Publications

Journal Publications

Yu, G., Xiao, J., Hu, S., Polizzotto, ML., Zhao, F., Ran, W., Li, H., Fang, H., and Shen, Q. (2017) Mineral availability as a key regulator of soil carbon storage. Environmental Science & Technology 51, 4960-4969. abstract

 

Deiss, L., Franzluebbers, AJ., Amoozegar, A., Polizzotto, ML., Hesterberg, DL., and Cubbage, FW. (2017) Soil carbon fractions from an alluvial soil texture gradient in North Carolina. Soil Science Society of America Journal. doi:10.2136/sssaj2016.09.0304.

 

Sun, F., Polizzotto, ML., Guan, D., Wu, J., Shen, Q., Ran, W., and Yu, G. (2017) Exploring the interactions and binding sites between Cd and functional groups in soil DOM using two-dimensional correlation spectroscopy and synchrotron radiation based spectromicroscopies. Journal of Hazardous Materials 326, 18-25. abstract

 

Duckworth, O., Rivera, NA., Gardner, TG., Andrews, MY., Santelli, CM., and Polizzotto, ML. (2017) Morphology, structure, and metal binding mechanisms of biogenic manganese oxides in a Superfund site treatment system. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 19, 50-58. abstract

 

Sowers, TD., Harrington, JM., Polizzotto, ML., and Duckworth, OW. (2017) Sorption of arsenic to biogenic iron (oxyhydr)oxides in circumneutral environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 198, 194-207. abstract

 

Terres, MA., Fuentes, M., Hesterberg, D., and Polizzotto, M. (2016) Bayesian spectral modeling of microscale spatial distributions in a multivariate soil matrix. Bayesian Analysis. In press. abstract

 

Gannon, TW. and Polizzotto, ML. (2016) MSMA: knowledge gaps to aid appropriate regulation of an efficacious herbicide. Agricultural & Environmental Letters, 1(1), doi:10.2134/ael2016.07.0025. abstract

 

Gillispie, EC., Austin, RE., Rivera, NA., Bolich, R., Duckworth, OW., Bradley, P., Amoozegar, A., Hesterberg, D., and Polizzotto, ML. (2016) Soil weathering as an engine for manganese contamination of well water. Environmental Science & Technology, 50, 9963-9971. abstract

 

Gillispie, EC., Andujar, E., and Polizzotto, ML. (2016) Chemical controls on abiotic and biotic release of geogenic arsenic from Pleistocene aquifer sediments to groundwater. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, 18, 1090-1103. abstract

 

Li, H., Hu, S-J., Polizzotto, ML., Shen, Q-R., Li, R-Z., Ran, W., and Yu, G-H. (2016) Fungal biomineralization of montmorillonite and goethite to short-range-ordered minerals. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 191, 17-31. abstract

 

Matteson, AR., Graves, AK., Hall, AM., Kuy, D., and Polizzotto, ML. (2016) Fecal contamination and Microcystis in drinking-water sources of rural Cambodia using PCR and culture-based methods. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 6, 353-361. abstract

 

Hesterberg, D., Polizzotto, ML., Crozier, C., and Austin, RE. (2016) Assessment of trace-element impacts on agricultural use of water from the Dan River following the Eden coal-ash release. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 12(2), 353-63. abstract

 

Mahoney, DJ., Gannon, TW., Jeffries, MD., and Polizzotto, ML. (2015) Arsenic distribution and speciation in a managed turfgrass system following a monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA) application. Crop Science, 55 (6), 2877-2885. abstract

 

Gillispie, EC., Sowers, TD., Duckworth, OW., and Polizzotto, ML. (2015) Soil pollution due to irrigation with arsenic-contaminated groundwater: current state of science. Current Pollution Reports, 1, 1-12. abstract

 

Mahoney, DJ., Gannon, TW., Jeffries, MD., Matteson, AR., and Polizzotto, ML. (2015) Management considerations to minimize environmental impacts of arsenic following monosodium methylarsenate (MSMA) applications to turfgrass. Journal of Environmental Management 150, 444-450. abstract

 

Polizzotto, ML., Birgand, F., Badruzzaman, ABM., and Ali, MA. (2015) Amending irrigation channels with jute-mesh structures to decrease arsenic loading to rice fields in Bangladesh. Ecological Engineering 74, 101-106. abstract

 

Matteson, AR., Mahoney, DJ., Gannon, TW., and Polizzotto, ML. (2014) Integrated field lysimetry and porewater sampling for evaluation of chemical mobility in soils and established vegetation. Journal of Visualized Experiments 89, e51862, doi: 10.3791/51862. abstract

 

Neumann, RB., Pracht, LE., Polizzotto, ML., Badruzzaman, ABM., and Ali, MA. (2014) Sealing rice field boundaries in Bangladesh: a pilot study demonstrating reductions in water use, arsenic loading to field soils, and methane emissions from irrigation water. Environmental Science Technology 48 (16), 9632-9640. abstract

 

Guinness, J., Fuentes, M., Hesterberg, D., and Polizzotto, M. (2014) Multivariate spatial modeling of conditional dependence in microscale soil elemental composition data. Spatial Statistics 9, 93-108. abstract

 

Neumann, RB., Pracht, LE., Polizzotto, ML., Badruzzaman, ABM., and Ali, MA. (2014) Biodegradable organic carbon in sediments of an arsenic-contaminated aquifer in Bangladesh. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 1, 221-225. abstract

 

Duckworth, OW., Heitman, JL., and Polizzotto, ML. (2014) Soil water: from molecular structure to behavior. Nature Education Knowledge 5(8), 1. paper

 

