R. Blaine McCleskey

Blaine McCleskey started his career with the U.S. Geological Survey in 1997 as a chemist in the National Research Program. In 2010, he obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado where he developed a method to calculate the electrical conductivity of natural waters from its chemical composition. He is currently involved in several research projects in Yellowstone National Park, a wildfire affected watershed, and acid mine drainage sites. When not at work, Blaine spends a lot of time watching his kids play soccer and is an avid sailor and runner.

Education

B.S. - Biochemistry, College of Charleston, SC, 1995

M.S. - Environmental Studies (Science track), University of Charleston, SC, 1997

Ph.D. - Environmental Engineering (Hydrologic Sciences Program), University of Colorado,  2010

Blaine McCleskey also runs and maintains the USGS Redox Chemistry Laboratory, where analytical methods for determining the redox distributions of iron, arsenic, chromium, and antimony have been developed (see puplished methods below). In addition, the lab supports many USGS projects by providing iron, arsenic, chromium, antimony, and selenium redox determinations. The lab is equipped with an ICP-AES, IC, GFAAS, HGAAS, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, and an autotitrator and we are capable of determining most inorganic constituents and specialize in difficult matrices (acid mine waters, geothermal waters, and saline waters).

Publications:

U.S. Geological Survey, 2019, Specific conductance: U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods, book 9, chap.
A6.3, 15 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/tm9A6.3. [Supersedes USGS Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, book
9, chap. A6.3, version 1.2.] McCleskey, R.B. lead author of updated version

Romanok, K.M., Kolpin, D.W., Meppelink, S.M., Focazio, M.J., Argos, M., Hollingsworth, M.E., McCleskey, R.B., Putz, A.R., Stark, A., Weis, C.P., Zehraoui, A., and Bradley, P.M., 2018, Concentrations of lead and other inorganic constituents in samples of raw intake and treated drinking water from the municipal water filtration plant and residential tapwater in Chicago, Illinois, and East Chicago, Indiana, July–December 2017: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1071, 10 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181071.

Romanok, K.M., Kolpin, D.W., Meppelink, S.M., Argos, M., Brown, J.B., DeVito, M.J., Dietze, J.E., Givens, C.E., Gray, J.L., Higgins, C.P., Hladik, M.L., Iwanowicz, L.R., Loftin, K.A., McCleskey, R.B., McDonough, C.A., Meyer, M.T., Strynar, M.J., Weis, C.P., Wilson, V.S., and Bradley, P.M., 2018, Methods used for the collection and analysis of chemical and biological data for the Tapwater Exposure Study, United States, 2016–17: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2018–1098, 79 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20181098.

Murphy, S.F., McCleskey, R.B., Martin, D.A., Writer, J.H., and Ebel, B.A., 2018, Fire, flood, and drought—Extreme climate events alter flow paths and stream chemistry, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 123, https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JG004349.

Campbell, K.M., Kouris, A., England, W., Anderson,R.E., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Whitaker, R.J., 2017, Sulfolobus islandicus meta-populations in Yellowstone National Park hot springs. Environmental Microbiology: 19(6), 2334–2347.

Holloway, J.M, Pribil, M.J., McCleskey, R.B., Etheridge, A.B., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.R., 2017, Mobilization of mercury and arsenic from a carbonate-hosted ore deposit, central Idaho, U.S.A.: Procedia Earth and Planetary Science 17, 610-613. http://dx.doi.org/doi: 10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.163.

McCleskey, R.B., 2018, Calculated specific conductance using PHREEQCI: U.S. Geological Survey software release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7M907VD.

Campbell, K. M., Kouris, A., England, W., Anderson, R. E., McCleskey, R. B., Nordstrom, D. K. and Whitaker, R. J., 2017, Sulfolobus islandicus meta-populations in Yellowstone National Park hot springs: Environmental Microbiology, v 19, p. 2334-2347. [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1462-2920.13728/abstract;jses...

