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Gustin MS, Lindberg SE. Terrestrial mercury fluxes: is the next exchange up, down, or neither? In: Pironne N, Mahaffey K, eds. Dynamics of Mercury Pollution on Regional and Global Scales. Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Giglini T. Measurement of total and reactive mercury above a naturally enriched, an anthropogenically contaminated and a pristine site, Nevada. M.S. Thesis. University of Nevada, Reno, NV, August 2003.

Kim CS-J. Mercury speciation and sorption processes in mining environments. Ph.D. Dissertation. Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, September 2002.

Nacht DM. Measurement of reactive gaseous mercury and mercury flux from substrates in California and Nevada. M.S. Thesis. University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 2002.

Engle MA, Gustin MS, Zhang H. Quantifying natural source mercury emissions from the Ivanhoe Mining District, north-central Nevada, USA. Atmospheric Environment 2001;35(23):3987-3997.

Engle MA, Gustin MS. Scaling of atmospheric mercury emissions from three naturally enriched areas: Flowery Peak, Nevada, Peavine Peak, Nevada and Long Valley Caldera, California. Science of the Total Environment 2002;290(1-3):91-104.

Gustin MS, Lindberg SE, Austin K, Coolbaugh M, et al. Assessing the contribution of natural sources to regional atmospheric mercury budgets. Science of the Total Environment 2000; 259(1): 61-71.

Gustin MS, Nacht D, Giglini A, Engle M. Speciation of mercury in the atmosphere above naturally and anthropogenically mercury enriched substrate. American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry 2002;42(1):755-758 (abstract).

Gustin MS. Are mercury emissions from geologic sources significant? A status report. Science of the Total Environment 2003;304(1-3):153-167.

Gustin MS, Coolbaugh M, Engle M, Fitzgerald B, et al. Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine wastes and surrounding geologically enriched terranes. Environmental Geology 2003;43(3):339-351.

Johnson SB, Yoon TH, Brown Jr GE, Scales PJ, et al. Effect of simple organic acid adsorption on the stability of aqueous metal oxide systems. American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry 2003;43(1):512-518 (abstract).

Johnson SB, Yoon TH, Slowey AJ, Brown Jr GE. Adsorption of organic matter at mineral/water interfaces: 3. Implications of surface dissolution for adsorption of oxalate. Langmuir 2004;20(26):11480-11492.

Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Utility of EXAFS in characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes. Journal of Synchrotron Radiation. 1999;6:648-650.

Kim CS, Brown Jr GE, Rytuba JJ. Characterization and speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes using X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). Science of the Total Environment 2000;261(1-3):157-168.

Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown GE Jr. EXAFS study of mercury(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)oxides. I. Effects of pH. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2004;271(1):1-15.

Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Geological and anthropogenic factors influencing mercury speciation in mine wastes. Applied Geochemistry 2004a;19(3):379-393.

Lindberg SE, Zhang H, Vette AF, Gustin MS, et al. Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils: effect of flushing flow rate and verification of a two-resistance exchange interface simulation model. Atmospheric Environment 2002;36(5):847-859.

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Sladek C, Gustin MS, Kim CS, Biester H. Application of three methods for determining mercury speciation in mine waste. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 2002;2(4):369-375.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: Enhancement of transport. American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry 2003;43(1):163-169 (abstract).

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Zhang H, Lindberg SE, Barnette MO, Vette AF, Gustin MS. Dynamic flux chamber measurement of gaseous mercury emission fluxes over soils. Part 1: simulation of gaseous mercury emissions from soils using a two-resistance exchange interface model. Atmospheric Environment 2002;36(5):835-846.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Templeton AS, Trainor TP. Molecular environmental science: shedding new light on heavy metal pollutants in the environment using synchrotron radiation. Presented at the European Union of Geosciences Symposium on The Molecular Environmental Science Perspective, Strasbourg, France, April 8, 2001.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Shaw S, Lowry GV, et al. Processes controlling the chemical/isotopic speciation and distribution of mercury from contaminated mine sites. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL, May 8-10, 2001.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Show S, Lowry GV, et al. Processes controlling the chemical isotopic speciation and distribution of mercury from contaminated mine sites. Presented at the 223rd American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando FL, April 7-11, 2002.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Shaw S, Lowry GV, et al. Processes controlling the chemical/isotopic speciation and distribution of mercury from contaminated mine sites. Presented at the 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, April 7-11, 2002.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. From subduction to mercury in tuna: mercury contamination and speciation in the California coast range. Presented at the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris Seminar Series, Université Paris VI-VII, Paris, France, July 2003.

Brown Jr GE. From subduction to mercury in tuna: Hg mining and contamination in the California coast range, USA. Presented at the Department of Geology and Geophysics Seminar Series, Yale University, New Haven, CT, November 2003.

