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Transient analysis of advancing contact angle measurements on polished rock surfaces by Gates, C.H., Perfect, E., Lokitz, B.S., Brabazon, J.W., McKay, L.D., Tyner, J.S.

“…•Dynamic behavior of water droplets was investigated on polished rock surfaces.•Changes droplet morphology occurred over time due to spreading and…”
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Rock Fracture Sorptivity as Related to Aperture Width and Surface Roughness by Brabazon, J.W., Perfect, E., Gates, C.H., Bilheux, H.Z., Tyner, J.S., McKay, L.D., Horodecky, B.B.

“…Core Ideas Spontaneous imbibition was measured in rock fractures using neutron radiography. Early‐time uptake of water displacing air showed a square root of…”
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Field-Scale Migration of Colloidal Tracers in a Fractured Shale Saprolite by McKay, L.D., Sanford, W.E., Strong, J.M.

“…A field‐scale tracer experiment carried out under natural gradient ground water flow conditions showed that colloids can be highly mobile in a fractured and…”
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Influence of Flow Rate on Transport of Bacteriophage in Shale Saprolite by McKay, L.D., Harton, A.D., Wilson, G.V.

“…ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of flow rate on transport and retention of bacteriophage tracers in a fractured shale…”
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Transport of Sr2+ and SrEDTA2- in partially-saturated and heterogeneous sediments by Pace, M.N, Mayes, M.A, Jardine, P.M, McKay, L.D, Yin, X.L, Mehlhorn, T.L, Liu, Q, Gürleyük, H

“…Strontium-90 has migrated deep into the unsaturated subsurface beneath leaking storage tanks in the Waste Management Areas (WMA) at the U.S. Department of…”
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Rapid imbibition of water in fractures within unsaturated sedimentary rock by Cheng, C.-L., Perfect, E., Donnelly, B., Bilheux, H.Z., Tremsin, A.S., McKay, L.D., DiStefano, V.H., Cai, J.C., Santodonato, L.J.

“…•Theory derived describes early rapid water movement in air-filled fractures in Berea.•Dynamic neutron radiography direct measures sorptivity and dispersion…”
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Organic carbon dominated trichloroethene sorption in a clay-rich glacial deposit by Allen-King, R.M. (Washington State University, Pullman, WA.), McKay, L.D, Trudell, M.R

“…The relative contributions of organic carbon and mineral matter to trichloroethene (TCE) sorption were determined for a natural, clay-rich till from Sarnia,…”
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EPM Modeling of a Field-Scale Tritium Tracer Experiment in Fractured, Weathered Shale by McKay, L. D., Stafford, P. L., Toran, L. E.

“…A 2D equivalent porous media (EPM) model was used to simulate transport of tritium for a field‐scale tracer experiment in a fractured and highly weathered…”
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Lateral chloride migration from a landfill in a fractured clay-rich glacial deposit by McKay, L.D. (University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.), Balfour, D.J, Cherry, J.A

“…A plume of chloride (100 to 1000 mg/L) was found to extend up to 40 m laterally from the edge of a landfill located on a thick sequence of clay-rich glacial…”
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Capillary pressure – saturation relationships for gas shales measured using a water activity meter by Donnelly, B., Perfect, E., McKay, L.D., Lemiszki, P.J., DiStefano, V.H., Anovitz, L.M., McFarlane, J., Hale, R.E., Cheng, C.–L.

“…Hydraulic fracturing of gas shale formations involves pumping a large volume of fracking fluid into a hydrocarbon reservoir to fracture the rock and thus…”
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Sensitivity of injection costs to input petrophysical parameters in numerical geologic carbon sequestration models by Cheng, C.-L., Gragg, M.J., Perfect, E., White, M.D., Lemiszki, P.J., McKay, L.D.

“…•Petrophysical parameters impact predicted costs of geologic carbon sequestration.•Intrinsic permeability and the van Genuchten m parameter were most…”
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Escherichia coli Loading at or Near Base Flow in a Mixed-Use Watershed by Gentry, R.W, McCarthy, J, Layton, A, McKay, L.D, Williams, D, Koirala, S.R, Sayler, G.S

“…This study analyzed the occurrence of Escherichia coli in a mixed land-use watershed with human, cattle, and wildlife fecal inputs located in a karstic…”
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Influence of Soil Geochemical and Physical Properties on the Sorption and Bioaccessibility of Chromium(III) by Stewart, M.A, Jardine, P.M, Barnett, M.O, Mehlhorn, T.L, Hyder, L.K, McKay, L.D

“…There are numerous Cr(III)-contaminated sites on Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Energy (DOE) lands that are awaiting possible clean up and…”
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Transport of Sr 2+ and SrEDTA 2− in partially-saturated and heterogeneous sediments by Pace, M.N., Mayes, M.A., Jardine, P.M., McKay, L.D., Yin, X.L., Mehlhorn, T.L., Liu, Q., Gürleyük, H.

“…Strontium-90 has migrated deep into the unsaturated subsurface beneath leaking storage tanks in the Waste Management Areas (WMA) at the U.S. Department of…”
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Influence of diameter on particle transport in a fractured shale saprolite by Cumbie, D.H., McKay, L.D.

“…Experiments in an undisturbed, saturated column of weathered and fractured shale saprolite using fluorescent carboxylate-coated latex microspheres as tracers…”
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Aquifer vulnerability to pesticide migration through till aquitards by Jorgensen, P.R, McKay, L.D, Kistrup, J.P

“…This study investigates the influence of key factors-mainly recharge rate and degradation half-life-on downward migration of the widely used pesticide mecoprop…”
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Effects of Contaminant Concentration, Aging, and Soil Properties on the Bioaccessibility of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) in Soil by Stewart, M. A., Jardine, P. M., Brandt, C. C., Barnett, M. O., Fendorf, S. E., McKay, L. D., Mehlhorn, T. L., Paul, K.

“…Contaminated soils at numerous U.S. Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and other industrial facilities often contain huge inventories of toxic metals…”
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Anaerobic biodegradation of TCE in laboratory columns of fractured saprolite by Lenczewski, M.E, McKay, L.D, Layton, A

“…An experiment was conducted to determine if biodegradation of trichloroethylene (TCE) can occur in previously uncontaminated ground water in saturated…”
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Laterla chloride migration from a landfill in a fractured clay-rich glacial deposit by McKay, L.D, Balfour, D.J, Cherry, J.A

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Intracerebroventricular beta-endorphin increases food intake of rats by McKay, L D, Kenney, N J, Edens, N K, Williams, R H, Woods, S C

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