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Mark A. Engle is affiliated with The University of Texas at El Paso in the United States. Their research spans Environmental Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Mechanics of Materials, Artificial Intelligence, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Pollution. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies involving atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, geochemistry and geologic mapping, groundwater and isotope geochemistry, coal and its by-products, heavy metals in the environment, and hydraulic fracturing and reservoir analysis.

Their recent publications include:

  • Can we beneficially reuse produced water from oil and gas extraction in the U.S.? (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Characterization of produced water and surrounding surface water in the Permian Basin, the United States (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Origin and geochemistry of formation waters from the lower Eagle Ford Group, Gulf Coast Basin, south central Texas (2020, Chemical Geology)
  • Utica Shale Play Oil and Gas Brines: Geochemistry and Factors Influencing Wastewater Management (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • Coal elemental (compositional) data analysis with hierarchical clustering algorithms (2021, International Journal of Coal Geology)

Mark A. Engle collaborates frequently with multiple co-authors including Matthew S. Varonka, Aaron M. Jubb, Denise M. Akob, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, and Douglas B. Kent. These collaborations reflect an interdisciplinary approach bridging environmental chemistry and geosciences.

Publication venues where this scientist has been active include:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • International Journal of Coal Geology
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Natural Resources Research

Their research outputs demonstrate consistent engagement with environmental science themes focused on geochemical characterization and environmental impacts related to hydrocarbon extraction and water resource analysis. This body of work contributes to understanding fluid interactions in subsurface environments, waste management, and the environmental consequences of energy resource development.

Best Publications

  • Organic substances in produced and formation water from unconventional natural gas extraction in coal and shale

    William H. Orem;Calin A. Tatu;Matthew S. Varonka;Harry E. Lerch

  • Radium content of oil- and gas-field produced waters in the northern Appalachian Basin (USA): Summary and discussion of data

    E.L. Rowan;M.A. Engle;C.S. Kirby;T.F. Kraemer

  • Hydraulic fracturing water use variability in the United States and potential environmental implications.

    Tanya J. Gallegos;Brian A. Varela;Seth S. Haines;Mark A. Engle;Mark A. Engle

  • Geochemical and isotopic evolution of water produced from Middle Devonian Marcellus shale gas wells, Appalachian basin, Pennsylvania

    Elisabeth L. Rowan;Mark A. Engle;Thomas F. Kraemer;Karl T. Schroeder

  • Quantifying natural source mercury emissions from the Ivanhoe Mining District, north-central Nevada, USA

    Mark A. Engle;Mae Sexauer Gustin;Hong Zhang

  • Can we beneficially reuse produced water from oil and gas extraction in the U.S.

    Bridget R Scanlon;Robert C Reedy;Pei Xu;M Engle

  • Geochemistry of formation waters from the Wolfcamp and “Cline” shales: Insights into brine origin, reservoir connectivity, and fluid flow in the Permian Basin, USA

    Mark A. Engle;Mark A. Engle;Francisco R. Reyes;Matthew S. Varonka;William H. Orem

  • Geochemical evolution of produced waters from hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale, northern Appalachian Basin: A multivariate compositional data analysis approach

    Mark A. Engle;Mark A. Engle;Elisabeth L. Rowan

  • Environmental signatures and effects of an oil and gas wastewater spill in the Williston Basin, North Dakota.

    Isabelle M. Cozzarelli;Katherine Skalak;D.B. Kent;Mark A. Engle

  • Wastewater Disposal from Unconventional Oil and Gas Development Degrades Stream Quality at a West Virginia Injection Facility

    Denise M. Akob;Adam C. Mumford;William Orem;Mark A. Engle

  • Discharges of produced waters from oil and gas extraction via wastewater treatment plants are sources of disinfection by-products to receiving streams.

    Michelle L. Hladik;Michael J. Focazio;Mark Engle;Mark Engle

  • Atmospheric mercury emissions from mine wastes and surrounding geologically enriched terrains

    M. Sexauer Gustin;M. F. Coolbaugh;M. A. Engle;B. C. Fitzgerald

  • CO2, CO, and Hg emissions from the Truman Shepherd and Ruth Mullins coal fires, eastern Kentucky, USA

    Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Kevin R. Henke;James C. Hower;Mark A. Engle

  • Mercury exchange between the atmosphere and low mercury containing substrates

    Mae Sexauer Gustin;Mark Engle;Jody Ericksen;Seth N. Lyman

  • Gas emissions, minerals, and tars associated with three coal fires, Powder River Basin, USA.

    Mark A. Engle;Mark A. Engle;Lawrence F. Radke;Edward L. Heffern;Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe

  • Volatile-organic molecular characterization of shale-oil produced water from the Permian Basin

    Naima A. Khan;Mark A. Engle;Barry Dungan;F. Omar Holguin

  • The influence of ozone on atmospheric emissions of gaseous elemental mercury and reactive gaseous mercury from substrates

    Mark A. Engle;Mae Sexauer Gustin;Steve E. Lindberg;Alan W. Gertler

  • Mercury distribution in two Sierran forest and one desert sagebrush steppe ecosystems and the effects of fire.

    Mark A. Engle;Mae Sexauer Gustin;Dale W. Johnson;James F. Murphy

  • Comparison of atmospheric mercury speciation and deposition at nine sites across central and eastern North America

    Mark A. Engle;Michael T. Tate;David P. Krabbenhoft;James J. Schauer

  • The Tiptop coal-mine fire, Kentucky: Preliminary investigation of the measurement of mercury and other hazardous gases from coal-fire gas vents

    James C. Hower;Kevin R. Henke;Jennifer M.K. O'Keefe;Mark A. Engle

Frequent Co-Authors

William H. Orem
William H. Orem United States Geological Survey
James C. Hower
James C. Hower University of Kentucky
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli United States Geological Survey
David P. Krabbenhoft
David P. Krabbenhoft United States Geological Survey
Mae Sexauer Gustin
Mae Sexauer Gustin University of Nevada Reno
Pei Xu
Pei Xu New Mexico State University
Peter B. McMahon
Peter B. McMahon United States Geological Survey
Lawrence F. Radke
Lawrence F. Radke National Center for Atmospheric Research
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Fraser Goff
Fraser Goff New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

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