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New Geochemical Framework and Geographic Information System Methodologies to Assess Element Occurrence, Persistence, and Mobility in Groundwater and Surface Water by Johanna M. Blake, Katherine Walton-Day, Tanya J. Gallegos, Douglas B. Yager, Andrew Teeple, Delbert Humberson, Victoria Stengel, Kent Becher

“…This study presents a geochemical framework and geographic information system (GIS) method for assessing the intrinsic potential of surface water and…”
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Differentiating anthropogenic and natural sources of uranium by geochemical fingerprinting of groundwater at the Homestake uranium mill, Milan, New Mexico, USA by Blake, Johanna M., Harte, Philip, Becher, Kent

“…A multiparameter geochemical-isotopic fingerprinting approach was used to differentiate anthropogenic and natural signatures of uranium contamination near the…”
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Application of REE geochemical signatures for Mesozoic sediment provenance to the Gettysburg Basin, Pennsylvania by Blake, Johanna M., Peters, Stephen C., Johannesson, Karen H.

“…Rift basins adjacent to accreted terranes provide accommodation space for sediments eroded from these terranes. Despite similar depositional environments and…”
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Elevated Concentrations of U and Co-occurring Metals in Abandoned Mine Wastes in a Northeastern Arizona Native American Community by Blake, Johanna M, Avasarala, Sumant, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S, Brearley, Adrian J, Shuey, Christopher, Robinson, Wm. Paul, Nez, Christopher, Bill, Sadie, Lewis, Johnnye, Hirani, Chris, Pacheco, Juan S. Lezama, Cerrato, José M

“…The chemical interactions of U and co-occurring metals in abandoned mine wastes in a Native American community in northeastern Arizona were investigated using…”
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Reactive Transport of U and V from Abandoned Uranium Mine Wastes by Avasarala, Sumant, Lichtner, Peter C., Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S., González-Pinzón, Ricardo, Blake, Johanna M., Cerrato, José M.

“…The reactive transport of uranium (U) and vanadium­(V) from abandoned mine wastes collected from the Blue Gap/Tachee Claim-28 mine site in Arizona was…”
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Sediment cores in a municipal drinking-water reservoir as a record of geochemical transport within a watershed, Farmington Lake, New Mexico, USA by Blake, Johanna M., Brown, Jeb E., Ferguson, Christina L., Bixby, Rebecca J.

“…The geochemical record in lake sediments was investigated in four gravity-core collected sediment cores from Farmington Lake, a drinking-water reservoir, to…”
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Identifying natural and anthropogenic variability of uranium at the well scale, Homestake Superfund site, near Milan, New Mexico, USA by Harte, Philip T., Blake, Johanna M., Thomas, Jonathan, Becher, Kent

“…The San Mateo Creek Basin in New Mexico, USA is located within the Grants Mineral Belt-an area with numerous uranium (U) ore deposits, mines, and milling…”
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Effect of Calcium on the Bioavailability of Dissolved Uranium(VI) in Plant Roots under Circumneutral pH by El Hayek, Eliane, Torres, Chris, Rodriguez-Freire, Lucia, Blake, Johanna M, De Vore, Cherie L, Brearley, Adrian J, Spilde, Michael N, Cabaniss, Stephen, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S, Cerrato, José M

“…We integrated field measurements, hydroponic experiments, microscopy, and spectroscopy to investigate the effect of Ca­(II) on dissolved U­(VI) uptake by…”
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The occurrence and dominant controls on arsenic in the Newark and Gettysburg Basins by Blake, Johanna M., Peters, Stephen C.

“…Elevated arsenic (As) concentrations in groundwater and rocks have been found in crystalline and sedimentary aquifers from New England to Pennsylvania, USA…”
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Reactivity of As and U co-occurring in Mine Wastes in northeastern Arizona by Blake, Johanna M., Avasarala, Sumant, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S., Spilde, Michael, Lezama-Pacheco, Juan S., Latta, Drew, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Ilgen, Anastasia G., Shuey, Christopher, Nez, Christopher, Cerrato, José M.

“…The reactivity of co-occurring arsenic (As) and uranium (U) in mine wastes was investigated using batch reactors, microscopy, spectroscopy, and aqueous…”
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Sediment record of mining legacy and water quality from a drinking-water reservoir, Aztec, New Mexico, USA by Blake, Johanna M., Brown, Jeb E., Ferguson, Christina L., Bixby, Rebecca J., Delay, Naomi T.

