1. Pousali Pathak, Ruben Olivares, Thomas S. Varner, Harshad V. Kulkarni, Guadalupe Carmona, Cynthia Lima, Steven Hollan, Saugata Datta. Hydrogeochemical assessment of groundwater in transboundary aquifers along the US-Mexico border and drinking water quality implications for Texas colonias. Groundwater for Sustainable Development. doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101377 (accepted)
  2. Kwak, Kyungwon; Varner, Thomas; Nguyen, William; Kulkarni, Harshad; Buskirk, Reid; Huang, Yibin; Saeed, Abu; Hosain, Alamgir; Aitkenhead-Peterson, Jacqueline; Ahmed, Kazi Matin; Akhter, Syed; Cardenas, M. Bayani; Datta, Saugata; Knappett, Peter. Hotspots of Dissolved Arsenic Generated from Buried Silt Layers along Fluctuating Rivers. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024 58 (34), 15159-15169. doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c02330
  3. Kyungwon Kwak, Thomas S. Varner, Saptarshi Saha, Mesbah Uddin Bhuiyan, Harshad V. Kulkarni, Ananya Mukhopadhyay, Saugata Datta, Peter S. K. Knappett. Impact of Surficial Lithology on Arsenic Mobility in Riverbanks of Tidally Fluctuating Rivers: The Hooghly River, West Bengal, India. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 641, September 2024, 131773. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131773
  4. Book Chapter – Varner, Thomas S.; Saha, Saptarshi.; Bhuiyan, Mesbah U.; Kulkarni, Harshad V.; Mukhopadhyay, Ananya; Knappett, Peter S.K.; Datta, Saugata. (2024) Advances in River Corridor Research and Applications. Chapter 16: Distribution of Arsenic and Iron in Hyporheic Zone Sediments along the Hooghly River. ISBN: 978-981-97-1226-7. doi:10.1007/978-981-97-1227-4_16
  5. Book Chapter – Varner, Thomas S., Kumari, Deeksha., Giri, Anand., Knappett, Peter, S.K., Datta, Saugata., Kulkarni, Harshad V. (2024) Advances in River Corridor Research and Applications. Chapter 15: Occurrence of Sedimentary Iron and Arsenic along the Beas River and Implications for Arsenic Enrichment in the Sutlej-Indus River Basin, India. ISBN: 978-981-97-1226-7. doi:10.1007/978-981-97-1227-4_15
  6. Thomas S. Varner, Harshad V. Kulkarni, Kyung Kwak, M. Bayani Cardenas, Peter S.K. Knappett, Saugata Datta. Diverse sedimentary organic matter within the river-aquifer interface drives arsenic mobility along the Meghna River Corridor in Bangladesh. Applied Geochemistry, Volume 161, 2024, 105883, ISSN 0883-2927. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105883
  7. Katrina Jewell, Kimberly D. Myers, Mehtaz Lipsi, Saddam Hossain, Saugata Datta, M. Bayani Cardenas, Jacqueline Aitkenhead-Peterson, Tom Varner, Kyungwon Kwak, Anne Raymond, Syed Humayun Akhter, Kazi M. Ahmed, Peter S.K. Knappett. Redox trapping of arsenic in hyporheic zones modified by silicate weathering beneath floodplains, Applied Geochemistry, Volume 159, 2023, 105831, ISSN 0883-2927. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2023.105831
  8. Liao, X.; Li, Y.; Miranda-Avilés, R.; et al. Assessments of Pollution Status and Human Health Risk of Potentially Toxic Elements in Primary Crops and Agricultural Soils in Guanajuato, Mexico. Water Air Soil Pollut 234, 670 (2023). doi:10.1007/s11270-023-06667-0
  9. R.E. Buskirk, P.S.K. Knappett, M.B. Cardenas, S. Datta, W.S. Borowski, Itza Mendoza-Sanchez. A Low-Cost Programmable Reversing Flow Column Apparatus for Investigating Mixing Zones. Groundwater, 62: 459-468. doi:10.1111/gwat.13359
  10. Varner, T.S.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Bhuiyan, M.U.; Cardenas, M.B.; Knappett, P.S.K.; Datta, S. Mineralogical Associations of Sedimentary Arsenic within a Contaminated Aquifer Determined through Thermal Treatment and Spectroscopy. Minerals, 2023, 13, 889. doi:10.3390/min13070889
  11. Erik M. Patton, Claudia Adam, David R. Steward, Saugata Datta. Effect of low-permeability layers on vadose well recharge rates, Groundwater for Sustainable Development, 2023, 100938, ISSN 2352-801X. doi:10.1016/j.gsd.2023.100938
