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Here, you can explore the diverse range of over 140 scientific papers authored by our team. Each publication represents a significant contribution to the field of environmental geochemistry and mineralogy.

  • Sun, Q., Burton, E.D., Yu, Z., Chen, L., Bi, L., Cui, P., Wang, Y. (2025) Iron, sulfur, and carbon dynamics together regulate the fate of Cd over the sulfidation-reoxidation cycle. Environmental Science & Technology 59, 14, 7297–7309. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c13365

  • Wegner, L., Burton, E.D., McCammon. C., Scheinost, A.C., Planer-Friedrich, B., Peiffer, S., Hockmann, K. (2025) Ferrous iron oxidation in the presence of antimonate: Mutual effects on iron mineral products and antimony sequestration. Journal of Hazardous Materials 488, 137380. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.137380

  • Rastegari, M., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Choppala, G., Moghaddam, M.H., Burton, E.D. (2024) Antimony-bearing schwertmannite transformation to goethite: A driver for antimony mobilization in acid mine drainage. Journal of Hazardous Materials 480, 136487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136487

  • Moghaddam Hosseinpour, M., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Choppala, G., Rastegari, M., Burton, E.D. (2024) Antimony(V) sorption and coprecipitation with ferrihydrite: An examination of retention mechanisms and the selectivity of commonly-applied extraction procedures. Journal of Hazardous Materials 480, 136297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136297

  • Choppala, G., Fazle Bari, A.S.M., Lamb, D., Hamilton, J.L., Sathish, C.I., Rahman, M., Naidu, R., Aughterson, R., Burton, E.D. (2024) Is beudantite a stable host phase of arsenic and lead? New insights from molecular-scale kinetic analyses. Journal of Hazardous Materials Journal of Hazardous Materials 480, 136382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136382

  • Rastegari, M., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Choppala, G., Moghaddam, M.H., Burton, E.D. (2024) Antimony sorption to schwertmannite in acid sulfate environments. Journal of Hazardous Materials 480,135545.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135545

  • Oyetunji, O., Lamb, D., Jones, O.A.H., Subashchandrabose, S., Burton, E.D. (2024) Temperature and pH Affect the Sorption and Transformation of Dissolved Organic Carbon by Birnessite. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry 8, 2012 2026.   https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.4c00125

  • Karimian, N., Pownceby, M., Burton, E.D., Wells, M., Frierdich, A. (2024) Fe(II)-Catalyzed Recrystallization Drives Phosphorus and Aluminum Release from Goethite. Environmental Science & Technology 58, 42, 19016-19026.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c03574

  • Wichmann, G., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E. D., Maher, D. T. (2024) Floodplain morphology influences arsenic and antimony spatial distribution in a seasonal acid sulfate soil wetland. Journal of Hazard Materials 476: 135013.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135013

  • Johnston, S.G., Aaso, T., Maher, D.T., Burton, E.D., Call, M., Birch, M., Schmidt, J., Ferguson, A. (2024) Extreme iron cycling in a coastal lake-lagoon system driven by interactions between climate and entrance management. Sci. Total Environ. 935, 173345.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173345

  • Male, Y.T., Reichelt-Bruschett, A., Burton, E.D., Nanlohy, A. (2024) Assessment of mercury distribution and bioavailability from informal coastal cinnabar mining -risk to the marine environment. Marine Pollution Bulletin 99, 116047.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.116047

  • Sun, Q., Burton, E.D., Si, D.F., Fan, T.T., Cheng, H., Yu, Z.H., Shao, X.H., Cui, P.X., Wang, Y.J. (2023) Coupling of solid-phase Fe transformations and dissolved organic matter molecular fractionation during sulfidation-reoxidation cycling. Environmental Science & Technol. 2023, 57, 43, 16327–16339.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03613

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Tavakkoli, E., Frierdich, A., Burton, E.D. (2023) Arsenic and antimony co-sorption onto jarosite: An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of retention mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology 57, 12, 4813-4820.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08213

  • Bennett, W., Lombi, E., Scheckel, K., Sekine, R., Johnston, S., Burton, E.D., Howard, D.L., Canfield, D. (2023) Vanadium speciation in ancient shales revealed through synchrotron-based X-ray spectroscopy. ACS Earth Space Chem. 2023, 7, 2, 416–426.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.2c00308