Zhu, X., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Wang, R., Lu, X., 2017, Thermodynamic properties in the Fe(II)-Fe(III)-As(V)-HClO4–H2O and Fe(II)-Fe(III)-As(V)-HCl–H2O systems from 5 to 90 °C: Chemical Geology, v. 460, p. 37-45. [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2017.04.010]

McCleskey, R.B., Mahony, Dan, Hurwitz, Shaul, Heasler, Henry, Huebner, M.A., Lowenstern, J.B., 2017, River chemistry in Yellowstone National Park: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7GF0RRD

Holloway, J.M, Pribil, M.J., McCleskey, R.B., Etheridge, A.B., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Aiken, G.R., 2017, Mobilization of Mercury and Arsenic from a Carbonate-hosted Ore Deposit, Central Idaho, U.S.A., Procedia Earth and Planetary Science, v. 17, p. 610-613, ISSN 1878-5220, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.proeps.2016.12.163.

Goldhaber, M.B., Mills, C.T., Mushet, D.M., McCleskey, R.B., Rover, J., 2016, Controls on the geochemical evolution of Prairie Pothole Region Lakes and Wetlands over decadal time scale: Wetlands, DOI 10.1007/s13157-016-0854-4.

McCleskey, R.B., Lowenstern, J.B., Schaper, J., Nordstrom, D.K., Heasler, H.P., and Mahony, D., 2016, Geothermal solute flux monitoring and the source and fate of solutes in the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park, WY: Applied Geochemistry, v. 73, p. 142-156. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292716302049]

King, J.M., Hurwitz, S., Lowenstern, J.B., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., 2016, Multireaction equilibrium geothermometry: A sensitivity analysis using data from the Lower Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 328, p. 105-114.

McCleskey, R.B. and Lowenstern, J.B., 2016, Status and future directions of the chloride flux program, in Lowenstern, J.B., ed., Abstract volume for the 2016 biennial meeting of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1104, p. 13-16. [http://www.dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161104]

Zhu, X., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., and Wang, R., 2016, Ionic molal conductivities, activity coefficients, and dissociation constants of HAsO42− and H2AsO4− from 5 to 90 °C and ionic strengths from 0.001 up to 3 mol kg−1 and applications in natural systems: Chemical Geology, v. 441, p. 177-190. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254116303837]

Tillman, F.D., McCleskey, R.B., and Hermosillo, E., 2016, Investigation of total and hexavalent chromium in filtered and unfiltered groundwater samples at the Tucson International Airport Superfund Site: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. p. 1-5. [http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-016-1882-8]

Hurwitz, S., Clor, L.E., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Hunt, A.G., Evans, W.C., 2016, Dissolved gases in hydrothermal (phreatic) and geyser eruptions at Yellowstone National Park, USA: Geology, v. 44 (3), p. 235-238. [http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/44/3/235.abstract]

McCleskey, R.B., 2016, Electrical conductivity data for the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7BC3WMG.

Holloway, J.M., Pribil, M.J., McCleskey, R.B., Rutherford, D., Repert, D.A., DeWild, J., Breitmeyer, S., Berry, C., and Adams, M., 2016, Water and sediment geochemistry data from the vicinity of Yellow Pine, Idaho, 2014-2015: U.S. Geological Survey data release, http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7TB150Z.

Mushet, D.M., Goldhaber, M.B., Mills, C.T., McLean, K.I., Aparicio, V.M., McCleskey, R.B., Holloway, J.M., and Stockwell, C.A., 2015, Chemical and biotic characteristics of prairie lakes and large wetlands in south-central North Dakota—Effects of a changing climate: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5126, 55 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155126]

Murphy, S.F., Writer, J.H., McCleskey, R.B., Martin, D.A., 2015. The role of precipitation type, intensity, and spatial distribution in source water quality after wildfire: Environmental Research Letters, v. 10, no. 8, 084007: 1-13. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/08400713 p. [http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084007/meta;jsessionid=E821DFA8B1C09C4142AB64810224D39F.c1]

