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Richard B. Wanty 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 Richard B. Wanty sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 118 publications — 18th percentile

18% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Richard B. Wanty 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 Richard B. Wanty sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 32 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Richard B. Wanty is affiliated with the Denver Federal Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant work in the subfields of pollution, environmental engineering, geochemistry and petrology, environmental chemistry, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist has contributed to research on several main topics, including:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Groundwater flow and contamination studies
  • Groundwater and isotope geochemistry
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Hydrology and watershed management studies
  • Mine drainage and remediation techniques

Recent publications by Richard B. Wanty include:

  • "Variation in metal concentrations across a large contamination gradient is reflected in stream but not linked riparian food webs", 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Natural attenuation can lead to environmental resilience in mine environment", 2020, Applied Geochemistry
  • "Direct Observation of the Depth of Active Groundwater Circulation in an Alpine Watershed", 2020, Water Resources Research
  • "Regional occurrence of aqueous tungsten and relations with antimony, arsenic and molybdenum concentrations (Sardinia, Italy)", 2021, Journal of Geochemical Exploration
  • "Assessing Recharge Sources and Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Groundwater: A Hydrogeological and Multi-Isotopic Approach", 2024, Water

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Richard B. Wanty are:

  • Andrew H. Manning
  • Robert L. Runkel
  • Rosa Cidu
  • Francesca Podda
  • Jean M. Morrison

Richard B. Wanty has published multiple times in the following venues:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied Geochemistry
  • Water Resources Research
  • Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Best Publications

  • Arsenic in Ground Water of the United States: Occurrence and Geochemistry

    Alan H. Welch;D.B. Westjohn;Dennis R. Helsel;Richard B. Wanty

  • Vanadium accumulation in carbonaceous rocks: A review of geochemical controls during deposition and diagenesis

    George N. Breit;Richard B. Wanty

  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions involving vanadium in natural systems: Accumulation of vanadium in sedimentary rocks

    Richard B Wanty;Martin B Goldhaber

  • Fractionation of Cu and Zn isotopes during adsorption onto amorphous Fe(III) oxyhydroxide: Experimental mixing of acid rock drainage and ambient river water

    Laurie S. Balistrieri;David M. Borrok;Richard B. Wanty;W. Ian Ridley

  • Denitrification in the recharge area and discharge area of a transient agricultural nitrate plume in a glacial outwash sand aquifer, Minnesota

    J.K. Böhlke;R. Wanty;M. Tuttle;G. Delin

  • Separation of Copper, Iron, and Zinc from Complex Aqueous Solutions for Isotopic Measurement

    David M. Borrok;Richard B. Wanty;William Ian Ridley;Ruth E. Wolf

  • Isotopic variations of dissolved copper and zinc in stream waters affected by historical mining

    David M. Borrok;David A. Nimick;Richard B. Wanty;W. Ian Ridley

  • A regional-scale study of chromium and nickel in soils of northern California, USA

    Jean M. Morrison;Martin B. Goldhaber;Lopaka Lee;JoAnn M. Holloway

  • Pathways of coupled arsenic and iron cycling in high arsenic groundwater of the Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia, China: an iron isotope approach

    Huaming Guo;Chen Liu;Hai Lu;Richard B. Wanty

  • Isotopic Variability of Mercury in Ore, Mine-Waste Calcine, and Leachates of Mine-Waste Calcine from Areas Mined for Mercury

    Sarah J. Stetson;John E. Gray;Richard B. Wanty;Donald L. Macalady

  • Environmental Effects on the Aquatic System and Metal Discharge to the Mediterranean Sea from a Near-Neutral Zinc-Ferrous Sulfate Mine Drainage

    Franco Frau;Daniela Medas;Stefania Da Pelo;Richard B. Wanty

  • Contrasting distributions of groundwater arsenic and uranium in the western Hetao basin, Inner Mongolia: Implication for origins and fate controls.

    Huaming Guo;Yongfeng Jia;Richard B. Wanty;Yuxiao Jiang

  • Genesis of the tabular-type vanadium-uranium deposits of the Henry Basin, Utah

    H. Roy Northrop;Martin B. Goldhaber;Gary P. Landis;John W. Unruh

  • Development of a new toxic‐unit model for the bioassessment of metals in streams

    Travis S. Schmidt;Travis S. Schmidt;William H. Clements;Katharine A. Mitchell;Stanley E. Church

  • Emergence flux declines disproportionately to larval density along a stream metals gradient.

    Travis S. Schmidt;Johanna M. Kraus;David M. Walters;Richard B. Wanty

  • Stability of low levels of perchlorate in drinking water and natural water samples.

    Sarah J. Stetson;Richard B. Wanty;Dennis R. Helsel;Stephen J. Kalkhoff

  • Application of iron and zinc isotopes to track the sources and mechanisms of metal loading in a mountain watershed

    David M. Borrok;Richard B. Wanty;W. Ian Ridley;Paul J. Lamothe

  • Relationships Between 222Rn Dissolved in Ground Water Supplies and Indoor 222Rn Concentrations in Some Colorado Front Range Houses

    Peter F. Folger;Philip Nyberg;Richard B. Wanty;Eileen Poeter

  • Iron sulfide minerals at Cement oil field, Oklahoma: Implications for magnetic detection of oil fields

    Richard L. Reynolds;Neil S. Fishman;Richard B. Wanty;Martin B. Goldhaber

  • Geochemistry of vanadium in an epigenetic sandstone-hosted vanadium-uranium deposit, Henry Basin, Utah

    Richard B. Wanty;Martin B. Goldhaber;H. Roy Northrop

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin B. Goldhaber
Martin B. Goldhaber United States Geological Survey
Richard L. Reynolds
Richard L. Reynolds United States Geological Survey
Huaming Guo
Huaming Guo China University of Geosciences
James F. Ranville
James F. Ranville Colorado School of Mines
Michael F. Hochella
Michael F. Hochella Virginia Tech
Robert O. Rye
Robert O. Rye United States Geological Survey
Robert L. Runkel
Robert L. Runkel United States Geological Survey
Carlos Ayora
Carlos Ayora Spanish National Research Council
John Karl Böhlke
John Karl Böhlke United States Geological Survey
William H. Clements
William H. Clements Colorado State University

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