Brown Jr GE. Processes controlling the chemical/isotopic speciation and distribution of mercury from contaminated mine wastes. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science To Achieve Results Mercury Fate and Transport Final Progress Review Workshop, Washington, DC, November 21, 2003.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. From subduction to mercury in tuna: Hg mining and contamination in the California coast range, USA. Presented at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Seminar Series, Menlo Park, CA, April 2004.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. From subduction to mercury in tuna: Hg mining and contamination in the California coast range, USA. Presented at the Distinguished Lecturer Series on Frontier Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, December 2004.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. Mercury in the California coast range: sources, speciation, and transport. Presented to the Department of Geology, University of California–Davis, Davis, CA, November 2004.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. Mercury speciation and transport from mercury mine tailings in the California coast range. Presented at the Sierra Nevada Research Institute and School of Natural Sciences, University of California–Merced, Merced, CA, November 2004.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. From subduction to mercury in tuna: Hg mining and contamination in the California coast range, USA. Presented at the Seventh Annual Environmental Chemistry Symposium, Pennsylvania State University Center for Environmental Chemistry and Geochemistry, University Park, PA, March 19-20, 2004.

Brown Jr GE, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, et al. Nanomaterials in mining environments. Presented at the Session on Nanogeosciences: Nanoparticle Geochemistry in Water and Air, Nanotechnology and the Environment Symposium, 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-April 1, 2004.

Giglini AD, Gustin MS. Development of a mercury mass balance for the incline creek watershed, Lake Tahoe, NV. Presented at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, February 9-14, 2003.

Gustin MS, Coolbaugh M, Engle M, Fitzgerald B, et al. Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine waste. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assessing and Managing Mercury from Historic and Current Mining Activities Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28-30, 2000.

Gustin MS, Benesch JA, Schorran DE, Johnson DA, et al. Mercury emission and re-emission from diffuse area sources: the Dilemma of small emissions from large surfaces, The “Inert” nature of elemental mercury vapor, and missing sinks in the global mercury cycle. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assessing and Managing Mercury from Historic and Current Mining Activities Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28-30, 2000.

Gustin MS, Coolbaugh M, Engle M, Fitzgerald B, et al. Putting into perspective mercury emissions from geologic sources. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL, May 8-10, 2001.

Gustin MS, Coolbaugh M, Engle M, Fitzgerald B, et al. The significance of mercury emissions from geologic sources. Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Hg as a Global Pollutant, Minamata, Japan, October 16-19, 2001.

Gustin MS, Nacht D, Giglini T, Engle M. Speciation of mercury in the atmosphere above naturally and anthropogenically mercury enriched substrate. Presented at the 223rd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Orlando, FL, April 7-11, 2002.

Gustin MS. The significance of mercury emissions from natural sources. Presented at the Fifth Electric Utilities Environmental Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 22-25, 2002.

Gustin MS. Unraveling the role of natural ecosystems in the biogeochemical cycle of mercury. Presented at the Air Quality III Conference, Washington, DC, September 10-12, 2002.

Gustin MS. The role of naturally mercury enriched substrate and background substrate in the global cycling of mercury. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November 9-18, 2000.

Gustin, MS, Lindberg, SE. Terrestrial Hg fluxes is the net exchange up or down. Presented at the International Workshop on Harmonization of Mercury Measurement Methods and Models to Assess Source Receptor Impact on Air Quality and Human Health, Maratea, Italy, May 23-26, 2004.

Johnson SB, Yoon TH, Brown Jr GE, Scales PJ, et al. Effect of simple organic acid adsorption on the stability of aqueous metal oxide systems. Presented at the 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.

Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Mercury(II) sorption to natural and synthetic (hydr)oxides: effects of pH, chloride, and sulfate. Presented at the 222nd National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Chicago, IL, August 26-30, 2001.

Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, Rytuba JJ, et al. Mercury speciation and sorption processes in mining environments: Origins, influences, and implications. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.

Kim CS, Shaw S, Lowry GV, Rytuba JJ, et al. Determining Hg speciation in natural environmental systems using x-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. Poster presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL, May 8-10, 2001.

Kim CS, Lowry GV, Shaw S, Rytuba JJ, et al. Speciation of mercury-bearing mine wastes using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy: physical and geochemical effects. Presented at the 11th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Hot Springs, VA, November 9-10, 2001.

Kim CS, Lowry GV, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Speciation and characterization of bulk and colloidal mercury-bearing mine wastes. Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Minamata, Japan, October 16-19, 2001.

Kim CS, Catalano JG, Grolimund D, Warner JA, et al. EXAFS determination of the chemical speciation and sorption processes of Hg(II), Sr(II), and Zn(II) in natural and model systems. Presented at the 1999 Activity Report, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Stanford, CA, 2000.

Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. EXAFS studies of mercury sorption to synthetic and natural Fe- and Al-(Hydr)oxides. Poster presented at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory 26th Annual Users’ Conference, Stanford, CA, October 11-12, 1999.

Kim CS, Brown Jr GE, Rytuba JJ. Hg(II) sorption to Fe- and Al-(hydr)oxides: pH and ligand-variable systems. Poster presented at the 10th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Oxford, UK, September 3-8, 2000.

Kim CS, Shaw S, Lowry GV, Rytuba JJ, et al. Mercury speciation in bulk and colloidal mine wastes: origins, influences, and implications. Presented at the 12th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, August 18-23, 2002.