  12. Wasim Akram Shaikh, Abhishek Kumar, Sukalyan Chakraborty, Mu. Naushad, Rafique Ul Islam, Tanushree Bhattacharya, Saugata Datta. Removal of toxic dye from dye-laden wastewater using a new nanocomposite material: Isotherm, kinetics and adsorption mechanism. Chemosphere, Volume 308, Part 2, 2022, 136413, ISSN 0045-6535. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136413
  13. Yibin Huang, Peter S.K. Knappett, Michelle Berube, Saugata Datta, M. Bayani Cardenas, Kimberly A. Rhodes, Natasha T. Dimova, Imtiaz Choudhury, Kazi M. Ahmed, Alexander van Geen. Mass fluxes of dissolved arsenic discharging to the Meghna River are sufficient to account for the mass of arsenic in riverbank sediments. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2022, 104068, ISSN 0169-7722. doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2022.104068
  14. Varner, T.S.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Nguyen, W.; Kwak, K.; Cardenas, M.B.; Knappett, P.S.K.; Ojeda, A.S.; Malina, N.; Bhuiyan, M.U.; Ahmed, K.M.; Datta, S. (2022) Contribution of sedimentary organic carbon to arsenic mobilization along a potential natural reactive barrier (NRB) near a river: The Meghna River, Bangladesh. Chemosphere. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136289
  15. P.S.K. Knappett, P. Farias, G.R. Miller, J. Hoogesteger, Y. Li, I. Mendoza, R.T. Woodward, H. Hernandez, I. Loza, S. Datta, Y. Huang, G. Carrillo, T. Roh, D. Terrell. A Systems Approach to Remediating Human Exposure to Arsenic and Fluoride from Over-Exploited Aquifers. Geohealth 6. doi:10.1029/2022GH000592
  16. Felipe Becker; Franco Marcantonio, Saugata Datta; Connor Wichterich; Leslie Cizmas; J. Surber; Kevin Kennedy Kennedy; Eric Bowles. Tracking the source of contaminant lead in children’s blood. Environmental Research, 212, 2022. doi:10.1016/j.envres.2022.113307
  17. Kulkarni, H.V., Ford, J., Blank, J.G., Park, M., Datta, S. Geochemical interactions among water, minerals, microbes and organic matter in formation of speleothems in volcanic (lava tube) caves. Chemical Geology Volume 594, 2022, 120759. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2022.120759
  18. Book Chapter – Sara E. Vero, Saugata Datta, Per-Erik Mellander, Phoebe Morton, Stewart Floyd, Rachel Cassidy, Abias Uwimana, Anne A. van Dam, Agricultural Case Studies, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences, Elsevier, 2022, ISBN 9780124095489. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-819166-8.00095-5
  19. Pedrazas, M.N., M.B. Cardenas, A. Hossain, C. Demir, K.M. Ahmed, S.H. Akhter, L. Wang, S. Datta, and P.S.K. Knappett. Application of electrical resistivity to map the stratigraphy and salinity of fluvio-deltaic aquifers: case studies from Bangladesh reveal promises and pitfalls. Hydrology Journal, 29, pages 1601–1610 (2021). doi:10.1007/s10040-021-02342-y
  20. Omolola Akintomide, Reda M Amer, Jeffrey S Hanor, Saugata Datta, Karen H Johannesson. Pleistocene sands of the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer produce the highest groundwater arsenic concentrations in southern Louisiana, USA. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 595, 2021, 125995, ISSN 0022-1694. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2021.125995
  21. Hobson, C.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Johannesson, K.; Bednar, A.; Tappero, R.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Sheppard, P.; Witten, M.; Hettiarachchi, G.; Datta, S. Origin of tungsten and geochemical controls on its occurrence and mobilization in shallow sediments from Fallon, Nevada, USA. Chemosphere, Volume 260, 2020, 127577, ISSN 0045-6535. doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127577
  22. Vega, M.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Johannesson, K.H.; Taylor, R.J.; Datta, S. Mobilization of co-occurring trace elements (CTEs) in arsenic contaminated aquifers in the Bengal basin. Applied Geochemistry, Volume 122, 2020, 104709, ISSN 0883-2927. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2020.104709
