Journal Articles
In Preparation
Bennett, P.C., Sharp, J.M., El-Shishtawy, A., Atwia, M., Bakrah, A., Noweir, A.-H. Trace metal geochemistry in the central Nile Delta, Egypt. In Preparation for Hydrogeology J.
Stern, L.A., Engel, A.S., Bennett, P.C. Ammonia vapor assimilation by cave wall microbial biofilms in a sulfidic cave: a novel mechanism of nutrient acquisition. In Preparation for Global Biogeochemical Cycles.
Submitted/In Review
Phoenix, V.R., Bennett, P.C., Engel, A.S., Tyler, S.W., Ferris, F.G. (Submitted) Chilean high-altidude hot spring sinters: a model system for UV screening mechanisms by early Precambrian cyanobacteria. Geobiology.
In Print/Press
Bennett, P.C., Engel, A.S., Roberts, J.A. (In Press) Counting and imaging bacteria on mineral surfaces. Clay Mineral Society Workshop Proceedings.
Bennett, P.C. and Engel, A.S. (2005) Role of Microorganisms in Karstification. Society for General Microbiology. (In Press)
Zimmerman, M D., Bennett, P.C., Sharp, J.M. Jr. and Choi, W.C. (2002) Experimental Determination of Sorption in Fractured Flow Systems. J. Contaminant Hydrology, 58, 51-77.
Bennett, P.C., Rogers, J.A., Hiebert, F.K., and Choi, W.J. (2001) Silicates, silicate weathering, and microbial ecology. Geomicrobiology Journal, 18, 3-19
Bennett, P.C., Hiebert, F.K., Rogers, J.A. (2000) Microbial control of mineral-groundwater equilibria: Macroscale to microscale. Hydrogeology Journal. 8, 47-62.
Fryar, A.E., Macko, S.A., Mullican, W.F., Romanak, K.D., Bennett, P.C. (2000) Nitrate reduction during ground-water recharge, Southern High Plains, Texas. J. Contaminant Hydrology 40, 335-363
Bennett, P.C., Rogers, J.R., Hiebert, J.K. and Choi, W.J. (1999) Mineralogy and mineral weathering: Fundamental components of subsurface microbial ecology. USGS Water Resources Investigation 99-4018C. 169-176.
Rogers, J. R., P. C. Bennett, and F. K. Hiebert. 1999. Patterns of microbial colonization on silicates. USGS Water Resources Investigation 99-4018C. 237-242.
Mahler, B.J., Lynch, F.L. and Bennett, P.C. (1999) Mobile Sediment in an Urbanizing Karst Aquifer: Implications for Contaminant Transport. Environmental Geology 39, 25-38.
Rogers, J.R., Bennett, P.C., and Choi, W.J. (1998) Feldspars as a source of nutrients for microorganisms. American Mineralogist, 83, 1532-1540.
Nicot, J.P., Bennett, P.C., Romanak, K.D. (1998) Gas Phase Dynamics of Playa-Wetlands. J. Environmental Engineering. 124, 1038-1046.
Mahler, B.J., Winkler, M., Bennett, P.C., Hillis, D.M. (1998) DNA-Labeled Clay: A Sensitive New Method for Tracing Particle Transport. Geology 26, 831-834.
Mahler, B.J., Bennett, P.C., and Zimmerman, M. (1998) Lanthanide clays for use in characterizing sediment transport. Ground Water 36, 36, 835-843.
Lee, R. and Bennett, P.C. (1998) Reductive dissolution and solute transport in a sewage contaminated glacial outwash aquifer. Ground Water 36, 583-595.
Glaser, P., Bennett, P.C., and Siegel, D.I. and E.A. Romanowicz (1996) Paleo-reversals in ground water flow and peatland development at Lost River, MN, Holocene 6, 413-421.
Bennett, P.C. Hiebert, F.K. and Choi, W.J. (1996) Rates of Microbial Weathering of Silicates in Ground Water. Chemical Geology, 132, 45-53.
Bennett P.C. and Casey, W.H. (1993) Organic acids and the dissolution of silicates, in The role of organic acids in geological processes. (Pittman, E.D. and Lewan, M. eds.) Springer.
Bennett, P.C. and Council, T. (1993) The geochemistry of ikaite formation at Mono Lake, California: Implications for the origin of tufa mounds. Geology, 21, p. 971-974.