Izbicki, J.A., Wright, M.T., Seymour, W.A., McCleskey, R.B., Fram, M.S., Belitz, K., and Esser, B. K., 2015, Cr(VI) occurrence and geochemistry in water from public-supply wells in California: Applied Geochemistry, v 63, p. 203-217. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088329271530024X]

Fawcett, S.E., Jamieson, H.E., Nordstrom, D.K., and McCleskey, R.B., 2015, Arsenic and antimony geochemistry of mine wastes, associated waters and sediments at the Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada: Applied Geochemistry, v. 62, p. 150-163) [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292714003254]

Izbicki, J.A., Wright, M.T., Seymour, W.A., McCleskey, R.B., Fram, M.S., Belitz, K., and Esser, B. K., 2015, Cr(VI) occurrence and geochemistry in water from public-supply wells in California: Applied Geochemistry, v 63, p. 203-217. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S088329271530024X]

Murphy, S.F.; Writer, J.H.; McCleskey, R.B.; Martin, D.A., 2015. The role of precipitation type, intensity, and spatial distribution in source water quality after wildfire: Environmental Research Letters, , v. 10, no. 8, 084007: 1-13. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/08400713 p. [http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/10/8/084007/meta;jsessionid=E821DFA8B1C09C4142AB64810224D39F.c1]

Mushet, D.M., Goldhaber, M.B., Mills, C.T., McLean, K.I., Aparicio, V.M., McCleskey, R.B., Holloway, J.M., and Stockwell, C.A., 2015, Chemical and biotic characteristics of prairie lakes and large wetlands in south-central North Dakota—Effects of a changing climate: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015–5126, 55 p. [http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155126].

Nordstrom, D.K., Hasselbach, L., Ingebritsen, S.E., Skorupa, D., McCleskey, R.B., McDermott, T.R., 2015, An environmental survey of Serpentine Hot Springs: Geology, hydrology, geochemistry, and microbiology: Natural Resource Report. NPS/BELA/NRR—2015/1019. National Park Service. Fort Collins, Colorado. Published Report-2224027. [https://irma.nps.gov/App/Reference/Profile/2007603]

Guo, Q., Nordstrom, D.K., and McCleskey, R.B., 2014, Towards understanding the puzzling lack of acid geothermal springs in Tibet (China): Insight from a comparison with Yellowstone (USA) and some active volcanic hydrothermal systems: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 288, p. 94-104. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377027314003035]

McCleskey, R.B., Chiu, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Campbell, K.M., Roth, D.A., Ball, J.W., and Plowman, T.I., 2014, Water-Chemistry Data for Selected Springs, Geysers, and Streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Beginning 2009. [doi:10.5066/F7M043FS]

McCleskey, R.B., 2013, New Method for Electrical Conductivity Temperature Compensation: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 47, p. 9874-9881. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es402188r]

Karlstrom, L., Hurwitz, S., Sohn, R., Vandemeulebrouck, J., Murphy, F., Rudolph, M.L., Johnston, M.J.S., Manga, M., and McCleskey, R.B., 2013, Eruptions at Lone Star Geyser, Yellowstone National Park, USA: 1. Energetics and eruption dynamics: Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, v. 118, p. 1-15. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgrb.50251]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Ryan, J.N. 2012, Comparison of electrical conductivity calculation methods for natural waters. Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, v.10, p 952-967. [http://aslo.org/lomethods/free/2012/0952.html]

McCleskey, R.B., Clor, L.E., Lowenstern, J.B., Evans, W.C., Nordstrom, D.K., Heasler, H.P., and Huebner, M.A. 2012, Solute and geothermal flux monitoring using electrical conductivity in the Madison, Firehole, and Gibbon Rivers, Yellowstone National Park: Applied Geochemistry, v.27, p. 2370-2381. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2012.07.019]

McCleskey, R.B., Writer, J.H., and Murphy, S.F., 2012, Water chemistry of surface waters affected by the Fourmile Canyon wildfire, Colorado, 2010–2011: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012–1104, 11 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2012/1104/]

