MB
Technical Reports
Burton-Kelly, M. E., I. K. Feole, N. Wildgust, W. D. Peck, C. D. Gorecki, 2019. Potential geologic CO2 storage resource in Nebraska [USA]. Plains Co2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership Value-Added Report for NETL/DOE.
Azzolina, N. A., J. A. Torres, S. Chimote, L. J. Pekot, A. J. Livers-Douglas, J. T. Kovacevich, M. E. Burton-Kelly, N. W. Dotzenrod, N. W. Bosshart, C. Dalkhaa, S. C. Ayash, C. Li, D. V. Nakles, C. D. Gorecki, and H. M. Vettleson. 2018. Development of intelligent monitoring system (IMS) modules for the Aquistore CO2 storage project; Final Technical Report – Deliverable D5. NETL/DOE report. RG.
Wildgust, N., K. M. Leroux, B. W. Botnen, D. J. Daly, M. D. Jensen, K. A. Glazewski, N. S. Kalenze, M. E. Burton-Kelly, C. Dalkhaa, J. A. Torres, T. E. Doll, H. M. Vettleson, W. I. Wilson, C. R. Crocker, and C. D. Gorecki. 2018. Nebraska integrated carbon capture and storage pre-feasibility study. NETL/DOE report. RG.
Bosshart, N. W., S. C. Ayash, N. A. Azzolina, W. D. Peck, C. D. Gorecki, J. Ge, T. Jiang, M. E. Burton-Kelly, P. W. Anderson, N. W. Dotzenrod, A. J. Gorz. 2017. Optimizing and quantifying CO2 storage resource in saline formations and hydrocarbon reservoirs – Final Report. NETL/DOE report. RG.
Burton-Kelly, M., N. W. Dotzenrod, I. K. Feole, A. J. Gorz, S. C. Ayash, and W. D. Peck. 2015. Identification of residual oil zones in the Williston and Powder River Basins: Literature review summary. NETL/DOE report.
Burton-Kelly, M. E., W. D. Peck, K. A. Glazewski, and T. E. Doll. 2014. Evaluation of near-term (5-year) potential for carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery in conventional oil fields in North Dakota, In Kadrmas, Lee & Jackson [KLJ] (eds.), North Dakota Oil and Gas Industry Impacts Study, 2014-2019. PDF 14.8MB
Burnison, S. A., M. Burton-Kelly, X. Zhang, C. D. Gorecki, E. N. Steadman, and J. A. Harju. 2014. Bell Creek Test Site–3-D Seismic and Characterization Report. Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership Phase III, Task 4–Deliverable D96. [Polygonal faulting section]
Abstracts
Livers-Douglas, A., M. Burton-Kelly, B. S. Oster, W. D. Peck, and N. W. Bosshart, 2019. Geostatistical analysis of seismic data for regional modeling of the Broom Creek Formation, North Dakota, USA. Fourth EAGE Conference on Petroleum Geostatistics, Florence, Italy, 2-6 September 2019. RG.
Hawthorne, S. B., L. Jin, B. A. Kurz, D. J. Miller, C. B. Grabanski, J. A. Sorensen, L. J. Pekot, N. W. Bosshart, S. A. Smith, M. E. Burton-Kelly, L. V. Heebink, C. D. Gorecki, E. N. Steadman, J. A. Harju. 2017. Integrating Petrographic and Petrophysical Analyses with CO2 Permeation and Oil Extraction and Recovery in the Bakken Tight Oil Formation. SPE Unconventional Resources Conference held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, 15–16 February 2017. RG.
Burton-Kelly, M. E., N. W. Dotzenrod, I. K. Feole, W. D. Peck, and S. C. Ayash. 2016. High-level screening for Williston Basin residual oil zones using location-independent data. 13th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland, 14-18 November 2016. Energy Procedia 114:3518-3527. SD. RG.
Jin, L., J. A. Sorensen, S. B. Hawthorne, S. A. Smith, N. W. Bosshart, M. E. Burton-Kelly, D. J. Miller, C. B. Grabanski, and J. A. Harju. 2016. Improving oil transportability using CO2 in the Bakken System—A laboratory investigation. SPE International Conference & Exhibition on Formation Damage Control held in Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, 24–26 February 2016. OP
Bosshart, N. W., J. R. Braunberger, M. E. Burton-Kelly, N. W. Dotzenrod, C. D. Gorecki. 2015. Multiscale reservoir modeling for CO2 storage and enhanced oil recovery using multiple point statistics. EAGE Petroleum Geostatistics 2015 Conference, 7-11 September, 2015, Biarritz, France.
