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- 1Konhauser, Kurt (Earth and Atmospheric Sciences)
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- 1Folkerts, Erik John
- 1Hammad, Ann O
- 216S rRNA gene sequencing
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Lithium Recovery from Hydraulic Fracturing Flowback and Produced Water using a Manganese-Based Sorbent
DownloadFall 2020
Increased demand for lithium products for use in lithium ion batteries has led to a search for new lithium resources in recent years in order to meet projected future consumption. One such potential lithium resource is low lithium bearing brines that are discharged from hydraulically fractured...
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Magnesium Doping for the Stabilization of a Spinel lithium Manganese Oxide for Lithium Recovery from Flowback and Produced Water
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Flowback and produced water (FPW), a potentially hazardous byproduct of oil and gas production, is a complex mixture of dissolved salts and organic compounds. FPW often contains modest concentrations of lithium, from tens to hundreds of parts-per-million. For this reason, and in response to the...
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Fall 2017
Biochar has received significant attention as an innovative sorbent for treating heavy metal contamination due to its high surface reactivity and sorption capacity, ease of manufacture and low production cost. Most studies involving chromium removal from solution by biochar have focused on...
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Microbial community dynamics from permafrost across the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary and response to abrupt climate change
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Permafrost houses active microbial communities adapted to constant sub-zero temperatures and anaerobic conditions. These extreme conditions make permafrost an excellent archive for long-term DNA preservation. Recent studies in the laboratory have shown a shift in permafrost bacterial communities...
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Microbial Community Dynamics in the Hydraulic Fracturing Water Cycle from Two Newly Fractured Shale Gas Wells in the Duvernay Formation, Alberta
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The microbial ecology of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle may influence the efficiency of shale gas production and strategies for water reuse and treatment. In this study, microbial community dynamics were tracked by sequencing of 16S rRNA genes coupled with enumeration of live/dead cells in...
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Fall 2015
Alpine glaciers have been retreating since the Little Ice Age, leading to exposure of foreland soils. Microorganisms are the primary below ground biological influence on nutrient cycling in recently deglaciated soil and are linked to down valley vegetation colonization. Previous studies...
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Spring 2022
Cyanobacteria are among the most abundant primary producers in the oceans and are present in nearly every environment on the planet. They were one of the first organisms to evolve nearly 3.8 billion years ago, making them excellent analogs for the investigation of ancient ocean chemistry. The...
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Spring 2024
Lithium is crucial for battery production and is utilized in electric vehicles and portable electronics. Among alternative sources of lithium is flowback and produced water (FPW) brines, which can be recovered utilizing ion-exchange with sorbents such as lithium manganese oxide spinels. Among...
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Fall 2020
Green rust (GR) is a group of mixed FeII and FeIII hydroxide minerals and is an important phase in both modern and ancient geochemical systems. For this reason, establishing the thermodynamic properties of GR is vital to understanding and modelling its role in natural systems. In this study,...
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Structure and Stability of Microbial Assemblages in Seasonal Lake Ice: Miquelon Lake, Alberta, Canada
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Prokaryotic life has been identified in every terrestrial icy/frozen environment studied to date. There is evidence of microbial activity and replication within ice as well, but there has been little research done on the seasonally frozen portion of the cryosphere. The present study focuses on...