Clor, L., McCleskey, R.B., Huebner, M., Lowenstern, J.B., Heasler, H., Mahony, D., Moloney, T., and Evans, W.C., 2012, Water chemistry and electrical conductivity database for rivers in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 632, p. 18. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/632/]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Ryan, J.N., and Ball, J.W., 2012, A New Method of Calculating Electrical Conductivity With Applications to Natural Waters: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 77, p. 369-382. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703711006181]

Asta, M.P., Nordstrom, D.K., and McCleskey, R.B., 2012, Simultaneous oxidation of arsenic and antimony at low and circumneutral pH, with and without microbial catalysis: Applied Geochemistry, v.27, p. 381-391. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292711003921]

McCleskey, R.B., 2011, Electrical conductivity of electrolytes found in natural waters from (5 to 90) °C: Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, v. 56, p. 317-327. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/je101012n]

Deng, Y., Nordstrom, D.K., and McCleskey, R.B., 2011, Fluoride geochemistry of hydrothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park: I. Aqueous fluoride speciation: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 75, p. 4476-4489. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703711002961]

Holloway, J.M., Nordstrom, D.K., Böhlke, J.K., McCleskey, R.B., and Ball, J.W., 2011, Distribution and isotopic composition of ammonium in thermal waters of Yellowstone National Park: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 75, p. 4611-4636. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703711003139]

Majzlan, J., Alpers, C.N., Koch, C.B., McCleskey, R.B., Myneni, S.C.B., and Neil, J.M., 2011, Vibrational, X-ray absorption, and Mössbauer spectra of sulfate minerals from the weathered massive sulfide deposit at Iron Mountain, California: Chemical Geology, v. 284, p. 296-305. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254111001264]

Manning, A.H., Verplanck, P.L., Mast, M.A., Marsik, J., and McCleskey, R.B., 2011, Spring runoff water-chemistry data from the Standard Mine and Elk Creek, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2010: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1159, p. 20. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1159/]

McCleskey, R.B., Kirk Nordstrom, D., and Ryan, J.N., 2011, Electrical conductivity method for natural waters: Applied Geochemistry, v. 26, p. S227-S229. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292711001892]

Verplanck, P.L., Manning, A.H., Graves, J.T., McCleskey, R.B., Todorov, T., and Lamothe, P.J., 2010, Geochemistry of Standard Mine waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009–1292, 21 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2009/1292/]

Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Susong, D.D., Runkel, R.L., and Ball, J.W., 2010, Fate of thermal solutes for Gibbon and Firehole Rivers, Yellowstone National Park, USA, in Birkle, P., and Torres-Alvarado, I.S., eds., Thirteenth International Conference on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-13, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2010b, Proceedings: Guanajuato, Mexico, International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry: p. 261-264.

Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., and Ball, J.W., 2010, Challenges in the analysis and interpretation of acidic waters, International Mine Water Association, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2010a, Proceedings: Nova Scotia, Canada, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration: p. 43-46.

Mueller, R.S., Denef, V.J., Kalnejais, L.H., Suttle, K.B., Thomas, B.C., Wilmes, P., Smith, R.L., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Shah, M.B., VerBerkmoes, N.C., Hettich, R.L., and Banfield, J.F., 2010, Ecological distribution and population physiology defined by proteomics in a natural microbial community: Molecular Systems Biology, v. 6, p. 1-12. [http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v6/n1/synopsis/msb201030.html]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Susong, D.D., Ball, J.W., and Taylor, H.E., 2010, Source and fate of inorganic solutes in the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. II. Trace element chemistry: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 196, p. 139-155. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VCS-50297F8-1/2/7c56852c3f63974155e94be3300a64d2]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Susong, D.D., Ball, J.W., and Holloway, J.M., 2010, Source and fate of inorganic solutes in the Gibbon River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA: I. Low-flow discharge and major solute chemistry: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 193, p. 189-202. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VCS-4YT6D48-2/2/e13e16088a67a69f808077f3ab832477]

McCleskey, R.B., 2010, Electrical conductivity: theory and applications for natural waters: Boulder, Colo., University of Colorado, Ph.D. dissertation, 241 p.

