Richard B. Wanty

Research Professor
Department of Geology and Geological Engineering

Education

• BA in Geochemistry, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1979
• MS in Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1981
• PhD in Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, 1986

Research Interests

• Aqueous Geochemistry
• Geochemistry of transition-metal isotopes such as Zn, Cu, and Fe
• Landscape Geochemistry
• Analytical Geochemistry

Recent Publications

• Cidu, R., Biddau, R., Frau, F., Wanty, R.B., Naitza, S., 2021. Regional occurrence of aqueous tungsten and relations with antimony, arsenic and molybdenum concentrations (Sardinia, Italy). J. Geochem. Explor. V. 229, DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106846.
• Manning, A.H., Runkel, R.L., Morrison, J.M., Wanty, R.B., Walton-Day, K., 2022. Incorporating streambank wells in stream mass loading studies to more effectively identify sources of solutes in stream water: Applied Geochemistry, v. 145, 105425, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2022.105425.
• Morrison, J.M., Manning, A.H., Runkel, R.L., Walton-Day, K., Wanty, R.B., 2022. Geochemistry and environmental tracer data for groundwater, stream water, and soil and Sediment from North Quartz Creek, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9V0J8FS.
• Peterson, J. G., Bearup, L. A., Navarre-Sitchler A., Wanty, R. B., 2022. Nitrogen and Phosphorous in Wildfire and Retardant-affected Soils and Reservoir System [GC55H-0330], presented at Fall Meeting, AGU, 16 Dec.
• Medas, D., Meneghini, C., Pusceddu, C., Carlomagno, I., Aquilanti, G., Dore, E., Murgia, V., Podda, F., Rimondi, V., Vacca, S., Wanty, R.B., De Giudici, G., 2023. Plant-minerals-water interactions: An investigation on Juncus Acutus exposed to different Zn sources. Sci. Tot. Environ. V. 870. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.161931.
• McGee, B.N., Goldman, M.A., Manning, A.H., Walton-Day, K., Mast, M.A., San Juan, C.A., Wanty, R.B., 2023, Colorado Legacy Mine Lands Watershed Delineation and Scoring tool (WaDeS): U.S. Geological Survey web application, https://geonarrative.usgs.gov/colmlwades/.
• Goldman, M.A., McGee, B.N., Manning, A.H., Walton-Day, K., Mast, A.M., San Juan, C.A., and Wanty, R.B., 2023, GIS data and scripts for Colorado Legacy Mine Lands Watershed Delineation and Scoring tool (WaDeS): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9EU26J1.