Bennett P.C., Siegel D.I., Baedecker M.J., Cozzarelli I. and Hult M. (1993) The fate of crude oil in a sand and gravel aquifer I. Inorganic geochemistry. Applied Geochemistry., 8, 529-549.
Baedecker M.J., Cozzarelli I., Bennett P.C. and Siegel D.I. (1993) The fate of crude oil in a sand and gravel aquifer III. Geochemical processes. Applied Geochemistry, 8, 569-586.
Hiebert, F. and Bennett P.C. (1992) Microbial control of silicate weathering in organic-rich ground water. Science, 258, 278-281.
Bennett P.C. (1991) The chemistry of silica-organic complexation in a petroleum-contaminated aquifer. USGS Water-Resources Investigation Report 91-4720, p. 638-640.
Bennett P.C. (1991) Quartz dissolution in organic-rich aqueous systems. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 55, 1781-1797.
Bennett P.C., Siegel D.I., Hill B. and Glaser, P. (1991) The fate of silicate minerals in a peat bog. Geology 19, 328-331.
Siegel, D.I., Stoner, D.W., Byrnes, T.R. and Bennett, P.C. (1990) A geochemical process approach to identify inorganic and organic ground water contamination. GW Management, 2, 1291-1306.
De Lorenzo, R.A., Gray, B.C., Bennett, P.C. and Lamparella, V.J. (1989) Effect of crowd size on patient volume at a large, multipurpose, indoor stadium. J. Emerg. Medicine, 7, 379-384.
Bennett, P., Melcer, M., Siegel, D.I. and Hassett, J. (1988) The dissolution and solubility of quartz in dilute aqueous solutions of organic acids at 25°C. Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 52, 1521-1530.
Conference Proceedings (*Peer Reviewed)
Stern. L.A., Engel, A.S. Bennett, P.C., Porter, M. (2002) Subaqueous and subaerial speleogenesis in a sulfidic cave. Karst Waters Institute Special Publication 7, 89-91.
*Rogers, J.R., Bennett, P.C. and Choi, W.J. (2001) Enhanced weathering of silicates by subsurface microorganisms: a strategy to release limiting inorganic nutrients? Proceedings of the tenth international symposium on water-rock interaction WRI-10, 1461-1464.
*Bennett, P.C. and Rogers, J.R. (1999) The mineralogy of microbial ecology. In Groundwater: Past Achievements and Future Challenges (O. Sililo, ed.), Proceedings of the 31st IAH Congress on Groundwater, Cape Town, S. Africa.
Fryar, A.E., Macko, S.A., Romanak, D.D., Bennett, P.C., and Mullican, W.F. (1995) Evidence of limited denitrificaiton beneath playas recharging the Ogallala Aquifer. in Proceedings, Water for Texas, Research leads the way conference, Jan. 1995.
Ging, P.B. and Bennett, P.C. (1994) Evaluation of water quality conditions in the upper Bull Creek watershed. in Factors Affecting Water Resources, Proceedings of the Fall meeting of the American Water Resources Association, Austin, TX, Dec. 9, 1994.
Hiebert, F.K., Bennett, P.C and Pope, S.R. (1995) Enhanced mineral diagenesis secondary to intrinsic bioremediation of NAPLs. in Toxic Substances and the Hydrologic Sciences Proc. of the Annual meeting of the American Institute of Hydrology. p. 650-665
*Bennett, P.C. and Hiebert, F.K. (1992) Microbial mediation of silicate diagenesis in organic-rich waters. In Proceedings of the 7th Internat. Symp. on Water Rock Interaction, Park City, Utah (Y. Kharaka, ed.), A.A. Balkema, p. 267-271.
*Tait, C.D., Janecky, D.R., Clark, D.L. and Bennett, P.C. (1992) Oxalate complexation with aluminum(III) and iron (III) at moderately elevated temperatures. In Proc. of the 7th Internat. Symp. on Water Rock Interaction, (Y. Kharaka, ed.) A.A. Balkema, p. 349-353.
*Mahler, B.J. and Bennett, P.C. (1991) The interaction of flow mechanics and aqueous chemistry in a Texas Hill Country grotto. In Proc. of the 3rd conference on hydrogeology, ecology, monitoring, and management of ground water in karst terranes, Dec. 4-6, 1991, Nashville, TN. p. 405-415.