  23. Rachel Bechtold, Narinder K. Sharma, Michael Vega, Saugata Datta, Joseph Arruda, and Anuradha Ghosh. Isolation and Characterization of Soil Bacteria from an Abandoned Coal Mine in Southeast Kansas. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 123(3-4), 371-385, (26 October 2020). doi:10.1660/062.123.0305
  24. Knappett, P.S.K.; Li, Y.; Loza, I.; Hernandez, H.; Aviles, M.; Haaf, D.; Majumder, S.; Huang, Y.; Lynch, B.; Pina, V.; Wang, J.; Winkel, L.; Mahlknecht, J.; Datta, S.; Thurston, W.; Terrell, D.; Nordstrom, D.K. Rising Arsenic Concentrations from Dewatering a Geothermally Influenced Aquifer in Central Mexico. Water Research, Volume 185, 2020, Article 116265. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2020.116257
  25. Cui, M.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Adebayo, S.; Datta, S.; Johannesson, K.H. Investigation of tungstate thiolation reaction kinetics and sedimentary molybdenum/tungsten enrichments: Implication for tungsten speciation in sulfidic waters and possible applications for paleoredox studies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2020.04.004
  26. Sosa, N.N.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Datta, S.; Beilinson, E.; Porfido, C.; Spagnuolo, M.; Zárate, M.A.; Surber, J. Occurrence and distribution of high arsenic in sediments and groundwater of the Claromecó fluvial basin, southern Pampean plain (Argentina). Science of the Total Environment 695 (2019) 133673. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133673
  27. Johannesson, K.H.; Yang, N.; Trahan, A.S.; Telfeyan,K.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Adebayo, S.B.; Akintomide, O.A.; Chevis, D.A.; Datta, S.; White, C.D. Biogeochemical and reactive transport modeling of arsenic in groundwaters from the Mississippi River delta plain: An analog for the As-affected aquifers of South and Southeast Asia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 264, pages 245-272. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2019.07.032
  28. Polya, D.A.; Sparrenbom, C.; Datta, S.; Guo, H. Groundwater arsenic biogeochemistry – Key questions and use of tracers to understand arsenic-prone groundwater systems. Geoscience Frontiers, 10 (2019) 1635e1641. doi:10.1016/j.gsf.2019.05.004
  29. Kulkarni, H.; Mladenov, N.; Datta, S. Effects of acidification on the optical properties of dissolved organic matter from high and low arsenic groundwater and surface water. Science of The Total Environment, 653, pp.1326-1332. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.040
  30. Kulkarni, H.; Mladenov, N.; Datta, S.; Chatterjee, D. Influence of monsoonal recharge on arsenic and dissolved organic matter in the Holocene and Pleistocene aquifers of the Bengal Basin. Science of the Total Environment, Volumes 637–638, 1 October 2018, Pages 588-599. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.009
  31. Berube, M.; Jewell, K.; Myers, K.D.; Knappett, P.S.K.; Shuai, P.; Hossain, A.; Lipsi, M.; Hossain, S.; Hossain, A.; Aitkenhead-Peterson, J.; Ahmed, K.M.; Datta, S. The fate of arsenic in groundwater discharged to the Meghna River, Bangladesh. Environmental Chemistry, 15(2) 29-45. doi:10.1071/EN17104
  32. Knappett, P.; Li, Y.; Hernandez, H.; Rodriguez, R.; Aviles, M.; Deng, C.; Piña, V.; Giardino, R.; Mahlknecht, J.; Datta, S. Changing recharge pathways within an intensively pumped aquifer with high fluoride concentrations in Central Mexico. Science of The Total Environment, Volumes 622–623, 1 May 2018, Pages 1029-1045. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.12.031
  33. Patton, E.; Datta, S. Managed Aquifer Recharge: An approach to Foster Stability in Arid Regions through Water Security. Engineer: A Journal of Military Engineering. Short Concept Literature, Jan-Apr 2018.