  • Dillon, E., Morgan, B., Oldfield, D.T., Burton, E.D., Veliscek-Carolan, J. (2023) Porous Titania Beads for Remediation of Arsenic Contamination from Acid Mine Drainage. Journal of Environmental Management 332, 117384.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.117384

  • Scullett-Dean., G., Hamilton, J.L., Repina, O., Brand, H.E.A., Burton, E.D., Saunders, M., Santini, T.C. (2023) Uptake and incorporation of Al, Cr, V, Zn and Mo in hematite: Competition, synergies and influence on structural properties. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 445, 130630.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130630

  • Burton, E.D., Karimian, N., Hamilton, J.L., Frierdich, A.J. (2022) Iron Isotopes in Acid Mine Drainage: Extreme and Divergent Fractionation between Solid (Schwertmannite, Jarosite, and Ferric Arsenate) and Aqueous Species. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 24, 18060–18068.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c05999

  • Rastegari, M., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Doherty, S.J., Hamilton, J.L., Choppala, G., Hosseinpour Moghaddam, M., Burton, E.D. (2022) Antimony(V) Incorporation into Schwertmannite: Critical Insights on Antimony Retention in Acidic Environments. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 24, 17776–17784.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c07341

  • Choppala, G., Lamb, D., Aughterson, R., Burton, E.D. (2022) Tooeleite transformation and coupled As(III) mobilization is induced by Fe(II) under anoxic, circumneutral conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 56, 13, 9446–9452.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02130

  • Burton, E.D., Lamb, D.T., Hamilton, J., Miller, G., Johnston, S.G., Karimian, N. (2022) Remediation of Pb-contaminated soil using modified bauxite refinery residue. Journal of Hazardous Materials 437, 129339.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129339

  • Choppala, G., Karimian, N., Burton, E.D. (2022) An X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of the Fe(II)-induced transformation of Cr(VI)-substituted schwertmannite. Journal of Hazardous Materials 431, 128580.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128580

  • Abbasi, S. Lamb, D.T., Choppala, G., Burton, E.D., Megharaj, M. (2022) Antimony speciation, phytochelatin stimulation and toxicity in plants. Environmental Pollution 305, 119305.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119305

  • Burton, E.D., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Schoepfer, V.A., Choppala, G., Lamb, D. (2021) Arsenic-imposed effects on schwertmannite and jarosite formation in acid mine drainage and coupled impacts on arsenic mobility. ACS Earth & Space Chemistry. 5, 1418−1435.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00047

  • Schoepfer, V.A., Burton, E.D. (2021) Schwertmannite: a review of its occurrence, formation, structure, stability and interactions with oxyanions. Earth-Science Reviews 221, 103811.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103811

  • Karimian, N., Hockmann, K., Planer-Friedrich, B., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2021) Antimonate controls manganese(II)-induced transformation of birnessite at a circumneutral pH. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 9854–9863.  https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00916

  • Hockmann, K., Karimian, N., Schlagenhauff, S., Planer-Friedrich, B., Burton, E.D. (2021) Impact of antimony(V) on iron(II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation pathways: A novel mineral switch for feroxyhyte formation. Environmental Science & Technology 55, 8, 4954–496.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c08660

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2021) Reductive transformation of birnessite and the mobility of co-associated antimony. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 404, 124227.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124227

  • Åström, M.E., Yu, C., Virtasalo, J.J., Österholm, P., Peltola, P., Burton, E.D., Hogmalm, K.J., Ojala, A.E.K. (2020) Extensive accumulation of rare earth elements in estuarine sediments affected by leaching of acid sulfate soils. Boreal Environment Research 25, 105-120.   https://www.borenv.net/BER/archive/pdfs/ber25/ber25-105-120.pdf

  • Burton, E.D., Hockmann, K., Karimian, N. (2020) Antimony sorption to goethite: Effect of Fe(II)-catalyzed recrystallization. ACS Earth Space Chem. 4, 3, 476–487.   https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00013

  • Hockmann, K., Planer-Friedrich, B., Johnston, S.G., Peiffer, S., Burton, E.D. (2020) Antimony mobility in sulfidic systems: Coupling with sulfide-induced iron oxide transformations. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 282, 276-296.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.024

