Recent publications

2016

• Liu, P., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Landis, R.C., 2016. Mechanisms of mercury removal by biochars produced from different feedstocks determined using X-ray absorption spectroscopy. J. Hazard Mater., in press.
• Bailey, B.L., Blowes, D.W., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2016. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Geochemical and microbiological characterization of low sulfide content large-scale waste rock test piles. Appl. Geochem., 65: 54-72.

2015

• Sinclair, S.A., Pham, N., Amos, R.T., Sego, D.C., Smith, L., Blowes, D.W., 2015. Influence of freeze-thaw dynamics on internal geochemical evolution of low sulfide waste rock. Appl. Geochem, 61: 160-174.
• Veeramani, H., Eagling, J., Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Kong, L., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2015. Zinc isotope fractionation as an indicator of geochemical attenuation processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2(11): 341-319.
• Langman, J.B., Blowes, D.W., Sinclair, S.A., Krentz, A., Amos, R.T., Smith, L.J.D., Pham, H.N., Sego, D.C., Smith, L., 2015. Early evolution of weathering and sulfide depletion of a low-sulfur, granitic, waste rock in an Arctic climate: A laboratory and field site comparison. J. Geochem. Explor., 156: 61-71.
• Shrimpton, H.K., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Fractionation of selenium during selenate reduction by granular zero valent iron. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(19): 11688-11696.
• Smith, L.J., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Groza, L.G., Moncur, M.C., 2015. Perchlorate in lake water from an operating diamond mine. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(13): 7589-7596.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Dual mechanism conceptual model for Cr isotope fractionation during reduction by zerovalent iron under saturated flow conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(9): 5467-5475.
• Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., Bailey, B.L., Sego, D.C., Smith, L., Ritchie, A.I.M., 2015. Waste-rock hydrogeology and geochemistry. Appl. Geochem., 57: 140-156.
• Langman, J.B., Blowes, D.W., Veeramani, H., Wilson, D., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., Paktunc, D., 2015. The mineral and aqueous phase evolution of sulfur and nickel with weathering of pyrrhotite in a low sulfide, granitic waste rock. Chem. Geol., 401: 169-179.
• Bailey, B.L., Blowes, D.W., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2015. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Geochemical and microbiological characterization of drainage from low-sulfide waste rock: Active zone field experiments. Appl. Geochem., 62: 18-34.
• Desrochers, K.A.N., Paulson, K.M.A., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Gould, W.D., 2015. Effect of electron donor to sulfate ratio on mercury methylation in floodplain sediments under saturated flow conditions. Geomicrobiol. J., 32(10): 924-933.
• Nordstrom, D.K., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Hydrogeochemistry and microbiology of mine drainage: An update. Appl. Geochem., 57: 3-16.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Moncur, M.C., Bain, J.G., Jambor, J.K., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2015. Geochemical and mineralogical aspects of sulfide mine tailings. Appl. Geochem., 57: 157-177.
• Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Daugherty, S.D., 2015. Sediment resuspension under variable geochemical conditions and implications for contaminant release. J. Soils Sediments, 15(7): 1644-1656.
• Moncur, M.C., Ptacek, C.J., Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Jambor, J.L., 2015. Long-term mineralogical and geochemical evolution of sulfide-rich mine tailings under a shallow water cover. Appl. Geochem., 57: 178-193.
• Liu, P., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Berti, W.R., Landis, R.C., 2015. Aqueous leaching of organic acids and dissolved organic carbon for various biochars prepared at different temperatures. J. Environ. Qual. 44: 684–695.
• Hussain, S.I., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Wooten, B., Balch, G., Higgins, J., 2015. Mechanisms of phosphorus removal in a pilot-scale constructed wetland/BOF slag wastewater treatment system. Environ. Eng. Sci., 32(4): 341-352.