Burton-Kelly, M., N. W. Dotzenrod, W. D. Peck, J. R. Braunberger, A. J. Gorz, S. C. Ayash, C. D. Gorecki, and J. A. Hamling. 2015. Identifying residual oil zones in the Williston and Powder River Basins using Basin Modeling. Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, 28-30 April, 2015 | Evraz Place, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. RG
HARTMAN, J.H., R.D. BUTLER, W.A. CLEMENS, and M.E. BURTON-KELLY. 2011. What’s in a name? Barnum Brown’s Hell Creek location and Hell Creek Formation observations. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43(5):601. Abstract
BURTON-KELLY, M.E., J.H. HARTMAN, and M. POLTENOVAGE. 2011. Introducing NodakPaleo, an online specimen and locality database at the University of North Dakota. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43(5):186. Abstract
BURTON-KELLY, M.E., J.H. HARTMAN, and A.E. BOGAN. 2011. Determining temporal and geographic limits of fossil freshwater mussels of the family Hyriidae. The Graduate School Scholarly Forum, March 8 – 9, 2011, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA, p. 73. Abstract and poster PDF 9.5MB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. and J.H. HARTMAN. 2010. Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to synthesize the biostratigraphy of Cretaceous and Paleogene freshwater mollusks in eastern Montana, USA. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 42(5):631. Abstract
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. and J.H. HARTMAN. 2009. Delineating paleodrainages using morphospace occupation of freshwater mussels. 9th North American Paleontological Convention Abstracts, Cincinnati Museum Center Scientific Contribution Number 3:81-82. Abstract RTF 2.9KB Poster PDF 7.5MB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E., N. PETERSON, J. H. HARTMAN, G. P. WILSON, J. A. RIEDEL, and A. RICE, 2009. Using new, not so old, and traditional geological techniques to interpret geologic sections in Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation strata of Montana. Proceedings of the North Dakota Academy of Science 63:80. Abstract PDF 1.7MB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. and J.H. HARTMAN. 2008. Use of Elliptical Fourier Analysis to determine morphospace occupation in modern edentulous mussels to help identify ‘natural’ limits of fossil groups. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40(6):540. Abstract RTF 3.6KB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E., and J.H. HARTMAN. 2007. Discrimination of end-Cretaceous anodontine Unionoidea from North Dakota: How many taxa make sense? In K. Jordaens, N. Van Houtte, J. Van Goethem, and T. Backeljau (eds.), World Congress of Malacology 15-20 July 2007: Antwerp, Belgium, Unitas Malacologica, p. 28-29. Abstract RTF 3.5KB
HARTMAN, J.H., M.E. BURTON-KELLY, and A.R. SWEET. 2007. Interpreting the last molluscan Unionoidea from the Cretaceous of North Dakota. In K. Jordaens, N. Van Houtte, J. Van Goethem, and T. Backeljau (eds.), World Congress of Malacology 15-20 July 2007: Antwerp, Belgium, Unitas Malacologica, p. 92. Abstract RTF 3.4KB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. 2007. Analysis of variability in Protichnites morphology and a standardized method of identification. Ichnological Applications to Sedimentological and Sequence Stratigraphic Problems, SEPM Research Conference, May 20 – 26, 2007, Price, Utah, USA. Abstract and poster PDF 25MB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E., and J.M. ERICKSON. 2005. An analysis of multiple trackways of Protichnites Owen, 1852, from the Potsdam Sandstone (Late Cambrian), St. Lawrence Valley, NY. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(1):13. Abstract RTF 3KB Poster PDF 15MB
SMRECAK, T.A., J.M. ERICKSON, J.W. HOGANSON, and M.E. BURTON-KELLY. 2005. Comparisons of megaflora assemblages between the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) Hell Creek and Tertiary (Paleocene) Ludlow formations at the Stumpf Site Natural Area, Morton County, North Dakota. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 37(7):137. Abstract RTF 3.2KB
Theses
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. 2013. Examining the continuity of the long-lived (Triassic-Recent) freshwater mussel genus Diplodon (family Hyriidae). Unpublished Ph.D dissertation. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. 226 p. PQ, RG
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. 2008. Using elliptical Fourier analysis to compare size of morphospace occupation between modern edentulous freshwater unionoid mussels and the fossils at L6516 (Slope County, North Dakota, U.S.A.), with remarks on preservation. Unpublished M.S. thesis. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. 218 p. PDF 60MB
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. 2005. An analysis of multiple trackways of Protichnites Owen, 1852, from the Potsdam Sandstone (Late Cambrian), St. Lawrence Valley, NY. Unpublished Bachelor’s thesis, St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York, 66 p. PDF 4.6 MB
Miscellaneous
BURTON-KELLY, M.E. 2009. Planning for future North Dakota freshwater mussel surveys. Class presentation for Geography 474: Introduction to GIS. University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND. Presentation PDF 2.5MB