  • Johnston, S.G., Bennett, W.W. Doriean, N., Hockmann, K., Karimian, N., Burton, E.D. (2020) Antimony and arsenic speciation, redox-cycling and contrasting mobility in a mining-impacted river system. Sci. Total Environ. 136354.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.136354

  • Johnston, S.G., Karimian, N., Burton, E.D. (2020b) Seasonal temperature oscillations drive contrasting arsenic and antimony mobilisation in a mining-impacted river system. Water Resources Research 10.1029/2020WR028196.   https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2020WR028196

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2020) Reductive transformation of birnessite and the mobility of co-associated antimony. Journal of Hazardous Materials 404, 124227.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124227

  • Burton, E.D., Hockmann, K., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G. (2019) Antimony mobility in reducing environments: The effect of microbial Fe(III) reduction and associated secondary mineralization. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 245, 278–289.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2018.11.005

  • Karimian, N., Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.J. (2019) Antimony speciation and mobility during Fe(II)-induced transformation of humic acid-antimony(V)-iron(III) coprecipitates. Environmental Pollution 254, 113112.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113112

  • Burton, E.D., Choppala, G., Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G. (2019) A new pathway for hexavalent chromium formation in soil:  Fire-induced alterations of iron oxides. Environmental Pollution 247, 618-625.   https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.01.094

  • Burton, E.D., Choppala, G., Vithana, C., Karimian, N., Hockmann, K., Johnston, S.G. (2019) Chromium(VI) formation via heating of Cr(III)-Fe(III)-(oxy)hydroxides: A pathway for fire-induced soil pollution. Chemosphere 222, 440-444.

  • Karimian N, Burton ED, Johnston SG, Hockmann K, Choppala G. (2019) Humic acid impacts antimony partitioning and speciation during iron(II)-induced ferrihydrite transformation. Science of the Total Environment 683:399-410.

  • Johnston, S.G., Karimian, N., Burton, E.D. (2019) Fire promotes arsenic mobilization and rapid arsenic(III) formation in soil via thermal alteration of arsenic-bearing iron oxides. Frontiers in Earth Science, https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00139.

  • Rahman, M.S., Clark, M.W., Yee, L.H., Burton, E.D. (2019) Arsenic(V) sorption kinetics in long-term arsenic pesticide contaminated soils. Applied Geochemistry 111, 104444.

  • M.S. Rahman, M.W. Clark, L.H. Yee, M.J. Comarmond, T.E. Payne, E.D. Burton (2019) Effects of pH, competing ions and aging on arsenic(V) sorption and isotopic exchange in contaminated soils. Applied Geochemistry 105, 114–124

  • Choppala, G., Burton, E.D. (2018) Chromium(III) substitution inhibits the Fe(II)-accelerated transformation of schwertmannite. PLOS One 13: e0208355.

  • Schoepfer, V., Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G. (2019) Contrasting effects of phosphate on the rapid transformation of schwertmannite to Fe(III) (oxy)hydroxides at near-neutral pH. Geoderma 340, 115-123.

  • Schoepfer, V., Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G., Kraal, P. (2019) Phosphate loading alters schwertmannite transformation rates and pathways during microbial reduction. Science of the Total Environment 657, 770-780..

  • Bibi, I., Choppala, G., Niazi, N., Burton, E.D. (2018) Chromium(VI) removal by siderite (FeCO3) in anoxic aqueous solutions: An X-ray absorption spectroscopy investigation. Science of the Total Environment 640-641, 1424-1431.

  • Bennett, W.W., Lombi, E., Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G., Kappen, P., Howard, D.L., Canfield, D.E. (2018) Synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy for investigating vanadium speciation in marine sediment: limitations and opportunities. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry 33, 1689-1699.

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S. G., Burton, E. D. (2018) Iron and sulfur cycling in acid sulfate soil wetlands under dynamic redox conditions: a review. Chemosphere 197, 803-816.

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S. G., Burton, E. D. (2018) Antimony and arsenic partitioning during Fe2+-induced transformation of jarosite under acidic conditions. Chemosphere 195, 515-523.