​​2014

• Liu, Y.Y., Blowes, D.W., Groza, L., Sabourin, M.J., Ptacek, C.J., 2014. Acesulfame-K and pharmaceuticals as co-tracers of municipal wastewater in a receiving river. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(12): 2789-2795.
• Hussain, S.I., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Olding, D. 2014. Phosphorus removal from lake water using basic oxygen furnace slag: System performance and characterization of reaction products. Environ. Eng. Sci., 31(11): 631-642.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Lentz, A.M., Amos, R.T., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Examination of Cr(VI) treatment mechanisms by in situ, real-time X-ray absorption spectroscopy and Cr isotope measurements. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 142: 299-313.
• Jeen, S.W., Bain, J.G., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Evaluation of mixtures of peat, zero-valent iron and alkalinity amendments for treatment of acid rock drainage. Appl. Geochem., 43: 66-79.
• Matthies, R., Sinclair, S.A., Blowes, D.W., 2014. The zinc stable isotope signature of waste rock drainage in the Canadian permafrost region. Appl. Geochem., 48: 53-57.
• Langman, J.B., Moore, M.L., Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Diavik Waste Rock Project: Evolution of mineral weathering, element release, and acid generation and neutralization during a five-year humidity cell experiment. Minerals, 4: 257-278.
• Linley, S. Liu, Y.Y., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Gu, F.X., 2014. Recyclable graphene oxide supported titanium dioxide photocatalysts with tunable properties. Appl. Materials & Interfaces, 6(7): 4658-4668.
• Matthies, R., Krahé, L., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Zinc stable isotope fractionation upon accelerated oxidative weathering of sulfidic mine waste. Sci. Tot. Environ. 487: 97-101.
• Liu, Y.-Y., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Treatment of dissolved perchlorate, nitrate, and sulfate using zero-valent iron and organic carbon. J. Environ. Qual., 43(3): 842-850.
• Moncur, M.C., Ptacek, C.J., Hayashi, M., Birks, S.J., Jambor, J.L., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada. Appl. Geochem., 40: 176-188.

​​2013

• Moncur, M.C., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2013. Pore-water extraction from the unsaturated and saturated zones. Can. J. Earth Sci., 50: 1051-1058.
• Bailey, B.L., Smith, L.J.D., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Persistence of contaminants from blasting agents in waste rock effluent. Appl. Geochem., 36: 256-270.
• Chi, X., Amos, R.T., Stastna, M., Blowes, D.W., Sego, D.C., Smith, L., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Implications of wind-induced gas transport, Appl. Geochem., 36: 246-255.
• Pham, N.H., Sego, D.C., Arenson, L.U., Blowes, D.W., Amos, R.T., Smith, L., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Measurement of the thermal regime of a waste-rock test pile in a permafrost environment, Appl. Geochem., 36: 234-245.
• Neuner, M., Smith, L., Blowes, D.W., Sego, D.C., Smith, L.J.D., Fretz, N., Gupton, M., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Water flow though mine waste rock in a permafrost terrain, Appl.Geochem., 36: 222-233.
• Smith, L.J.D., Bailey, B.L., Blowes, D.W., Jambor, J.L., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Initial geochemical response from a low sulfide waste rock pile, Appl.Geochem., 36: 210-221.
• Smith, L.J.D., Blowes, D.W. , Jambor, J.L., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., Neuner, M., 2013. The Diavik Waste Rock Project: Particle size distribution and sulfur characteristics of low-sulfide waste rock., Appl. Geochem., 36: 200-209.
• Bilardi, S., Amos, R. T., Blowes, D. W., Calabrò, P. S., Moraci, N., 2013. Reactive transport modeling of ZVI column experiments for nickel remediation. Ground Water Monitor. & Remed., 33: 97-104.
• McDonald, C. M., Gould, W. D., Lindsay, M. B. J., Blowes, D. W., Ptacek, C. J., & Condon, P. D. 2013. Assessing cellulolysis in passive treatment systems for mine drainage: A modified enzyme assay. J. Environ. Qual., 42: 48-55.

​​2012

• Gibson, B.D., Blowes, D.W., Lindsay, M.B.J., Ptacek, C.J., 2012. Mechanistic investigations of Se(VI) treatment in anoxic groundwater using granular iron and organic carbon. An EXAFS study. J. Hazard. Mater., 241-242(11): 92-100.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., 2012. Reactive transport modelling of Chromium isotope fractionation during Cr(VI) reduction. Environ. Sci. and Technol., 46: 13311-13316.
• Parviainen, A., Lindsay, M.B.J., Pérez-López, R., Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Loukola-Ruskeeniemi, K., 2012. Arsenic attenuation in tailings at a former Cu-W-As mine, SW Finland. Appl. Geochem., 27(12): 2289-2299.
• Amos, R.T., Bekins, B.A., Cozzarelli, I.M., Voytek, M.A., Kirshtein, J.D., Jones, E.J.P., Blowes, D.W., 2012. Evidence for iron-mediated anaerobic methane oxidation in a crude oil contaminated aquifer. Geobiol., 10(6): 506-517.
• Jeen, S.-W., Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., 2012. Modeling gas formation and mineral precipitation in a granular iron column. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46: 6742–6749.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J. H., Gibson, B. D., Lindsay, M.B.J., Kim, Y., Ptacek, C. J., Blowes, D.W., 2012. Chromium isotope fractionation during reduction of Cr(VI) under saturated flow conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46: 6783-6789.
• Neuner, M., Smith, L., Blowes, D.W., Sego, D.C., Smith, L.J.D., Fretz, N., Gupton, M., 2012. Diavik waste rock project: Water flow through mine waste rock in a permafrost terrain. Appl. Geochem., 36: 222-233.
• Stotler, R.L., Frape, S.K., Ruskeeniemi, T., Pitkänen, P., Blowes, D.W., 2012. The interglacial-glacial cycle and geochemical evolution of Canadian and Fennoscandian Shield groundwaters. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta.76: 45-67.

