Environmental Soil Chemistry

HomeMembersIn The NewsLinksResearchPhotosAwardsAlumniPublications

2017 Publications

Books Edited
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 141, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 142, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 143, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 144, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 145, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Editor, Advances in Agronomy. Vol. 146, Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
Advancessm1a
Refereed Publications
Chen, C., R. Kukkadapu, O. Lazareva and D. Sparks. 2017. Solid-phase Fe speciation along the vertical redox gradients in floodplains using XAS and Mössbauer Spectroscopies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 51(14): 7903–7912.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00700
DOI
Jin, L., J. Yang, X. Zeng, J. Wang and D. Sparks. 2017. Fe(III)-induced sequestration of citric acid on kaolinite surface probed by STXM-NEXAFS spectroscopy. Acta Chim. Sinica, 75(6):617-62.
DOI:10.6023/A17030082
DOI
LeMonte, J.J., J.W. Stuckey, J.Z. Sanchez, R.V. Tappero, J. Rinklebe and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Sea level rise induced arsenic release from historically contaminated coastal soils. Environ. Sci. Technol 51(11): 5913−5922.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b06152
DOI

Siebecker, M.G., R. L. Chaney and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Nickel speciation in several serpentine (ultramafic) topsoils via bulk synchrotron-based techniques. Geoderma 298:35-45.
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.03.008

DOI
Siebecker, M.G and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Structural differentiation between layered single (Ni) and double metal hydroxides (Ni-Al LDHs) using wavelet transformation, J. Phys. Chem. 121: (37) 6992–6999.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b07940
DOI
Starcher, A., E. J. Elzinga and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Formation of a mixed Fe(II)-Zn-Al layered hydroxide: Effects of Zn co-sorption on Fe(II) layered hydroxide formation and kinetics. Chem Geol 464: 46–56.
DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2016.11.027
DOI
Stuckey, J.W., J. Yang, J. Wang and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Advances in scanning transmission X-ray microscopy for elucidating soil biogeochemical processes at the submicron scale. JEQ 46: (6) 1166-1174.
DOI:10.2134/jeq2016.10.0399
DOI
Wang, Y.-J., T.-T. Fan. C. Liu, W. Li , M.-Q. Zhu , J.-X. Fan, H. Gong, D.-M. Zhou and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Macroscopic and microscopic investigation of adsorption and precipitation of Zn on γ-alumina in the absence and presence of As. Chemosphere 178:309-316.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.03.061
DOI

Yang, J., J. Liu, Y. Hu, C. Rumpel, N. Bolan and D. Sparks. 2017. Molecular-level understanding of malic acid retention mechanisms in ternary kaolinite-Fe(III)-malic acid systems: The importance of Fe speciation. Chem Geol 464: 69–75.
DOI:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.02.018

DOI
Yeasmin,  S., B. Singh, C. T. Johnston and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Evaluation of pre-treatment procedures for improved interpretation of mid-Infrared spectra of soil organic matter. Geoderma 304:83-92.
DOI:10.1016/j.geoderma.2016.04.008
DOI
Yeasmin, S., B. Singh, C.T. Johnston and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Organic carbon characteristics in density fractions of soils with contrasting mineralogies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 218: 215-236.
DOI:10.1016/j.gca.2017.09.007
DOI
Invited Presentations
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Layered double hydroxides and their significant role in geochemical processes. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Sparks, D.L. 2017. The Nexus Between Soil, Water, Food, and Climate: Big Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century. Korea National University, OJERI Institute, Seoul, Republic of Korea, May 1.  
Sparks, D.L. 2017. The Nexus Between Soil, Water, Food, and Climate: Big Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century. National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2.  
Sparks, D.L. 2017. Advances in the Use of Small Spatial and Temporal Scale Synchrotron-Based Techniques to Elucidate Biogeochemical Processes in Natural Systems. Annual Meeting of Chinese Environmental Analytical Society, Chung-Lee City, Taiwan, May 4.  
Sparks, D.L. 2017. The Nexus Between Soil, Water, Food, and Climate: Big Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century. Department of Soil Science, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa, October 12, 2017.  

Presentations

clear
clear
Adhikari, D., T. Sowers, J. Stuckey, D. Sparks and Y. Yang. 2017. Formation and reactivity of ferrihydrite-soil organic carbon-calcium ternary complexes. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Betts, A.R. Starcher, A., Siebecker, M., Elzinga, E., and Sparks D.L. 2017. Precipitation of a Fe(II)-Al(III) layered double hydroxide (LDH) in an anaerobic soil clay fraction. Poster presentation. DENIN conference. University of Delaware.
abstract
Fischel, J. and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Enigmatic behavior of hexavalent chromium in a superfund site. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Fischel, M., C. Dowding, D. Sparks. 2017. Arsenic oxidation by the mighty manganese soils of graskop. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Giannetta, B., C. Zaccone, C. Plaza, M. Siebecker, C. Vischetti, D. Sparks . 2017. Fe(III) fate after complexation with SOM pools under different land uses. XXXV Convegno Nazionale Società Italiana di Chimica Agraria (SICA), Udine, Italy, September 11-13.
abstract
Siebecker, M. and D. Sparks. 2017. Structural insights on Ni-Al LDHs using wavelet analysis. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Sowers, T., J. Stuckey, D. Adhikari, Y. Yang and D. Sparks. 2017. Impact of calcium on the retention and stability of OM in Fe-(Ca)-OM adsorption complexes. American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, San Francisco, CA, April 2- 6.
abstract
Fischel, J.S. and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Enigmatic Behavior of Hexavalent Chromium in a Superfund Site. Goldschmidt2017, Paris, France, August 13-18.
abstract
Fischel, M.H.H., C.E. Clarke and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Arsenic oxidation by the mighty manganese soils of Graskop. Goldschmidt2017, Paris, France, August 13-18.
abstract
Sowers, T.D., J.W. Stuckey and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Impact of Calcium on the Retention and Stability of OM in Fe-(Ca)-OM Adsorption Complexes. Goldschmidt2017, Paris, France, August 13-18.
abstract
Bateman, B. and D.L. Sparks. 2017. Chromium Oxidation by Manganese Oxides: An Investigation Into Hexavalent Chromium Contamination at SuperFund Sites, Undergraduate Research and Service Scholar Celebratory Symposium, Newark, DE, August 10.
abstract
Wilson, Z., J. Sanchez, D.L. Sparks. 2017. The Impact of Sea Level Rise on Arsenic Cycling and Mobility: pH and Ionic Strength Effects in a Goethite System, Undergraduate Research and Service Scholar Celebratory Symposium, Newark, DE, August 10.
abstract
Giannetta, B., C. Plaza, C. Zaccone, M. G. Siebecker, P. Rovira, C. Vischetti and D. L. Sparks. 2017. Impact of Fe(III)-OM complexes and Fe(III) polymerization on SOM pools reactivity under different land uses. AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, December 11-15.
abstract

Home | Members | News | Links | Research | Photos | Awards | Alumni | Publications