Superfund Research Program

Remediating Mine Waste Products

Project Leader: Martha H. Conklin
Grant Number: P42ES004940
Funding Period: 2000 - 2005

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Publications

2005

• Farrell J. 2005. Feasibility study for reductive destruction of carbon tetrachloride using bare and polymer coated nickel electrodes. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 35(3):243-248.

2004

• Gentry TJ, Wang G, Rensing CG, Pepper IL. 2004. Real-time PCR quantification of a green fluorescent protein-labeled, genetically engineered Pseudomonas putida strain during 2-chlorobenzoate degradation in soil. FEMS Microbiol Lett 233(2):307-314. PMID:15063501

2003

• Morfin O, Conklin MH, Corley TL, Hiskey JB, Ruiz J. 2003. The use of Pb isotopes, total metals analysis and total metals ratios to characterize Pb transport and fate in an interrupted stream, Aravaipa Creek, SE Arizona. In: Proceedings of the 5^th International Symposium on Hydrometallurgy.
• Villinski JE, Saiers JE, Conklin MH. 2003. The effects of reaction-product formation on the reductive dissolution of MnO2 by Fe(II). Environ Sci Technol 37(24):5589-5596. PMID:14717168
• Wang J, Farrell J. 2003. Investigating the role of atomic hydrogen on chloroethene reactions with iron using tafel analysis and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. Environ Sci Technol 37(17):3891-3896. PMID:12967110

2002

• Bruant RG, Conklin MH. 2002. Adsorption of benzene and methyl-substituted benzenes at the vapor/water interface: 2. Single-component VHOC adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106(9):2224-2231.
• Bruant RG, Conklin MH. 2002. Adsorption of benzene and methyl-substituted benzenes at the vapor/water interface: 3. Finite binary-component VHOC adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 106(9):2232-2239.
• Robbins EI, Harvey JW, Corley TL. 2002. The Role of Water Speedwell on Metal Uptake at Pinal Creek, near Globe, Arizona. In: Ecological Society of America, 87^th Annual Meeting, August 4-9. Tucson, AZ.
• Silva JA, Bruant RG, Conklin MH, Corley TL. 2002. Equilibrium partitioning of chlorinated solvents: Low foc geomedia. Environ Sci Technol 36(7):1613-1619. PMID:12004787

2001

• Conklin MH, Villinski JE, Kay JT. 2001. Geochemistry of acid mine contamination-aquifer interactions. Int J Occup Med Environ Health 14(3):249-259. PMID:11764853
• Corley TL, Conklin MH. 2001. Heavy metals associated with aquatic plants in an acid-mining contaminated stream: The role of metal plaques. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Environmental Research, May 22-23, 2001. Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center. Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
• Kay JT, Conklin MH. 2001. Processes of nickel and cobalt uptake by a Mn-oxide forming sediment in Pinal Creek, Globe mining district, Arizona. Environ Sci Technol 35(24):4719-4725. PMID:11775144
• Villinski JE, O'Day PA, Bargar JR, Conklin MH. 2001. In situ formation and transformation of Fe(III) precipitates from the oxidation of Fe(II) by MnO2. In: Proceedings of the 222^nd ACS (American Chemical Society) National Meeting - Fall 2001. Chicago, IL. pp.PaperNo.482686.

2000

• Bargar JR, Tebo BM, Villinski JE. 2000. In situ characterization of Mn(II) oxidation by spores of the marine Bacillus sp. strain SG-1. Geochim Cosmochim Acta 64(16):2775-2778.
• Bruant RG, Conklin MH. 2000. Adsorption of trichloroethene at the vapor/water interface. Environ Sci Technol 35(2):362-364. PMID:11347610
• Bruant RG, Conklin MH. 2000. Dynamic determination of vapor/water interface adsorption for volatile organic compounds (VHOCS) using axisymmetric drop shape analysis: Procedure and analysis of benzene adsorption. Journal of Physical Chemistry B 104(47):11146-11152.
• Conklin MH. 2000. Geochemical alterations in an aquifer contaminated by acid mine drainage. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Metals in Eastern and Central Europe: Health Effects, Sources of Contamination and Methods of Remediation, Nov. 8-11. Prague, Czech Republic.
• Kay JT, Fuller CC, Conklin MH, O'Day PA. 2000. Trace-metal interactions with sediments from the hyporheic zone of a mine-contaminated stream, Pinal Creek, Arizona. In: Proceedings of the Conference on Earth Observing System (EOS), Transactions of the American Geophysical Union. Fall Meeting Supplement, December 15-19. San Francisco, CA. pp.F480.
• Robbins EI, Brant DL, Corley TL. 2000. The manganese bioremediation ecosystem. In: Proceedings of the 31^st International Geological Congress, Geology and Sustainable Development: Challenges for the Third Millenium, August 6-17. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• Villinski JE, O'Day PA, Bargar JR, Conklin MH. 2000. Reductive dissolution of MnO2 by Fe(II): Effects of chemical gradients and intermediate phase structural information. In: Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, August 20-24, American Chemical Society. Washington, DC. pp.630-633.

1999

• Choi J, Harvey JW, Conklin MH. 1999. Use of multi-parameter sensitivity analysis to determine relative importance of factors influencing natural attenuation of mining contaminants. In: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, March 8-12. Volume 1-Contamination from Hard Rock Mining: US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018A. Charleston, SC. pp.185-191.
• Corley TL, Marble JC, Koelsch RS, Parker E, Conklin MH. 1999. Biogeochemical oxidation of manganese in Pinal Creek, Arizona. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 80(46):377.
• Harvey JW, Fuller CC, Conklin MH. 1999. Enhanced removal of dissolved manganese in hyporheic zones: Centimeter-scale causes and kilometer-scale consequences. In: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, March 8-12. Volume 1-Contamination from Hard Rock Mining: US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018A. Charleston, SC. pp.193-199.
• Marble JC, Corley TL, Conklin MH. 1999. Representative plant and algal uptake of metals near Globe, Arizona. In: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, March 8-12. Volume 1-Contamination from Hard Rock Mining: US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018A. Charleston, SC. pp.239-245.
• Marble JC, Corley TL, Conklin MH, Fuller CC. 1999. Environmental factors affecting oxidation of manganese in Pinal Creek, Arizona. In: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, March 8-12. Volume 1-Contamination from Hard Rock Mining: US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018A. Charleston, SC. pp.173-183.
• Robbins EI, Corley TL, Conklin MH. 1999. Manganese removal by the epilithic microbial consortium at Pinal Creek near Globe, Arizona. In: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, March 8-12. Volume 1-Contamination from Hard Rock Mining: US Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018A. Charleston, SC. pp.247-258.
• Tebo BM, Bargar JR, Villinski JE. 1999. Bacterial Manganese(II) oxidation: Mechanisms of mineral formation. In: Proceedings of the National Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May 30 - June 3, 1999. Chicago, IL.
• Tebo BM, Bargar JR, Villinski JE. 1999. Mechanisms and products of bacterial Mn(II) oxidation. In: Proceedings of the Center for Environmental Biogeochemistry Summer Workshop, June 13-17. Princeton University, NJ.
• Tebo BM, Bargar JR, Villinski JE. 1999. Mechanisms and products of bacterial Mn(II) oxidation: An X-ray absorption spectroscopy study. In: Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry, September 26-30. Huntsville, Ontario, Canada.