Christopher H. Gammons Publications

Dr. Gammons Students

Publications

(updated 12/8/06)

54. Chapin T., Nimick D. A., Wanty R. B. and Gammons C. H. (2006) Diel cycling of zinc in a stream impacted by acid rock drainage: initial results from a new in-situ Zn analyzer.  Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, in press [doi 10.1007/s10661-006-9569-y]. 

53. Nimick D.A., McCleskey R.B, Gammons C. H., Cleasby T.E., Parker S.R. (2006) Diel mercury concentrations cycles in streams affected by mining and geothermal discharge.  Science of the Total Environment, in press [doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.008].

52. Parker S. R., Gammons C. H., Jones C. A., and Nimick D. A. (2006) Role of hydrous iron and aluminum oxide formation in attenuation and diel cycling of dissolved trace metals in an ARD-affected stream.  Water Air and Soil Pollution, in press [doi:10.1007/s11270-006-9297-5].

51. Gammons C. H., Poulson S. R., Pellicori D. A., Roesler A., Reed P. J., Petrescu E. M. (2006) The hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation, evaporated mine water, and river water in Montana, USA. Journal of Hydrology 328, 319-330. View [PDF 429Kb]

50. Shope C. L., Xie Y., and Gammons C. H. (2006) The influence of hydrous Mn-Zn oxides on diel cycling of Zn in an alkaline stream draining abandoned mine lands. Applied Geochemistry 21, 476-491. View [PDF 461Kb]

49. Wood S. A., Gammons C. H., and Parker S. R. (2006) The behavior of REE in naturally and anthropogenically acidified waters. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 418, 161-165.

48. Gammons C.H., Slotton D.G., Gerbrandt B., Weight W., Young C. A., McNearny R. L., Cámac E., Calderon R. and Tapia H. (2006) Mercury concentrations in fish, water, and stream sediment in the Rio Ramis-Lake Titicaca watershed, Peru.  Science of the Total Environment, 368 (2-3), 637-648.  View [PDF 534Kb] 

47. Gammons C. H., Duaime T. E., Parker S. R., Grant T. R. and Botsford W. S. (2006) Geochemistry and hydrogeology of acid mine drainage in the Great Falls- Lewistown Coal Field, Montana. Proc. 7th International Conf. on Acid Rock Drainage, St. Louis, MO, March, 2006, p. 630-647.  [PDF 701Kb]

46. Gammons C. H. and Madison J. P. (2006) Contaminated alluvial groundwater in the Butte Summit Valley.  Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 124-129.  [PDF 266MB]

45. Gammons C. H. and Duaime T. E. (2006) Long-term changes in the geochemistry and limnology of the Berkeley pit-lake, Butte, Montana. Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 76-85. [PDF 1.51MB]

44. Gammons C. H., Metesh J. J. and Duaime T. E. (2006) An overview of the mining history and geology of Butte, Montana.  Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 70-75. [PDF 318Kb]

43. Gammons C. H., Metesh J. J., and Snyder, D. M. (2006) A survey of the geochemistry of flooded mine shaft water in the Butte District, Montana. Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 100-107.  [PDF 749Kb]

42. Twidwell L., Gammons C. H., Young C., and Berg R. (2006) Deepwater sediment/pore water characterization of the metal-laden Berkeley pit lake in Butte, Montana. Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 86-92.  [PDF 716Kb] LINK to Twidwell et al.MWE.06B

41. Gammons C. H. (2006) Geochemistry of perched water in an abandoned underground mine, Butte, Montana.  Mine Water and the Environment 25(2), 114-123. [PDF 3.22MB]

40. Pellicori D. A., Gammons C. H., and Poulson S. R. (2005) Geochemistry and stable isotope composition of the Berkeley pit lake and surrounding mine waters, Butte, Montana. Applied Geochemistry 20, 2116-2137. [PDF 506Kb]

39. Parker S. R., Poulson S. R., Gammons C. H., and DeGrandpre M. (2005) Biogeochemical controls on diel cycles in the stable isotopic composition of dissolved O2 and DIC in the Big Hole River, Montana, USA. EnvironmentalScience and Technology 39 (18): 7134-7140. [PDF 930Kb]

38. Gammons C. H., Wood S. A., Pedrozo F., Varekamp J., Nelson B., Shope C. L., and Baffico, G. (2005) Hydrogeochemistry and rare earth element behavior in a volcanically acidified watershed in Patagonia, Argentina. Chemical Geology 222, 249-267.   [PDF 418Kb]  