​​2011

• Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., 2011. Examining mechanisms of groundwater Hg(II) treatment by reactive materials: An EXAFS study. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45: 10415-10421.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Condon, P.D., Ptacek, C.J., 2011. Organic carbon amendments for passive in situ treatment of mine drainage: Field experiments. Appl. Geochem. 26: 1169-1183.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Condon, P.D., 2011. Transport and attenuation of metal(loid)s in mine tailings amended with organic carbon: Column experiments. J. Contam. Hydrol., 125: 26-38.
• Amos, R.T., Bekins, B.A., Delin, G.N., Cozzarelli, I.M., Blowes, D.W., Kirshtein, J.D.. 2011. Methane oxidation in a crude oil contaminated aquifer: Delineation of aerobic reactions at the plume fringes. J. Contam. Hydrol., 125: 13-25.
• Gibson, B.D., Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., 2011. 34S/32S Fractionation during sulfate reduction in groundwater treatment systems: Reactive transport modeling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45: 2863-2870.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Wakeman, K.D., Rowe, O.F., Grail, B.M., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Johnson, D.B., 2011. Microbiology and geochemistry of mine tailings amended with organic carbon for passive treatment of pore water. Geomicrobiol. J., 28: (3) 229-241.

​2010

• Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., 2010. Versatile direct-push profiler for the investigation of volatile compounds near the water table. Water Resour. Res. 44: W00D17.
• Stimson, J., Chae, G.-T., Ptacek, C.J., Emelko, M.B., Mesquita, M.M., Hirata, R.A., Blowes, D.W., 2010. Basic oxygen furnace slag as a treatment material for pathogens: Contribution of inactivation and attachment in virus attenuation. Water Res., 44: 1150-1157.
• Mesquita, M.M.F., Stimson, J., Chae, G.-T., Emelko, M.B., Tufjenki, N., Ptacek C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2010. Optimal preparation and purification of  PRD1-like bacteriophages for use in environmental fate and transport studies. Water Res., 44: 1114-1125.

​2009

• Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2009. Measurement of wind induced pressure gradients in a waste rock pile. Vadose Zone J., 8(4): 953-962.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Condon, P.D., Jambor, J.L., Lear, K.G., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2009. Mineralogical, geochemical and microbial investigation of a sulfide-rich tailings deposit characterized by neutral drainage. Appl. Geochem. 24: 2212-2221.
• Moncur, M.C., Jambor, J.L., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2009. Mine drainage from the oxidation of sulfide minerals and magnetite in mine wastes. Appl. Geochem. 24: 2362-2373.
• Gui, L., Jeen, S-W., Blowes, D.W., Gillham, R.W., Yang, Y.-Q., 2009. Reply to the comment on “Reduction of chromate by granular iron in the presence of dissolved CaCO3” by C. Noubactep. Appl. Geochem. 24: 2208-2210.
• Guo, Q.F., Blowes, D.W., 2009. Biogeochemistry of two types of permeable reactive materials, organic carbon and iron-bearing organic carbon: column experiments. J. Contam. Hydrol. 107: 128-139.
• Ludwig, R.D., Smyth, D.J.A., Blowes, D.W., Spink, L.E., Wilkin, R.T., Jewett, D.G., Weisener, C.J., 2009. Treatment of arsenic, heavy metals, and acidity using a mixed ZVI-compost PRB. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 1970-1976.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Condon, P.D., Ptacek, C.J., 2009. Managing pore-water quality in mine tailings by inducing microbial sulfate reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 7086-7091.
• Ardau, C., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2009. Applicability of standard laboratory testing protocol to determine release of weathering products from sulfide bearing mine tailings. J. Explor. Geochem. 100: 182-191.
• Gui, L., Yang, Y-Q., Jeen, S-W., Gillham, R.W., Blowes, D.W., 2009. Reduction of chromate by granular iron in the presence of dissolved CaCO3. Appl. Geochem. 24: 677-686.

