Recent Publications
Donovan, J. J., & Perry, E. F. (2019). Mine Flooding History of a Regional Below-Drainage Coalfield Dominated by Barrier Leakage (1970–2014). Geofluids, 2019, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5703108. reprint at https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2448/
Maharjan, M., and Donovan, J.J., 2018. Heat flow into intermittently-pumped wells within unconfined alluvial aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, v. 567, p. 533-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.10.052. PDF
Hupp, Brittany N., and Joseph J. Donovan, 2018, Quantitative mineralogy for facies definition in the Marcellus Shale
(Appalachian Basin, USA) using XRD-XRF integration. Sedimentary Geology, V. 371, p. 16-31. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.04.007. PDF
Ziemkiewicz, Paul, Stauffer, Philip H., Sullivan-Graham, Jeri, Chu, Shaoping P., Bourcier, William L., Buscheck, Thomas A., Carr, Timothy, Donovan, Joseph, Jiao, Zunsheng, Lin. Lianshin, Song, Liaosha, and Wagoner, Jeffrey L., 2016. Opportunities for increasing CO2 storage in deep, saline formations by active reservoir management and treatment of extracted formation water: Case study at the GreenGen IGCC facility, Tianjin, PR China. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54,(2), p. 538-556. PDF
Maharjan, M. and Donovan, J.J., 2016. Groundwater response to serial stream stage fluctuations in shallow unconfined alluvial aquifers along a regulated stream (West Virginia, USA) Hydrogeology Journal 24: 2003. doi:10.1007/s10040-016-1443-6. PDF
Glaser, Paul H., Hansen, Barbara C. S., Donovan, Joseph J., Givnish, Thomas J., Stricker, Craig A., and Voline, John C., 2015. Comment on “Donders, T.H. 2014. Middle Holocene humidity increase in Florida: Climate or sea-level? Quaternary Science Reviews 103: 170-174. PDF
Light, D.D.M, and Donovan, J.J., 2015. Mine-Water Flow between Contiguous Flooded Underground Coal Mines with Hydraulically Compromised Barriers. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience 2015;21:147-164. PDF
Glaser, Paul H., Hansen, Barbara C. S., Donovan, Joseph J., Givnish, Thomas J., Stricker, Craig A., and Voline, John C., 2013. Holocene dynamics of the Florida Everglades with respect to climate, dustfall, and tropical storms. PNAS, v. 110 (43), p. 17211-17216. PDF.
Donovan, Joseph J. and Ziemkiewicz, Paul F., 2013. Selenium adsorption onto iron oxide layers beneath coal-mine overburden spoil. Journal of Environmental Quality v. 42, p. 1402-1411, doi:10.2134/jeq2012.0500. PDF
Grimm, E.C., Donovan, J.J., and Brown, K., 2011. A high-resolution mineral, pollen, and charcoal record of climatic variability and landscape response from Kettle Lake in the northern Great Plains of North America. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 2626-2650. PDF
Hobbs, W, Fritz, S., Stone, J., Donovan, J.J., Grimm, E., and Almendinger, J., 2011. Environmental history of a closed-basin lake in the US Great Plains: diatom response to variations in groundwater flow regimes over the last 8500 cal yrs BP. The Holocene, v. 21. PDF
Vinciguerra, C.M., and Donovan, J.J., 2010. Spatial variations in apparent recharge rate to a montane Paleozoic bedrock aquifer, Appalachian Mountains, United States. Environmental Geosciences, v. 17: 121-1367. PDF
Shapley MD, Ito E, and Donovan JJ, 2009. Lateglacial and Holocene hydroclimate inferred from a groundwater flow-through lake. The Holocene, v. 19: 523-535. PDF
Morris, AJ, Donovan, JJ, and Strager, MJ, 2009. Geospatial Analysis of Climatic and Geomorphic Interactions Influencing Stream Discharge, Appalachian Mountains, USA. Journal of Environmental Modeling and Assessment. v. 14(1), p. 73-84 PDF
Morris, AJ, Donovan, JJ, and Thies, JE, 2008. Reconnaissance spatial analysis of the hydrogeology of closed underground coal mines. Environmental Geosciences, v. 15: 183-197. PDF