Matteson, AR., Gannon, TW., Jeffries, MD., Haines, S., Lewis, DF., and Polizzotto, ML. (2014) Arsenic retention in foliage and soil after monosodium methyl arsenate (MSMA) application to turfgrass. Journal of Environmental Quality 43(1), 379-388 doi:10.2134/jeq2013.07.0268 abstract

 

Lineberger, EM., Badruzzaman, ABM., Ali, MA., and Polizzotto, ML. (2013) Arsenic removal from flowing irrigation water in Bangladesh: impacts of channel properties. Journal of Environmental Quality 42(6), 1733-1742 doi:10.2134/jeq2013.05.0191. abstract

 

Polizzotto, M., Lineberger, EM., Matteson, AR., Neumann, RB., Badruzzaman, ABM., Ashraf Ali, M. (2013) Arsenic transport in irrigation water across rice-field soils in Bangladesh. Environmental Pollution 179, 210-217 doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2013.04.025. abstract

 

Graham, JP. and Polizzotto, ML. (2013) Pit latrines and their impacts on groundwater quality: a systematic review. Environmental Health Perspectives 121, 521-530. doi:10.1289/ehp.1206028. pdf

 

Onstott, TC., Chan, E., Polizzotto, ML., Lanzon, J., and DeFlaun, MF. (2011) Precipitation of arsenic under sulfate reducing conditions and subsequent leaching under aerobic conditions. Applied Geochemistry 26, 269-285. abstract

 

Mailloux, B., Alexandrova, E., Keimowitz, A., Wovkulich, K., Freyer, G., Herron, M., Stolz, J., Kenna, T., Pichler, T., Polizzotto, M., Dong, H., Bishop, M., and Knappett, P. (2009) Microbial mineral weathering for nutrient acquisition releases arsenic. Applied Environmental Microbiology 75, 2558-2565. abstract | pdf

 

Neumann, RB., Polizzotto, ML., Badruzzaman, ABM., Ali, MA., Zhang, Z., and Harvey, CF. (2009) The hydrology of a groundwater-irrigated rice field in Bangladesh: patterns of infiltration and an opportunity to reduce irrigation loss. Water Resources Research 45, W09412, doi:10.1029/2008WR007542. abstract

 

Benner, SG., Polizzotto, ML., Kocar, BD., Ganguly, S., Phan, K., Ouch, K., Sampson, M., and Fendorf, S. (2008) Groundwater flow in an arsenic-contaminated aquifer, Mekong Delta, Cambodia. Applied Geochemistry 23, 3072-3087. abstract

 

Kocar, BD., Polizzotto, ML., Benner, SG., Ying, S., Ung, M., Ouch, K., Samreth, S., Suy, B., Phan, K., Sampson, M., and Fendorf, S. (2008) Integrated biogeochemical and hydrologic processes driving arsenic release from shallow sediments to groundwaters of the Mekong Delta. Applied Geochemistry 23, 3059-3071. abstract

 

Polizzotto, ML., Kocar, BD., Benner, SG., Sampson, M., and Fendorf, S. (2008) Near-surface wetland sediments as a source of arsenic release to ground water in Asia. Nature 454, 505-508. abstract

 

Toevs, G., Morra, MJ., Winowiecki, L., Strawn, D., Polizzotto, ML., and Fendorf, S. (2008) Depositional influences on porewater arsenic insediments of a mining-contaminated freshwater lake. Environmental Science and Technology 42, 6823-6829. abstract

 

Polizzotto, ML., Harvey, CF., Li, G., Badruzzman, B., Ali, A., Newville, M., Sutton, S., and Fendorf, S. (2006) Solid-phases and desorption processes of arsenic within Bangladesh sediments. Chemical Geology 228, 97-111. abstract

 

Toevs, GR., Morra, MJ., Polizzotto, ML., Strawn, DG., Bostick, BC., and Fendorf, S. (2006) Metal(loid) diagenesis in mine-impacted sediments of Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Environmental Science and Technology 40, 2537-2543. abstract

 

Polizzotto, ML., Harvey, CF., Sutton, SR., and Fendorf, S. (2005) Processes conducive to the release and transport of arsenic into aquifers of Bangladesh. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, 18819-18823. abstract | pdf

 

Sharma, M., Polizzotto, M., and Anbar, AD. (2001) Iron isotopes in hot springs along the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 194, 39-51. abstract

 

Book Chapters

Vepraskas, MJ., Polizzotto, M., and Faulkner, SP. (2014) Redox chemistry of hydric soils. In Vepraskas, MJ. and Craft, CB. (eds.) “Wetland Soils: Genesis, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification”. CRC Press. In press.

 

Polya, DA., Polizzotto, ML., Fendorf, S., Rodriguez-Lado, L., Hegan, A., Lawson, M., Rowland, HAL., Giri, AK., Mondal, D., Sovann, C., Al Lawati, WMM., and Dongen, BE., Gilbert, P., and Shantz, A. (2010) Arsenic in groundwaters of Cambodia. In Irvine, K., Murphy, T., Vanchan, V., and Vermette, S. (eds.) “Water Resources and Development in Southeast Asia”. SE Asia Center, NY.

 

Extension Reports, Contributions, and Other Publications

Polizzotto, M. (2016) Geoscience Congressional Visits Day. CSA News Magazine 61, 26.

 

FAO and ITPS (2015) Status of the World’s Soil Resources (SWSR) – Main Report. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils, Rome, Italy. abstract

 

Hesterberg, D., Polizzotto, M., and Crozier, C. (2014) Assessment of Trace-Element Impacts on Agricultural Use of Water from the Dan River following the Eden Coal Ash Spill. 17 pp. pdf

 

Crozier, CR., Polizzotto, M., and Bradley, L. (2012) SoilFacts: Minimizing Risks of Soil Contaminants in Urban Gardens. AGW-439-78, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, Raleigh, NC, 7 pp. pdf