Ball, J.W., McCleskey, R.B., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2010, Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2006-2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010-1192, 109 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1192/]

Sherman, L.S., Blum, J.D., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Barkay, T., and Vetriani, C., 2009, Mercury isotopic composition of hydrothermal systems in the Yellowstone Plateau volcanic field and Guaymas Basin sea-floor rift: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 279, p. 86-96. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V61-4VJ4FRG-3/2/c3e84bc87ca0835c30a29056e946cef4]

Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., and Ball, J.W., 2009, Sulfur geochemistry of hydrothermal waters in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. IV. Acid-sulfate waters: Applied Geochemistry, v. 24, p. 191-207. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDG-4V0MNJ0-4/2/24583a2e0cddf2f424888beac6013bb7]

Verplanck, P.L., Manning, A.H., Kimball, B.A., McCleskey, R.B., Runkel, R.L., Caine, J.S., Adams, M., Gemery-Hill, P.A., and Fey, D.L., 2008, Ground- and surface-water chemistry of Handcart Gulch, Park County, Colorado, 2003–2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007–1020, 31 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1020/]

Gammons, C.H., Nimick, D.A., Parker, S.R., Snyder, D.M., McCleskey, R.B., Amils, R., and Poulson, S.R., 2008, Photoreduction fuels biogeochemical cycling of iron in Spain's acid rivers: Chemical Geology, v. 252, p. 202-213. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V5Y-4S5KXC5-2/2/e7c1913bf3aef9d0767964dacb862b9c]

Verplanck, P.L., Manning, A.H., Mast, M.A., Wanty, R.B., McCleskey, R.B., Todorov, T., and Adams, M., 2007, Selected water-quality data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1241, 12 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1241/]

Smith, K.S., Hageman, P.L., Briggs, P.H., Sutley, S.J., McCleskey, R.B., Livo, K.E., Verplanck, P.L., Adams, M.G., and Gemery-Hill, P.A., 2007, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 19. Leaching characteristics of composited materials from mine waste-rock piles and naturally altered areas near Questa, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006–5165, 49 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5165/]

Planer-Friedrich, B., London, J., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Wallschlaeger, D., 2007, Thioarsenates in geothermal waters of Yellowstone National Park: determination, preservation, and geochemical importance: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 41, p. 5245-5251. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es070273v]

Nimick, D.A., McCleskey, R.B., Gammons, C.H., Cleasby, T.E., and Parker, S.R., 2007, Diel mercury-concentration variations in streams affected by mining and geothermal discharge: Science of the Total Environment, v. 373, p. 344-355. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V78-4MKTXPD-3/2/e1f3a7aa30902c17a7ffb659e97ff231]

Church, C.D., Wilkin, R.T., Alpers, C.N., Rye, R.O., and McCleskey, R.B., 2007, Microbial sulfate reduction and metal attenuation in pH 4 acid mine water: Geochemical Transactions, v. 8:10. [http://www.geochemicaltransactions.com/content/8/1/10]

Verplanck, P.L., McCleskey, R.B., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2006, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 20. Water chemistry of the Red River and selected seeps, tributaries, and precipitation, Taos County, New Mexico, 2000-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5028, 154 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2006/5028/]

Majzlan, J., Navrotsky, A., McCleskey, R.B., and Alpers, C.N., 2006, Thermodynamic properties and crystal structure refinement of ferricopiapite, coquimbite, rhomboclase, and Fe₂(SO₄)₃ (H₂O)₅: European Journal of Mineralogy, v. 18, p. 175-186. [http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/schweiz/ejm/2006/00000018/00000002/art00004;jsessionid=4hhgrot5r25b8.henrietta]

Ball, J.W., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Holloway, J.M., 2006, Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2003-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1339, 137 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1339/]

Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Hunt, A.G., and Naus, C.A., 2005, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 14. Interpretation of ground-water geochemistry in catchments other than the Straight Creek catchment, Red River valley, Taos County, New Mexico, 2002-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5050, 84 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5050/]