  • Arsic, M.., Teasdale, P., Welsh, D., Johnston, S., Burton, E.D., Hockmann, K., Bennett, W. (2018) Diffusive gradients in thin films (DGT) reveals antimony and arsenic mobility differs in a contaminated wetland sediment during an oxic-anoxic transition. Environmental Science & Technology 52, 1118-1127.

  • Johnston, S.G., Bennett, W.W., Burton, E.D., Hockmann, K., Dawson, N., Karimian, N. (2018) Rapid arsenic(V)-reduction by fire in schwertmannite-rich soil enhances arsenic mobilisation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 227, 1-18.

  • Schoepfer, V., Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G., Kraal, P. (2017) Phosphate imposed constraints on schwertmannite stability under reducing conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 51, 9739-9746.

  • Niazi, N.K., Bibi, I., Shahid, M., Ok, Y.S.,  Burton, E.D.,  Wang, H.,  Shaheen, S.M.,  Rinklebe, J.,  Lüttge, A. (2018) Arsenic removal by perilla leaf biochar in aqueous solutions and groundwater: An integrated spectroscopic and microscopic examination. Environmental Pollution 232, 31-41

  • Bennett, W.W., Hockmann, K., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2017) Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy reveals antimony sequestration by reduced sulfur in a freshwater wetland sediment. Environmental Chemistry 14, 345-349.

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2017). Effect of cyclic redox oscillations on water quality in restored freshwater acid sulfate soil wetlands. Science of the Total Environment 581-582, 314-327.

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2017). Acidity generation accompanying iron and sulfur transformations during drought simulation of freshwater re-flooded acid sulfate soils. Geoderma 285, 117-131.

  • Karimian, N., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2017) Antimony and arsenic behaviour during Fe(II)-induced transformation of jarosite. Environmental Science & Technology 51, 4259-4268.

  • Niazi, N. K., Burton, E.D. (2016) Arsenic sorption to nanoparticulate mackinawite (FeS): An examination of phosphate competition. Environmental Pollution 218, 111-117.

  • Li, Z., Sheng, Y., Yang, J., Burton E.D. (2016) Phosphorus release from coastal sediments: Impacts of the oxidation-reduction potential and sulfide. Marine Pollution Bulletin 113, 176-181.

  • Johnston, S. G., Morgan, B., Burton, E. D. (2016) Legacy impacts of acid sulfate soil runoff on mangrove sediments: Reactive iron accumulation, altered sulfur cycling and trace metal enrichment. Chemical Geology 427, 43-53.

  • Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Moon, E.M. (2016) Arsenic Mobilization Is Enhanced by Thermal Transformation of Schwertmannite. Environmental Science and Technology, 50, 8010-8019.

  • Morgan, B., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2016) Anomalous rare earth element signatures are driven by coastal acidic drainage in intertidal mangrove sediments. Science of the Total Environment 573, 831-840.

  • Yu, C., Virtasal, J.J., Österholm, P., Burton, E.D., Peltola, P., Ojala, A.E. K., Hogmalm, J.K., Åström, M. E., (2016) Manganese accumulation and solid-phase speciation in a 3.5 m thick mud sequence from the estuary of an acidic and Mn-rich creek, northern Baltic Sea. Chemical Geology 437, 56-66.

  • Johnston, S.G., Rose, A.L., Burton, E.D., Webster-Brown, J (2015) Landslide-induced iron mobilization shapes benthic accumulation of nutrients, trace metals and REE fractionation in an oligotrophic alpine stream.  Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 148, 1 -22.

  • Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Hagan, R., Aaso, T., Tuckerman, G. (2015) A revised method for determining existing acidity in re-flooded acid sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry 52, 16 – 22.

  • Johnston, S.G., Diwakar, J., Burton, E.D. (2015) Arsenic solid-phase speciation in an alluvial aquifer system adjacent to the Himalayan forehills, Nepal. Chemical Geology 419, 55-66.

  • Kraal, P., Burton, E.D., Rose, A.L., R.S. Lockhart, K. Grice, Bush, R.T., Tan, E.C., Webb, S.M., Kocar, B.D. (2015) Sedimentary iron-phosphorus cycling under contrasting redox conditions in a eutrophic estuary. Chemical Geology 392, 19 – 31.

