SELECT PUBLICATIONS

 

Dyer, L.J., Lorah, M.M. and Burris, D.R., 2002, Effect of sampling method on measured porewater concentrations in a wetland contaminated by chlorinated solvents. In: K.W. Nehring and S.E. Brauning (Editors), Wetlands and Remediation II, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Wetlands & Remediation. Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, Burlington, Vermont, September 5-6, 2001, p. 33-40.

Lorah, M.M., Olsen, L.D., Smith, B.L., Johnson, M.A., and Fleck, W.B., 1997, Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in a freshwater tidal wetland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4171, 95 p.

Lorah, M.M. and Olsen, L.D., 1999a, Degradation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane in a freshwater tidal wetland: Field and laboratory evidence: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 33, no. 2, p. 227-234.

Lorah, M.M. and Olsen, L.D., 1999b, Natural attenuation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds in a freshwater tidal wetland: Field evidence of anaerobic biodegradation. Water Resources Research, v. 35, no. 12, p. 3811-3827.

Lorah, M.M., Olsen, L.D., Capone, D.G., and Baker, J.E., 2001, Biodegradation of trichloroethylene and its anaerobic daughter products in freshwater wetland sediments: Bioremediation Journal, v. 5, no. 2, p. 101-118.

Lorah, M.M., Voytek, M.A., Kirshstein, J.D., and Jones, E.J.P., 2003a, Anaerobic degradation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and association with microbial communities in a freshwater tidal wetland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Laboratory experiments and comparisons to field data: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4157. 64 p.

Lorah, M.M. and Voytek, M.A., 2004, Degradation of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane and accumulation of vinyl chloride in wetland sediment microcosms and in situ porewater: Biogeochemical controls and associations with microbial communities: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 70, p. 117-145.

Lorah, M.M., Spencer, T.A. and McGinty, A.L., in press, Temporal changes in indicators of natural attenuation and physical controlling factors for a freshwater tidal wetland contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds, West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 1995-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report.

E.J.P. Jones, M.A. Voytek and M.M. Lorah, 2004, Effect of Fe(III) on 1,1,2,2, Tetrachloroethane Degradation and Vinyl Chloride Accumulation in Wetland Sediments of the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Bioremediation J. vol. 8, pp. 31-45.

M.M. Lorah, M.A. Voytek, and T.A. Spencer, 2003, Preliminary Assessment of Microbial Communities and Biodegradation of Chlorinated Volatile Organic Compounds in Wetlands at Cluster 13, Lauderick Creek Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, Water Resources Investigation Report, WRIR 03-4119 U.S. Geological Survey.

M.M. Lorah, M.A. Voytek, J.D. Kirshtein, and E. J. (Phillips) Jones, 2002, Anaerobic Degradation of 1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane and Association with Microbial Communities in a Freshwater Tidal Wetland, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: Laboratory Experiments and Comparisons to Field Data, Water Resources Investigation Report, WRIR-02-4157 U.S. Geological Survey.

Phelan, D.J., Olsen, L.D., Senus, M.P., and Spencer, T.A., 2001b, Assessment of volatile-organic compounds in surface water at Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, November 1999-September 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-292, 49 p.

Phelan, D.J., Senus, M.P., and Olsen, L.D., 2001a, Lithologic and ground-water-quality data collected using hoverprobe drilling techniques at the West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-446, 43 p.

Phelan, D.J., Fleck, W.B., Lorah, M.M., and Olsen, L.D., 2002, Changes in ground-water quality in the Canal Creek aquifer between 1995 and 2000-2001, West Branch Canal Creek Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4076, 42 p.