  34. Vero, S.E.; Macpherson, G.L.; Sullivan, P.L.; Brookfield, A.E.; Nippert, J.B.; Kirk, M.F.; Datta, S.; Kempton, P. Developing a Conceptual Framework of Landscape and Hydrology on Tallgrass Prairie: A Critical Zone Approach. Vadose Zone J., 17:170069. doi:10.2136/vzj2017.03.0069
  35. Vega, M.; Kulkarni, H.V.; Mladenov, N.; Johannesson, K.H.; Hettiarchchi, G.M.; Bhattacharya, P.; Kumar, N.; Weeks, J.; Galkaduwa, M.; Datta, S. Biogeochemical controls on the release and accumulation of Mn and As in shallow aquifers, West Bengal, India. Front. Environ. Sci., 23 June 2017. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2017.00029.
  36. Taheri, M.; Gharaie, M.H.M.; Mehrzad, J.; Afshari, A.; Datta, S. Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of arsenic contaminated waters in an argillic alteration zone. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, Vol 175, 1-10. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2016.12.005
  37. Kulkarni, H.V.; Mladenov, N.; Johannesson, K.H.; Datta, S. Contrasting dissolved organic matter quality in groundwater in Holocene and Pleistocene aquifers and implications for influencing arsenic mobility. Applied Geochemistry, Volume 77, February 2017, Pages 194-205. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2016.06.002
  38. Datta, S.; Vero, S.; Johannesson, K.H.; Hettiarachchi, G. Tungsten Contamination of Soils and Sediments: Current State of Science. Current Pollution Reports, 3: 55. (invited) doi:10.1007/s40726-016-0046-0
  39. Majumder, S.; Datta, S.; Nath, B.; Neidhardt, H.; Sarkar, S.; Bernerh, G.R.Z.; Hidalgo, M.; Chatterjee, D. Monsoonal influence on variation of hydrochemistry and isotopic signatures: implications for associated arsenic release in groundwater. Journal of Hydrology, Volume 535, 407-417. doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2016.01.052
  40. Yang, N.; Zhixiong, S.; Datta, S.; Johannesson, K. High Arsenic (As) concentration in shallow groundwaters of southern Louisiana: Evidence of microbial controls on As mobilization from sediments. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, (5) 100-113. doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2015.11.023
  41. Datta, S. Hydrological Aspects of Arsenic Contamination of Groundwater in Eastern India. Advances in Agronomy, 132, 75-137. doi:10.1016/bs.agron.2015.02.001
  42. Bower, P.; Bennington, B.; Lemke, L.D.; Liddicoat, J.; Miccio, B.S.; Lampousis, A.; Thompson, D.M.; Seewald, B.G.; Kney, A.D.; Graham, T.; Datta, S. Brownfield action: dissemination of a SENCER model curriculum and the creation of a collaborative STEM education network. Science Education and Civic Engagement: An International Journal, Winter 2014. Project Report <--Winter 2014-->
  43. Sankar, M.S.; Vega, M.A.; Defoe, P.P.; Kibria, M.G.; Ford, S.; Telfeyan, K.; Neal, A.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Hettiarachchi, G.M.; Barua, S.; Hobson, C.; Johannesson, K.; Datta, S. Elevated Arsenic and Manganese in Groundwaters of Murshidabad, West Bengal, India. Science of the Total Environment, 488-489; pp. 570-579. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.077
  44. Mohajerin, T.J.; Neal, A.W.; Telfeyan, K.; Sasihharan, S.M.; Ford, S.; Yang, N.; Chevis, D.A.; Grimm, D.A.; Datta, S.; White, C.D.; Johannesson, K.H. Geochemistry of Tungsten and Arsenic in Aquifer Systems: A Comparative Study of Groundwaters from West Bengal, India, and Nevada, USA. Water Air Soil Pollut. 225: 1792. doi:10.1007/s11270-013-1792-x
  45. Watney, W.L.; Rush, J.; Wreath, D.; Doveton, J.; Fazelalavi, M.; Holubnyak, E.; Newell, D.; Victorine, J.; Datta, S.; Roberts, J.; Fowle, D. Paleozoic Anchor Core in South-Central Kansas-Berexco Wellington KGS #1- 32, Sumner County; Mid-Continent Core Workshop: From Source to Reservoir to Seal. (joint publication by the Kansas Geological Survey and the Kansas Geological Society)