Kim CS, Brown Jr GE, Bloom NS, Rytuba JJ. Speciation of natural mercury mine wastes and other mercury-bearing materials using X-ray absorption fine structure (XAFS) spectroscopy. Presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno, NV, November 9-18, 2000.

Kim CS, Brown Jr GE, Bloom NS, Rytuba JJ. Speciation of natural mercury-bearing materials using X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assessing and Managing Mercury from Historic and Current Mining Activities Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28-30, 2000.

Lowry GV, Shaw S, Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, et al. Colloid-facilitated Hg transport from new Idria and Sulphur Bank mercury mine tailings. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.

Lowry GV, Kim CS, Shaw S, Rytuba JJ, et al. Physical and chemical properties of Hg-bearing colloids released from New Idria and Sulphur Bank mercury mine tailings. Poster presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL, May 8-10, 2001.

Lowry GV, Shaw S, Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, et al. Understanding the complexity of colloid-facilitated Hg transport from Mine Wastes using modern microscopic, spectroscopic, and macroscopic techniques. Poster presented at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors/American Academy of Environmental Engineers Conference 2002-Integrated Environmental Teaching, Research, and Practice: Linking Engineering and Science to Address Complex Problems, Toronto, ON, Canada, August 10-14, 2002.

Nacht D, Gustin MS, Engle M, Zehner RE, et al. Quantifying total and reactive gaseous mercury emissions from the Sulphur Bank mercury mine Superfund site, Northern CA. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.

Rytuba JJ, Kim CS, Lowry GV, Brown Jr GE, et al. Release and transport of mercury in watersheds impacted by mercury containing mineral deposits. Poster presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL, May 8-10, 2001.

Shaw S, Lowry GV, Kim CS, Rytuba JJ, et al. Characterization of colloidal nanoparticles released from Hg-bearing mine wastes. Presented at the American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.

Sladek C, Gustin MS. Evaluation of methods for predicting potential mobility of mercury in waste associated with historic mercury and gold mining. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assessing and Managing Mercury from Historic and Current Mining Activities Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28-30, 2000.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Brown Jr GE. Transport of colloid-associated arsenic and mercury from mercury mines. Presented at the Biogeosciences session B11E-03: Molecular Biogeochemical Processes of Terrestrial Environments II, American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Transport of colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: column experiments and microscopic, spectroscopic, and chemical analyses of colloidal material. Poster presented at the American Geophysical Union 2003 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 8-12, 2003 (Biogeosciences Paper Number: B21C-0734).

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytubo JJ, Brown Jr GE, Colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: enhancement of transport. Presented at the 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: transport from a mine environment. Poster presented at the 225th American Chemical Society National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Newville M, Brown Jr GE. Transport of colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: column experiments and microscopic and spectroscopic analyses of colloidal material. Presented at the 30th Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory User Meeting, Menlo Park, CA, October 8-10, 2003.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Transport of colloid-associated mercury: column experiments and microscopic, spectroscopic, and chemical analyses of colloidal material. Presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Northern California Chapter, Davis, CA, May 2004.

Slowey AJ, Brown Jr GE. The reliability of Hg L 3-edge extended X-ray absorption fine structure in speciating mercury in mine tailings, soils, and sediments. Presented at the 31st Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory User Meeting, Menlo Park, CA, October 20-22, 2004.

Slowey AJ, Johnson SB, Rytuba JJ, Brown Jr GE. Transport of colloid-associated arsenic and mercury: column experiments and microscopic, spectroscopic, and chemical analyses of colloidal material. Presented at the 227th American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-April 1, 2004.

Zehner RE, Gustin MS. Estimation of mercury vapor flux from natural geologic sources in Nevada, Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine waste. Presented at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assessing and Managing Mercury from Historic and Current Mining Activities Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 28-30, 2000.

Zehner RE, Gustin MS. Modeling mercury vapor flux from natural rocks and soils in Nevada. Presented at the Nevada Geographic Information Society Conference, Reno, NV, April 28-30, 2003.

Zehner RE, Gustin MS, Rytuba JJ. Quantifying mercury emissions from base and precious metal deposits and oil and gas fields. Presented at the Air and Waste Management Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, June 22-26, 2003.

Brown Jr GE. Processes controlling the chemical/isotopic speciation and distribution of mercury from contaminated mine wastes. In: Proceedings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science To Achieve Results Mercury Fate and Transport Final Progress Review Workshop, Washington, DC, November 21, 2003, pp. 29-30.

Gustin MS. Quantifying the role of significant sources and sinks in the biogeochemical cycle of mercury. In: Proceedings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Science Forum, Washington, DC, May 1-2, 2002.

Gustin MS, Coolbaugh MF, Engle MA. Emission of mercury to the atmosphere from natural sources in Nevada and California. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, August 6-10, 2000.

Zhang H, Lindberg SE, Gustin MS, Xu X. Toward a better understanding of mercury emissions from soils. In: Proceedings of the American Chemical Society Symposium Series 2003, 835 (Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements), Washington, DC: American Chemical Society, pp. 246-261.