  • Vithana, C.L., Sullivan, L.A., Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T. (2015) Stability of schwertmannite and jarosite in an acidic landscape: Prolonged field incubation. Geoderma 239, 47 – 57.

  • Vithana, C.L., Sullivan, L.A., Bush, R.T., Burton, E.D. (2015) Schwertmannite in soil materials: Limits of detection of acidified ammonium oxalate method and differential X-ray diffraction. Geoderma 249-250, 51-60.

  • Wong, V.N.L., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. et al. (2015) Seawater inundation of coastal floodplain sediments: Short-term changes in surface water and sediment geochemistry. Chemical Geology 398, 32 – 45.

  • Yu, C., Virtasalo, J.J., Karlsson, T., Peltola, P., Osterholm, P., Burton, E.D., Arppe, L., Hogmalm, J.H., Ojala, .E.K., Astrom, M.E. (2015) Iron behavior in a northern estuary: large pools of non-sulfidized Fe(II) associated with organic matter. Chemical Geology 413, 73-85.

  • Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G., Kocar, B.D. (2014) Arsenic mobility during flooding of contaminated soil: the effect of microbial sulfate reduction. Environmental Science & Technology 48, 13660 – 13667.

  • Diwakar, J., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D. (2014) Arsenic mobilization in an alluvial aquifer of the Terai region, Nepal. Journal of Hydrology 4A, 59-79.

  • Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Aaso, T., Tuckerman, G. (2014) Sulfur, iron and carbon cycling following hydrological restoration of acidic freshwater wetlands.  Chemical Geology 371, 9-26.

  • Vithana, C., Sullivan, L.A., Bush, R.T., Burton, E.D. (2014) Jarosite quantification in soils: An improved rapid sequential extraction procedure. Applied Geochemistry (In Press; Accepted October 2014).

  • Vithana, C.L., Sullivan, L.A., Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T. (2014) Liberation of acidity and arsenic from schwertmannite: Effect of fulvic acid. Chemical Geology 372, 1-11.

  • Keene, A.F., Johnston, S.G., Bush, R.T., Burton, E.D., Sullivan, L.A., Dundon, M., McElnea, A.E., Smith, D., Ahern, C.R., Powell, B. (2013) Enrichment and heterogeneity of trace metals in redox interfacial coastal sediments. Chemical Geology 383, 1-12

  • Wong V.N.L., Johnston S.G., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A., (2014) Seawater inundation of coastal floodplain sediments: short-term changes in surface water and sediment geochemistry. Chemical Geology, 398, 32-45.

  • Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G., Planer-Friedrich, B. (2013) Coupling of arsenic mobility to sulfur transformations during microbial sulfate reduction in the presence and absence of humic acid. Chemical Geology 343, 12-24.

  • Burton E.D., Johnston S.G., Kraal P., Bush R.T., Claff S. (2013) Sulfate availability drives divergent evolution of arsenic speciation during microbially-mediated reductive transformation of schwertmannite. Environmental Science & Technology. 47, 2221 – 2229.

  • Kraal P., Burton E.D., Bush R.T. (2013) Iron monosulfide accumulation and pyrite formation in eutrophic estuarine sediments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 122: 75 – 88.

  • Kraal P., Burton E.D., Rose A.L., Cheetham M.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A. (2013) Decoupling between water column oxygenation and benthic phosphate dynamics in a shallow eutrophic estuary. Environmental Science and Technology. 47 (7), 3114–3121.

  • Vithana C.L., Sullivan L.A., Bush R.T., Burton E.D. (2013) Acidity fractions in acid sulfate soils and sediments: contributions of schwertmannite and jarosite. Soil Research 51(3) 203-214.

  • Wong V.N.L., Johnston S.G., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A. (2013) Seawater-induced mobilization of trace metals from mackinawite-rich estuarine sediments. Water Research 47, 821 – 832.

  • Burton, E.D., Johnston, S.G. (2012) Impact of silica on the reductive transformation of schwertmannite and the mobilization of arsenic. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 96, 134-153.

  • Johnston, S.G., Keene, A.F., Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T., Sullivan, L.A. (2012) Quantifying alkalinity generating processes in a tidally remediating acidic wetland. Chemical Geology 304-305, 106-116.

  • Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Keene, A.F., Planer-Friedrich, B., Voegelin, A., Blackford, M. G., Lumpkin, G. R. (2012) Arsenic mobilisation and iron transformations during sulfidization of As(V)-bearing jarosite. Chemical Geology 334, 9 -24.

  • Morgan B., Rate A.W., Burton, E. D., Smirk, M. (2012) Enrichment and fractionation of rare earth elements in FeS- and organic-rich estuarine sediments: the influence of acid-sulfate soil drainage. Chemical Geology 308-309, 60-73.

  • Morgan, B., Burton, E.D., Rate, A.W. (2012) Iron monosulfide enrichment and the presence of organosulfur in eutrophic estuarine sediments. Chemical Geology 296/297: 119-130.

  • Morgan, B., Burton, E.D., Rate, A.W. (2012) Trace element reactivity in FeS-rich estuarine sediments: influence of formation environment and acid sulfate soil drainage. Science and the Total Environment 438, 463-476.

  • Morgan, B., Burton, E.D., Rate, A.W. (2012) Water chemistry and nutrient release during the resuspension of FeS-rich sediments in a eutrophic estuarine system. Science and the Total Environment 432, 47-56.

  • Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Johnston S.G., Sullivan L.A., Keene A.F. (2011) Sulfur biogeochemical cycling and novel Fe-S mineralization pathways in a tidally re-flooded wetland. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 3434-3451.

  • Burton E.D., Johnston S.G., Bush R.T. (2011) Microbial sulfidogenesis in ferrihydrite-rich environments: Effects on iron mineralogy and arsenic mobility. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 75, 3072-3087.

  • Wong, V.N.L., Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T., Sullivan, L.A., Slavich, P.G. (2011) Anthropogenic forcing of estuarine hypoxic events in sub-tropical catchments: landscape drivers and biogeochemical processes. Science of the Total Environment 409, 5368 – 5375.

  • Claff S.R., Sullivan L.A., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Johnston S.G. (2011) Partitioning of metals in a degraded acid sulfate soil site: influence of tidal re-inundation. Chemosphere 85, 1220 – 1226.

  • Claff, S.R., Burton, E.D., Sullivan, L.A,. Bush, R.T. (2011) Metal partitioning dynamics during the oxidation and acidification of sulfidic soil. Chemical Geology 286, 146-157.

  • Johnston S.G., Keene A.F., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A. (2011) Iron and arsenic cycling in intertidal surface sediments during wetland remediation. Environmental Science and Technology 45, 2179–2185.

  • Johnston S.G., Keene A.F., Bush R.T., Burton E.D., Sullivan L.A., Isaacson L.S., McElnea A.E., Ahern C.R., Smith C.D., Powell B. (2011) Iron geochemical zonation in a tidally inundated acid sulfate soil wetland. Chemical Geology 280, 257–270.

  • Keene A.F., Johnston S.G., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A., Burton E.D., McElnea A.E., Ahern C.R, Powell B. (2011) Effects of hyper-enriched reactive Fe on sulfidisation in a tidally inundated acid sulfate soil wetland. Biogeochemistry 103, 263-280.

  • Burton E.D., Johnston S.G., Watling K., Bush R.T., Keene A.F., Sullivan L.A. (2010) Arsenic effects and behavior in association with the Fe(II)-catalysed transformation of schwertmannite. Environmental Science and Technology, 44 (6), 2016–2021.

  • Claff S.R., Burton E.D., Sullivan L.A., Bush R.T. (2010). Effect of sample pretreatment on the fractionation of Fe, Cr, Ni, Cu, Mn and Zn in acid sulfate soil materials. Geoderma 159, 156-164.

  • Claff S.R., Sullivan L.A., Burton E.D., Bush R.T. (2010) A sequential extraction procedure for acid sulfate soils: Partitioning of iron. Geoderma 155, 224-230.

  • Johnston S.G., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Keene A.F., Sullivan L.A., Smith D., McElnea A.E., Ahern C.R., Powell B. (2010) Abundance and fractionation of Al, Fe and trace metals following tidal inundation of a tropical acid sulfate soil. Applied Geochemistry 25, 323–335.

