Avner Vengosh
Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences
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My research aims to link environmental geochemistry and isotope hydrology in order to trace the sources and mechanisms of water contamination and relationships with human health. Current research includes global changes of the chemical and isotopic compositions of water resources due to human intervention and contamination, salinization of water resources in the Middle East and Northern Africa, naturally occurring contaminants (arsenic, fluoride, boron) and radioactivity in water resources, the impact of coal combustion residues on the environment, and the impact of gas drilling and hydro-fracking on the quality of shallow groundwater.
Education
- Ph.D., Australian National University (Australia) 1990
- M.S., Hebrew University (Israel) 1986
- B.S., Hebrew University (Israel) 1984
Vengosh, A., and A. Ben-Zvi. “Formation of a salt plume in the Coastal Plain aquifer of Israel: the Be'er Toviyya region.” Journal of Hydrology 160, no. 1–4 (January 1, 1994): 21–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1694(94)90032-9. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. Starinsky, and A. R. Chivas. “Boron isotopes in Heletz-Kokhav oilfield brines, the Coastal Plain, Israel.” Israel Journal of Earth Sciences 43, no. 3–4 (January 1, 1994): 231–37.
Vengosh, A., and A. Starinsky. “Relics of evaporated sea water in deep basins of the Eastern Mediterranean.” Marine Geology 115, no. 1–2 (January 1, 1993): 15–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/0025-3227(93)90071-3. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. Starinsky, Y. Kolodny, A. R. Chivas, and M. Raab. “Boron isotope variations during fractional evaporation of sea water: new constraints on the marine vs. nonmarine debate.” Geology 20, no. 9 (January 1, 1992): 799–802. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0799:BIVDFE>2.3.CO;2. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. Starinsky, Y. Kolodny, A. R. Chivas, and M. Raab. “Boron isotope variations during fractional evaporation of sea water: new constraints on the marine vs. nonmarine debate (null).” Geology 20, no. 9 (1992): 799–802.
Vengosh, A., A. Starinsky, Y. Kolodny, A. R. Chivas, and M. Raab. “Boron isotope variations during fractional evaporation of sea water: new constraints on the marine vs. nonmarine debate.” Geology 20, no. 9 (1992): 799–802. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1992)020<0799:BIVDFE>2.3.CO. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. R. Chivas, M. T. McCulloch, A. Starinsky, and Y. Kolodny. “Boron isotope geochemistry of Australian salt lakes.” Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 55, no. 9 (January 1, 1991): 2591–2606. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(91)90375-F. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. Starinsky, Y. Kolodny, and A. R. Chivas. “Boron isotope geochemistry as a tracer for the evolution of brines and associated hot springs from the Dead Sea, Israel.” Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 55, no. 6 (January 1, 1991): 1689–95. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(91)90139-V. Full Text
Vengosh, A., Y. Kolodny, A. Starinsky, A. R. Chivas, and M. T. McCulloch. “Coprecipitation and isotopic fractionation of boron in modern biogenic carbonates.” Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta 55, no. 10 (January 1, 1991): 2901–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(91)90455-E. Full Text
Vengosh, A., A. R. Chivas, and M. T. McCulloch. “Direct determination of boron and chlorine isotopic compositions in geological materials by negative thermal-ionization mass spectrometry.” Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience Section 79, no. 4 (September 25, 1989): 333–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-9622(89)90039-0. Full Text