Shapley MD, Ito E, and Donovan JJ, 2008. Isotopic evolution and climate paleorecords: modeling boundary effects in groundwater-dominated lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 39(1): 17. PDF
Werner, E., Donovan, J.J., and Barker, E., 2008. Alkaline Injection of Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide Solution into an Acidic Surface Mine Spoil Aquifer. Journal: Mine Water and the Environment, Vol: 27, No. 2, , p.109-121 PDF
Vesper DJ, Grand RV, Ward K, and Donovan JJ, 2008. Geochemistry and implications for structural control in a spring-dense karst watershed, the Appalachian Great Valley, West Virginia, USA. Environmental Geology. PDF
Donovan JJ, and Grimm EC, 2007. Episodic struvite deposits in a Northern Great Plains flyway lake: indicators of mid-Holocene drought? The Holocene, Vol. 17, No. 8, p. 1155-1169. PDF
McCoy, K.J., Donovan, J.J., and Leavitt, B.R. 2006., Horizontal hydraulic conductivity estimates for intact coal barriers between closed underground mines. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience v. 12, p. 273-282. PDF
Brown KJ, Clark JS, Grimm EC, Donovan JJ, Mueller PG, 2005. Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie droughts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 102, p. 8865-8870 PDF
Shapley, M.D., Ito, E., and Donovan, J.J., 2005. Authigenic calcium carbonate flux in groundwater-controlled lakes: implications for lacustrine paleoclimate records. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. v. 69, p. 2517-2533. PDF
Donovan, J. J., & Perry, E. F. (2019). Mine Flooding History of a Regional Below-Drainage Coalfield Dominated by Barrier Leakage (1970–2014). Geofluids, 2019, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/5703108. reprint at https://researchrepository.wvu.edu/faculty_publications/2448/
Maharjan, M., and Donovan, J.J., 2018. Heat flow into intermittently-pumped wells within unconfined alluvial aquifers. Journal of Hydrology, v. 567, p. 533-545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2018.10.052. PDF
Hupp, Brittany N., and Joseph J. Donovan, 2018, Quantitative mineralogy for facies definition in the Marcellus Shale
(Appalachian Basin, USA) using XRD-XRF integration. Sedimentary Geology, V. 371, p. 16-31. doi: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2018.04.007. PDF
Ziemkiewicz, Paul, Stauffer, Philip H., Sullivan-Graham, Jeri, Chu, Shaoping P., Bourcier, William L., Buscheck, Thomas A., Carr, Timothy, Donovan, Joseph, Jiao, Zunsheng, Lin. Lianshin, Song, Liaosha, and Wagoner, Jeffrey L., 2016. Opportunities for increasing CO2 storage in deep, saline formations by active reservoir management and treatment of extracted formation water: Case study at the GreenGen IGCC facility, Tianjin, PR China. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 54,(2), p. 538-556. PDF
Maharjan, M. and Donovan, J.J., 2016. Groundwater response to serial stream stage fluctuations in shallow unconfined alluvial aquifers along a regulated stream (West Virginia, USA) Hydrogeology Journal 24: 2003. doi:10.1007/s10040-016-1443-6. PDF
Glaser, Paul H., Hansen, Barbara C. S., Donovan, Joseph J., Givnish, Thomas J., Stricker, Craig A., and Voline, John C., 2015. Comment on “Donders, T.H. 2014. Middle Holocene humidity increase in Florida: Climate or sea-level? Quaternary Science Reviews 103: 170-174. PDF
Light, D.D.M, and Donovan, J.J., 2015. Mine-Water Flow between Contiguous Flooded Underground Coal Mines with Hydraulically Compromised Barriers. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience 2015;21:147-164. PDF
Glaser, Paul H., Hansen, Barbara C. S., Donovan, Joseph J., Givnish, Thomas J., Stricker, Craig A., and Voline, John C., 2013. Holocene dynamics of the Florida Everglades with respect to climate, dustfall, and tropical storms. PNAS, v. 110 (43), p. 17211-17216. PDF.