37. Gammons C. H., Wood S. A. and Nimick D. A. (2005) Diel behavior of rare earth elements in a mountain stream with acidic to neutral pH.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69,3747-3758. [PDF 522Kb]

36. Gammons C. H., Nimick D. A., Parker S. R., Cleasby T. E. and McCleskey, R. B. (2005) Diel behavior of Fe and other heavy metals in a mountain stream with acidic to neutral pH: Fisher Creek, Montana, USA.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 69, 2505-2516. [PDF 375Kb]

35. Cetiner Z. S., Wood S. A. and Gammons C. H. (2005) The aqueous geochemistry of the rare earth elements: Part XIV. The solubility of rare earth element phosphates from 23 to 150°C.  Chemical Geology 217, 147-169. 

34. Gammons C. H., Shope C. L., and Duaime T. E. (2005) A 24-hour investigation of the hydro-geochemistry of storm water and baseflow in an urban area impacted by mining: Butte, Montana.  Hydrological Processes 19, 2737-2753. [PDF 368Kb]   

33. Gammons C. H., Poulson S. R., Metesh J. J., Duaime T. E., and Henne A. R. (2003) Geochemistry and isotopic composition of H2S-rich flooded mine waters, Butte, Montana.  Mine Water and The Environment, Vol. 22, 141-148.    

32. Nimick D.A., Gammons C. H., Cleasby T. E., Madison J. M., Skaar D., and Brick C. M. (2003) Diel cycles in dissolved metal concentrations in streams: occurrence and possible causes. Water Resources Research 39, 1247.DOI: 10.1029/WR001571.    [PDF 854Kb]   

31. Gammons C. H., Wood S. A., Jonas J. P. and Madison J. P. (2003) Geochemistry of rare earth elements and uranium in the acidic Berkeley Pit lake, Butte, Montana.  Chemical Geology, 198, 269-288. [PDF 470Kb]

30. Madison J. P., Gammons C. H., Poulson S. R. and Jonas J. P. (2003) Oxidation of pyrite by ferric iron in the acidic Berkeley pit lake, Montana, USA.  Proc. 6th International Conf. on Acid Rock Drainage, Cairns, Australia, July 14-17, 2003, Australian Inst. of Mining & Metall., Publ. Series 3/2003, 1073-1078.  [PDF 472Kb]

29. Gammons C. H. and Matt D. O. (2002) Using fluid inclusions to help unravel the origin of hydrothermal talc deposits in southwest Montana.  Northwest Geology v. 31, p. 44-53. 

28. Gammons C. H., Wood S. A., and Li Youning (2002) Complexation of the rare earth elements with aqueous chloride at 200°C and 300°C and saturated water vapor pressure. In R. Hellmann and S.A. Wood, editors, Water-rock Interaction, Ore Deposits, and Environmental Geochemisty: A tribute to David A. Crerar. Geochemical Society, Special Publication No. 7, 191-207. 

27. Newbrough P. and Gammons C. H. (2002)  Experimental investigation of water-rock interaction and acid mine drainage at Butte, Montana. Environmental Geology 41(6), 705-719.  LINK to NewbroughGammons.EnvGeol.02   [PDF 433Kb]

26. Gammons C. H. and Frandsen A. K. (2001) Fate and transport of metals in H2S-rich waters at a treatment wetland. Geochemical Transactions, Vol.2, 1-15. [PDF 950Kb]

25. Gammons C. H., Mulholland, T. P., and Frandsen A. K. (2000) Comparison of filtered vs. unfiltered metal concentrations in aerobic and anaerobic treatment wetlands. Mine Water and the Environment 19: 111-123.

24. Gammons C. H. and Wood S. A. (2000) The aqueous geochemistry of REE. Part 8: Solubility of ytterbium oxalate and the stability of Yb(III)-oxalate complexes in water at 25° to 80°C. Chemical Geology 166, 103-124.

23. Hezarkhani A., Williams-Jones A. E., and Gammons C. H. (1999) Factors controlling copper solubility and chalcopyrite deposition in the Sungun porphyry copper deposit, Iran. Mineralium Deposita 34, 770-783.

22. Xiao Z., Gammons C. H. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1998) Experimental study of copper(I) chloride complexing in hydrothermal solutions at 40°C to 300°C and saturated vapor pressure Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 62, 2949-2964.

