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Publications and Data (By year)

2008

Engle, M.A., Kolker, A., Mose, D.E., East, J.A., and McCord, J.D., 2008, Summary of Mercury and Trace Element Results in Precipitation from the Culpeper, Virginia, Mercury Deposition Network Site (VA-08), 2002-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1232.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1232/

Engle, M.A., Tate, M.T., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Kolker, A., Olson, M.L., Edgerton, E.S., DeWild, J.F., and McPherson, A.K., 2008, Characterization and cycling of atmospheric mercury along the central U.S. Gulf Coast: Applied Geochemistry (2008), doi:10.101b/j.apgeochem.2007.12.12.024:
Outside Publication [pdf]

2007

Kolker, A., 2007, Investigating Atmospheric Mercury with the U.S. Geological Survey Mobile Mercury Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2007-3071.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2007/3071/

2006

Kolker, A., Senior, C.L., and Quick, J.C., Mercury in coal and the impact of coal quality on mercury emissions from combustion systems: Submitted to Applied Geochemistry: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Engle, M.A., Kolker, A., Krabbenhoft, D.P., Olson, M.L., and McPherson, A.K., in press, Mechanisms for elevated atmospheric mercury deposition along the Alabama Gulf, Coast: [abstract] 136th Annual American Fisheries Society, Lake Placid, NY, September, 2006: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Engle, M.A., Kolker, Allan, Krabbenhoft, D.P., Olson, M.L., and McPherson, A.K., in press, Sources of mercury and other trace metals in aerosols, southern Alabama, USA, [abstract] Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, WI, August, 2006: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, Allan, Conko, Kathryn, Koslov, Kostj, Panov, Yuri, Gibb, Herman, Centeno, José, Korchemagin, Viktor, and Gunchenko, Veronika, 2006,  Environmental and occupational exposure to inorganic mercury in Gorlovka, Ukraine [abstract]: Eighth International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Madison, Wisconsin, August, 2006: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, Allan, Senior, Constance L., and Quick, Jeffrey C., 2006, Impact of coal quality parameters on utility mercury emissions [abstract]: American Chemical Society, Northwest Regional Meeting, Reno, Nevada, June, 2006.
http://acs.confex.com/acs/norm06/techprogram/P31349.HTM

Kolker, Allan, 2006, Forms of mercury in coal: in symposium on- Impact of Evolving Mercury Emission Regulations on the Low Rank and Bituminous Coal Industry, [abstract] Coal Prep 2006, Lexington, KY, May, 2006: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, Allan, 2006, Geologic distribution of mercury in coal: in symposium on- Impact of Evolving Mercury Emission Regulations on the Low Rank and Bituminous Coal Industry, [abstract] Coal Prep 2006, Lexington, KY, May, 2006: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

2005

Kolker, Allan, Palmer, C.A., Bragg, L.J., and Tewalt, S.J., 2005, Mercury in coal and its impact on utility mercury emissions: Abstract, 15th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, Moscow, Idaho, published in: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, no. 10S, p. A 699: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, A., Mose, D.G., Spitzer, S., and East. J.A., 2005, Expanding the Mercury Deposition Network in Virginia and the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Region, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3123.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2005/3123/

2004

Kolker, Allan, Mose, D.G., and Spitzer, Shane, 2004, Filling a Gap: MDN Stations VA-08 (Culpeper) and VA-28 (Shenandoah National Park–Big Meadows) in Virginia [abstract] National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP), 2004 Scientific Symposium, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2004: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, Allan, Panov, B.S., Kundiev, Y.I., Trachtenberg, I.M., Gibb, H.J., Korchemagin, V.A., and Centeno, J.A., 2004, Mercury in the environment from past mining and use of mercury-enriched coal: The example of Gorlovka, Ukraine: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 28, 2004 Annual Meeting, Denver, November, 2004.
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_79551.htm

Kolker, Allan, Mose, D.G., Gordon, C., and Spitzer, S., 2004, Preliminary results for new mercury deposition network (MDN) stations is Virginia:  Implications for mercury deposition levels in the mid-Atlantic region: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 2, p. 66, presented at 2004 joint northeast-southeast GSA meeting, Tysons Corner, VA.
http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004NE/finalprogram/abstract_70654.htm

2003

Kolker, Allan, Panov, B.S., Panov, Y.B., Bunnell, J.E., Landa, E.R., Conko, K.M. Conko, Finkelman, R.B., Korchemagin, V.A., 2003, Health risks from long-term mercury exposure, Gorlovka, Ukraine, presented at: USGS Health Research Meeting, “Natural Science and Public Health: Prescription for a Better Environment”, April, 2003, in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-097, p. 36, 2003.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2003/of03-097/

Kolker, Allan, Orem, W., and Lechler, P., 2003, Introduction to Mercury Special Issue: Environmental Geology, v. 43, no. 3, p. 245-246: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

2002

Kolker, Allan, Panov, B.S., Landa, E.R., Panov, Y.B., Korchemagin, V. A., Conko, K.M., and Shendrik, T., 2002, Trace-metal geochemistry and environmental implications of selected Donbas coals and associated mine water in the vicinity of Donetsk, Ukraine: in Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, September, 2002, 12 p. (CD-ROM): Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Kolker, A., Mroczkowski, S.J., Palmer, C.A., Dennen, K.O., Finkelman, R.B., and Bullock, J.H., Jr., 2002, Toxic substances from coal combustion- A comprehensive assessment, Phase II: Element modes of: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 02-224, 79 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr02224

2001

Kolker, A., Finkelman, R.B., Palmer, C.A., and Belkin, H.E., 2001, Arsenic, mercury and other trace metals in coal: Environmental and health implications [abstract]: 2001 International Ash Utilization Symposium, Lexington, KY, 1 p: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

Tewalt, S.J., Bragg, L.J., and Finkelman, R.B., 2001, Mercury in U.S. Coal -- Abundance, Distribution, and Modes of Occurrence, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 095-01.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs095-01/

2000

Kolker, A., and Finkelman, R.B., 2000, Trace elements in coal: USGS research and database products, in Air Quality II, Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter, McLean, Virginia, September, 2000, 2 p: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

1999 (None available at this time)

1998

Palmer, C.A., Kolker, A., Finkelman, R.B., Mroczkowski, Stanley, J., Willett, J.C., Kolb, Kathy C., and Bullock, John H., Jr., Arsenic and mercury modes of occurrence in coal: Implications for reducing emissions of these elements from coal-fired power plants: Conference on Air Quality, Mercury, Trace Elements, and Particulate Matter, McLean, VA, December, 1998: Outside Publication - Request copy, email author.

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