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Ramon Aravena publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ramon Aravena sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 603+

This scientist: 237 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

Ramon Aravena D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ramon Aravena sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 81 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ramon Aravena is a researcher affiliated with the University of Waterloo in Canada, specializing in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work primarily focuses on groundwater and isotope geochemistry, with significant contributions in groundwater flow and contamination studies. Additional areas of study include karst systems and hydrogeology, microbial community ecology and physiology, as well as water resources and management.

Their recent publications include:

  • Hydrochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater and river water in the transboundary Silala River watershed, 2023, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Geochemical and isotopic evidence for pumping-induced impacts to bedrock groundwater quality in the City of Guelph, Canada, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Use of isotopes techniques to reveal the origin of water salinity in an arid region of Central-Western Argentina, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Use of environmental isotopes to assess groundwater pollution caused by agricultural activities, 2020, Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
  • Hydrogeochemical and isotopic evaluation of VOC commingled plumes in a weathered fractured bedrock aquifer treated with thermal and bioremediation, 2022, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Aravena frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Beth L. Parker
  • Reginaldo Antônio Bertolo
  • Michael BenIsrael
  • Philipp Wanner
  • Elizabeth A. Haack

They have published regularly in several scientific journals, with notable venues being:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water
  • Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
  • International Journal of Phytoremediation

Their research spans multiple interconnected fields within environmental science and earth sciences, emphasizing geochemistry and petrology as well as environmental engineering. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into the origin, contamination, and management of groundwater resources. Through isotope techniques and hydrochemical evaluation, their work contributes to understanding complex environmental processes affecting water quality and sustainability.

Best Publications

  • Stable Isotopes of Oxygen and Nitrogen in Source Identification of Nitrate from Septic Systems

    R. Aravena;M. L. Evans;J. A. Cherry

  • Use of Multiple Isotope Tracers to Evaluate Denitrification in Ground Water: Study of Nitrate from a Large-Flux Septic System Plume

    Ramon Aravena;William D. Robertson

  • Artificial neural network modeling of water table depth fluctuations

    Paulin Coulibaly;François Anctil;Ramon Aravena;Bernard Bobée

  • Holocene treeline history and climate change across northern Eurasia

    Glen M. MacDonald;Andrei A. Velichko;Constantine V. Kremenetski;Olga K. Borisova

  • Increases in Fluxes of Greenhouse Gases and Methyl Mercury following Flooding of an Experimental Reservoir

    C. A. Kelly;J. W. M. Rudd;R. A. Bodaly;N. P. Roulet

  • Multiple geochemical and isotopic approaches for assessing ground water NO3- elimination in a riparian zone

    M. Mengis;S. L. Schif;M. Harris;M. C. English

  • Role of the riparian zone in controlling the distribution and fate of agricultural nitrogen near a small stream in southern Ontario

    Edwin E. Cey;David L. Rudolph;Ramon Aravena;Gary Parkin

  • Monitoring Microbial Dechlorination of Tetrachloroethene (PCE) in Groundwater Using Compound-Specific Stable Carbon Isotope Ratios: Microcosm and Field Studies

    Daniel Hunkeler;R Aravena;B.J Butler

  • Bofedales: high altitude peatlands of the central Andes

    Francisco A Squeo;Barry G Warner;Ramón Aravena;Diana Espinoza

  • Nitrate isotopes in groundwater systems

    Carol Kendall;Ramon Aravena

  • Quantifying groundwater discharge to a small perennial stream in southern Ontario, Canada

    Edwin E. Cey;David L. Rudolph;Gary W. Parkin;Ramon Aravena

  • Carbon Isotope Fractionation during Microbial Dechlorination of Trichloroethene, cis-1,2-Dichloroethene, and Vinyl Chloride: Implications for Assessment of Natural Attenuation

    Y Bloom;R Aravena;Daniel Hunkeler;E Edwards

  • Export of DOC from forested catchments on the Precambrian Shield of Central Ontario: Clues from13C and 14C

    S. L. Schiff;R. Aravena;Susan E. Trumbore;M. J. Hinton

  • Nitrate Dynamics in Relation to Lithology and Hydrologic Flow Path in a River Riparian Zone

    Kevin J. Devito;Dan Fitzgerald;Alan R. Hill;Ramon Aravena

  • Radiocarbon dating of total soil organic matter and humin fraction and its comparison with 14C ages of fossil charcoal

    L C R Pessenda;S E M Gouveia;R Aravena

  • Holocene paleohydrology and glacial history of the central Andes using multiproxy lake sediment studies

    Mark B Abbott;Brent B Wolfe;Alexander P Wolfe;Geoffrey O Seltzer

  • Late Quaternary Vegetation Dynamics in the Southern Amazon Basin Inferred from Carbon Isotopes in Soil Organic Matter

    Hermes Augusto de Freitas;Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda;Ramon Aravena;Susy Ely Marques Gouveia

  • Precambrian shield wetlands: Hydrologic control of the sources and export of dissolved organic matter

    Sherry Schiff;Ramon Aravena;Eric Mewhinney;Richard Elgood

  • Stable chlorine and carbon isotope measurements of selected chlorinated organic solvents

    E.M. van Warmerdam;S.K. Frape;R. Aravena;R.J. Drimmie

  • Dissolved Organic Carbon Cycling in Forested Watersheds: A Carbon Isotope Approach

    S. L. Schiff;R. Aravena;Susan E. Trumbore;P. J. Dillon

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel Hunkeler
Daniel Hunkeler University of Neuchâtel
Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda
Luiz Carlos Ruiz Pessenda Universidade de São Paulo
Barry G. Warner
Barry G. Warner University of Waterloo
Beth L. Parker
Beth L. Parker University of Guelph
Marco Petitta
Marco Petitta Sapienza University of Rome
Sherry L. Schiff
Sherry L. Schiff University of Waterloo
John A. Cherry
John A. Cherry University of Guelph
Peter Fritz
Peter Fritz University of Waterloo
Leonard I. Wassenaar
Leonard I. Wassenaar University of Ottawa
Susan E. Trumbore
Susan E. Trumbore Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry

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