21. Gammons C. H. and Yu Y. (1997) The stability of silver bromide and iodide complexes at 25° to 300°C: Experiments, theory and geologic applications. Chem. Geology 137, 155-173.  

20. Gammons C. H. (1997) Thermochemical sulfate reduction: a key step in the origin of sediment-hosted disseminated gold deposits.  in (P. Vikre, T. B. Thompson, K. Bettles, O. Christensen, and R. Parratt, eds.), Carlin-type Gold Deposits Field Conference.  Soc. Econ. Geol. Guidebook Series, Vol. 28, p. 141-146. 

19. Gammons C. H. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1997) Chemical mobility of gold in the porphyry-epithermal environment.  Economic Geology 92, 45-59. 

18. Gammons C. H., Yu Y. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1997)  The disproportionation of Au(I) chloride complexes at 25° to 150°C.   Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  61, 1971-1984.

17. Gammons C. H.  and  Seward  T. M.  (1996) The stability of manganese(II) chloride    complexes at 25° to 300°C.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 60, 4295-4311. 

16. Gammons C. H., Wood S. A. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1996) The aqueous geochemistry of the rare earth elements. V. Stability of neodymium-chloride complexes to 300°C Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 60, 4615-4630.

15. Olivo G. and Gammons C. H. (1996) Thermodynamic and textural evidence for at least two stages of Au-Pd mineralization at the Cauê iron ore mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Canadian Mineralogist.  34, 547-557. 

14. Gammons C. H. (1996) Experimental investigations of the hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd.  V.  Equilibria between Pt metal, Pt(II) and Pt(IV) chloride complexes at 25° to 300°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 60,  1683-1694.

13. Gammons C. H. (1996) Hydrothermal synthesis of gold grains with apparent five-fold symmetry.  Canadian Mineralogist  34, 1-8.

12. Yu Y., Gammons C. H.,  Mo D.  and  Wang M.  (1995)  Hydrothermal  experiments  using metallic alloy - a methodological investigation.  Acta Mineral. Sinica 15, 55-60 [in Chinese].

11. Yu Y. and Gammons C. H. (1995) Controls on the fineness of gold in precious metal deposits.  Science in China, Series B, 25, 412-417 [in Chinese]. 

10. Gammons C. H. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1995) Solubility of Au-Ag alloy + AgCl in HCl/NaCl solutions at 300°C: new data on the stability of Au(I) chloride complexes.   Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 59, 3453-3468. 

9. Gammons C. H. and Williams-Jones A. E. (1995) Hydrothermal geochemistry of electrum: Thermodynamic constraints. Economic Geology  90, 420-432.

8. Gammons C. H. (1995) Experimental investigations of the hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd.  IV.  Stoichiometry of Pt(IV) and Pd(II) chloride complexes to 300°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 59, 1655-1668. 

7. Renders P. J., Gammons C. H. and Barnes H. L. (1995) Precipitation and dissolution rate constants for cristobalite from 150 to 300°C. Geochim.Cosmochim. Acta. 59, 77-85.

6. Yu Y. and Gammons C. H. (1994) An experimental study on the stability of chloride complexes of platinum and palladium at 300°C. Geological Review 40, 354-360 [in Chinese].

5. Gu Y., Gammons C. H. and Bloom M. S. (1994) A one-term extrapolation method for estimating equilibrium constants of aqueous reactions at elevated temperatures.Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta . 58, 3545-3560.

4. Gammons C. H. and Bloom M. S. (1993) Experimental investigations of the hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd.  II.  Solubility of PtS and PdS in aqueous sulfide solutions to 300°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  57, 2451-2468. 

3. Gammons C. H., Yu. Y. and Bloom M. S. (1993) Experimental investigations of the hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd.  III.  The solubility of Ag-Pd alloy + AgCl in NaCl/HCl solutions at 300°C.  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 57, 2469-2480.

2. Gammons C. H., Bloom M. S. and Yu Y. (1992) Experimental investigations of the hydrothermal geochemistry of Pt and Pd.  I.  The solubility of Pt and Pd sulfides in NaCl/H2SO4 solutions at 300°C. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  56, 3881-3894.

1. Gammons C. H. and  Barnes H. L.  (1989)  The solubility of Ag2S in near-neutral aqueous sulfide solutions at 25 to 300°C:  Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta  53, 279-290.

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