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Shawn G. Benner is affiliated with Boise State University in the United States. Their research primarily contributes to the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on subfields such as Environmental Chemistry, Global and Planetary Change, Soil Science, Ecology, and Environmental Engineering.

Benner's recent scholarly output includes research papers published across several notable venues. These include:

  • Controls on the presence and storage of soil inorganic carbon in a semi-arid watershed, 2023, CATENA
  • Topographically moderated soil water seasons impact vegetation dynamics in semiarid mountain catchments: Illustrations from the Dry Creek Experimental Watershed, Idaho, USA, 2021, Hydrological Processes
  • Controls on the Presence and Concentration of Soil Inorganic Carbon in a Semi-Arid Watershed, 2022, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Assessing Controls of Carbon and Sulfur Fluxes in High Elevation Floodplain Sediments Under Transient Hydrologic Conditions, 2020, Goldschmidt Abstracts

Their research covers several main topics including soil and water nutrient dynamics, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, peatlands and wetlands ecology, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, soil moisture and remote sensing, hydrology and watershed management studies, and atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics.

Throughout their career, Benner has collaborated frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • M. S. Seyfried
  • Jennifer Pierce
  • Christopher Stanbery
  • David P. Huber
  • Nancy F. Glenn

Benner's publications are concentrated in recognized academic journals and conference proceedings, reflecting interdisciplinary interests related to both chemical and physical processes affecting environmental systems and soil properties under varying hydrologic and climatic conditions.

Best Publications

  • Treatment of inorganic contaminants using permeable reactive barriers

    David W Blowes;Carol J Ptacek;Shawn G Benner;Che W.T McRae

  • Secondary Mineralization Pathways Induced by Dissimilatory Iron Reduction of Ferrihydrite Under Advective Flow

    Colleen M Hansel;Shawn G Benner;Jim Neiss;Alice Dohnalkova

  • Near-Surface Wetland Sediments as a Source of Arsenic Release to Ground Water in Asia

    Matthew L. Polizzotto;Benjamin D. Kocar;Shawn G. Benner;Michael Sampson

  • Competing Fe (II)-induced mineralization pathways of ferrihydrite.

    Colleen M. Hansel;Shawn G. Benner;Scott Fendorf

  • Geochemistry of a Permeable Reactive Barrier for Metals and Acid Mine Drainage

    S G Benner;D W Blowes;W D Gould;Roger B Herbert

  • Nitrous oxide from streams and rivers: A review of primary biogeochemical pathways and environmental variables

    Annika M. Quick;W. Jeffery Reeder;Tiffany B. Farrell;Daniele Tonina

  • A Full‐Scale Porous Reactive Wall for Prevention of Acid Mine Drainage

    Shawn G. Benner;David W. Blowes;Carol J. Ptacek

  • Reductive Dissolution and Biomineralization of Iron Hydroxide Under Dynamic Flow Conditions

    Shawn G Benner;Colleen M Hansel;Bruce W Wielinga;Theresa M Barber

  • Aspect influences on soil water retention and storage

    I. J. Geroy;M. M. Gribb;Hans-Peter Marshall;D. G. Chandler

  • Surface chemistry and morphology of poorly crystalline iron sulfides precipitated in media containing sulfate-reducing bacteria

    Roger B Herbert;Shawn G Benner;Allen R Pratt;David W Blowes

  • Structural constraints of ferric (hydr)oxides on dissimilatory iron reduction and the fate of Fe(II)

    Colleen M. Hansel;Shawn G. Benner;Peter Nico;Scott Fendorf

  • Accumulation of potentially toxic elements in road deposited sediments in residential and light industrial neighborhoods of Singapore.

    J. Q. Yuen;Paul H. Olin;H. S. Lim;Shawn G. Benner

  • Rates of sulfate reduction and metal sulfide precipitation in a permeable reactive barrier

    S.G Benner;D.W Blowes;C.J Ptacek;K.U Mayer

  • Integrated biogeochemical and hydrologic processes driving arsenic release from shallow sediments to groundwaters of the Mekong delta

    Benjamin D. Kocar;Matthew L. Polizzotto;Shawn G. Benner;Samantha C. Ying

  • Arsenic release metabolically limited to permanently water-saturated soil in Mekong Delta

    Jason W. Stuckey;Michael V. Schaefer;Benjamin D. Kocar;Benjamin D. Kocar;Shawn G. Benner

  • A permeable reactive barrier for treatment of heavy metals.

    Ralph D. Ludwig;Rick G. McGregor;David W. Blowes;Shawn G. Benner

  • Microbial populations associated with the generation and treatment of acid mine drainage

    S.G Benner;W.D Gould;D.W Blowes

  • Aquifer Arsenic Cycling Induced by Seasonal Hydrologic Changes within the Yangtze River Basin

    Michael V. Schaefer;Samantha C. Ying;Shawn G. Benner;Yanhua Duan

  • Hydraulic Properties of a Desert Soil Chronosequence in the Mojave Desert, USA

    Michael H Young;E. V. Mcdonald;Todd Caldwell;S. G. Benner

  • A simplified approach for estimating soil carbon and nitrogen stocks in semi-arid complex terrain

    Melvin L. Kunkel;Alejandro N. Flores;Toni J. Smith;James P. McNamara

  • Reactive Transport Modeling of Processes Controlling the Distribution and Natural Attenuation of Phenolic Compounds in a Deep Sandstone Aquifer

    K.U Mayer;S.G Benner;E.O Frind;S.F Thornton

Frequent Co-Authors

Scott Fendorf
Scott Fendorf Stanford University
David W. Blowes
David W. Blowes University of Waterloo
Daniele Tonina
Daniele Tonina University of Idaho
James P. McNamara
James P. McNamara Boise State University
Carol J. Ptacek
Carol J. Ptacek University of Waterloo
Kathleen A. Lohse
Kathleen A. Lohse Idaho State University
Nancy F. Glenn
Nancy F. Glenn Boise State University
Peter S. Nico
Peter S. Nico Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Alan D. Ziegler
Alan D. Ziegler National University of Singapore
Hans-Peter Marshall
Hans-Peter Marshall Boise State University

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