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2010-Were Chinchorros exposed to arsenic? Arsenic determination in Chinchorro mummies' hair by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS), Sam Byrne*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Basel Bandak*, Luke Bartkus*, Jennifer Kane*, Joseph Jones, Jorge Yañez , Bernardo Arriaza , Lorena Cornejo,  Microchemical Journal, (2010) 94: 28–35.

 

2009-Evaluation of Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for the Quantitative Determination of Lead in Different Parts of Archeological Human Teeth, David J. Bellis, Patrick J. Parsons, Joseph Jones, and Dula Amarasiriwardena, Spectroscopy Letters, (2009), 42(8): 491 - 496.

2009-A study of antimony complexed to soil-derived humic acids and inorganic antimony species along a Massachusetts highway, G. Ceriotti* D. Amarasiriwardena, Microchemical Journal, (2009) 91: 85-93.

2009-Dual purpose secondary compounds: phytotoxin of Centaurea diffusa also facilitates nutrient uptake, Nishanth Tharayil, Prasanta Bhowmik , Peter Alpert , Elisabeth Walker, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena and Baoshan Xing , New Phytologist, (2009) 181: 424-434

2008-Optical emission inductively coupled plasma in environmental analysis, M. Tatro and Dula. Amarasiriwardena, Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry, Environment: Water and Waste, R.A. Meyers (Ed.), John Wiley Sons, (2008)1-12.

2008-Effect of dehydration on dicarboxylic acid coordination at goethite/water interface, Seunghun Kanga, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects (2008) 318:275–284.

2007-Lead in teeth from lead-dosed goats: microdistrubution and relationship to the cumulative lead dose, David J. Bellis, Katherine M. Hetter, Joseph Jones, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Parick J. Parsons., Environmental Research, (2007) 106: 34-41.

2007-Teaching analytical atomic spectroscopy advances in an environmental chemistry class using a project-based laboratory approach: investigation of lead and arsenic distributions in a lead arsenate contaminated apple orchard, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Anal Bioanal Chem (2007) 388:307–314

2007- A rapid approach for assessment of As exposure by elemental analysis of single strand of hair using laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry, Sarah Steely*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Joseph Jones, Jorge Yañez, Microchemical Journal, (2007) 81, 201-208.

2007-Roadside accumulation of heavy metals in soils in Franklin County, Massachusetts and surrounding towns, Trevor L. Woodard, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Kristen Shrout, Baoshan Xing, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, (2007) 38,1087-1104.

2007- An investigation of inorganic antimony species and antimony associated with soil humic acids molar mass fractions in contaminated soils, Sarah Steely*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Environmental Pollution, (2007), 148, 590-598.

2006 - Distribution of soil arsenic species, lead and arsenic bound to humic acid molar mass fractions in a contaminated apple orchard, Kimberly Newton*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Environmental Pollution, (2006)143, 197-205.

2006 - Calibration of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for quantitative measurements of lead in bone, David Bellis, Katherine M. Hetter, Joseph. Jones, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Patrick Parsons, J. Anal. Atom Spectrom. 21, 948-954.

2006 - Comparison of natural organic acids and synthetic chelates at enhancing phytoextraction of metals from a multi-metal contaminated soil, Cli´stenes W. A. do Nascimento, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Environmental Pollution, 140, 114-123.

2006 - Effect of cover crop management on soil organic matter, Guangwei Ding, Xiaobing Liu, Stephen Herbert, Jeffrey Novak, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Geoderma, 130, 2006, 229–239

2005 - Trace metal speciation investigation of soil humic acids isolated from New England soils: A capillary Electrophoresis–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry (CE-ICP-MS) study Anahita Dua*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, John Danku, Baoshan Xing, Ramon M. Barnes, Humic Substances: Molecular Applications in Land and Water Conservation, Eds. E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies, Taylor and Francis, Inc., New York, p 225-239

2005 - Inductively coupled plasma-mass (ICP-MS) and atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES): Versatile analytical techniques to identify the archived elemental information in human teeth, Pages 201-208 Ellen Webb*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Socheata Tauch*, Ethan F. Green, Joseph Jones and Alan H. Goodman, Microchemical Journal, 81, 2005, 201-208

2004 - Application of diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) for the identification of potential diagenesis and crystallinity changes in teeth, Ethan F. Greene, Socheata Tauch*, Ellen Webb*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Microchemical Journal, 76, 2004, 141-149

2004 - Application Of Laser Ablation-Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) To Investigate Trace Metal Spatial Distributions In Human Tooth Enamel And Dentine Growth Layers And Pulp, Daniel Kang*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, and Alan Goodman, A Paper in Forefront, Analytical and Bio Analytical Chemistry, 378(6), March, 2004, 1608-1615

2003 - Investigation of colloidal properties and trace metal complexation characteristics of soil-derived fulvic acids by flow field-flow fractionation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (flow FFF-ICP-MS), Jonathan Bell*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Atitaya Siripinyanond, Baoshan Xing, Ramon M. Barnes, Humic Substances: Nature's Most Versatile Materials," Eds. E. A. Ghabbour and G. Davies, Taylor and Francis, Inc., New York, p 229-242

2003 - Characterization of ten sequentially extracted humic acids and a human from a soil in western Massachusetts, Seunghun Kang, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Peter Veneman, and Boashan Xing, Soil Science, 2003, 168, 12, 880-887

2003 - Tooth rings; dental Enamel as a Chronological Biomonitor of Elemental Absorption from pregnancy to Adolescence, Alan. H. Goodman, Alexis E. Dolphin, Dulasiri D. Amarasiriwardena, Rebecca Klein*, Jeffrey R. Backstrand, John B Reid, Jr., and Peter Outride, Journal of Children 's Health, I, 2003, 203-214

2002 - Characterization of lead and lead leaching properties of lead glazed ceramics from the Solis Valley, Mexico, using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) and diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFT), Sara Tunstall*, Dulasiri Amarasiriwardena, Microchemical Journal, 73, 2002, 335-347

2002 - Flow field-flow fractionation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry for sediment bound trace metal characterization, Atitaya. Siripinyanond, Ramon M. Barnes, Dula Amarasiriwardena, J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 2002, 17, 1055-1064

2002 - Soil Organic Matter Characteristics as Affected by Tillage Management, Guangwei. Ding, J.M. Novak, Dula Amarasiriwardena, P.G. Hunt, and Baoshan Xing, Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 2002; 66: 421-429

2001 - Trace elemental distribution in soil and compost-derived humic acid molecular fractions and colloidal organic matter in municipal wastewater by flow field-flow fractionation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (flow FFF-ICP-MS), Dula Amarasiriwardena, Atitaya Siripinyanond, and Ramon M. Barnes, J. Anal. At. Spectrom. 2001, September, p978-

2001 - Characterization of Trace Metals Complexed to Humic Acids Derived From Agricultural Soils, Annelid Composts, and Sediment by Flow Field Flow Fractionation - Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry (flow FFF-ICP-MS), Tom Anderson*, Laura Shifley*, Dula Amarasiriwardena, Baoshan Xing, Atitaya Siripinyanond, and Ramon Barnes, in Humic Substances: Structures, Models and Functions, E. H. Ghabbour and G. Davies (Eds.), Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2001 p 165 -177

2001 - Spectroscopic Evaluation of Humin Changes in Response to Soil Managements, Guangwei Ding, Jingdong Mao, Stephen Herbert, Dula Amarasiriwardena, and Boashan Xing,in Humic Substances: Structures, Models and Functions, E. H. Ghabbour and G. Davies (Eds.), Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK, 2001, p 271 - 279

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