Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gates, J.B., B.R. Scanlon, X. Mu and L. Zhang (2011). Groundwater recharge in the semi-arid Loess Plateau, China: Rates, mechanisms and impacts of soil conservation-related land use setting. Hydrogeology Journal 19: 865-875. Link
Gates, J.B., J.P. Nicot, B.R. Scanlon and R.C. Reedy (2011). Arsenic contamination in unconfined sections of the Southern Gulf Coast Aquifer System, Texas. Applied Geochemistry 26(4): 421-431. Link
Scanlon, B.R., R.C. Reedy and J.B. Gates (2010). Effects of irrigated agroecosystems on (1) Quantity of soil water and groundwater in the southern High Plains, Texas. Water Resources Research 46: W09537. Link
Scanlon, B.R., J.B. Gates, R.C. Reedy, W. A. Jackson and J. P. Bordovsky (2010). Effects of irrigated agriculture on (2) Quality of soil water and groundwater in the southern High Plains, Texas. Water Resources Research 46: W09538. Link
Chen, F.H., J.H. Chen, J. Holmes, I. Boomer, P. Austin, J.B. Gates, N.L. Wang, S.J. Brooks and J.W. Zhang (2010) Moisture changes over the last millennium in arid central Asia: a review, synthesis and comparison with monsoon region. Quaternary Science Reviews 29: 1055-1068. Link
Boardman, J., I. Foster, K. Rowntree, T. Mighall and J. Gates (2010). Environmental Stress and Landscape Recovery in a Semi-Arid Area, The Karoo, South Africa. Scottish Geography Journal 126(2): 64-75. Link
Scanlon, B.R., A. Mukherjee, J. Gates, R.C. Reedy and A.K. Sinha (2010). Groundwater recharge in natural dune systems and agricultural ecosystems in the Thar Desert region, Rajasthan, India. Hydrogeology Journal 18: 959-972. Link
Scanlon, B.R., R.C. Reedy, D.A. Stonestrom, F.W. Leaney, J.B. Gates and R. Cresswell (2009). Inventories and mobilization of unsaturated zone sulfate, fluoride, and chloride related to land use change in semiarid regions, Southwestern US and Australia. Water Resources Research 45: W00A18. Link
Gates, J.B., J.K. Bohlke and W.M. Edmunds (2008). Ecohydrological factors affecting nitrate concentrations in a desert phreatic aquifer in China. Environmental Science & Technology 42: 3531-3537. Link
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds, J. Ma and B.R. Scanlon (2008). Estimating groundwater recharge in a cold desert environment in northern China using chloride. Hydrogeology Journal 16: 893-910. Link
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds, J. Ma and P.R. Sheppard (2008). A 700-year history of groundwater recharge in the drylands of NW China. The Holocene 18: 1045-1054. Link
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds, J. Ma, W.G. Darling, Z. Pang and A.A. Young (2008). Conceptual model of groundwater recharge to the Badain Jaran Desert from environmental tracers. Applied Geochemistry 23: 3519-3534. Link
Ma, J.Z., Z. Ding, W.M. Edmunds, J.B. Gates and T.M. Huang (2008). Limits to recharge of groundwater from Tibetan Plateau to the Gobi Desert: Implications for water management in the mountain front. Journal of Hydrology 364: 128-141. Link
Ma, J.Z., Z. Ding, J.B. Gates and Y. Su (2008). Chloride and the environmental isotopes as the indicators of the groundwater recharge in the Gobi Desert, northwest China. Environmental Geology 55(7): 1407-1419. Link
Gates, J.B. (2005). Groundwater Irrigation in the Development of the Grand Prairie Rice Industry, 1896-1950. Arkansas Historical Quarterly 64(4): 394-413. Link
Selected Abstracts
Gates, J.B., B.R. Scanlon and Y. Shen (2010). Sustaining mega-aquifers for food production in complex agricultural landscapes: Groundwater replenishment in the American High Plains and North China Plain. International Conference on Water for Food. Lincoln, NE.
Gates, J.B., J.P. Nicot, R.C. Reedy and B.R. Scanlon (2009). Contamination by Arsenate in Oxidizing Groundwater, Southern Gulf Coast Aquifer System, Texas. American Geophysical Union.
Reedy, R.C., G. Favreau, J.B. Gates, A. Mukherjee, B.R. Scanlon and C. Zheng (2009). Sustainable Water Resources in Semiarid Agroecosystems. American Geophysical Union.
Scanlon, B.R., R.C. Reedy and J.B. Gates (2009). Land Use Change Impacts on Water, Salt, and Nutrient Cycles: Case Study Semiarid Southern High Plains, Texas, USA. American Geophysical Union.
Edmunds, W.M., J.B. Gates and J. Ma (2008). Is groundwater in Northwest China a renewable resource?. International Association of Hydrgeologists Ineson Meeting on Water Scarcity and Water Security. Geological Society of London.
Gates, J.B., J.P. Nicot and B.R. Scanlon (2008). Spatial distribution of Arsenic in the Texas Gulf Coastal Aquifer System and inferences regarding hydrogeochemical controls. American Geophysical Union.
Reedy, B.R., J.B. Gates and B.R. Scanlon (2008). Groundwater Depletion versus soil salinization in irrigated agriculture in semiarid Southern High Plains, Texas. American Geophysical Union.
Gates, J. B., B.R. Scanlon and X Mu (2008). Impacts of soil conservation measures on vadose zone drainage rates in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Geological Society of America.
Gates, J.B. and W.M. Edmunds (2007). Palaeorecharge in arid Northwestern China: Geochemical inferences and application to predicting hydrologic response to climate change. American Geophysical Union.
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds; J. Ma and P.R. Sheppard (2007). East Asian Monsoon variability and groundwater recharge in Northern China. Geological Society of America.
Gates, J.B. and W.M. Edmunds (2007). Identifying salinity sources and recharge mechanisms with stable isotopes: The Badain Jaran Desert, China. Geological Society of America.
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds and J. Ma (2006). Recharge rates to the Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia. International Association of Hydrogeologists Congress.
Gates, J.B., W.M. Edmunds, G. Darling and J. Ma. (2006) Evidence for palaeowaters in the drylands of NW China. International Workshop on the Isotope Effects in Evaporation, Pisa, Italy.
Reports
Nicot, J.P., B.R. Scanlon, C.B. Yang and J.B. Gates (2010). Geological and Geographical Attributes of the South Texas Uranium Province. Bureau of Economic Geology Report, University of Texas at Austin, 156 pp.
Gates, J.B., J.P. Nicot, B.R. Scanlon and R.C. Reedy (2008). Evaluation of elevated arsenic levels in the Gulf Coast Aquifer (Texas Gulf Coast Aquifer System). Bureau of Economic Geology Report, University of Texas at Austin, 105 pp.
Reedy, R.C., S. Davidson, A. Crowell, J.B. Gates, O. Akasheh and B.R. Scanlon (2008). Groundwater recharge in the central High Plains of Texas: Roberts and Hemphill Counties. Bureau of Economic Geology Report, University of Texas at Austin, 67 pp.