  46. Watney, W.L.; Rush, J.; Wreath, D.; Holubnyak, E.; Fazalalavi, M.; Datta, S. Paleozoic Anchor Core in Southwest Kansas-Berexco Cutter KGS #1 in Stevens County; Mid-Continent Core Workshop: From Source to Reservoir Seal. (joint publication by the Kansas Geological Survey and the Kansas Geological Society)
  47. Johannesson, K.H.; Heeral, D.B.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Datta, S. Controls on tungsten concentrations in groundwater flow systems: The role of adsorption, aquifer sediment Fe(III) oxide/oxyhydroxide content, and thiotungstate formation. Chemical Geology, 351; 76-94. doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.05.002
  48. Datta, S.; Rule, A.M.; Mihalic, J.N.; Chillrud, S.N.; Ramos-Bonilla, J.P.; Han, I.; Polyak, L.M.; Breysse, P.N.; Geyh, A.S. Use of X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy To Speciate Manganese in Airborne Particulate Matter from Five Counties Across the United States. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2012, 46, 6, 3101-3109. doi:10.1021/es203435n
  49. Sahajpal, R.; Zimmerman, S.; Datta, S.; Hemming, N.G.; Hemming, S.R. Assessing Li and other leachable geochemical proxies for paleo-salinity in lake sediments from the Mono Basin, CA (USA). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 75, Issue 24, 15 December 2011, Pages 7855-7863. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2011.10.001
  50. Datta, S.; Neal, A.W.; Mohajerin, T.J.; Ocheltree, T.; Rosenheim, B.E.; White, C.D.; Johannesson, K.H. Perennial ponds are not an important source of water or dissolved organic matter to groundwaters with high arsenic concentrations in West Bengal, India. Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L20404. doi:10.1029/2011GL049301
  51. Leveille, R.; Datta, S. Lava Tubes and Basaltic Caves: Astrobiological Targets on Earth and Mars: A Review. Planetary and Space Science, 58, 4; 592-598. doi:10.1016/j.pss.2009.06.004
  52. Datta, S.; Mailloux, B.; Hoque, M.A.; Jung, H.B.; Stute, M.; Ahmed, K.M.; Zheng, Y. Redox trapping of arsenic during groundwater discharge in sediments from the Meghna riverbank in Bangladesh. PNAS, Oct 2009, 106 (40) 16930-16935. doi:10.1073/pnas.0908168106
  53. Stute, M.; Zheng,Y.; Schlosser, P.; Horneman, A.; Dhar, R.; Datta, S.; Hoque, M.A.; Seddiqque, A.A.; Shamsuddhha, M.; Matin Ahmed, K.; van Geen, A. Hydrological Control of Arsenic Concentrations in Bangladesh Groundwater. Water Resources Research, 43, 9, Article Number: W09417. doi:10.1029/2005WR004499
  54. Datta, S.; Haldar, D. Andaman mud volcanoes - Low temperature geochemistry of eruptive fluids and potential hydrocarbon source. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (I.F. 4.10) 70 (18): A128-A128 Suppl. doi:10.1016/j.gca.2006.06.273
  55. Keimowitz, A.R.; Simpson, H.J.; Chillrud, S.N.; Stute, M.; Tsang, M.; Datta, S.; Ross, J. Oxidation of groundwater arsenic and iron. Advances in Arsenic Research, ACS Symposium Series 915: 206-219. doi:10.1021/bk-2005-0915.ch015
  56. Keimowitz, A.R.; Simpson, H.J.; Stute, M.; Datta, S.; Chillrud, S.N.; Ross, J.; Tsang, M. Naturally occurring arsenic: mobilization at a landfill in Maine and implications for remediation. Applied Geochemistry, 20 (11): 1985-2002. doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.06.008
  57. Datta, S.; Powell, M.A.; Martin, R.R.; Hart, B.R.; Fyfe, W.S.; Tripathy, S. Utilization of waste materials (coal fly ash and urban sewage sludge) in bioremediation of lateritic soils and vertisols from India - a three year monitoring study. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management. The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management.
  58. Datta, S.; Thibault, Y.; Fyfe, W.S.; Powell, M.A.; Martin, R.R.; Tripathy, S. Occurrence of trona in alkaline soils of the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), India. Episodes: Journal of International Geoscience, 25 (4): 236-239. publication