  • Johnston S.G., Keene A.F., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A., McElnea A.E., Ahern C.R., Smith C.D., Powell B. (2010) Arsenic mobilisation in a seawater inundated acid sulfate soil. Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 1968–1973.

  • Keene A.F., Johnston S.G., Bush R.T., Burton E.D., Sullivan L.A. (2010) Reactive trace element enrichment in a highly modified, tidally inundated acid sulfate soil wetland: East Trinity, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60, 620-626.

  • Ward N.J., Bush R.T., Burton E.D., Appleyard S., Wong S., Sullivan L.A., Cheeseman P.J. (2010). Monosulfidic black ooze accumulations in sediments of the Geographe Bay area, Western Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60, 2130-2136.

  • Wong V.N.L., Johnston S.G., Burton E.D., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A., Slavich P.G. (2010) Seawater causes rapid trace metal mobilisation in coastal lowland acid sulfate soils: implications of sea level rise for water quality. Geoderma 160, 252-263

  • Wong V.N.L., Johnston S.G., Bush R.T., Sullivan L.A., Clay C., Burton E.D., Slavich P.G. (2010) Spatial and temporal changes in estuarine water quality during a post-flood hypoxic event. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 87, 73–82.

  • Ward, N.J., Bush, R.T., Burton, E.D., Appleyard, S., Wong, S., Sullivan, L.A., Cheeseman, P.J. (2010) Monosulfidic black ooze accumulations in sediments of the Geographe Bay area, Western Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 60, 2130-2136.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Johnston, S. G., Watling, K., Hocking, R. K., Sullivan, L. A., Heber, G. K. (2009) Sorption of arsenic(V) and arsenic(III) to schwertmannite. Environmental Science & Technology 43, 9202 – 9207.

  • Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T., Sullivan, L.A., Hocking, R.K., Mitchell, D.R.G., Johnston, S.G., Fitzpatrick, R.W., Raven, M., McClure, S., Jang, L.Y. (2009) Iron-monosulfide oxidation in natural sediments: Resolving microbially-mediated S transformations using XANES, electron microscopy and selective extractions. Environmental Science & Technology 43, 3128-3134.

  • Isaacson, L.S., Burton, E.D., Bush, R.T., Mitchell, D.R.G., Johnston, S.G., Macdonald, B.C.T., Sullivan, L.A., White, I. (2009) Iron(III) accumulations in inland saline waterways, Hunter Valley, Australia: Mineralogy, micromorphology and pore-water geochemistry. Applied Geochemistry 24, 1825-1834.

  • Morgan, K. E., Burton, E. D., Cook, P., Raven, M. D., Fitzpatrick, R. W., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. S., Hocking, R. K. (2009) Fe and S K-edge determination of iron-sulfur species present in a range of acid sulfate soils: effects of particle size and concentration on quantitative XANES deteminations. Journal of Physics: Conf. Series 190, 012144.

  • Johnston, S.G., Burton, E.D., Keene, A.F., Bush, R.T., Sullivan, L.A., Isaacson, L. (2009) Pore water sampling in acid sulfate soils: a new peeper method. Journal of Environmental Quality 38, 2474 - 2477.

  • Johnston, S. G., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A., Burton, E. D., Smith, D., Martens, M. A., McElnea, A. E., Ahern, C. R., Powell, B., Stephens, L. P., Wilbraham, S. T., van Heel, S. (2009) Changes in water quality following tidal inundation of coastal lowland acid sulfate soil landscapes. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science 81, 257 – 266.

  • Johnston, S. G., Keene, A. F., Bush, R. T., Burton, E. D., Sullivan, L. A., Smith, D., Martens, M. A., McElnea, A. E., Wilbraham, S. T., van Heel, S. (2009) Contemporary pedogenesis of severely degraded tropical acid sulfate soils after introduction of regular tidal inundation. Geoderma 149, 335 – 346.

  • Sullivan, L. A., Ward, N., Bush, R. T., Burton, E. D. (2009) Improved identification of sulfidic soil materials by a modified incubation method. Geoderma 149, 33 – 38.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A., Mitchell, D. R. G. (2008) Schwertmannite transformation to goethite via the Fe(II) pathway: Reaction rates and implications for iron-sulfide formation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72, 4551 – 4564.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A., Johnston, S. G., Hocking, R. K. (2008) Mobility of arsenic and selected metals during re-flooding of iron- and organic-rich acid-sulfate soil. Chemical Geology 253, 64 – 73.

