Avner Vengosh

Publications  

Papers Published

1. Vinson, D.S., Campbell, T.R. and Vengosh, A., Radon-222 transfer from groundwater used in showers to indoor air, edited by Ron Fuge, Applied Geochemistry, vol. 23 no. 9 (September, 2008), pp. 2676-2685, Elsevier B.V. [021]  [abs].
2. Kloppmann, W., Vengosh, A. Guerrot, K., Millot, R., and Parnkaratov, I., Isotope and ion selectivity in reverse osmosis desalination: Geochemical tracers for man-made freshwater, Environ Sci & Technol, vol. 42 no. 13 (May 21, 2008), pp. 4723–4731, American Chemical Society [es7028894]  [abs].
3. Bouchaou, L. , Michelot , J.L., Vengosh, A., Hsissou, Y. , Qurtobi, M. , Gaye, C.B. , Bullen, T.D. and Zuppi, G.M., Application of multiple isotopic and geochemical tracers for investigation of recharge, salinization, and residence time of water in the Souss-Massa aquifer, Southwest of Morocco, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 352 no. 3-4 (May 15, 2008), pp. 267-287, Elsevier B.V. [022]  [abs].
4. Vengosh, A., Hening, S., Ganor, J., Mayer, B., Weyhenmeyer, C.E., Bullen. T.D. , and Paytan, A., New isotopic evidence for the origin of groundwater from the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer in the Negev, Israel., Applied Geochemistry, vol. 22 (2007), pp. 1052-1073 [pdf] .
5. Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Polak, A., and Shavit, U., The geochemistry of groundwater resources in the Jordan Valley: impact of the Rift Valley brines., Applied Geochemistry, vol. 22 (2007), pp. 494-514 [pdf] .
6. A. Vengosh, Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater., Geotimes (May, 2006), pp. 18-21 [pdf] .
7. Weinthal., E., Parag, Y., Vengosh, A., Muti, A., & Kloppmann, W., The EU drinking water directive: The boron standard and scientific uncertainty, European Environment, vol. 15 (2005), pp. 1-12 [pdf] .
8. Vengosh, A., Kloppmann, W., Marie, A., Livshitz, Y., Gutierrez, A., Banna, M., Guerrot, C., Pankratov, I., & Ranan, H., Sources of salinity and boron in the Gaza Strip: Natural contaminant flow in the southern Mediterranean Coastal aquifer, Water Resources Research, vol. 41 (2005) (W01013, doi:10.1029/2004WR003344.) [pdf] .
9. Kass, A., Gavrieli, I., Yechieli, Y., Vengosh, A., & Starinsky, A., The impact of freshwater and wastewater irrigation on the chemistry of shallow groundwater: a case study from the Israeli Coastal Aquifer, Journal of Hydrology, vol. 300 (2005), pp. 314-331 [pdf] .
10. Holtzman, R., Shavit, U., Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Farber, E., & Vengosh, A., Quantifying groundwater inputs along the Lower Jordan River, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 34 (2005), pp. 897-906 .
11. Weinthal, E., Vengosh, A., Marie, A., Gutierrez A., & Kloppmann, W., The Water Crisis in the Gaza Strip: Prospects for remediation, Ground Water, vol. 43 (2005), pp. 653-660 [pdf] .
12. Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Holtzman, R., Segal, M. and Shavit, U., Management scenarios for the Jordan River salinity crisis., Applied Geochemistry, vol. 20 (2005), pp. 2138-2153 [pdf] .
13. Segal-Rozenhaimer, M., Shavit, U., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Farber, E., Holtzman, R., Mayer, B., & Shaviv, A., Sources and Transformations of Nitrogen Compounds along the Lower Jordan River, Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 33 (2004), pp. 1440-1451 [pdf] .
14. Farber, E., Vengosh, A., Gavrieli, I., Marie, A., Bullen, T.D., Mayer, B., Holtzman, R., Segal, M., & Shavit, U., The origin and mechanisms of salinization of the Lower Jordan River, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 68 (2004), pp. 1989-2006 [pdf] .
15. Polat, A., Vengosh, A., Pankratov, I., & Polat, M., A new methodology for removal of boron from water by coal and fly ash, Desalination, vol. 164 (2004), pp. 173-188 [pdf] .
16. Vengosh, A., Gill, J., Davisson, M.L., & Huddon, G.B., A multi isotope (B, Sr, O, H, C) and age dating (3H-3He, 14C) study of groundwater from Salinas Valley, California: Hydrochemistry, dynamics, and contamination processes, Water Resources Research, vol. 38 (2002), pp. 9-1-17 [pdf] .
17. Vengosh, A., Helvaci, C. & Karamanderesi, I.H., Geochemical constraints for the origin of thermal waters from western Turkey, Applied Geochemistry, vol. 17 (2002), pp. 163-183 .

Papers Accepted

1. Raanan, H., Vengosh, A., Paytan, A., and Nishri, A., Quantifying saline groundwater flow into a fresh water lake using the Ra isotope quartet: A case study from the Sea of Galilee (Lake Kinneret), Israel, edited by Everett Fee, Limonology and Oceanograpghy, vol. 54 no. 1 (2008), American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.  [abs].
2. Vinson, D.S., Vengosh, A., Hirschfeld, D. and Dwyer, G.S., Relationships between radium and radon occurrence and hydrochemistry in fresh groundwater from fractured crystalline rocks, North Carolina (USA), Chemical Geology (2008), Elsevier B.V. [022]  [abs].

Papers Submitted

1. Vengosh, A., Hirschfeld, D., Vinson, D.S., Dwyer, G.S. Raanan, H., Rimawi, O., Al-Zoubi, A., Akkawi, E., Marie, A., Haquin, G., Zaarur, S., and Ganor, J., High Naturally Occurring Radioactivity in Fossil Groundwater in the Middle East, Environ Sci & Technol (2008)  [abs].
2. Vengosh, A., Dywer, G.S., Kloppmann, K., Rapaglia, J., Zaggia, L., Modeling the salinity and pH effects on boron species and isotopic distributions in estuarine environments: A potential new proxy for paleosalinity, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta (2008)  [abs].

Book Chapters

1. Vengosh, A., Salinization and Saline Environments, in Environmental geochemistry, Treatise in Geochemistry, edited by B. Sherwood Lollar, vol. 9 (2003), Elsevier Science (Executive Editors: Holland, H.D. and Turekian, K.T.,.) [available here] .