Avner Vengosh

Publications  

Papers Published

1. Lindberg, T.T., Bernhardt, E.S., Bier, R., Helton, A., Merola, R.B., Vengosh, A. and Di Giulio, T.D., Cumulative impacts of mountaintop mining on an Appalachian watershed, PNAS, vol. 108 (December, 2011) [1112381108.abstract]  [abs].
2. Stephen G. Osborn, Avner Vengosh, Nathaniel R. Warner, and Robert B. Jackson, Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas-well drilling and hydraulic fracturing, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 108 (May, 2011), pp. 8172-8176 [PDF].
3. David S. Vinson, Haylee G. Schwartz, Gary S. Dwyer, Avner Vengosh, Evaluating salinity sources of groundwater and implications for sustainable reverse osmosis desalination in coastal North Carolina, USA, Hydrogeology Journal, vol. 19 (2011), pp. 981-994 [PDF].
4. Sowers. J. Vengosh, A., Weinthal, E.S., Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa, Climatic Change, vol. 104 (2011), pp. 599-627 .
5. Vinson, D.S., McIntosh, J.C., Dwyer, G.S., Vengosh, A., Arsenic and other oxyanion-forming natural contaminants in an alluvial basin aquifer: Evaluating sources and mobilization by isotopic tracers (Sr, B, S, C, O, H, Ra), Applied Geochemistry, vol. 26 (2011), pp. 1364-1376 .
6. Osborn, S., Vengosh, A. Warner, N. Jackson, R., Reply to Saba and Orzechowski and Schon: Methane contamination of drinking water accompanying gas- well drilling and hydraulic fracturing., PNAS, vol. 108 (2011), pp. 8172–8176 .
7. Jackson R.B., Osborn S.G., Vengosh, A., Warner, N.R., Reply to Davis: Hydraulic fracturing remains a possible mechanism for observed methane contamination of Drinking water, PNAS, vol. 108 (2011), pp. E872 [E872.extract] .
8. Ruhl, L., Vengosh. A., Dwyer, G.S., Hsu-Kim, H., Deonarine,, The Environmental Impacts of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: An Eighteen-Month Survey, Environ Sci & Technol, vol. 44 (November, 2010), pp. 9272–9278 [PDF] [abs].
9. Pratson, E., Vengosh, A., Dwyer, G., Pratson, L. and Klein, E., The Effectiveness of Arsenic Remediation from Groundwater in a Private Home, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, vol. 30 (January, 2010), pp. 87-93  [abs].
10. Sowers. J. Vengosh, A., Weinthal, E.S., Climate change, water resources, and the politics of adaptation in the Middle East and North Africa, Climatic Change (2010), pp. DOI 10.1007/s10584-010-9835-4 [Paper] [abs].
11. Ruhl, L., Vengosh. A., Dwyer, G.S., Hsu-Kim, H., Deonarine, A., Bergin, M., Kravchenko, J., Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee, Environ Sci & Technol (2009) (43, 6326–6333..) [16]  [abs].
12. 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 (2009) (43 (6), 1769-1775• DOI: 10.1021/es802969r..) [es802969r]  [abs].
13. 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., Limnology and Oceanography, (2009) (54(1), 119–131.) [html]  [abs].
14. 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 (2009) (260, 159-171..)  [abs].
15. Bouchaou, L. , Qurtobi, M., Michelot , J.L., Zine, N., Gaye, C.B., Aggarwal, P.K., Mara, H., Zerouall, A., Taleb, H. and Vengosh, A., Origin and residence time of groundwater in the Tadla basin (Morocco)next term using multiple isotopic and geochemical tools, Journal of Hydrology (2009) (379, 323-338.)  [abs].
16. 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].
17. 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].
18. 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].
19. 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].
20. 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].
21. 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] .
22. 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] .
23. A. Vengosh, Rooting Out Radioactive Groundwater., Geotimes (May, 2006), pp. 18-21 [pdf] .
24. 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] .
25. 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] .
26. 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] .
27. 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 .
28. 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] .
29. 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] .
30. 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] .
31. 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] .
32. 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] .
33. 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] .
34. 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 Submitted

1. Tewodros Rango, Julia Kravchenko, Behailu Atlaw, Peter G. McCornick, Marc Jeuland, Brittany Merola, Avner Vengosh, Groundwater quality and its health impact: an assessment of dental fluorosis in rural inhabitants of the Main Ethiopian Rift, Environment International (2011) .
2. Nathaniel R. Warner, Robert B. Jackson, Stephen G. Osborn, Adrian Down, Kaiguang Zhao, Avner Vengosh, GEOCHEMICAL EVIDENCE FOR NATURAL MIGRATION OF MARCELLUS-LIKE BRINE TO SHALLOW DRINKING-WATER IN PENNSYLVANIA, PNAS (2011) .
3. Vinson, D.S., McIntosh, J.C., Dwyer, G.S., Vengosh, A., Arsenic and other oxyanion-forming natural contaminants in an alluvial basin aquifer: Evaluating sources and mobilization by isotopic tracers (Sr, B, S, C, O, H, Ra), Applied Geochemistry (2010) .

Book Chapters

1. Weinthal, E.S. and Vengosh, A., Water and Conflict: Moving from the Global to the Local, in R. Parker and M. Sommer, editors, Routledge Handbook of Global Public Health (2010) .
2. 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] .