Publications authored or
co-authored by Dr. W.P. Gates.
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Journal Publications
1. Gates WP. 2008. Cation mass – valence sum approach to assigning OH bending bands in dioctahedral smectites. Clays and Clay Minerals, IN PRESS.
2. Cashion JD, Gates WP, Thomson A. 2008. Mössbauer and IR analysis of iron sites in four ferruginous smectites. Clay Minerals, IN PRESS.
3. Wallis, P.J., Gates, W.P., Patti, A.F., Scott, J.L., Teoh, E. 2007. Assessing and improving the catalytic activity of K-10 montmorillonite. Green Chemistry. Green Chemistry, 9, 1-8.
4. Slade, P.G., Gates, W.P. 2007. HDTMA in the interlayers of high charge Llano vermiculite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 55, 131-139.
5. Galbally I, M Meyer, S Bentley, I Weeks, R Leuning, K Kelly, F. Phillips, F Barker-Reid, W Gates, R Baigent, R Eckard, P Grace. 2005. A study of environmental and management drivers of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in Australian agro-ecosystems. Environmental Sciences, 2, 133-142.
6. Gates, WP. 2004. Crystalline swelling of organo-modified clays in ethanol-water solutions. Applied Clay Science. 27, 1-12.
7. Gates WP, A Nefiodovas, P Peter. 2004. Permeability of an organo-modified bentonite to ethanol-water solutions. Clays and Clay Minerals. 52, 192-203.
8. Slade, PG, WP Gates. 2004. The ordering of HDTMA in the interlayers of vermiculite and the influence of solvents. Clays and Clay Minerals. 52, 204-211.
9. Slade, PG, WP Gates. 2004. The swelling of HDTMA smectites as influenced by their preparation and layer charges. Applied Clay Science. 25, 93-101.
10. Singh, N, M Megharaj, WP Gates, GJ Churchman, R Naidu, RS Kookana. 2004. Sorption-desorption of fenamiphos in surfactant-modified clays. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 72:276-282.
11. Singh, N, M Megharaj, WP Gates, GJ Churchman, J Anderson, RS Kookana, R Naidu, Z Chen, PG Slade, N Sethunathan. 2003. Bioavailability of an organophosphate pesticide, fenamiphos, sorbed on an organo-clay. Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 51, 2653-2658.
12. Krull, ES, EA Bestland, WP Gates. 2002. Soil organic matter decomposition and turnover in a tropical ultisol: Evidence from d13C and d15N and geochemistry. Radiocarbon. 44, 93-112.
13. Favre F, D Tessier, JL Delarivičre, JL Maeght, M Abdelmoula, JM Génin, C Hammecker, WP Gates, P Boivin. 2002. Iron reduction and CEC changes in temporarily reduced irrigated soil. European Journal of Soil Science. 53, 175-183.
14. Gates WP, PG Slade, B Lanson, A Manceau. 2002. Site occupancies by iron in nontronites. Clays and Clay Minerals. 50, 223-239.
15. Gates WP, J Anderson, MD Raven, GJ Churchman. 2002. Characterisation of the acid-treated products of a bentonite from Miles, Queensland, Australia. Applied Clay Science. 20, 189-197. (Invited Special Issue on Australian Clay Mineral Resources.)
16. Nzengung VA, RM Castillo, WP Gates, GL Mills. 2001. Abiotic transformation of perchloroethylene in homogeneous dithionite solution and in suspensions of dithionite-treated clay minerals. Environmental Science and Technology. 35, 2244-2251.
17. Keeling J, M Raven, WP Gates. 2000. Geology and preliminary characterisation of two nontronites from Uley graphite mine, South Australia. Clays and Clay Minerals. 48, 537-548.
18. Gates WP, P Komadel, J Madejová, J Bujdák, JW Stucki, RJ Kirkpatrick. 2000. Electronic and structural properties of reduced-charge montmorillonites. Applied Clay Science. 16:257-271.
19. Frost RL, H Ruan, JT Kloprogge, WP Gates. 2000. Dehydration and dehydroxylation of nontronites and ferruginous smectite. Thermochimica Acta. 346, 63-72.
20. Manceau A, VA Drits, B Lanson, D Chateigner, J Wu, DF Huo, WP Gates, JW Stucki. 2000. Oxidation-reduction mechanisms of iron in dioctahedral smectites. 2. Structural chemistry of reduced Garfield nontronite. American Mineralogist. 85, 153-172.
21. Manceau A, B Lanson, VA Drits, D Chateigner, WP Gates, J Wu, DF Huo, JW Stucki. 2000. Oxidation-reduction mechanisms of iron in dioctahedral smectites. 1. Structural chemistry of oxidized reference nontronites. American Mineralogist. 85, 133-152.
22. Gates WP, AM Juanet, D Tessier, MA Cole, HT Wilkinson, JW Stucki. 1998. Swelling and texture of iron-bearing smectites reduced by bacteria. Clays and Clay Minerals. 46, 487-497.
23. Ernstsen V, WP Gates, JW Stucki. 1998. Microbial reduction of structural iron in clays - a renewable source of reduction capacity. Journal of Environmental Quality. 27, 761-766.
24. Manceau A, D Chateigner, WP Gates. 1998. Polarized EXAFS, distance-valence least-squares modeling (DLVS), and quantitative texture analysis approaches to the structural refinement of Garfield nontronite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 25, 347-365.