Nordstrom, D.K., Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2005, Ground water to surface water: chemistry of thermal outflows in Yellowstone National Park, in Inskeep, W.P., and McDermott, T.R., eds., Geothermal biology and geochemistry in Yellowstone National Park: Bozeman, Mont., Thermal Biology Institute and Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, p. 73-94. [http://www.rcn.montana.edu/pubs/pubview.aspx?nav=8&pubID=94]

Nimick, D.A., Cleasby, T.E., and McCleskey, R.B., 2005, Seasonality of diel cycles of dissolved trace-metal concentrations in a Rocky Mountain stream: Environmental Geology, v. 47, p. 603-614. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/u96lb0nm3glxk1hq/fulltext.html]

Naus, C.A., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Donohoe, L.C., and Hunt, A.G., 2005, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 5. Well installation, water-level data, and surface- and ground-water geochemistry in the straight Creek Drainage Basin, Red River valley, New Mexico, 2001-03: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5088, 232 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5088/]

McCleskey, R.B., Ball, J.W., Nordstrom, D.K., Holloway, J.M., and Taylor, H.E., 2005, Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 2001-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1316, 94 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1316/]

Jamieson, H.E., Robinson, C., Alpers, C.N., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Peterson, R.C., 2005, Major and trace element composition of copiapite-group minerals and coexisting water from the Richmond mine, Iron Mountain, California: Chemical Geology, v. 215, p. 387-405. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V5Y-4FDJRX3-1/2/dbe43c2cacffc54626f979f7fad50cf3]

Gammons, C.H., Nimick, D.A., Parker, S.R., Cleasby, T.E., and McCleskey, R.B., 2005, Diel behavior of iron and other heavy metals in a mountain stream with acidic to neutral pH, Fisher Creek, Montana, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, p. 2505-2516. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V66-4G7JP43-5/2/5422ab9f7a5c394222b30826fd16718d]

Zhang, M., Hobbs, M.Y., Frape, S.K., Nordstrom, D.K., Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2004, Stable chlorine isotopic composition of geothermal waters from Yellowstone National Park, in Wanty, R.B., and Seal, R.R., II, eds., Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-11, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 2004, Proceedings: Saratoga Springs, N.Y., International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry: p. 233-236.

Nordstrom, D.K., Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2004, Oxidation reactions for reduced Fe, As, and S in thermal outflows in Yellowstone National Park: biotic or abiotic?, in Wanty, R.B., and Seal, R.R., eds., Eleventh International Symposium on Water-rock Interaction WRI-11, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 2004, Proceedings: Saratoga Springs, N.Y., International Mine Water Association: p. 59-62. [http://www.rcn.montana.edu/pubs/pubview.aspx?nav=8&pubID=95]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Naus, C.A., 2004, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water-quality investigation. 16. Quality assurance and quality control for water analyses: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1341, 105 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1341/]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., and Maest, A.S., 2004, Preservation of water samples for arsenic(III/V) determinations: an evaluation of the literature and new analytical results: Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, p. 995-1009. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VDG-4C0TCBJ-2/2/4c3936444ffd23461220f23ac21138f4]

Jones, C.A., Nimick, D.A., and McCleskey, R.B., 2004, Relative effect of temperature and pH on diel cycling of dissolved Zn and As in Prickly Pear Creek, Montana: Water, Air and Soil Pollution, v. 153, p. 95-113. [http://www.springerlink.com/content/lm07x2004t1l87r3/?p=a69bf52560604ad98692a71704b7fe75&pi=0]

Verplanck, P.L., Mueller, S.H., Youcha, E.K., Goldfarb, R.J., Sanzolone, R.F., McCleskey, R.B., Briggs, P.H., Roller, M., Adams, M., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2003, Chemical analyses of ground and surface waters, Ester Dome, central Alaska, 2000-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-0244, 40 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-244/]

Verplanck, P.L., McCleskey, R.B., and Roth, D.R., 2003, Inorganic water chemistry of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000, chap.4, in Murphy, S.F., and others, eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, p. 71-102. [http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/SWC_Boulder_Watershed/WRIR_Chapter4.pdf]