2016

• Liu, P., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Landis, R.C., 2016. Mechanisms of mercury removal by biochars produced from different feedstocks determined using X-ray absorption spectroscopy. J. Hazard Mater., in press.

2015

• Shrimpton, H.K., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Fractionation of selenium during selenate reduction by granular zero valent iron. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(19): 11688-11696.
• Smith, L.J., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Groza, L.G., Moncur, M.C., 2015. Perchlorate in lake water from an operating diamond mine. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(13): 7589-7596.
• Veeramani, H., Eagling, J., Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Kong, L., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2015. Zinc isotope fractionation as an indicator of geochemical attenuation processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett., 2(11): 341-319.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Amos, R.T., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Dual mechanism conceptual model for Cr isotope fractionation during reduction by zerovalent iron under saturated flow conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49(9): 5467-5475.
• Desrochers, K.A.N., Paulson, K.M.A., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Gould, W.D., 2015. Effect of electron donor to sulfate ratio on mercury methylation in floodplain sediments under saturated flow conditions. Geomicrobiol. J., 32(10): 924-933.
• Nordstrom, D.K., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2015. Hydrogeochemistry and microbiology of mine drainage: An update. Appl. Geochem., 57: 3-16.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Moncur, M.C., Bain, J.G., Jambor, J.K., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2015. Geochemical and mineralogical aspects of sulfide mine tailings. Appl. Geochem., 57: 157-177.
• Moncur, M.C., Paktunc, D., Birks, S.J., Ptacek, C.J., Welsh, B., Thibault, Y., 2015. Source and distribution of naturally occurring arsenic in groundwater from Alberta’s Southern Oil Sands Region. Appl. Geochem., in press.
• Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Daugherty, S.D., 2015. Sediment resuspension under variable geochemical conditions and implications for contaminant release. J. Soils Sediments, 15(7): 1644-1656.
• Moncur, M.C., Ptacek, C.J., Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Jambor, J.L., 2015. Long-term mineralogical and geochemical evolution of sulfide-rich mine tailings under a shallow water cover. Appl. Geochem., 57: 178-193.
• Liu, P., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Berti, W.R., Landis, R.C., 2015. Aqueous leaching of organic acids and dissolved organic carbon for various biochars prepared at different temperatures. J. Environ. Qual. 44: 684–695.
• Hussain, S.I., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Wooten, B., Balch, G., Higgins, J., 2015. Mechanisms of phosphorus removal in a pilot-scale constructed wetland/BOF slag wastewater treatment system. Environ. Eng. Sci., 32(4): 341-352.

2014

• Liu, Y.Y., Blowes, D.W., Groza, L., Sabourin, M.J., Ptacek, C.J., 2014. Acesulfame-K and pharmaceuticals as co-tracers of municipal wastewater in a receiving river. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(12): 2789-2795.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Lentz, A.M., Amos, R.T., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Examination of Cr(VI) treatment mechanisms by in situ, real-time X-ray absorption spectroscopy and Cr isotope measurements. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 142: 299-313.
• Hussain, S.I., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Olding, D. 2014. Phosphorus removal from lake water using basic oxygen furnace slag: System performance and characterization of reaction products. Environ. Eng. Sci., 31(11): 631-642.
• Linley, S. Liu, Y.Y., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Gu, F.X., 2014. Recyclable graphene oxide supported titanium dioxide photocatalysts with tunable properties. Appl. Materials & Interfaces, 6(7): 4658-4668.
• Langman, J.B., Moore, M.L., Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Diavik Waste Rock Project: Evolution of mineral weathering, element release, and acid generation and neutralization during a five-year humidity cell experiment. Minerals, 4: 257-278.
• Liu, Y.-Y., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Treatment of dissolved perchlorate, nitrate, and sulfate using zero-valent iron and organic carbon. J. Environ. Qual., 43(3): 842-850.
• Moncur, M.C., Ptacek, C.J., Hayashi, M., Birks, S.J., Jambor, J.L., Blowes, D.W., 2014. Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada. Appl. Geochem., 40: 176-188.