  • Burton, E. D., Sullivan, L. A., Bush, R. T., Johnston, S. G., Keene, A. F. (2008) A simple and inexpensive chromium-reducible sulfur method for acid-sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry 23, 2759 – 2766.

  • Burton, E. D., Sullivan, L. A., Bush, R. T., Powell, B. (2008) Iron-sulfide and trace element behaviour in sediments of Coombabah Lake, Moreton Bay (Australia). Marine Pollution Bulletin 56, 1353 – 1358.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A., Mitchell, D. R. G. (2007) Reductive transformation of iron and sulfur in schwertmannite-rich accumulations associated with acidified coastal lowlands. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 71, 4456 – 4473.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. (2006) Sedimentary iron geochemistry in acidic waterways associated with coastal lowland acid sulfate soils. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 70, 5455 - 5468.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. (2006) Reduced inorganic sulfur speciation in drain sediments from acid-sulfate soil landscapes. Environmental Science & Technology 40, 888 – 893.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. (2006) Acid-volatile sulfide oxidation in coastal floodplain drains: iron-sulfur cycling and effects on water quality. Environmental Science & Technology 40, 1217 – 1222.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. (2006) Elemental sulfur in drain sediments associated with acid sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry 21, 1240 – 1247.

  • Burton, E. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. (2006) Fractionation and extractability of sulfur, iron and trace elements in sulfidic sediments. Chemosphere 64, 1421 – 1428.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2006) Tributyltin partitioning in sediments: Effect of aging. Chemosphere 63, 73 – 81.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2006) Factors controlling the geochemical partitioning of trace metals in estuarine sediments. Soil & Sediment Contamination 15, 253 – 276.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2005) Geochemical partitioning of copper, lead and zinc in benthic, estuarine sediment profiles. Journal of Environmental Quality 34, 263 – 274.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2005) In-situ partitioning of butyltin species in estuarine sediments. Chemosphere 59, 585 – 592.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2005) Distribution and enrichment of trace metals in benthic, estuarine sediments: Southport Broadwater, Australia. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 27, 369 – 383.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W., Lamb, D. T. (2005) Copper behaviour in a podosol. I: pH-dependent sorption-desorption, sorption isotherm analysis and aqueous speciation modelling. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43, 491 – 501.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W., Lamb, D. T. (2005) Copper behaviour in a podosol. II: Sorption reversibility, geochemical partitioning and column leaching. Australian Journal of Soil Research 43, 503 – 513.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2005) Reactive sulfide relationships with trace metal extractability in sediments from southern Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 50, 589 – 608.

  • Phillips, I. R., Burton, E. D. (2005) Nutrient leaching in undisturbed cores of an acidic sandy Podosol following simultaneous potassium chloride and di-ammonium phosphate application. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 73, 1 – 14.

  • Phillips, I. R., Burton, E. D., Hawker, D. W. (2005) Effects of diffusion and resuspension on nutrient release from submerged sediments. Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry 87, 373 – 388.

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2004) Sorption and desorption behaviour of tributyltin with natural sediments. Environmental Science & Technology 38, 6694 - 6700

  • Burton, E. D., Phillips, I. R., Hawker, D. W. (2004) Trace metals and nutrients in bottom sediments of the Southport Broadwater, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 48, 378 – 402.

  • Phillips, I. R., Lamb, D., Hawker, D.W., Burton, E. D. (2004) Effects of pH and salinity on copper, lead and zinc sorption rates in sediments from Moreton Bay, Australia. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 73, 1041 – 1048.

  • Burton, E. D., Hawker, D.W., Redding, M. R. (2003) Estimating sludge loadings to land based on trace metal sorption in soil: effect of dissolved organo-metallic complexes. Water Research 37, 1394 – 1400.

  • Burton, E. D., Hawker, D.W., Redding, M. R. (2003) Sludge-derived Cu and Zn in a humic-gley soil: effect of dissolved metal-organic matter complexes on sorption and partitioning. Soil & Sediment Contamination 12, 23 – 46.

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