Mueller, S.H., Goldfarb, M.L., Munk, L.A., Sanzolone, R., Lamothe, P., Adams, M., Briggs, P.H., McCleskey, R.B., and Theodorakos, P.M., 2003, Surface and ground water geochemistry near the Donlin Creek gold deposit, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-492, 37 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr-03-492/]

McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Steiger, J.I., Kimball, B.A., and Verplanck, P.L., 2003, Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water-quality investigation. 2. Low-flow (2001) and snowmelt (2002) synoptic/tracer water chemistry for the Red River, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2003-0148, 166 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/ofr03-148/]

McCleskey, R.B., Ball, J.W., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2003, Metal interferences and their removal prior to the determination of As(T) and As(III) in acid mine waters by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4117, 14 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri03-4117/]

Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2003, A new cation-exchange method for accurate field speciation of hexavalent chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4018, 17 p. [http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/pubs/WRIR%2003-4018.pdf]

Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2003, New cation-exchange method for accurate field speciation of hexavalent chromium: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 006-03, 2 p. [http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/pubs/Cr%20Fact%20Sheet%20July%202003.pdf]

Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 2003, A new cation-exchange method for accurate field speciation of hexavalent chromium: Talanta, v. 61, p. 305-313. [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6THP-48Y0FD7-1/2/3209e477e0d11f29e09b0b9450b5babd]

Mueller, S.H., Goldfarb, R.J., Farmer, G.L., Sanzolone, R.F., Adams, M., Theodorakos, P.M., Richmond, S.A., and McCleskey, R.B., 2002, Trace, minor and major element data for ground water near Fairbanks, Alaska, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0090, 12 p. [http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr-02-0090/]

Ball, J.W., McCleskey, R.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Holloway, J.M., and Verplanck, P.L., 2002, Water-chemistry data for selected springs, geysers, and streams in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-382, 104 p. [http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/pubs/ofr%2002-382.pdf]

Gihring, T.M., Druschel, G.K., McCleskey, R.B., Hamers, R.J., and Banfield, J.F., 2001, Rapid arsenite oxidation by Thermus aquaticus and Thermus thermophilus: Field and Laboratory Investigations: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 35, p. 3857-3862. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es010816f?journalCode=esthag&quickLinkVolume=35&quickLinkPage=3857&volume=35]

Ball, J.W., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., Schoonen, M.A.A., and Xu, Y., 2001, Water-chemistry and on-site sulfur-speciation data for selected springs in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 1996-1998: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-49, 42 p. [http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/pubs/ofr%2001-49.pdf]

To, T.B., Nordstrom, D.K., Cunningham, K.M., Ball, J.W., and McCleskey, R.B., 1999, New method for the direct determination of dissolved Fe(III) concentration in acid mine waters: Environmental Science & Technology, v. 33, p. 807-813. [http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es980684z?journalCode=esthag&quickLinkVolume=33&quickLinkPage=807&volume=33]

Nordstrom, D.K., Alpers, C.N., Coston, J.A., Taylor, H.E., McCleskey, R.B., Ball, J.W., Davis, J.A., and Ogle, S., 1999, Geochemistry, toxicity, and sorption properties of contaminated sediments and pore waters from two reservoirs receiving acid mine drainage, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Technical Meeting, Charleston, S.C., 1999, Proceedings: Charleston, S.C., U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 99-4018-A: p. 289-296. [http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/wri99-4018/Volume1/sectionD/1504_Nordstrom/index.html]

Ball, J.W., Nordstrom, D.K., McCleskey, R.B., and To, T.B., 1999, A new method for the direct determination of dissolved Fe(III) concentration in acid mine waters, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program - Technical Meeting, Charleston, S.C., 1999, Proceedings: Charleston, S.C., U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 99-4018-A: p. 297-304. [http://toxics.usgs.gov/pubs/wri99-4018/Volume1/sectionD/1505_Ball/index.html]