Donovan, Joseph J. and Ziemkiewicz, Paul F., 2013. Selenium adsorption onto iron oxide layers beneath coal-mine overburden spoil. Journal of Environmental Quality v. 42, p. 1402-1411, doi:10.2134/jeq2012.0500. PDF
Grimm, E.C., Donovan, J.J., and Brown, K., 2011. A high-resolution mineral, pollen, and charcoal record of climatic variability and landscape response from Kettle Lake in the northern Great Plains of North America. Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 30, p. 2626-2650. PDF
Hobbs, W, Fritz, S., Stone, J., Donovan, J.J., Grimm, E., and Almendinger, J., 2011. Environmental history of a closed-basin lake in the US Great Plains: diatom response to variations in groundwater flow regimes over the last 8500 cal yrs BP. The Holocene, v. 21. PDF
Vinciguerra, C.M., and Donovan, J.J., 2010. Spatial variations in apparent recharge rate to a montane Paleozoic bedrock aquifer, Appalachian Mountains, United States. Environmental Geosciences, v. 17: 121-1367. PDF
Shapley MD, Ito E, and Donovan JJ, 2009. Lateglacial and Holocene hydroclimate inferred from a groundwater flow-through lake. The Holocene, v. 19: 523-535. PDF
Morris, AJ, Donovan, JJ, and Strager, MJ, 2009. Geospatial Analysis of Climatic and Geomorphic Interactions Influencing Stream Discharge, Appalachian Mountains, USA. Journal of Environmental Modeling and Assessment. v. 14(1), p. 73-84 PDF
Morris, AJ, Donovan, JJ, and Thies, JE, 2008. Reconnaissance spatial analysis of the hydrogeology of closed underground coal mines. Environmental Geosciences, v. 15: 183-197. PDF
Shapley MD, Ito E, and Donovan JJ, 2008. Isotopic evolution and climate paleorecords: modeling boundary effects in groundwater-dominated lakes. Journal of Paleolimnology 39(1): 17. PDF
Werner, E., Donovan, J.J., and Barker, E., 2008. Alkaline Injection of Concentrated Sodium Hydroxide Solution into an Acidic Surface Mine Spoil Aquifer. Journal: Mine Water and the Environment, Vol: 27, No. 2, , p.109-121 PDF
Vesper DJ, Grand RV, Ward K, and Donovan JJ, 2008. Geochemistry and implications for structural control in a spring-dense karst watershed, the Appalachian Great Valley, West Virginia, USA. Environmental Geology. PDF
Donovan JJ, and Grimm EC, 2007. Episodic struvite deposits in a Northern Great Plains flyway lake: indicators of mid-Holocene drought? The Holocene, Vol. 17, No. 8, p. 1155-1169. PDF
McCoy, K.J., Donovan, J.J., and Leavitt, B.R. 2006., Horizontal hydraulic conductivity estimates for intact coal barriers between closed underground mines. Environmental and Engineering Geoscience v. 12, p. 273-282. PDF
Brown KJ, Clark JS, Grimm EC, Donovan JJ, Mueller PG, 2005. Fire cycles in North American interior grasslands and their relation to prairie droughts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 102, p. 8865-8870 PDF
Shapley, M.D., Ito, E., and Donovan, J.J., 2005. Authigenic calcium carbonate flux in groundwater-controlled lakes: implications for lacustrine paleoclimate records. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. v. 69, p. 2517-2533. PDF