25. Suchá V, F Elsass, DD Eberl, L Kuchta, J Madejová, WP Gates, P Komadel. 1998. Hydrothermal synthesis of ammonium illite. American Mineralogist. 83, 58-67.
26. Manceau A, WP Gates. 1997. Surface structural model for ferrihydrite. Clays and Clay Minerals. 45:448-460.
27. Gates WP, JW Stucki, RJ Kirkpatrick. 1996. Structural properties of reduced Upton montmorillonite. Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 23, 535-541.
28. Madejová J, J Bujdák, WP Gates, P Komadel. 1996. Preparation and infrared spectroscopic characterization of reduced-charge montmorillonite with various Li content. Clay Minerals. 31:233-24
29. Komadel P, J Madejová, M Janek, WP Gates, RJ Kirkpatrick, JW Stucki. 1995. Dissolution of hectorite in inorganic acids. Clays and Clay Minerals. 44, 228-236.
30. Gates WP, HT Wilkinson, JW Stucki. 1993. Swelling properties of microbially-reduced ferruginous smectite. Clays and Clay Minerals 41, 360-364.
Proceedings and Book Chapters
31. Abuel-Naga HM, Bouazza A, Gates WP. 2008. Temperature effects on volume and hydraulic properties of geosynthetic clay liners. Proceedings of the 1st Pan American Geosynthetics Conference and Exhibition. Cuncun, Mexico. IN PRESS.\
32. Gates WP. 2007. Geosynthetic clay liner technology: Understanding bentonite. National Landfill and Transfer Station Conference, Melbourne, November 2007. Waste Management Association of Australia.
33. Bouazza, A., Gates, W.P. Abuel-Naga, H. 2006. Factors impacting liquid and gas flow through geosynthetic clay liners. Geosynthetics – Recent Developments. Commemorating Two Decades of Geosynthetics in India, Indian International Geosynthetics Society, New Delhi. Chapter 9, pp. 119-146.
34. Theng, B.K.G., Churchman, G.J., Gates, W.P. Yuan, G. 2006. Organically modified clays for pollutant uptake and environmental protection. Proceedings of the 4th ISMOM Conference, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei Province, People Republic of China.
35. Gates, WP. 2006. X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy. Chapter 12.3 IN F Bergaya, G Lagaly, BKG Theng. (Eds.) Handbook of Clay Science, 1. Elsvier, 550p.
36. Churchman GJ, WP Gates, G Yuan and BKG Theng. 2006. Clays and pollution control. Chapter 11.1 IN F Bergaya, G Lagaly, BKG Theng. (Eds.) Handbook of Clay Science, 1. Elsevier, 550p.
37. Galbally, I, K Kelly, F Phillips, R Baigent, F Barker-Reid, WP Gates, P Grace, M Meyer, Richard Eckard, R Leuning, D Chen, I Weeks, S Bentley, D Griffith. 2005. A Study of Environmental and Management Drivers of non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Australian Agro-Ecosystems, Proceedings of the 17th International Clean Air and Environment Conference, Hobart, Australia 3-6 May 2005, Clean Air Society of Australia and New Zealand.
38. Gates, WP. 2005. Infrared spectroscopy and the chemistry of dioctahedral smectites. p.126-168 IN: T. Kloprogge (ed.) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Layer Silicates and Hydroxides. Clay Minerals Society Workshop Series. Vol 14. Aurora.
39. Manceau A, M Schlegel, D Chateigner, B Lanson, C Bartoli, WP Gates. 1999. P.Application of polarized EXAFS to fine-grained layered minerals. IN: DL Schults, PM Bertsch, JW Stucki (eds.). Synchrotron X-ray Methods in Clay Science. Volume 9, CMS Workshop Lectures. The Clay Minerals Society, Boulder.
40. Naidu R, E Smith, M Mallavarapu, LH Smith, R Sreedaran, GJ Churchman, RS Kookana, A Juhasz, WP Gates, D Oliver, S Ragusa, G Taylor, P Peter. 1999. Options for remediating metal contaminated soils : An overview. In: CD Johnston (ed.) Contaminated site remediation: Challenges posed by urban and industrial contaminants. Centre for Groundwater Studies, Perth.
41. Hunter DB, WP Gates, PM Bertsch, KM Kemner. 1999. Degradation of tetraphenylboron at hydrated smectite surfaces studied by time resolved IR and X-ray absorption spectroscopies. P. 282-300, IN: DL Sparks, TJ Grundl, Eds., Mineral Water Interfacial Reactions: Kinetics and Mechanisms, ACS symposium series 715, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC.
42. Gates WP. 1998. Physical properties of smectites influenced by microbial reduction of structural iron. Proceedings of the 16th World Congress of Soil Science. Montpellier, France. ISSS, Cirad.
43. Gates WP, BJ Teppen, PM Bertsch. 1997. Aromatic sorption in the interlayer space of organo-clays. Proceedings of the Industrimineralogy Meeting, Neubrandenburg, Germany. Schriftenreihe für Angewandte Geowissenschaften. 1:41-48.
44. Gates WP, DB Hunter, PR Nuessle, PM Bertsch. 1997. A time resolved XANES study of an organo-clay redox system. Proceedings of the 9th International conference on X-ray absorption fine structure, Grenoble, France. J. Physics, IV, France. 7:C2, 785-787.
45. Gates WP, J Madejová, M Janek, P Komadel. 1994. Spectroscopic study of hectorite dissolution in HCL. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Mineralogy and Petrology, Prague, Czech Republic. Geologica 38:183-191.