Publications

You, X., Liu, S., Berns-Herrboldt, E.C., Dai, C., & Werth, C.J. (2023). Kinetics of hydroxyl radical production from oxygenation of reduced iron minerals and their reactivity with trichloroethene: effects of iron amounts, iron species, and sulfate reducing bacteria. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(12), 4892-4904.

Berns-Herrboldt, E.C.; You, X.; Lin, J.; Sanford, R.A.; Valocchi, A.J.; Strathmann, T.J.; Schaefer, C.E.; Werth, C.J. Sulfate reducing bacteria enhance abiotic trichloroethene reduction by iron-sulfur mineral precipitates. ACS ES&T Water. 2022, 2, 9, 1500–1510; DOI 10.1021/acsestwater.1c00357

Zheng, J.*; Berns-Herrboldt, E.C.*; Gu, B.; Wullschleger, S.D.; Graham, D.E. Quantifying pH buffering capacity in acidic, organic-rich Arctic soils: measurable proxies and implications for soil carbon degradation. Geoderma. 2022, 424, 116003; DOI 10.1016/j.geoderma.2022.116003. (* These two authors contributed equally)

Schaefer, C.E.; Ho, P.; Berns, E.; Werth, C. Abiotic dechlorination in the presence of ferrous minerals. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 2021, 241, 103839; DOI 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2021.103839

Roy Chowdhury, T.; Berns, E.C.; Moon, J. W.; Gu, B.; Liang, L.; Wullschleger, S.D.; Graham, D.E. Temporal, Spatial, and Temperature Controls on Organic Carbon Mineralization and Methanogenesis in Arctic High-Centered Polygon Soils. Frontiers in microbiology. 2021, 11, 3414; DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2020.616518.

Kolhatkar, R.V., Luo, H., Berns, E.C., Gaule, C., & Watterson, J. Evaluation of Vapor Intrusion Risk from Ethylene Dibromide Using the Vertical Screening Distance Approach. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation. 2021, 41(2), 48-60; DOI 10.1111/gwmr.12442

Berns, E.C.; Sanford, R.A.; Valocchi, A.J.; Strathmann, T.J.; Schaefer, C.E.; Werth, C.J. Contributions of biotic and abiotic pathways to anaerobic trichloroethene transformation in low permeability source zones. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 2019; DOI 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2019.04.003.

Schaefer, C.E.; Ho, P.; Berns, E.; Werth, C.J. Mechanisms for abiotic dechlorination of trichloroethene by ferrous minerals under oxic and anoxic conditions in natural sediments. Environmental Science & Technology. 2018, 52(23), 13747-13755; DOI 10.1021/acs.est.8b04108.

Schaefer, C.E.; Ho, P.; Gurr, C.; Berns, E.; Werth, C.J. Abiotic dechlorination of chlorinated ethenes in natural clayey soils: Impacts of mineralogy and temperature. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 2017, 206, 10-17; DOI 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2017.09.007.

Makusa, G.P.; Bradshaw, S.L.; Berns, E.; Benson, C.H.; Knutsson, S. Freeze-thaw cycling and the hydraulic conductivity of geosynthetic clay liners concurrent with cation exchange. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 2014, 51(6), 591-598; DOI 10.1139/cgj-2013-0127.