Akob, D.M., Cozzarelli, I.M., Dunlap, D.S., Rowan, E.L., and Lorah, M.M., 2015, Organic and inorganic composition and microbiology of produced waters from Pennsylvania shale gas wells: Applied Geochemistry, v. 60, p. 116-125, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2015.04.011 (Special Issue--Geochemistry of Unconventional Shale Gas from Formation to Extraction--Petrogenesis, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Environmental Impacts).
Akob, D.M., Mumford, A.C., Orem, W.H., Engle, M.A., Klinges, J.G., Kent, D.B., and Cozzarelli, I.M., 2016, Wastewater disposal from unconventional oil and gas development degrades stream quality at a West Virginia injection facility: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 50, no. 11, p. 5517-5525, doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b00428.
Campbell, J., and Akob, D., 2015, The chemistry of waters that follow from fracking--A case study: U.S. Geological Survey News Release, 05/11/2015.
Campbell, J., and Cozzarelli, I., 2015, Natural breakdown of petroleum underground can lace arsenic into groundwater: U.S. Geological Survey News Release, 01/26/2015.
Cozzarelli, I.M., Akob, D.M., Baedecker, M.J., Spencer, T., Jaeschke, J., Dunlap, D.S., Mumford, A.C., Poret-Peterson, A.T., and Chambers, D.B., 2017, Degradation of crude 4-MCHM (4-methylcyclohexanemethanol) in sediments from Elk River, West Virginia: Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/acs.est.7b03142.
Cozzarelli, I.M., Akob, D.M., Baedecker, M.J., Spencer, T.A., Jaeschke, J.B., Dunlap, P.D., Mumford, A.C., and Poret-Peterson, A.T., 2017, MCHM degradation data release: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release.
Cozzarelli, I.M., Skalak, K.J., Kent, D.B., Engle, M.A., Benthem, A., Mumford, A.C., Haase, K., Farag, A., Harper, D., Nagel, S.C., Iwanowicz, L.R., Orem, W.H., Akob, D.M., Jaeschke, J.B., Galloway, J., Kohler, M., Stoliker, D.L., and Jolly, G.D., 2017, Environmental signatures and effects of an oil and gas wastewater spill in the Williston Basin, North Dakota: Science of the Total Environment, v. 579, p. 1781-1793, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.157.
Demas, A., Focazio, M., and Akob, D., 2016, Evidence of unconventional oil and gas wastewater found in surface waters near underground injection site: U.S. Geological Survey News Release, 05/09/2016.
Engle, M.A., Cozzarelli, I.M., and Smith, B.D., 2014, USGS investigations of water produced during hydrocarbon reservoir development: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2014-3104, 4 p.
Fahrenfeld, N.L., Delos Reyes, H., Eramo, A., Akob, D.M., Mumford, A.C., and Cozzarelli, I.M., 2017, Shifts in microbial community structure and function in surface waters impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater revealed by metagenomics: Science of the Total Environment, v. 580, p. 1205-1213, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.12.079.
Focazio, M., and Demas, A., 2013, Disinfection of energy wastewater can lead to toxic byproducts: U.S. Geological Survey Technical Announcement, 09/04/2013.
Hladik, M.L., Focazio, M.J., and Engle, M., 2014, Discharges of produced waters from oil and gas extraction via wastewater treatment plants are sources of disinfection by-products to receiving streams: Science of the Total Environment, v. 466-467, p. 1085-1083, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.008.
Kassotis, C.D., Iwanowicz, L.R., Akob, D.M., Cozzarelli, I.M., Mumford, A.C., Orem, W.H., and Nagel, S.C., 2016, Endocrine disrupting activities of surface water associated with a West Virginia oil and gas Industry wastewater disposal site: Science of the Total Environment, v. 557-558, p. 901-910, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.03.113.
Kent, D.B., Blondes, M.S., Cozzarelli, I.M., Geboy, N., LeBlanc, D.R., Ng, G.-H., Repert, D., and Smith, R.L., 2016, Sewage disposal, petroleum spills, eutrophic lakes, and wastewater from oil and gas production--Potential drivers of arsenic mobilization in the sub-surface, in Bhattacharya, P., and others, eds., Arsenic Research and Global Sustainability--Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Arsenic in the Environment (As2016), Stockholm, Sweden, June 19-23, 2016: London, CRC Press (Taylor and Francis Group), p. 25-26, ISBN:9781138029415.
Lester, Y., Ferrer, I., Thurman, E.M., Sitterley, K.A., Korak, J.A., Aiken, G., and Linden, K.G., 2015, Characterization of hydraulic fracturing flowback water in Colorado--Implications for water treatment: Science of the Total Environment, v. 512-513, p. 637-644, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.01.043.
McMahon, P.B., Kulongoski, J.T., Wright, M.T., Land, M.T., Landon, M.K., Cozzarelli, I.M., Vengosh, A., and Aiken, G.R., 2016, Preliminary results from exploratory sampling of wells for the California oil, gas, and groundwater program, 2014–15: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1100, 8 p.
Orem, W., Tatu, C., Varonka, M., Lerch, H., Bates, A., Engle, M., Crosby, L., and McIntosh, J., 2014, Organic substances in produced and formation water from unconventional natural gas extraction in coal and shale: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, p. 20-31, doi:10.1016/j.coal.2014.01.003.
Orem, W., Varonka, M., Crosby, L., Haase, K., Loftin, K., Hladik, M., Akob, D.M., Tatu, C., Mumford, A., Jaeschke, J., Bates, A., Schell, T., and Cozzarelli, I.M., 2017, Organic geochemistry and toxicology of a stream impacted by unconventional oil and gas wastewater disposal operations: Applied Geochemistry, v. 80, p. 155-167, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.02.016.
Ouyang, B., Akob, D.M., Dunlap, D., and Renock, D., 2017, Microbially mediated barite dissolution in anoxic brines: Applied Geochemistry, v. 76, p. 51-59, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.11.008.
Peterman, Z., Thamke, J., Futa, K., and Oliver, T., 2017, Characterization and origin of brines from the Bakken-Three Forks petroleum system in the Williston Basin, USA: The Mountain Geologist, v. 54, no. 3.
Skalak, K.J., Engle, M.A., Rowan, E.L., Jolly, G.D., Conko, K.M., Benthem, A.J., and Kraemer, T.F., 2014, Surface disposal of produced waters in western and southwestern Pennsylvania--Potential for accumulation of alkali-earth elements in sediments: International Journal of Coal Geology, v. 126, p. 162-170, doi:10.1016/j.coal.2013.12.001.
There are 34 publications in this section of the bibliography. The above list is sorted by author. The Toxics Bibliographic Data Base was last updated on 3/19/19.