2013

• Moncur, M.C., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2013. Pore-water extraction from the unsaturated and saturated zones. Can. J. Earth Sci., 50: 1051-1058.
• Bailey, B.L., Smith, L.J.D., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Smith, L., Sego, D.C., 2013. The Diavik waste rock project: Persistence of contaminants from blasting agents in waste rock effluent. Appl. Geochem., 36: 256-270. 
• McDonald, C.M., Gould, W.D., Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Condon, P.D., 2013. Assessing cellulolysis in passive treatment systems for mine drainage: A modified enzyme assay. J. Environ. Qual., 42: 48-55.

2012

• Gibson, B.D., Blowes, D.W., Lindsay, M.B.J., Ptacek, C.J., 2012. Mechanistic investigations of Se(VI) treatment in anoxic groundwater using granular iron and organic carbon. An EXAFS study. J. Hazard. Mater., 241-242: 92-100.
• Jamieson-Hanes, J.H., Gibson, B.D., Lindsay, M. B. J., Kim, Y., Ptacek, C. J., Blowes, D.W., 2012. Chromium isotope fractionation during reduction of Cr(VI) under saturated flow conditions. Environ. Sci. Technol., 46: 6783-6789. 
• Parviainen, A., Lindsay, M.B.J., Pérez-López, R., Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Loukola-Ruskeeniemi, K., 2012. Arsenic attenuation in tailings at a former Cu-W-As mine, SW Finland. Appl. Geochem., 27, 2289-2299.

2011

• Gibson, B.D., Ptacek, C.J., Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., 2011. Examining mechanisms of groundwater Hg(II) treatment by reactive materials: An EXAFS study. Environ. Sci. Technol., 45: 10415-10421.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., Condon, P.D., 2011. Transport and attenuation of metal(loid)s in mine tailings amended with organic carbon: Column experiments. J. Contam. Hydrol., 125: 26-38.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Condon, P.D., Ptacek, C.J., 2011. Organic carbon amendments for passive in situ treatment of mine drainage: Field experiments. Appl. Geochem., 26: 1169-1183.
• Lindsay, M.B.J., Wakeman, K.D., Rowe, O.F., Grail, B.M., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., Johnson, D.B., 2011. Microbiology and geochemistry of mine tailings amended with organic carbon for passive treatment of pore water. Geomicrobiol. J., 28: 229-241.
• Scheytt, T., Beyer, J., Ptacek, C.J., 2011. Vorkommen von Perchlorat in Oberflächen-, Grund- und Bodenwasser in Deutschland (Occurrence of perchlorate in soil, ground and surface water in Germany). Grundwasser (Springer), 16(1): 37-43.

2010

• Stimson, J., Chae, G.-T., Ptacek, C.J., Emelko, M.B., Mesquita, M.M., Hirata, R.A., Blowes, D.W., 2010. Basic oxygen furnace slag as a treatment material for pathogens: Contribution of inactivation and attachment in virus attenuation. Water Res., 44: 1150-1157.
• Mesquita, M.M.F., Stimson, J., Chae, G.-T., Emelko, M.B., Tufjenki, N., Ptacek C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2010. Preparation of large volumes of high titer bacteriophage suspensions for use as pathogenic virus surrogates in environmental experiments. Water Res., 44: 1114-1125.

2009

• Moncur, M.C., Jambor, J.L., Ptacek, C.J., Blowes, D.W., 2009. Mine drainage from the oxidation of sulfide minerals and magnetite in mine wastes. Appl. Geochem., 24: 2362-2373.

• Lindsay, M.B.J., Condon, P.D., Jambor, J.L., Lear, K.G., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2009. Mineralogical, geochemical and microbial investigation of a sulfide-rich tailings deposit characterized by neutral drainage. Appl. Geochem., 24: 2212-2221.

• Lindsay, M.B.J., Blowes, D.W., Condon, P.D., Ptacek, C.J. ,2009. Managing pore-water quality in mine tailings by inducing microbial sulfate reduction. Environ. Sci. Technol., 43: 7086-7091.
• Oiffer, A.A.L., Barker, J.F., Gervais, F.M., Mayer, K.U., Ptacek, C.J., Rudolph, D.L., 2009. A detailed field-based evaluation of naphthenic acid mobility in groundwater. J. Contam. Hydrol., 108: 89-106.
• Robertson, W.D., Ptacek, C.J., Brown, S.J., 2009. Rates of nitrate and perchlorate removal in a five year old wood particle reactor. Ground Water Monit. Rem., 29(2): 87-94.
• Sasaki, K., Blowes, D.W., Ptacek, C.J., 2009. Spectroscopic study of precipitates formed during the removal of selenium from mine drainage using permeable reactive materials. Geochem. J., 42:283-294.