Representative Publications
Nezat C. A., Lyons W. B., and Welch K. A. 2001. Chemical weathering in streams of a polar desert (Taylor Valley, Antarctica). Geological Society of American Bulletin, in press.

Lyons W. B., Fountain A. G., Doran P. T., Priscu J. C., and Neumann K. (2000) The importance of landscape position and legacy: The evolution of the Taylor valley Lake District, Antarctica. Freshwater Biology 43, 355-367.

Lyons W. B., Frape S. K., and Welch K. A. (1999) History of McMurdo Dry Valley lakes, Antarctica, from stable chlorine isotope data. Geology 27, 527-530.

Lyons W. B., Nezat C. A., and Welch K. A. (2000) Fossil fuel burning in Taylor Valley, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica: Estimating the role of scientific activities on carbon and nitrogen reservoirs and fluxes. Environmental Science and Technology 34, 1659-1662.

Lyons W. B., Welch K. A., and Bonzongo J.-C. (1999) Mercury in aquatic systems in Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters 26, 2235-2238.

Johannesson, K.H. and Lyons, W.B. (1994) The rare earth element geochemistry of Mono Lake water and the importance of carbonate complexing. Limnology and Oceanography, 39, 1141-1154.

Johannesson, K., Lyons, W. B., Fee, J. H., Gaudette, H. E., and McArthur, J. M. (1993) Geochemical processes affecting acidic groundwater of Lake Gilmore, Australia: A preliminary study using REE. Journal of Hydrology, 154, 271-289.

Lyons, W. B., and Mayewski, P. M. (1993) The geochemical evolution of terrestrial waters in the Antarctic, AGU Antarctic Publication Series, v. 59, p. 135-143.

Lyons, W. B., Welch, S., Long, D. T., Hines, M. E., Giblin, A. M., Carey, A. E., Macumber, P. G., Lent, R., and Herczeg, A. L. (1992) The trace metal geochemistry of the Lake Terrell system Brines. Chemical Geology, v. 96, p. 115-132.

McArthur, J. M., Turner, J., Lyons, W. B., and Osborn, A. O. (1991) Extreme acidification and alunite formation from saline ground water on the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 55, p. 1273-1288.

Landing, W. M., Burnett, W. C., Lyons, W. B., and Orem, W. H. (1991) Nutrient cycling and the biogeochemistry of manganese, iron, and zinc in Jellyfish Lake, Palau. Limnology and Oceanography, v. 36, p. 515-525.

Mayewski, P. A., Lyons, W. B., Spencer, M. J., Twickler, M. S., Buck, C. F., and Whitlow, S. (1990) An ice-core record of atmospheric response to anthropogenic sulphate and nitrate. Nature, v. 346, p. 554-556.

Lyons, W. B., Mayewski, P. A., Spencer, M. J., Twickler, M. S., and Graedel, T. E. (1990) A northern hemisphere volcanic chemistry record (1869-1984) and climatic implications using a South Greenland ice core. Annals of Glaciology, v. 14, p. 176-182.

Lyons, W. B., Chivas, A. R., Lent, R. M., Welch, S., Kiss, E., Mayewski, P. A., Long, D. T., and Carey, A. E. (1990) Metal concentrations in surficial sediments from hypersaline lakes. Hydrobiologia, v. 197, p. 13-22.

Lyons, W. B., Mayewski, P. A., Spencer, M. J., and Twickler, M. (1990) Nitrate concentrations in snow from remote areas. Biogeochemistry, v. 9, p. 211-222.

McArthur, J. M., Turner, J., and Lyons, W. B. (1989) Origin of brines in southeast Western Australia. Applied Geochemistry, v. 4, p. 79-92.

Lyons, W. B., Spencer, M. J., Hines, M. E., and Gaudette, H. E. (1988) The trace metal geochemistry of pore water brines from two hypersaline lakes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 52, p. 265-274.