“…The record of mining legacy and water quality was investigated in sediments collected in 2018 from four trenches in the Aztec, New Mexico, drinking-water…”
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Uranium mobility and accumulation along the Rio Paguate, Jackpile Mine in Laguna Pueblo, NM by Blake, Johanna M, De Vore, Cherie L, Avasarala, Sumant, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi, Roldan, Claudia, Bowers, Fenton, Spilde, Michael N, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Kirk, Matthew F, Peterson, Eric, Rodriguez-Freire, Lucia, Cerrato, José M

“…The mobility and accumulation of uranium (U) along the Rio Paguate, adjacent to the Jackpile Mine, in Laguna Pueblo, New Mexico was investigated using aqueous…”
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Metal Reactivity in Laboratory Burned Wood from a Watershed Affected by Wildfires by Rahman, Asifur, El Hayek, Eliane, Blake, Johanna M, Bixby, Rebecca J, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi, Spilde, Michael, Otieno, Amanda A, Miltenberger, Keely, Ridgeway, Cyrena, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Atudorei, Viorel, Cerrato, José M

“…We investigated interfacial processes affecting metal mobility by wood ash under laboratory-controlled conditions using aqueous chemistry, microscopy, and…”
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Emerging investigator series: entrapment of uranium-phosphorus nanocrystals inside root cells of Tamarix plants from a mine waste site by Rodriguez-Freire, Lucia, DeVore, Cherie L, El Hayek, Eliane, Berti, Debora, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S, Lezama Pacheco, Juan S, Blake, Johanna M, Spilde, Michael N, Brearley, Adrian J, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Cerrato, José M

“…We investigated the mechanisms of uranium (U) uptake by Tamarix (salt cedars) growing along the Rio Paguate, which flows throughout the Jackpile mine near…”
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Wildfires and water chemistry: effect of metals associated with wood ash by Cerrato, José M, Blake, Johanna M, Hirani, Chris, Clark, Alexander L, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Peterson, Eric, Bixby, Rebecca J

“…The reactivity of metals associated with ash from wood collected from the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico, was assessed through a…”
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A call for strategic water-quality monitoring to advance assessment and prediction of wildfire impacts on water supplies by Murphy, Sheila F., Alpers, Charles N., Anderson, Chauncey W., Banta, J. Ryan, Blake, Johanna M., Carpenter, Kurt D., Clark, Gregory D., Clow, David W., Hempel, Laura A., Martin, Deborah A., Meador, Michael R., Mendez, Gregory O., Mueller-Solger, Anke B., Stewart, Marc A., Payne, Sean E., Peterman, Cara L., Ebel, Brian A.

“…Wildfires pose a risk to water supplies in the western U.S. and many other parts of the world, due to the potential for degradation of water quality. However,…”
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Evidence of Long-Range Transport of Selenium Downstream of Coal Mining Operations in the Elk River Valley, Canada by Foster, Madison J., Storb, Meryl B., Blake, Johanna M., Schmidt, Travis S., Nustad, Rochelle A., Bussell, Ashley M.

“…Expanding coal-mining operations in the Elk River Valley (British Columbia, Canada) have increased total selenium (Se) concentrations in the transboundary Lake…”
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Zinc, copper, nickel, and arsenic monitoring in natural streams using in-situ iron–manganese oxide coated stream pebbles by Blake, Johanna M., Peters, Stephen C., Casteel, Amanda

“…Elements such as zinc, copper, nickel, and arsenic pose a concern for drinking water quality and ecosystem health and tracking these often nonpoint source…”
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Reactivity of As and U co-occurring in Mine Wastes in northeastern Arizona by Blake, Johanna M., Avasarala, Sumant, Ali, Abdul-Mehdi S., Spilde, Michael, Lezama-Pacheco, Juan S., Latta, Drew, Artyushkova, Kateryna, Ilgen, Anastasia G., Shuey, Christopher, Nez, Christopher, Cerrato, José M.

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Geologic, tectonic, and geochemical signatures leading to arsenic in groundwater in the Gettysburg Basin by Blake, Johanna M. T

“…Exposure of humans to arsenic through drinking water may cause health impairment ranging from stomach pain and circulatory problems to skin, lung, bladder, and…”
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