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Overview

Charles N. Alpers is a researcher affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their work primarily centers around Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Geochemistry and Petrology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Environmental Chemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research addresses key topics related to heavy metals in the environment, coal and its by-products, mercury impact and mitigation studies, mine drainage and remediation techniques, geochemistry and geologic mapping, elemental analysis, and the effects of fire on ecosystems.

Some recent publications by Charles N. Alpers include:

  • Critical review of mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation rate constants in aquatic sediments for biogeochemical modeling, 2021, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Wildland-urban interface fire ashes as a major source of incidental nanomaterials, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Identification and quantification of Cr, Cu, and As incidental nanomaterials derived from CCA-treated wood in wildland-urban interface fire ashes, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • A call for strategic water-quality monitoring to advance assessment and prediction of wildfire impacts on water supplies, 2023, Frontiers in Water
  • Discovery and potential ramifications of reduced iron-bearing nanoparticles-magnetite, wüstite, and zero-valent iron-in wildland-urban interface fire ashes, 2022, Environmental Science Nano

Frequent co-authors in their research work include:

  • Mohammed Baalousha
  • Andrea L. Foster
  • S. A. Singerling
  • Jackson P. Webster
  • S. J. Matiasek

The most common publication venues for Charles N. Alpers's research are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science Nano
  • Chemosphere
  • Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of Acid Mine Waters

    D. Kirk Nordstrom;C.N. Alpers

  • Negative pH and Extremely Acidic Mine Waters from Iron Mountain, California

    Darrell Kirk Nordstrom;Charles N. Alpers;Carol J. Ptacek;David W. Blowes

  • Negative pH, efflorescent mineralogy, and consequences for environmental restoration at the Iron Mountain Superfund site, California.

    Nordstrom Dk;Alpers Cn

  • Middle Miocene climatic change in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile: Evidence from supergene mineralization at La Escondida

    Charles N. Alpers;George H Brimhall

  • Metal-sulfate Salts from Sulfide Mineral Oxidation

    John L. Jambor;D. Kirk Nordstrom;Charles N. Alpers

  • Environmental geochemistry of sulfide oxidation

    Charles N. Alpers;David W. Blowes

  • Alunite-Jarosite Crystallography, Thermodynamics, and Geochronology

    R.E. Stoffregen;Charles N. Alpers;J.L. Jambor

  • Secondary minerals and acid mine-water chemistry

    Charles N. Alpers;D.W Blowes;D. Kirk Nordstrom;J.L. Jambor

  • Mercury Contamination from Historical Gold Mining in California

    Charles N. Alpers;Michael P. Hunerlach;Jason T. May;Roger L. Hothem

  • Stable Isotope Systematics of Sulfate Minerals

    Robert R. Seal;Charles N. Alpers;Robert O. Rye

  • The Environmental Geochemistry of Arsenic — An Overview —

    Robert J. Bowell;Charles N. Alpers;Heather E. Jamieson;D. Kirk Nordstrom

  • Woodhouseite and svanbergite in hydrothermal ore deposits; products of apatite destruction during advanced argillic alteration

    Roger E. Stoffregen;Charles N. Alpers

  • Mercury in western North America: A synthesis of environmental contamination, fluxes, bioaccumulation, and risk to fish and wildlife.

    Collin A. Eagles-Smith;James G. Wiener;Chris S. Eckley;James J. Willacker

  • Geochemical and mineralogical controls on trace element release from the Penn Mine base-metal slag dump, California

    Michael B Parsons;Dennis K Bird;Marco T Einaudi;Charles N Alpers

  • Paleohydrologic evolution and geochemical dynamics of cumulative supergene metal enrichment at La Escondida, Atacama Desert, northern Chile

    Charles N. Alpers;George H. Brimhall

  • Analysis of supergene ore-forming processes and ground-water solute transport using mass balance principles

    George H. Brimhall;Charles N. Alpers;Aric B. Cunningham

  • Solubility of jarosite solid solutions precipitated from acid mine waters, Iron Mountain, California

    Charles N. Alpers;D. Kirk Nordstrom;J.W. Ball

  • Geochemical Modeling of Water-Rock Interactions in Mining Environments

    Charles N. Alpers;D. Kirk Nordstrom

  • Microbial sulfate reduction and metal attenuation in pH 4 acid mine water

    Clinton D Church;Clinton D Church;Richard T Wilkin;Charles N Alpers;Robert O Rye

  • Chemical, crystallographic and stable isotopic properties of alunite and jarosite from acid-hypersaline Australian lakes

    Charles N. Alpers;Robert O. Rye;D.Kirk Nordstrom;L.Doug White

  • Seasonal variations of Zn/Cu ratios in acid mine water from Iron Mountain, California

    Charles N. Alpers;D. Kirk Nordstrom;J. Michael Thompson

  • The geochemistry of acid mine waters

    D. Kirk Nordstrom;Charles N. Alpers

Frequent Co-Authors

D. Kirk Nordstrom
D. Kirk Nordstrom United States Geological Survey
R. Blaine McCleskey
R. Blaine McCleskey United States Geological Survey
Collin A. Eagles-Smith
Collin A. Eagles-Smith United States Geological Survey
Heather E. Jamieson
Heather E. Jamieson Queen's University
Joshua T. Ackerman
Joshua T. Ackerman United States Geological Survey
Robert O. Rye
Robert O. Rye United States Geological Survey
John L. Jambor
John L. Jambor University of British Columbia
David W. Blowes
David W. Blowes University of Waterloo
George H. Brimhall
George H. Brimhall University of California, Berkeley
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey

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