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Overview

William C. Evans is affiliated with the United States Geological Survey in the United States. Their research activities span multiple fields, primarily focusing on environmental and earth sciences. Evans has contributed to understanding phenomena related to volcanoes, radiological measurements, and disease epidemiology through various scientific publications.

Evans's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Their subfields of expertise cover:

  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Radiological and Ultrasound Technology
  • Radiation
  • Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
  • Atmospheric Science

Main topics in Evans's research portfolio are:

  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • T-cell and Retrovirus Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Evans has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • D. Bergfeld
  • Sara Peek
  • Andrew G. Hunt
  • Jennifer L. Lewicki
  • S. E. Ingebritsen

Evans's recent publications demonstrate a focus across various related disciplines. Notable papers include:

  • "A post-eruption study of gases and thermal waters at Okmok volcano, Alaska" (2020), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "High HTLV-1 Proviral Load Predates and Predicts HTLV-1-Associated Disease: Literature Review and the London Experience" (2024), Pathogens
  • "Geochemistry and fluxes of gases from hydrothermal features at Newberry Volcano, Oregon, USA" (2022), Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • "Simple Moving Average Applied to "ISO Method" CPAM Concentration Estimates: An Unexpected Result" (2023), Health Physics
  • "Comment on ANSI/HPS N13.56-2012(R2019)" (2020), Health Physics

Evans's work is frequently published in venues such as:

  • Health Physics
  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Pathogens
  • USGS professional paper
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Best Publications

  • The 1986 Lake Nyos Gas Disaster in Cameroon, West Africa

    George W. Kling;Michael A. Clark;Glen N. Wagner;Harry R. Compton

  • Forest-killing diffuse CO2 emission at Mammoth Mountain as a sign of magmatic unrest

    C.D. Farrar;M.L. Sorey;William C. Evans;J.F. Howle

  • Origin of the lethal gas burst from Lake Monoun, Cameroun

    Haraldur Sigurdsson;J.D. Devine;F.M. Tchua;F.M. Presser

  • Mantle fluids in the San Andreas fault system, California

    B.M. Kennedy;Y.K. Kharaka;Y.K. Kharaka;William C. Evans;William C. Evans;A. Ellwood;A. Ellwood

  • Carbon dioxide and helium emissions from a reservoir of magmatic gas beneath Mammoth Mountain, California

    M.L. Sorey;William C. Evans;B.M. Kennedy;C.D. Farrar

  • Spatial radon anomalies on active faults in California

    Chi-Yu King;Bi-Shia King;W.C. Evans;Wei Zhang

  • Geochemistry of some gases in hydrothermal fluids from the southern Juan de Fuca Ridge

    William C. Evans;L. D. White;John B. Rapp

  • Degassing Lakes Nyos and Monoun: Defusing certain disaster

    George W. Kling;William C. Evans;Greg Tanyileke;Minoru Kusakabe

  • Liquid carbon dioxide of magmatic origin and its role in volcanic eruptions

    Allan R. Chivas;Ivan Barnes;William C. Evans;John E. Lupton

  • Gas buildup in Lake Nyos, Cameroon: The recharge process and its consequences

    William C. Evans;G.W. Kling;M.L. Tuttle;G. Tanyileke

  • Shallow soil CO2 flow along the San Andreas and Calaveras Faults, California

    J.L. Lewicki;William C. Evans;G.E. Hilley;M.L. Sorey

  • Prodigious degassing of a billion years of accumulated radiogenic helium at Yellowstone

    Jacob B. Lowenstern;William C. Evans;D. Bergfeld;Andrew G. Hunt

  • Helium isotope and gas discharge variations associated with crustal unrest in Long Valley Caldera, California, 1989–1992

    M. L. Sorey;B. M. Kennedy;W. C. Evans;C. D. Farrar

  • High CO2 emissions through porous media: transport mechanisms and implications for flux measurement and fractionation

    William C. Evans;M.L. Sorey;B.M. Kennedy;David A. Stonestrom

  • The evolution of thermal structure and water chemistry in Lake Nyos

    George W. Kling;Michele L. Tuttle;William C. Evans

  • Tracing and quantifying magmatic carbon discharge in cold groundwaters: lessons learned from Mammoth Mountain, USA

    William C Evans;Michael L Sorey;Andrea C Cook;B.Mack Kennedy

  • Carbon dioxide emissions from vegetation-kill zones around the resurgent dome of Long Valley caldera, eastern California, USA

    Deborah Bergfeld;William C. Evans;James F. Howle;Christopher D. Farrar

  • Volatile emissions and gas geochemistry of Hot Spring Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA

    C. Werner;S. Hurwitz;William C. Evans;J. B. Lowenstern

  • Six years of change at Lake Nyos, Cameroon, yield clues to the past and cautions for the future.

    William C. Evans;Lloyd D. White;Michele L. Tuttle;George W. Kling

  • Evolution of CO2 in Lakes Monoun and Nyos, Cameroon, before and during controlled degassing

    Minoru Kusakabe;Takeshi Ohba;Yutaka Yoshida

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaul Hurwitz
Shaul Hurwitz United States Geological Survey
Andrew G. Hunt
Andrew G. Hunt United States Geological Survey
Jacob B. Lowenstern
Jacob B. Lowenstern United States Geological Survey
Steven E. Ingebritsen
Steven E. Ingebritsen United States Geological Survey
George W. Kling
George W. Kling University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Ben Kennedy
Ben Kennedy University of Canterbury
Yousif K. Kharaka
Yousif K. Kharaka United States Geological Survey
Minoru Kusakabe
Minoru Kusakabe Okayama University
R. Blaine McCleskey
R. Blaine McCleskey United States Geological Survey
Donald J. DePaolo
Donald J. DePaolo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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